Short term memory actions incidental to ….
Doing a deal…
Like the New York City Real Estate guy Trump IS and ALWAYS WILL be….
American President’s have been MUCH more that that….
They have been long term politicians working to keep bonds for themselves and their citizens…
Others have tried this tactic without success — remember Hillary Clinton? — but Mike Bloomberg plans to attack President Trump on his business record.
One difference: Trump’s pre-White House career can now be linked with his decisions as president. Another difference: Bloomberg will be making this argument as a multibillionaire who built a multinational company.
Between the lines: The crux of Bloomberg’s argument is that Trump has only ever had to think about crushing his next adversary in a deal rather than building a long-term customer relationship — and that this short-term, win-at-all-costs mindset defines how Trump operates as president, and with allies.
- “He is a real estate promoter as opposed to a businessman,” Bloomberg told me at a campaign stop last Monday in Compton, south of downtown LA. “And they have very different ways of going about things.”…
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