this post was submitted on 23 Mar 2024
660 points (96.9% liked)

politics

19072 readers
3837 users here now

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

  1. Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

  1. Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
  2. Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
  3. No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
  4. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
  5. No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That's all the rules!

Civic Links

Register To Vote

Citizenship Resource Center

Congressional Awards Program

Federal Government Agencies

Library of Congress Legislative Resources

The White House

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

News

World News

Business News

Political Discussion

Ask Politics

Military News

Global Politics

Moderate Politics

Progressive Politics

UK Politics

Canadian Politics

Australian Politics

New Zealand Politics

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Donald Trump is close to the deadline to post bond in his fraud trial—and he’s screwing himself over even more.

After having reached out to several guarantors and 30 suretors for help posting his $464 million New York bank fraud bond, Donald Trump suddenly wants everyone to know he actually does have the cash.

In a bizarre rant on Friday morning, the man who was found to have defrauded banks and investors by overvaluing himself and the value of his properties claimed that he had accrued the wealth by way of “HARD WORK, TALENT, AND LUCK.”

Trump also admitted he has nearly half a billion dollars in cash.

The confession directly contradicts a filing from his legal team last month arguing that it would be “impossible” to secure a bond covering the full amount of the multimillion-dollar ruling.

Trump’s words will surely help out New York Attorney General Letitia James, who on Wednesday urged an appeals court to ignore Donald Trump’s latest effort to worm his way out of paying the $464 million disgorgement from his bank fraud trial.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 223 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I mean, yeah, he “admitted” it… but knowing how much of a pathological liar he is, it’s also possible that he just wanted to look “successful” to his captive rubes.

Either way, he is absolutely creating real and serious problems for himself by saying that. And I love that for him.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 7 months ago (2 children)

If his sheep believe it maybe they'll stop giving him money though. Bonus.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 7 months ago (3 children)

The best scenario is conservatives keep giving him their money, and he loses

[–] [email protected] 31 points 7 months ago

He's already going to bankrupt the rnc. This is a bonus

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

That unfortunately could go wrong in several ways I assume.

  1. Being a highly funded coop
  2. Being that a mass of people just took money from the lower and middle class and gave it to the rich where it may not be spent leading to an economic hit that pushes more people against more liberal ideals.
[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

Number one worries me, our chickens are certainly coming home to roost here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Well that's just about satisfaction maybe haha.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I mean, he said on day 1, after descending his golden escalator, he was funding everything himself, and they've been paying him every day since. I'm not sure why they'd stop now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Not actually a legal case though.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Can you explain what you mean by the 2nd paragraph? Could that put him in legal trouble for the motion his lawyers filed to the court that claimed it was "impossible" for him to secure enough cash to cover bond?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)

If he’s saying he has it and he actually has it: he shot himself in the foot, because now the courts will put his finances under a microscope to find it. And they’ll probably find it.

If he’s saying he has it and he doesn’t actually have it: he still shot himself in the foot, because the courts are still gonna put his finances under a microscope, except it will last way longer because they’ll find out he’s actually broke, and also perhaps misrepresented his assets and income outside of the context of the NY civil case, which might yield some new charges involving criminal tax evasion, depending on what they find.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So he's essentially inviting the state of New York to perform a super mega audit of his finances. Got it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

More or less, yeah. And, depending on what they find, they might tell the IRS that they should have a look, too.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The way I'm reading it (and I could absolutely be wrong here) but it sounds like he might be saying he has the money now thru hard work and tan lotion or whatever the hell. Not that he always had it. That would still cause problems but not nearly as much as if he is saying he always had it. Cause then he basically lied in court under oath which is obviously a no no.

But if he's saying he like hit the ground and made some shrewd genius business moves to raise the money quickly or something I don't think that would cause a ton of problems. And I could easily see some moron rich people getting together and just giving him the money or something

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

It’s that, or he’s getting ready to have the RNC bankroll his financial losses. Which I’m sure will trigger tons of lawsuits from people who are very not ok with that.

This is all just a smokescreen. The objective is to create chaos and confusion. Delays here help trump.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

He admitted it just like he claimed he was a billionaire. It doesn't make it true. The question when he makes statements like this needs to be, "Is it true?" followed by, "To what degree does he believe his own lie?" because at some point, we step into the realm of severe mental illness and delusions of grandeur. Everything else is just posturing to save face for his idiot voter base.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I have the money! (all of the sudden)

I just need time to convert it from Rubles to dollars!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

"Sure I've got the money! Everybody knows I've got the money! Crooked Joe Biden knows I've got the money, but I'll say to you what I'd say to him and his fake, crony judges! You're not getting a red cent from me or America! In fact, when November rolls around and we take back what was STOLEN from us, it'll be Dirty Joe and his goons who'll be the ones to pay!"

*Cue cheering in moron ad nauseum*

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Yes, one could argue that he is still keeping up with the fraud scheme he was just sentenced for. Could he be charged again?