{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Voices at Temple","provider_url":"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices","title":"Bankruptcies Shaped Trump Political Style - Voices at Temple","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"JirIlIYYnB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/bankruptcies-shaped-trump-political-style\/\">Bankruptcies Shaped Trump Political Style<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/bankruptcies-shaped-trump-political-style\/embed\/#?secret=JirIlIYYnB\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Bankruptcies Shaped Trump Political Style&#8221; &#8212; Voices at Temple\" data-secret=\"JirIlIYYnB\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Donald-Trump.png","thumbnail_width":840,"thumbnail_height":560,"description":"Restructuring a failing business requires puffery, threats, gambles and head fakes. Sound familiar? Donald Trump\u2019s campaign for president often seems baffling.\u00a0That\u2019s because he is playing a very different game from what we expect in general elections. He learned it in bankruptcy proceedings. Having taken his Atlantic City casinos through bankruptcy multiple times, this is a game Trump knows how to play and win \u2014 at least for himself, if not necessarily for his companies or others who may depend on him. The process of restructuring troubled businesses such as Trump\u2019s casinos is replete with posturing, table pounding, empty threats, puffery, head-fakes, and the occasional desperate gamble. If all that sounds familiar, it\u2019s probably because you heard it from\u00a0Trump in this week&#8217;s presidential debate.\u00a0Bankruptcy may be the real model behind his\u00a0unconventional political behavior. Corporate bankruptcies are complex and contentious affairs.\u00a0Scores of creditors and shareholders grapple for slices of a pie that is too small to feed all of them.\u00a0Ordinarily, the expectation is that shareholders will be wiped out, because the company is insolvent, and managers will &hellip;"}