Business Record. Political Promise. Actual Delivery.

Donald Trump ran for president — twice — on the claim that his success in business made him uniquely qualified to run the country. This site checks that claim against the record, in three parts: what actually happened in his companies, what he told voters that record meant, and what the numbers say he delivered once he had the job.

Six corporate bankruptcies. Hundreds of small contractors, suppliers, and tradespeople left holding unpaid bills. A 1990s personal debt crisis so severe that banks seized his airline, a hotel, and put him on a monthly allowance. Products that launched with his name on them and quietly closed. And now, the same pattern of financial mismanagement showing up at a federally-chartered institution under his direct chairmanship.

This is not a claim that every business failure is disqualifying — most entrepreneurs fail at something. It's a sourced record for a candidate who ran explicitly on his business record, so voters can check the claim against the evidence rather than either the campaign's version or its critics' version. See About & Methodology for our sourcing standard.