Somewhere along the line, you might have picked up the idea that Donnie Trump does something with real estate for a living. As it turns out, those buildings are only a hobby. Trump has another occupation which is clearly his true passion.
An exclusive USA TODAY analysis of legal filings across the United States finds that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee and his businesses have been involved in at least 3,500 legal actions in federal and state courts during the past three decades. They range from skirmishes with casino patrons to million-dollar real estate suits to personal defamation lawsuits.
And when something is your true calling, you can’t let a little thing like running for president get in the way.
Just since he announced his candidacy a year ago, at least 70 new cases have been filed, about evenly divided between lawsuits filed by him and his companies and those filed against them.
This goes a long way to explaining a couple of things. First, it shows why Republicans are desperately trying to pass legislation that would cut back on frivolous law suits in time to get Obama to sign it.
But for Trump, having this news in the paper has to be disappointing. He was really trying to keep the Trump Plan for Full Employment Through Lawsuits under wraps until the convention.