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Page 4A SUPER TUESDAY East Oregonian Tuesday, March 1, 2016 Trump’s career: Fans and foes, love and hate By BERNARD CONDON AP Business Writer NEW YORK — To his supporters, the business ca- reer of Donald Trump is proof he’s got the decisiveness and smarts required to lead the country. To critics, his exag- gerated claims, burned cus- tomers and four bankruptcies suggest a man wholly disqual- i¿ed for the of¿ce. The truth: It’s complicated. Criticized by Republican rivals for his crude comments and what they call iffy conser- vative credentials, Trump now ¿nds his business acumen in the political crosshairs. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has started calling Trump a “con artist” who has been “sticking it to the little guy” as he built his empire, and says he would be “selling watches in Manhat- tan” if he hadn’t gotten help from his millionaire father. Trump’s business record gives Super Tuesday voters inclined to praise or condemn his boardroom bona ¿des a way to support either view. Gutsy, shrewd and armed with an uncanny sense of tim- ing, Trump built a business that spans the globe, much bigger in scope and riches than when he took it over from his father. Yet some of his failures have been as spectacular as his successes, and he’s stiffed creditors and has licensed his name in ways that raise ques- tions about his judgment. “Donald has proven him- self an innovative and smart businessman,” says real estate developer Don Peebles, a reg- istered Democrat who does not plan on voting for Trump if he makes it to the general election. “I respect and admire what he’s accomplished.” The fortune built by Trump’s father, estimated at several hundred million dollars, came from low- and middle-income housing in Brooklyn and Queens. Trump wanted more. So he bet big on much richer Manhattan, a risk for the son of an outer-bor- AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during a speech at a rally in Oklahoma City. Secret Service-media tussle at rally RADFORD, Va. (AP) — A raucous and protest-ridden Donald Trump rally on the eve of Super Tuesday featured a verbal and physical altercation between a news media photographer and a Secret Service agent, complete with profanity, a choke hold and a body slam. Chris Morris, the photographer who is contracted to cover the campaign for TIME, was escorted out of the tense rally amid an anti-Trump protest, and detained before being released. The Secret Service says it is investigating “the exact circumstances.” The agent has not been identi¿ed. ough builder. His timing was near per- fect. He began construction in 1980 on his signature Fifth Avenue building, Trump Tow- er, just as New York City be- gan a long boom following a brush with bankruptcy. He put up more buildings, bought an airline and rolled the dice in another industry — ca- sinos. In 1984, he opened the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, Trump’s hour-long speech at Radford was interrupted multiple times by pro- testers — some individual, others acting in groups. Videos of the incident taken by reporters and attendees show Morris attempting to secure a better position to photograph some of the many protesters kicked out of Trump’s Radford event. Re- buffed, Morris is heard cursing at the agent, who then grabs Morris and takes him to the ground. Seconds later, Morris touched the agent to demonstrate his version of what hap- pened. He was then escorted out. New Jersey, and he opened Trump’s Castle the following year. In 1991, he took an es- pecially big risk to build the Trump Taj Mahal. He person- ally guaranteed loans used to develop the project, putting his own fortune on the line if things went sour. They did. As the U.S. muddled through a recession, Trump was unable to make good on billions of dollars of debt. The bankruptcies — four in all, stretching over nearly a decade — left many casino lenders and vendors bitter. They got just pennies on each dollar they were owed. “People forget that he left bondholders out to dry ... that these were not victimless events,” says Michael D’An- tonio, author of the Trump biography “Never Enough.” “When he tried to do other kinds of business — airlines and casinos — he stumbled.” In 2001, Trump complet- ed the 90-story residential Trump World Tower in New York City. Then, three years later, he discovered a Àair for reality TV with the launch of “The Apprentice” on NBC. As his celebrity star rose, Trump moved to squeeze more dol- lars out of his name. He’s branded everything from bot- tled water and suits to hotels and residential towers, striking deals to put his name on prop- erties built and owned by oth- ers in Panama, Uruguay, Tur- key, India and the Philippines. As he has extended his brand, he’s faced criticism that he’s gotten careless, or worse. Rubio has focused in the past several days on Trump Uni- versity, which charged stu- dents $1,495 each for