Re: Charges
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 9:17 am
Your trump woody is showing today Randall.
Your trump woody is showing today Randall.
One of the things that people don't understand is that much of his wealth (prior to the White House, when he was claiming a net worth of roughly $10b) was based on the speculative value of the name "Trump." (Trump Casino, Trump Towers, etc.) If I recall correctly, the value of the name was estimated at around $7b, which means that even if everything else he claimed has accurate and legit, he was only ever worth about 30% of what he claimed.
I think most of US understood that, but the rubes like to appoint to trumps numbers and say it proves he is a genius. The important term is "net" worth. If I borrowed a billion dollar$, would I be a billionaire?DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 12:40 pmOne of the things that people don't understand is that much of his wealth (prior to the White House, when he was claiming a net worth of roughly $10b) was based on the speculative value of the name "Trump." (Trump Casino, Trump Towers, etc.) If I recall correctly, the value of the name was estimated at around $7b, which means that even if everything else he claimed has accurate and legit, he was only ever worth about 30% of what he claimed.
And obviously, that $7b is closer to 0 today.
75 million people say you would be.japhy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 12:52 pmI think most of US understood that, but the rubes like to appoint to trumps numbers and say it proves he is a genius. The important term is "net" worth. If I borrowed a billion dollar$, would I be a billionaire?DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 12:40 pmOne of the things that people don't understand is that much of his wealth (prior to the White House, when he was claiming a net worth of roughly $10b) was based on the speculative value of the name "Trump." (Trump Casino, Trump Towers, etc.) If I recall correctly, the value of the name was estimated at around $7b, which means that even if everything else he claimed has accurate and legit, he was only ever worth about 30% of what he claimed.
And obviously, that $7b is closer to 0 today.
Yes.DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 12:40 pmOne of the things that people don't understand is that much of his wealth (prior to the White House, when he was claiming a net worth of roughly $10b) was based on the speculative value of the name "Trump." (Trump Casino, Trump Towers, etc.) If I recall correctly, the value of the name was estimated at around $7b, which means that even if everything else he claimed has accurate and legit, he was only ever worth about 30% of what he claimed.
And obviously, that $7b is closer to 0 today.
Hey, damn you that's Randall's hero you are talkin bout! Expect a pithy skewering "twitter fact" rebuttal soonish. trump's a billionaire, Randall knows, that's how he is.jfish26 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 1:17 pmYes.DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 12:40 pmOne of the things that people don't understand is that much of his wealth (prior to the White House, when he was claiming a net worth of roughly $10b) was based on the speculative value of the name "Trump." (Trump Casino, Trump Towers, etc.) If I recall correctly, the value of the name was estimated at around $7b, which means that even if everything else he claimed has accurate and legit, he was only ever worth about 30% of what he claimed.
And obviously, that $7b is closer to 0 today.
And this is also the heart of why we have things like election contribution laws, and laws against falsifying tax and insurance and banking documents, and why candidates for office provide tax returns.
If you or I sought a security clearance for very ordinary course shit, the government would want to know if we are financially compromised (or susceptible to being financially compromised).
Whatever "net worth" Trump wants Forbes to say he has...he's not liquid for it. Not remotely close.
That's hilarious. Trump has made millions ripping off US citizens who did work for Trump only to receive pennies on the dollar owed to them if anything. Trump's ego has needed what he got out of politics for nearly his entire adult life. The power, the adulation. He has always needed that.randylahey wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 2:17 pm Biden is a career politician whos gotten filthy rich off the backs of the American people. Thats the guy you trust?
Trump aint clean either. But far less dirty than biden. Trump never needed politics. Hes actually the only president in decades that actually lost money by going into politics
Yeah trumps ego is something else lol. Im with you theretwocoach wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 1:31 pmThat's hilarious. Trump has made millions ripping off US citizens who did work for Trump only to receive pennies on the dollar owed to them if anything. Trump's ego has needed what he got out of politics for nearly his entire adult life. The power, the adulation. He has always needed that.randylahey wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 2:17 pm Biden is a career politician whos gotten filthy rich off the backs of the American people. Thats the guy you trust?
Trump aint clean either. But far less dirty than biden. Trump never needed politics. Hes actually the only president in decades that actually lost money by going into politics
Imagine the first domino to fall in a series of prosecutions reasonably likely to result with you dying in prison...relates to you having paid a woman you now call "horseface" $130,000 to NOT tell people that you had sex with her.
That reminds me of not too long after he became president, I heard Trump criticizing one of his administration members, and I thought I must have misheard him, because calling them incompetent along with a string of other insults, would only make him look bad for lacking good judgement by hiring them in the first place.
While I tend, I think, to see the seamier side of Biden more than most posters here, his accumulation of wealth is pretty straightforward: an $8 million book deal, seven-figure speaking fees, etc. Sure, it's "corrupt," but it's corrupt in the sense that the whole system is corrupt. Reagan may have been the last president/VP who didn't get filthy rich AFTER office.twocoach wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 1:31 pmThat's hilarious. Trump has made millions ripping off US citizens who did work for Trump only to receive pennies on the dollar owed to them if anything. Trump's ego has needed what he got out of politics for nearly his entire adult life. The power, the adulation. He has always needed that.randylahey wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 2:17 pm Biden is a career politician whos gotten filthy rich off the backs of the American people. Thats the guy you trust?
Trump aint clean either. But far less dirty than biden. Trump never needed politics. Hes actually the only president in decades that actually lost money by going into politics
He HATES everyone who ever worked form him. It's pathological.Feral wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 2:43 pmThat reminds me of not too long after he became president, I heard Trump criticizing one of his administration members, and I thought I must have misheard him, because calling them incompetent along with a string of other insults, would only make him look bad for lacking good judgement by hiring them in the first place.
Silly me.
He hates everyone who ever worked for him that either got caught being a sleazeball or got sick of Trump being a sleazeball and called him out for it. It just seems like it is all of them because of how frequently both have occurred.DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 4:30 pmHe HATES everyone who ever worked form him. It's pathological.Feral wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 2:43 pmThat reminds me of not too long after he became president, I heard Trump criticizing one of his administration members, and I thought I must have misheard him, because calling them incompetent along with a string of other insults, would only make him look bad for lacking good judgement by hiring them in the first place.
Silly me.
Biden is "filthy" rich? You guys have a pretty low bar for "filthy", it makes me feel fucking dirty just talking about it. He had $2.5M net worth at age 74 ( barely soiled if you ask me) and added another $5.5M on book deals and speaking engagements later.DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 4:29 pmWhile I tend, I think, to see the seamier side of Biden more than most posters here, his accumulation of wealth is pretty straightforward: an $8 million book deal, seven-figure speaking fees, etc. Sure, it's "corrupt," but it's corrupt in the sense that the whole system is corrupt. Reagan may have been the last president/VP who didn't get filthy rich AFTER office.twocoach wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 1:31 pmrandylahey wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 2:17 pm Biden is a career politician whos gotten filthy rich off the backs of the American people. Thats the guy you trust?