Hundreds allege Donald Trump doesn’t pay his bills

[TomCADem]

Source: USA Today

During the Atlantic City casino boom in the 1980s, Philadelphia cabinet-builder Edward Friel Jr. landed a $400,000 contract to build the bases for slot machines, registration desks, bars and other cabinets at Harrah's at Trump Plaza.

The family cabinetry business, founded in the 1940s by Edward’s father, finished its work in 1984 and submitted its final bill to the general contractor for the Trump Organization, the resort’s builder.

Edward’s son, Paul, who was the firm’s accountant, still remembers the amount of that bill more than 30 years later: $83,600. The reason: the money never came. “That began the demise of the Edward J. Friel Company… which has been around since my grandfather,” he said.

Donald Trump often portrays himself as a savior of the working class who will "protect your job." But a USA TODAY NETWORK analysis found he has been involved in more than 3,500 lawsuits over the past three decades — and a large number of those involve ordinary Americans, like the Friels, who say Trump or his companies have refused to pay them.

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[RKP5637]

1. Trump is a loudmouthed blowhard whose only interest is his own. So sad to see so many Americans

naive and hoodwinked by him.

[Qutzupalotl]

2. He is no Lannister, and he shall never sit on the Iron Throne.

Huzzah!

[Justice]

3. This is going to hurt Trump

[olddad56]

13. it won't hurt him because the story will never appear on any right winged media outlet.

therefore, like climate change, it isn't true.

[DemMomma4Sanders]

4. Is this legal?

“Let’s say that they do a job that’s not good, or a job that they didn’t finish, or a job that was way late. I’ll deduct from their contract, absolutely,” Trump said. “That’s what the country should be doing.”

[PatSeg]

7. He doesn't seem to think laws

and rules apply to him. A spoiled child who was never held accountable for anything. What a horrible human being.

[Crash2Parties]

5. He revels in not paying what he has borrowed; to him that is "success".

Just look at what he wants to do with T-bills.

To Trump, finding a way out of an agreement is a strange, twisted sort of power he has over the other party involved.

He is a true narcissist.

[PatSeg]

8. And you just know

he doesn't pay taxes and is very proud of it.

[47of74]

6. You could not pay me to do business with that son of a bitch.

I'd rather castrate myself with a rusty chainsaw with no sedation.

[milestogo]

9. 3500 lawsuits is a staggering amount for an individual

You have to really work at cheating people to accomplish that.

[The_Casual_Observer]

10. He's a real estate bastard. They all do this shit

They don't get rich by being nice people.
Hes a singular bastard.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

11. Oh come on! They should all be HONORED to have him....

Besides, do you think Mussolini paid his bills?

[Danmel]

12. My co-worker worked st a law firm that represented Trump in NYC

She said he never paid his bills. That was more than 20 years ago. Deadbeat then, deadbeat now.

[dhill926]

14. the knives are out....

appearing all over the mainstream press.

[sofa king]

17. Non-payment is only the beginning.

The non-payment stories are only the opening salvo. I was amused to see the press hold back on publishing these stories until it was certain he would be the nominee. But after this it gets so much worse.

For example, there is the story of how Trump bribed Palm Beach County to allow him to burn off the underbrush on a property he owned, in one of the hottest weeks of the summer, with no wind. The smoke hung over the county for days and hospitalized dozens. Some surely died.

[cannabis_flower]

15. I have a sister-in-law

who does wallpaper work. She say she found out that the richest people are the hardest to get to pay you. She had to pretty much make herself a pest at one of the Jamail's houses in Houston for several weeks to get paid about $800.

[Stuart G]

16. k and r...for exposure...

[Yonnie3]

18. to t'Rump this may be good for his campaign ...

Not really, but it will solidify his support among those who don't want to pay their bills.

When we go to Trump National it's half down and half before the event begins. It's not Trump National we are dealing with, but this not paying or delaying payment for a long time is way too common among the "rich" crowd.

[smirkymonkey]

19. What a pig!

He screws over hard working Americans and then has the nerve to call Hillary crooked! Ugh - I so hate this guy!