I led the USFL’s antitrust fight against the NFL. The league won only $3.76 and never played again.
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
- 01
- 02
Trump Shuttle defaulted on its loans and control of the airline passed to its lenders.
- 03
My Trump Taj Mahal casino entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy little more than a year after opening.
- 04
My Plaza Hotel and two more casino businesses entered bankruptcy proceedings.
- 05
Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts filed for Chapter 11 after struggling under heavy debt.
- 06
Trump Mortgage shut down after roughly eighteen months, despite my prediction that it would thrive.
- 07
Trump Steaks disappeared from its main retail partner after only about two months on sale.
- 08
Trump Entertainment Resorts filed for Chapter 11, the sixth bankruptcy tied to my businesses.
- 09
I agreed to pay $25 million to settle fraud lawsuits over Trump University without admitting wrongdoing.
- 10
My first travel-ban order was blocked in court, forcing the administration to replace and rewrite it.
- 11
My promise to repeal and replace Obamacare collapsed in the Senate despite Republican control of Congress.
- 12
My charitable foundation agreed to dissolve under court supervision after a New York investigation.
- 13
Republicans lost 40 House seats in the midterms, handing control of the chamber to Democrats.
- 14
I ended the longest US government shutdown without securing the border-wall funding I had demanded.
- 15
The House impeached me over my dealings with Ukraine; the Senate later acquitted me.
- 16
I lost reelection to Joe Biden, and courts rejected or dismissed dozens of challenges to the result.
- 17
The House impeached me a second time after January 6; the Senate again acquitted me.
- 18
A jury convicted the Trump Organization of tax fraud and falsifying business records.
- 19
A civil jury found me liable for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll and awarded her $5 million.
- 20
A judge found me liable for persistent business fraud in New York; the core fraud finding survived appeal.
- 21
A New York jury convicted me on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
End of failures.