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[–] resetbypeer 167 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I mean let's be honest, you gotta be some special kind of stupid to give money to somebody who bankrups a casino, let me repeat a CASINO

[–] Burn_The_Right 107 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] thesohoriots 39 points 9 months ago

And he doesn’t even drink. Which calls to mind Hunter S. Thompson:

“It was Bogart who said, ‘You can't trust a man who doesn't drink.’ And it was Raoul Duke who said, ‘I'd never buy a used car from Nixon unless he was drunk.’”

[–] superduperenigma 59 points 9 months ago

It's literally a free money from dumb people machine that he bankrupted by using it as his personal piggy bank.

Now he's turned the RNC into a free money from dumb people machine and he's using it as his personal piggy bank.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago (1 children)

During the CASINO BOOM!!! Then as a little footnote, gets bailed out by Wilbur Ross, who becomes secretary of commerce. The coal baron Wilbur Ross.

[–] TokenBoomer 1 points 9 months ago

The slipper guy. Is he dead yet? He fell asleep at his own hearing.

[–] Rapidcreek 75 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Well Donald doesn't have half a billion dollars, but you know who does?

Taylor Swift

Maybe he could ask her....wait...,that won't work...nevermind

[–] EdibleFriend 70 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I would fucking love if she just came out and said 'I could afford that. Why can't you?'

[–] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I would love for anyone to say that, especially someone who isn’t famous.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

She can't.. the y'all-queda would attempt to murder her. :/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago
[–] answersplease77 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

He's lying to pressure the judge to lower it as if it was a business deal negotiation. Trump and his family can easily access their billions. Jared was paid $2 billions by the saudis, he can give him half.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"Trump has built his entire business career on the premise that laws are merely suggestions. The method has generally succeeded. When the government tried to make him allow Black people to live in his father’s apartment buildings, he defied the law and repeated Justice Department efforts to force compliance. He and his father funneled millions of dollars into his pockets illegally via a tax-fraud scheme of shell companies and phony paperwork. He repeatedly and habitually refuses to pay contractors for services rendered. He boasted that he could buy off public officials, a belief that, correct or not, explained his brazen willingness to cheat and steal."

muah chefs kiss

wish the article would have mentioned Trump being born the scion of a white supremacist new york construction company owner he was brought up in both the kkk and mafia

[–] whereisk 17 points 9 months ago

That Trump, wanna be dictator, of German descent, loves authoritarians, has been reading Mein Kampf, and thinks Hitler "did some good things" would be too much on the fucking nose even for a movie script to add to the list.

[–] bostonbananarama 51 points 9 months ago (9 children)

The real question is why does someone who claims to be worth around $6B need a loan at all? It just doesn't make sense. /s

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[–] TokenBoomer 34 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I’m tired of living in 2016.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Jokes on you, I'm living in 2020

[–] TokenBoomer 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Invest in Ivermectin. Trust me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why what's going to happen to the horses? Surely we wouldn't need this for some hypothetical epidemic if one were to occur.

[–] TokenBoomer 2 points 9 months ago

The horses? Vaush! Tacoma wept. You didn’t hear that from me.

[–] someguy3 34 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)
  1. you don't get rich by throwing away money (they'll never be repaid on that "loan").

  2. They want a winning candidate to give them tax breaks. They don't care about the other stuff. (Hmmm I wonder what that will mean. Trump is setting it up so that political donations go to him personally. Rich donors will see through that.)

[–] ripcord 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Tax breaks are just one of many things they expect to get, but yeah.

[–] maryjayjay 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Massive deregulation and the elimination of the EPA and the NLRB is more what I was thinking

[–] ripcord 1 points 9 months ago

Plus straight up payola in the forms of government contracts, favorable policies, etc etc

[–] ATDA 29 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Because businessmen expect ROI. Regardless of how upstanding they may or most definitely not be.

[–] Thrillhouse 3 points 9 months ago

Plus, why lend the money when you can circle back around and scoop up the assets for a bargain after he declares bankruptcy?

[–] Son_of_dad 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Didn't his son say they get all the money they need from Russia? His buddy just won re-election over there, maybe he can help him out.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago

I already love the smartass title of the article. “Upstanding Businessman” lmao

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago

If he actually was an "Upstanding Businessman", they actually might. Need more reasons why they don't?

[–] billiam0202 5 points 9 months ago

Asked, and answered.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

My theory is that Trump is, in fact, a crook.

well it looks like the last horse finally finished the race. congrats! not the sharpest knife in the drawer though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I don't understand this comment, even if meant sarcastically.

[–] SoleInvictus 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They're making light of the fact that only now has the author come to the conclusion that Trump is a crook, something known by most of the world years, if not decades, ago.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The author of the article was using sarcasm and pointing out the obvious. It was a clever rhetorical tool.

[–] SoleInvictus 3 points 9 months ago

Oh! Early morning me misunderstood your comment. I thought you were referring to the author's comment, not the previous commenter. Now I see what you meant.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They’re not gonna loan him any money because he’s just gonna get it from daddy Putin.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I heard daddy putin just lost 1/3 of his black sea naval force to a country that has no naval force, so things aren't going so hot for him either.

[–] answersplease77 1 points 9 months ago

Because he's lying and is used to leeching on others whenever he needs anything. His son in law and Ivanka and him are all worth billions. I hope he faces prison before he dies

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They will. I guarantee someone is going to swoop in and bail him out. Will he become president and *thus be in a position to reward them? That's the real question...