Donald Trump's Business Failures: A Complete Guide

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Donald Trump launched GoTrump.com in 2006, and the travel-search site closed about one year later.
GoTrump.com section
GoTrump.com shut down after one year · Website closed
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Donald Trump promoted his premium Trump Steaks line in 2007, and TIME later reported that the company had been discontinued.
Trump Steaks section
The Trump Steaks product line was discontinued · Product line discontinued
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Trump Magazine launched in late 2007 and ceased publication about eighteen months later.
Trump Magazine section
Trump Magazine lasted roughly a year and a half · Publication ceased
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Trump Mortgage launched in April 2006 and closed approximately eighteen months later.
Trump Mortgage section
Trump Mortgage folded within eighteen months · Business closed
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Trump Shuttle never earned a profit under Donald Trump, defaulted on its debt, was turned over to creditors, and ceased operating in 1992.
Trump Shuttle section
Trump Shuttle defaulted and was surrendered to creditors · Business ceased operating in 1992
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Donald Trump and Milton Bradley forecast sales of two million copies of Trump: The Game, and Trump later acknowledged that the game was selling far below that forecast.
Trump: The Game section
Trump: The Game missed its two-million-copy forecast · Original product discontinued; later reissued
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The product missed its own public sales forecast, though a later edition was released.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump: The Game sales forecast: Audit finding · Cited analysis
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Trump and Milton Bradley publicly forecast very large sales for the board game.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump: The Game sales forecast: Promised · Promised
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The game launched using Trump's name, image, and business persona.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump: The Game sales forecast: The record · The record
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Trump licensed his name and personally promoted the game's sales forecast.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump: The Game sales forecast: The record · The record
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The operating outcome contradicted the successful-airline pitch. Industry conditions and acquisition debt were also material causes.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Shuttle acquisition and operating pitch: Audit finding · Cited analysis
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Trump promoted the acquired shuttle as a premium airline business bearing his name.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Shuttle acquisition and operating pitch: Promised · Promised
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The Trump organization began operating the former Eastern shuttle as Trump Shuttle.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Shuttle acquisition and operating pitch: The record · The record
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Trump acquired, branded, and controlled Trump Shuttle.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Shuttle acquisition and operating pitch: The record · The record
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Trump promoted Trump Shuttle as a premium branded airline business.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Shuttle creditor takeover: Promised · Promised
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Trump later acknowledged that sales were far below the forecast, and the original edition was discontinued.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump: The Game sales forecast: Outcome · Outcome
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The record also identifies industry conditions and acquisition financing as relevant factors.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Shuttle acquisition and operating pitch: Evidentiary limit · Evidentiary limit
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The airline did not report a profit under Trump and was surrendered to creditors before it ceased operating.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Shuttle acquisition and operating pitch: Outcome · Outcome
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The Trump-branded airline ceased operating under his ownership.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Shuttle creditor takeover: Affected group · Affected group
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The transfer resolved corporate debt without a personal bankruptcy filing by Trump.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Shuttle creditor takeover: Evidentiary limit · Evidentiary limit
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Creditors took the airline over, against the original success pitch. The transaction did avoid a personal bankruptcy filing.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Shuttle creditor takeover: Audit finding · Cited analysis
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Following defaults, Trump surrendered the airline to its creditor group.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Shuttle creditor takeover: The record · The record
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Trump was the owner who transferred the airline to creditors.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Shuttle creditor takeover: The record · The record
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A later edition was released, so discontinuation of the original was not the end of all sales under the name.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump: The Game sales forecast: Evidentiary limit · Evidentiary limit
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The domestic product missed the launch's market-dominance pitch, though licensing and limited sales continued in some markets.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Vodka launch and discontinuation: Audit finding · Cited analysis
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Trump promoted the vodka brand as a prospective leader in the premium market.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Vodka launch and discontinuation: Promised · Promised
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Trump licensed his name and promoted the product's launch.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Vodka launch and discontinuation: The record · The record
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Trump licensed his name and personally promoted the vodka brand.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Vodka launch and discontinuation: The record · The record
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The site closed, against the launch's durable travel-business pitch. The sources do not establish the economics of the licensing arrangement.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
GoTrump travel site launch and closure: Audit finding · Cited analysis
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Trump launched GoTrump as a branded travel-search and booking destination.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
GoTrump travel site launch and closure: Promised · Promised
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The website began operating under Trump's name and promotional role.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
GoTrump travel site launch and closure: The record · The record
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Trump supplied the name and public promotion for GoTrump.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
GoTrump travel site launch and closure: The record · The record
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The venture closed, against the launch's growth pitch. The housing-market downturn and management execution were also factors.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Mortgage launch and closure: Audit finding · Cited analysis
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Trump promoted the new mortgage company as a major branded financial-services venture.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Mortgage launch and closure: Promised · Promised
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Trump Mortgage began operations using Trump's name and public endorsement.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Mortgage launch and closure: The record · The record
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Trump founded, named, and publicly promoted Trump Mortgage.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Mortgage launch and closure: The record · The record
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The product's retail run was short, against the launch's durable premium-brand pitch. The cited sources do not isolate whether price, demand or distribution caused it.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Steaks retail launch and discontinuation: Audit finding · Cited analysis
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Trump personally promoted the steak line as a premium product worthy of his name.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Steaks retail launch and discontinuation: Promised · Promised
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The product launched through a retail and direct-sales arrangement.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Steaks retail launch and discontinuation: The record · The record
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Trump licensed his name and personally advertised Trump Steaks.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Steaks retail launch and discontinuation: The record · The record
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The sources do not establish a single cause for the retailer's decision or quantify consumer demand.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Steaks retail launch and discontinuation: Evidentiary limit · Evidentiary limit
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The mortgage venture closed after a short operating period.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Mortgage launch and closure: Affected group · Affected group
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The broader mortgage-market downturn and day-to-day management by others are relevant context.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Mortgage launch and closure: Evidentiary limit · Evidentiary limit
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The magazine folded, against the launch's durable luxury-media proposition. Day-to-day publication sat with the operating publisher rather than Trump.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Magazine launch and cessation: Audit finding · Cited analysis
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The magazine launch presented Trump's brand and lifestyle as the basis for a recurring luxury publication.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Magazine launch and cessation: Promised · Promised
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A publishing partner issued Trump Magazine under a brand arrangement with Trump.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Magazine launch and cessation: The record · The record
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Trump was the namesake, cover figure, and brand principal, while a partner operated the magazine.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Magazine launch and cessation: The record · The record
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The magazine ceased publication after a short operating period.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Magazine launch and cessation: Affected group · Affected group
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A separate publisher managed operations, and the financial crisis affected luxury publishing broadly.
Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game, mortgage, travel, magazine, vodka, and steak sections
Trump Magazine launch and cessation: Evidentiary limit · Evidentiary limit