semi- nars that would teach them the billionaire’s secrets to making it big in real estate. A lawsuit ¿led by the New York attor- ney general claims the classes fell so short of promises that it amounts to fraud. “This is a guy who says he stands for the working class,” Rubio said Saturday. “When in fact his entire business ca- reer, he’s been sticking it to working-class Americans.” It’s clearly struck a nerve with Trump, who on Saturday called the litigation “a small deal, very small” and told supporters he could have settled, but is continu- ing to fight on principle. For a man who measures his success in dollars, Trump has managed to grow them sub- stantially. According to Forbes magazine, Trump’s wealth has risen to $4.5 billion from $1 bil- lion in 1988, a 350 percent gain. That’s half of what he would have earned if he had invested in a broad U.S. stock index, and that doesn’t count dividends. Trump, by the way, says Forbes is all wrong. “I borrowed a tiny amount of money, $1 million,” he said Saturday. “I started a business. It’s worth much more than $10 billion right now.” Trump timeline —1978: Opens glittering $100 million hotel at Grand Central Station in New York to replace decay- ing Commodore Hotel. —1980: Breaks ground on Trump Tower, his soaring Fifth Avenue luxury condo building. —1984: Gambles on casi- nos, opening Trump Plaza in Atlantic City. Trump’s Castle follows a year later; next, the $1 billion Trump Taj Mahal. —1987: Publishes “The Art of the Deal,” a New York Times best seller. —1989: For new airline, Trump Shuttle, promises “best of everything,” but loses control to lenders and eventually sells it. —1991: First of four Trump casino bankrupt- cies. Trump Taj Mahal threatens his personal fortune because he person- ally guaranteed debt, but dealmaking spares him big loss. —2004: Joins forces with NBC to launch “The Ap- prentice,” the long-running reality TV show. —2005: Expands brand into clothing and acces- sories with the “Donald J. Trump Signature Col- lection” so fans can wear Trump-branded suits, shirts, ties, cuflinks, eyewear, leather goods and belts. —2008: Opens irst property in Chicago, the 92-story Trump Interna- tional Hotel & Tower. —2009: Tells crowd of 5,000 in Miami that his new health products company, Trump Networks, will be the “biggest in the industry.” Company strug- gles and Trump sells it four years later. —2012: Wins right to con- vert Old Post Ofice Build- ing in Washington into 300-room hotel, promising “one of the most luxurious in the world.” —2014: Buys Ireland’s Doonbeg golf club and Scotland’s Turnberry Resort, the site of several British Opens and his 17th golf course. SUPER TUESDAY Tuesday, March 1, 2016 East Oregonian Super Tuesday is the biggest prize Rubio takes gloves By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON — Super Tuesday is the big gulp moment for any presi- dential candidate who makes it that far. It’s the biggest day of competition in American democracy except for Elec- tion Day itself. It’s super nail-bitey, su- per expensive and often super-clarify- ing — the killer and maker of dreams. So will it set everything straight in the chaotic presidential race? Maybe. Quite possibly not. Voters in a dozen states head to the polls on Tuesday, March 1, with 1,460 delegates at stake. More delegates can be won on Super Tuesday than on any other day during the presidential nominating process. DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES Why it matters Immigration policy, the swollen U.S. debt, the uneven spread of wealth and hard questions about how to ap- proach the Islamic State, terrorism and civil liberties are all in play for voters. So is the fate of fundamental social policy as the Supreme Court stands ideologically divided. A vacancy may not be ¿lled until after the next presi- dent takes of¿ce in January. By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press ON SUPER TUESDAY ... 4,765 total 21% of available pledged Democratic delegates will Super- delegates Remaining delegates be awarded, while 24% of available Republican delegates are up for grabs. REPUBLICAN DELEGATES 3,030 Marco ‘Rambo’ & Co. Five Republicans are still mixing it up, but all the bellowing is either by or about GOP front-runner Donald Trump. The New Yorker is driving to- ward the Republican nomination and his rivals are trying to splatter him with everything they have. Tuesday will answer whether Mar- co Rubio’s debate-night transformation from bland RubioBot to Marco Rambo can begin to take down the months- long leader in preference polls and now delegates. The ¿ght that the Republican es- tablishment long wanted has been en- gaged. Whether it’s too late to stop the outsider capitalist-populist is the ques- tion. And it’s not all high-minded rhetoric by any means. Trump made fun of Ru- bio’s ears; Rubio cracked that Trump may have wet his pants during the de- bate. Similar suspense, with fewer insults, animates the