Our Mtg. w/Donald Trump
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🗓️ 26 February 2016
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
When Donald Trump ran a public company in the 1990s, The Motley Fool shorted the stock. In this bonus episode, David Gardner and Jeff Fischer share details of why they shorted Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts, their invitation to New York City, and what it was like sitting down face-to-face with The Donald.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, February 26th. |
| 0:04.0 | Welcome to Market Foolery. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Chris Hill joining me in studio today. |
| 0:08.0 | I know what you're thinking. |
| 0:09.0 | You're thinking, wait, it's Friday, why is there an episode of Market Foolery? |
| 0:11.0 | Well, as I said the other day, bonus episode this week. |
| 0:14.7 | Joining me in studio, Jeff Fisher from Motley Fool Pro and Options and David Gardner, |
| 0:20.6 | co-founder of the Motley Fool, Chief Rule Breaker, working on Stock Advisor Rule |
| 0:26.0 | Breakers and oh yeah he also hosts the Rule Breaker Investing Podcasts every week. |
| 0:29.7 | Thanks for being here guys. |
| 0:31.7 | Thank you, Chris. Hey Jeff. Hey David, hey Chris. |
| 0:34.8 | Great to see you both. |
| 0:36.3 | Thank you for responding to my invite. |
| 0:38.7 | I like how you teed that up as that we just bumped into each other by the coffee machine. |
| 0:44.0 | Hey, what are you doing here? |
| 0:45.0 | Well, we didn't really have to walk many feet to come over to the studio to talk about what is, I think, a very |
| 0:49.7 | memorable time in our lives. |
| 0:51.5 | Definitely. Certainly memorable. And as I say from time to time on market foolery, we don't talk about |
| 0:57.9 | politics. That's not where we live here at the Motley Fool. Only every once in a great |
| 1:01.5 | while does politics intercede with investing in a meaningful way to us. |
| 1:07.0 | And yet, I think it's accurate to say that the person who is at the white-hot center of American politics right |
| 1:14.8 | now is Donald Trump. |
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