Donald Trump, who publicly touts himself as a “dealmaker-in-chief,” is privately upset at his failure to strike deals to stop the two wars he has promised to end, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
At a closed-door meeting with top donors at Mar-a-Lago last week, Trump admitted that the frustration he feels from his inability to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine keeps him up at night, people in the room told the WSJ.
He said that Russian President Vladimir Putin, who Trump has frequently claimed is negotiating in good faith, has been driving an especially hard bargain. Putin wants “the whole thing,” Trump said, referring to Ukraine.
Donald Trump was involved in the ownership of several casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the 1980s and 1990s. He filed for bankruptcy for his casino businesses multiple times. Specifically, Trump’s casinos—Trump Taj Mahal, Trump Plaza, and Trump Marina—went through bankruptcy proceedings. Trump Taj Mahal: Filed for bankruptcy in 1991 and again in 2004. Trump Plaza: Filed for bankruptcy in 1992 and again in 2010. Trump Marina: Filed for bankruptcy in 2011. In total, Trump was associated with three major casinos that went bankrupt. These bankruptcies were part of a broader pattern of financial challenges he faced in his business ventures. Seriously. HOW do you bankrupt a casino where the house always wins?! He did it 3 times…SMH