Democratic race. Hillary Clinton, the establishment pick, scored a weekend blowout in South Carolina on Saturday, looks strong in many Super Tuesday states and would become an overwhelming favorite for the nomination if she per- forms to expectations. A surprise could reinvigorate Ber- nie Sanders, her socialist-populist rival who has tapped deep political passions but needs more actual victories, and soon. off with Trump The road to Super Tuesday 2,472 total 2,383 Needed for nomination Remaining delegates 1,744 1,237 Super Tuesday delegates 865 156 Past races 133 SOURCE: AP Election Services Trump’s agenda lacks detail on most fronts and often seems improvised. But there’s little doubt about his intended approach on several major matters. He would try to browbeat trading partners and others into doing his will. He would be on the hook for some- how carrying out mass deportations of people in the country illegally, for temporarily banning non-U.S. citizen Muslims from coming into the coun- try and for replacing President Barack Obama’s health care law with a system that does not, as he put it, leave people to die on the street. Democrats have a choice between liberal pragmatism and liberal ambi- tion. Sanders preaches free college, a transformation of health care to a gov- ernment-¿nanced “Medicare-for-all” system and a breakup of big banks as part of an agenda centered on shrinking the gap between rich and poor. That means a far heftier safety net, at the cost of higher taxes and what a lot of economists say would be higher national debt. Clinton says his goals are politically impossible and she would follow an achievable, yet still activist path. A transition Until now, it was ephemeral. Who’s doing better and worse than expected? Who’s rising and falling? Who’s got, AP you know, momentum? It’s mainly about the number of del- egates now — the inexorable grind of arithmetic. Until now, voters in four states have picked not much more than a sliver of the delegates who are needed to clinch the party nominations. That changes overnight, with each party holding contests in 11 states. Democrats also vote in American Sa- moa. Republicans will allocate 595 del- egates from the results of Super Tues- day, nearly half of the 1,237 needed for the nomination. Democrats will allocate 865, more than one-third of the necessary 2,383. What’s the score? 3-1 for Trump and Clinton. He won New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada. She won Iowa, Nevada and South Carolina. Republican Ted Cruz won Iowa. Sanders won New Hampshire. In the Republican delegate race: it’s 82 for Trump, 17 for Ted Cruz, 16 for Rubio, 6 for John Kasich and 4 for Ben Carson. In the Democratic race, factoring in the hundreds of superdelegates, or party insiders who can support a candi- date of their choice, Clinton leads with 544 delegates, according to AP’s count, while Sanders has 85. ATLANTA — Inviting audiences to “have a little fun,” Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Marco Rubio’s jabs at front-runner Donald Trump are getting personal. In a sharp shift from pol- icy to personal attacks on Trump, Rubio mocked ev- erything from the billionaire businessman’s tan to mak- ing subtle remarks about his manhood. He even implied that Trump wet his pants during a recent debate. Crowds across the South have appeared receptive to the Florida senator’s change in tone, exploding into cheers and laughter at the digs. But individually, many voters sheepishly smile and acknowledge that the turn is unfortunate but necessary for anyone to take down Trump. Come what may for Ru- bio, his attacks on Trump, the favorite in most of this week’s Super Tuesday polls, exposes a deeply-root an- tipathy for Trump among a segment of the Republican electorate. “You’ve got to break Donald Trump somehow,” said Elizabeth Neal, who at- tended a Rubio rally down- town Atlanta on Monday. “To some degree it means doing whatever it takes — even if it means getting down to his level.” In Georgia on Saturday, Rubio Àipped his rhetoric from focusing on policy comparisons to ripping on Trump’s appearance. “It’s amazing to me. A guy with the worst spray tan in America is attacking me for putting on makeup,” Rubio told an audience of 7,000 parents with children on a Christian high school football ¿eld Saturday. The grandstands roared. “Donald Trump likes to sue people. He should sue whoever did that to his face,” he added. 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It’s an occasional feature in Rubio’s new shtick in the run-up to Super Tuesday’s 11 Republican nominating con- tests, which could jeopardize the Florida senator’s cam- paign if he fails to pull off a ¿rst place ¿nish in at least one of those states. It sometimes begins with Rubio pulling out his phone, saying “You guys want to have a little fun?” then read- ing some of Trump’s noto- rious pronouncements on Twitter. 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