Sorry to ruffle your feathers, why does it matter how many times Trump filed bankruptcy?  He knows how to use business bankruptcy to avoid his debts, and avoid paying 'little people' who work for him or sell to him.  We may very well be more than 40T in debt in 8 yrs, paying for all his tax cuts, and Trump's idea is that we 'will not pay it'.  Fact:  he has expressed a wish and willingness to use bankruptcy to 'deal down' the national debt.  If that seems like a sound business idea, than YOU don't know much about the consequences of such a move.