Donald Trump Lands a HUGE Endorsement from another Legendary Businessman
Donald Trump is widely regarded as on of the greatest luxury real estate developers of all time.
In June, Trump landed a high-profile endorsement from the founder one of the greatest retailers of all time.
In his Op-Ed piece “Why I Stand with Donald Trump” Bernie Marcus, Co-founder of Home Depot endorses Trump.
Atlanta, Georgia – Former Home Depot CEO Bernie Marcus (L) and co-founder Arthur Blank are shown in the company boardroom on Wednesday, May 28, 1997.
Why I Stand With Donald Trump
By Bernie Marcus
As a backer of former Republican presidential candidates, I now stand in support of Donald J. Trump because the fate of this nation depends upon sending him, and not Hillary Clinton, to the White House.I know Donald Trump, but we’re not close friends. However, I believe he will begin on Day One undoing the damage done by President Barack Obama. I stand ready to help him at every turn.
Like many, I am deeply concerned about the US Supreme Court. When Trump recently released his list of potential appointees, I grew confident in his resolve to keep our court balanced. Even more important: Clinton will push the court leftward for generations. She must be stopped.
But I draw even more from lessons learned when we founded The Home Depot in 1978 rather than from the contentious GOP primary of 2016. I genuinely believe that if we to started The Home Depot today, we would fail because of the hurdles government, especially the current administration, places in front of small business owners. I never forget The Home Depot’s small business roots – we started as a small business with four stores in Atlanta, Georgia.
I think of the banker who nearly lost his job by taking a risk and giving us a line of credit when we started. He didn’t just look at our balance sheet; he believed in our character and determination. Government regulators don’t allow this under Dodd-Frank – a law Hillary Clinton wants to make far worse.
And going public under Sarbanes-Oxley, a Clinton favorite? Not the company we built, nor thousands of other businesses like ours the nation will never know because they died at birth, strangled by faceless bureaucrats and politicians who erroneously believe that government “can do it better.”
Yet the risks we took in the 1970s have resulted in millions of jobs – not just at The Home Depot, but at our suppliers, our vendors, and even our customers’ businesses. Investors believed in us, and the government did not stop us.
We could not do this today, for the same reason why so many Americans have dropped out of the workforce, why their wages have been stagnant, why their health care is a mess, and why our economy has stalled. It’s Obama/Clinton-style government that’s getting in the way.
I have never seen our government as hostile to free enterprise, especially small business, as it is today. It is driving over-regulation, over-taxation, over-litigation, and over-spending. These “overs” are killing small businesses, which create the majority of new jobs in America.
Politicians like Obama and Clinton, aided by the media and academia, have peddled a dangerous sentiment that government can provide for Americans better than the private sector. That’s not just false, it’s likely the nexus of Trump’s massively popular slogan, “Make America Great Again.” We saw it first hand.
The vast majority of early Home Depot associates did not have a college education. But they worked hard and were paid with salaries and stock options. Those options made many people wealthy, and fueled our robust growth.
One young man started with us at 17 years of age, bringing carts in from the parking lot. Ultimately, he became a regional president. Imagine Americans vilifying this young man, who became a millionaire and earned every penny of it.
What makes America great? Risk, preparation, hard work, and a young man’s willingness to shag carts from a parking lot because he has faith that he and his family can be great.
Donald Trump is right: To inspire more of these men and women, we must make America great again. Record-breaking numbers of Republican primary voters agree. They overwhelmingly want Donald Trump to lead this sea change, and we believe he can. But he needs to stand on our shoulders; he cannot do it alone.
One of the greatest lessons we took away from The Home Depot is to always listen to your customers. Without their input, we surely would have failed. Republican leaders must listen to their customers, too – their voters – and they have spoken clearly.
As Americans, the choice is abundantly clear: If you want four more years of President Obama, vote for Hillary Clinton; if you want to take the country in a new direction, vote for Donald Trump.
H/T – RCP
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Very well said. Thank you Marcus for supporting the right man for growth.
I also commend you for your endorsement to a great leader. Our next president.. Donald Trump!!!
Donald Trump is our vote
Fuck you Donald trump and all Hispanics are not going to Home Depot that’s where you make your money from us
Good Joseph, and while you’re at it you can stop hanging around the parking lot waiting for work.
Just how stupid are you? If you think Clinton will make your life better then we know how stupid you are. She’s a lying, murdering, piece of goat poop. If you really want to make things better in America then you better go with trump. If you want more free social programs paid for by those of us that work, guns taken away, freedoms taken away, etc then Killary is your person.
Well said!!!
Well said joseph!!!!
Thank you Sir. We need more Americans like you. Like you, I am also very concerned about the direction of our America. Hillary would finish the “Fundamental Transformation” that Obama started and is at the end of its conclusion.
Thank you for your endorsement.
I agree with your endorsement for Donald Trump for President..He will make US proud!!
THANK YOU MARCUS!!
Thank you for your endorsement. America needs all of us to work together.
Thank you for being by a bunch of idiots! Not!!! I mean not Thanking You! #trumpsachump #andsoareyou
I guess it makes sense for Home Depot to get behind Trump. What a bunch of tools.
HOME DEPOT DOESNT GIVE A DISCOUNT TO ALL VETERANS ALL YEAR—-WHY?? LOWES DOES
It’s always about the money isn’t Jon? Is America better today, than says, 20 years ago?
It’s time for a real change, and I don’t means with words. Talk is what every politician does,
but how many deliver on their promises? Vote Trump, he’s not a politician. He’s a successful
businessman, which is what America needs. Cut the useless pork barrel spending. Most of
the politicians in D.C. have been bought. There are very few statesmen left anymore. These
are people America needs right. People who stand for principle and the Constitution.
America is not a democracy despite what the dumbed-down people in this country believe.
We live in aa Constitutional Republic, where we live by the rule of laws. Vote Trump! Let’s
get back to the dream the Founding Fathers had for this country, not the socialist state we
are living right now.
Good question? WHY YOU DON’T SUPPORT VETERANS?