Trump claims he can't be bought

christiefan915

christiefan915

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Reporter have spent almost 30 years trying to discover Trump's net worth. How curious. What's he trying to hide?

"As he never fails to remind us, Trump’s appeal to voters hinges largely upon the idea that he is so wealthy that he is insulated from the influence of lobbyists and donors and those who seek to sway him. He even put it on a pin: “I love America, I love freedom, and I cannot be bought.”

In January, Trump assured voters that everything was in order: “I have very big returns, as you know, and I have everything all approved and very beautiful and we’ll be working that over in the next period of time.” While there may be no good explanation for Trump not to release his returns, there is certainly an explanation—and it is probably that he simply doesn’t want anyone to see them. And why not? Maybe because they’re not as big or beautiful as he’s led everyone to believe.

Reporters have spent the better part of three decades trying to pin down precisely how much Donald Trump is worth.

In 2006, Trump sued New York Times reporter Tim O’Brien, the author of the book TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald. A year earlier, Trump had claimed he was worth “five to six billion” dollars; O’Brien wrote that that number was probably somewhere between $150 million and $250 million. Trump’s tax returns were entered into evidence in the course of litigation, but they were filed under seal. In one deposition, Trump told O’Brien’s attorneys that his assessment of his own value was largely guided by “feelings,” both others’ and his own. “Yes, even my own feelings as to where the world is, where the world is going, and that can change rapidly from day to day,” he said...

Trump issued his most recent estimation of his own worth last summer: In June, he waved a one-page summary of his finances over his head at a press conference, claiming to have been worth $8.7 billion a year earlier. In July, he filed a 92-page personal financial disclosure that his net worth was actually more than $10 billion. (He valued his personal brand at $3.3 billion.) Later that month, taking into account both documents—neither of which carried an accountant’s signature—Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index concluded that that Trump’s net worth was slightly less than $3 billion....

http://gawker.com/donald-trump-can-be-bought-1776145148
 
cawacko said:
So if he's worth $3 billion instead of $10 billion he can be bought?
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Think so?

Or perhaps it's the fact that his campaign isn't self-financed (it never really was), and he's accepting big money donations after he said he wouldn't.
 
Legion Troll said:
I'll guess we'll see, lol.

Your position on his campaign financing seems to have evolved.

I think I remember showing you the DONATE button on his web site a while back, and you weren't too impressed. Or so you said at the time. :D
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You don't impress me very often, what can I say, lol.
 
Not easy to get a valuation on real estate. You can't know with certainty unless you actually sell it.

Still fretting over net worth ? Where is that on your tax forms ?
 
Celticguy said:
Not easy to get a valuation on real estate. You can't know with certainty unless you actually sell it. Still fretting over net worth ? Where is that on your tax forms ?
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Is John Miller going to explain the difference between revenue and income to Trump?
 
cawacko said:
Hillary Clinton is worth $125 million and she claims she can't be bought.
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Bernie's got $27 donors (average)..
that doesn't buy much. :)

Here's a new movie ( disclaimer these are notoriously unreliable) ..

Clinton Cash has been lauded by top progressives for its exposure of crony capitalism and self-enrichment. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Columbia University Earth Institute Director, called it “compelling reading on how Bill and Hillary have mixed personal wealth, power, and influence peddling.” Daily Beast columnist Eleanor Clift calls Schweizer “an equal-opportunity investigator, snaring Republicans as well as Democrats.” And Demos Senior Fellow Nomi Prins says Clinton Cash “provides a damning portrait of elite and circumspect power and influence.”
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/04/28/watch-trailer-clinton-cash-movie-premiering-cannes/

^trailer ( I have no opinion on this as of yet)
 
christiefan915 said:
The question in my mind is why so cagy about his worth? Most would be overjoyed to announce they were worth $3 billion. I still think he's trying to hide something.
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This is not a new topic. We've had multiple threads about it on this board. He's not worth what he claims. But I'm trying to understand if he's only worth $3-$5 billion does that make him more likely to be bought out than if he was with $10?
 
Legion Troll said:
Is John Miller going to explain the difference between revenue and income to Trump?
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Somebody should offer a reward to "John Miller" if he shows himself. :)

"...it often seems as though Trump can lie freely without consequence on the campaign trail. The fact-checking site Politifact has ruled a stunning 76 percent of Trump’s statements as ‘false, mostly false or pants on fire.' Yet, somehow he eludes accountability," Meyers said. "It’s a clear-cut case where you can hear the audio for yourself and know that Trump is lying. Second, John Miller is a fake persona manufactured by Trump to aggrandize himself in the eyes of the public, which is exactly what he’s doing now as a presidential candidate.”
 
cawacko said:
This is not a new topic. We've had multiple threads about it on this board. He's not worth what he claims. But I'm trying to understand if he's only worth $3-$5 billion does that make him more likely to be bought out than if he was with $10?
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I'm just making fun of his claim that he can't be bought because he's so obviously a liar about almost everything, including this.
 
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