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Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Companies That Destroyed Themselves With One Dumb Decision

THIS REMINDS ME OF HOW TRUMP RAN HIS
CASINO BUSINESSES.  CASINOS MAKE THEIR
MONEY BY ATTRACTING PEOPLE AND THE
CROWDS ATTRACT PLAYERS WHO LOSE 
MONEY.  THE PIT BOSSES, THE ONES WHO
WATCH THE PLAYERS AT THE GAMING 
TABLES, HAVE THE POWER OF THE PEN,
MEANING THEY CAN ISSUE COMPLEMENTARY
BENEFITS, MEALS, ROOMS, SHOWS FOR FREE
TO PLAYERS THEY DEEM WORTHY.

TRUMP LOOKED AT HOW MUCH THESE
COMPS WERE COSTING HIM AND DECIDED
TO DO AWAY WITH THEM AS UNNECESSARY.
AS EXPECTED  MANY PLAYERS STOPPED 
COMING AND THE CROWDS DIMINISHED.
THE BIGGEST PLAYERS SAW THEIR POTENTIAL
AUDUENCE SHRINK AND THEY WENT WHERE
THE CROWDS DID.  

SOON TRUMP CASINOS WERE FILLED WITH
DEGENERATE SMALL TIME GAMBLERS WHO
HADN'T MUCH MONEY TO LOSE AND WERE
SO MUCH TROUBLE NO REGULAR PEOPLE
WOULD WANT TO BE AROUND THEM SO, 
THE ENTIRE ENTERPRISE COLLAPSED.

THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS THAT IT 
ISN'T ALWAYS WISE TO SAVE MONEY.
IT DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION AND
THE MECHANICS OF THE BUSINESS.
TRUMP DIDN'T KNOW, NOR DID HE
CARE TO LEARN OR EVEN LISTEN
TO THE ADVICE HE WAS SURELY BEING
GIVE BY HIS EMPLOYEES WHO DID NOT
WANT TO LOSE THEIR JOBS!

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