function retryablePromise(retries) {

  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    reject();  
  })
    .catch(() => {
        if (retries > 0) {
            return retryablePromise(retries - 1);
        } else {
            return Promise.reject();
        }
    });

}

retryablePromise(5)
  .then(() => {
      console.log('resolved!');
  })
  .catch(() => {
    console.log('all attempts failed');
  });