a topic I absolutely loathe:

Trump's philosophy - if he can do it, he will do it. Morals and ethics be damned. How other people are effected, so what as far as he is concerned:

May 2026 (Iran Conflict Remarks): Before departing for a trip to China, Trump was asked by reporters whether the economic struggles of Americans factored into his calculations regarding the conflict with Iran. He replied: "I don't think about Americans' financial situation ... I think about one thing: We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon," adding later, "I don't think about anybody".

(Google search quote)

Donald Trump said Wednesday night he would not “apologize” for filing for bankruptcy on a few of his companies in the past, because it is legal.

“I’ve done it four times out of hundreds, and I’m glad I did it. I used the laws of the country to my benefit. I’m sorry,” he said at the Republican debate.

https://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/28/trump-i-used-the-laws-of-the-country-to-my-benefit.html

I doubt that he lost those businesses due to incompetency. He is pretty smart and knows what he is doing in the business world. He is very manipulative. Its my position that he built those companies up, pulled as much equity as he could out of the company and into his pocket and left the investors holding the bag. That to me is more reprehensible that if he lost the business because he didn't know what he was doing.

“Even as his companies did poorly, Mr. Trump did well,” the Times wrote.
“He put up little of his own money, shifted personal debts to the casinos and collected millions of
dollars in salary, bonuses and other payments. The burden of his failures fell on investors and
others who had bet on his business acumen.”

Trump himself fared well through the bankruptcy. He kept a $2 million annual salary after the
company emerged from bankruptcy and took in more than $44 million in compensation over the
course of the 14 years he served as chairman of THCR.
“I don’t think it’s a failure,” he said of the bankruptcy in 2004. “It’s a success.”

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20200929/111078/HMKP-116-JU00-20200929-SD003.pdf