With all respect to the OP, imo it slightly misstates Trump
Does it? I've never seen him take responsibility for anything bad.
I think at the heart of it Trump has simply played by different rules his entire life. He takes responsibility for his bankruptcies, but he's playing by a set of rules that accepts that bankruptcy is his end goal in a casino deal. He keeps whatever money he got from construction and start up, and walks away clean from debt that he can't service with the cash flow, because he leaves the creditors who put up the money in the first place with the "Trump name." And they're ok with that, because they are oligarchs with dirty money, so the loss they took in terms of what money Trump walks away with is good for them, because they laundered the money into a legal casino.
He signed a consent decree 40-50 years ago to stop discriminating against blacks in renting apartments. He never lived up to it because he employed an attorney who was the most loathsome individual in the business (says a lot) and who Amy Berman would put in jail today.
There are consequences. Trump is not building skyscrapers in NYC or any other US City. But he appears quite happy with his business model hosting Apprentice (you're fired! LOL) and selling Trump Steaks and Vodka. There are much better and lower costs steaks and vodka, but some people like the 'brand.'
And the only criticism I make is ….. when your facts are about casinos and oligarchs and your brand …. facing down a choice of imploding an economy and very possibly your presidency or seeing somewhere between 250K to a million Americans dying is just not something you've trained for. Obama certainly never trained for a collapse of home prices, and W never trained for navigating the gripes between Arab and Persian tribes.