Donald Trump

@realdonaldtrump

Independent public-record profile · not written or endorsed by Donald Trump

The bankruptcies, defeats and verdicts that did not fit the victory story.

21 failures

  1. 01

    I led the USFL’s antitrust fight against the NFL. The league won only $3.76 and never played again.

  2. 02

    Trump Shuttle defaulted on its loans and control of the airline passed to its lenders.

  3. 03

    My Trump Taj Mahal casino entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy little more than a year after opening.

  4. 04

    My Plaza Hotel and two more casino businesses entered bankruptcy proceedings.

  5. 05

    Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts filed for Chapter 11 after struggling under heavy debt.

  6. 06

    Trump Mortgage shut down after roughly eighteen months, despite my prediction that it would thrive.

  7. 07

    Trump Steaks disappeared from its main retail partner after only about two months on sale.

  8. 08

    Trump Entertainment Resorts filed for Chapter 11, the sixth bankruptcy tied to my businesses.

  9. 09

    I agreed to pay $25 million to settle fraud lawsuits over Trump University without admitting wrongdoing.

  10. 10

    My first travel-ban order was blocked in court, forcing the administration to replace and rewrite it.

  11. 11

    My promise to repeal and replace Obamacare collapsed in the Senate despite Republican control of Congress.

  12. 12

    My charitable foundation agreed to dissolve under court supervision after a New York investigation.

  13. 13

    Republicans lost 40 House seats in the midterms, handing control of the chamber to Democrats.

  14. 14

    I ended the longest US government shutdown without securing the border-wall funding I had demanded.

  15. 15

    The House impeached me over my dealings with Ukraine; the Senate later acquitted me.

  16. 16

    I lost reelection to Joe Biden, and courts rejected or dismissed dozens of challenges to the result.

  17. 17

    The House impeached me a second time after January 6; the Senate again acquitted me.

  18. 18

    A jury convicted the Trump Organization of tax fraud and falsifying business records.

  19. 19

    A civil jury found me liable for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll and awarded her $5 million.

  20. 20

    A judge found me liable for persistent business fraud in New York; the core fraud finding survived appeal.

  21. 21

    A New York jury convicted me on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.

End of failures.

Now success follows.