Copernicus
Industrial Grade Linguist
Actually, it's surprising the financial trouble casinos have.I mean, you're here to present the "deplorable" defense of a guy who bankrupted casinos...a business where people just come into the building and hand you money. How do you screw that up?
Building those fancy casinos is expensive. It's a narrow line between spending too much on the atmosphere and not spending enough to attract the customers. And they tend to fall off with economic changes.
That's why Trump cratered his father's business empire. He thought that he couldn't lose by getting into the casino business, because "the house always wins". So he sank his father's fortune into the casino business and ended up with six separate bankruptcies in the 1990s. He was always an idiot when it came to running a business, because he was too lazy and stupid to run what he inherited. After that, he ended up making money off of being a celebrity and selling his family name as a brand. Banks swallowed the scam and bankrolled him until they had too much to lose if they didn't keep him afloat. The man had no head for business, but he did have a talent for grifting people. In fact, if he is in any sense a genius, it is in that area. He is the most successful grifter in history, rising to take over the administration of the richest nation on the planet. All hat and no cattle.