Trump is in debt. We can't ignore the national security risks that come with that.

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There is a powerful reason nearly all federal employees with access to classified information turn over deeply personal details about their lives and finances to security experts: Debts and other vulnerabilities can create weaknesses that our nation’s adversaries could exploit.

Multiple studies have shown that, while betrayal of one’s country is a crime that has complex psychological underpinnings, money is a leading motivator. And paying off large, unsustainable debts is often a driver of an interest in money.

For example, Aldrich Ames, the most damaging spy in the history of the CIA, and responsible for the deaths of multiple CIA assets in the former Soviet Union, told prosecutors after his arrest that he began spying for the Russians because he was in debt and needed funds to dig himself out of the hole.

As former national security officials of the government, we have no special insight into President Trump’s financial condition, but if the recent news accounts are correct, his financial situation presents a significant counterintelligence risk — because the millions of dollars he owes over the next few years put his very financial solvency at risk. If he can’t pay these debts, he may face severe business, political and social consequences.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/11/trump-is-debt-we-cant-ignore-national-security-risks-that-come-with-that/

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1. Wanna bet?

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3. We need to elect Biden FIRST. The we need to push Biden and Congress to prosecute Trump and......

..... his fellow grifters.

We need to elect Biden FIRST!!

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2. With his credit history, Trump wouldn't qualify to empty trash cans in the

Oval Office. Lucky for him being elected sidesteps the security clearance process.

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4. Need to add a word -

"Trump is MASSIVELY in debt"

That's what makes it absolutely necessary to find out to whom it's owed.

Half a billion of debt, considering his shitty financial conditions, makes him the biggest security risk in the country.

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6. I think half a billion is just what we know about so far

I would imagine that all his properties are mortgaged to the hilt so he can keep up the appearance of being super rich. Who owns the debt? That's the real question here. Sure a lot of it is to Deutsche Bank, but the rest? Hmmm....what banks would want to take on the debt of someone who's such a big risk of default, perhaps for blackmail purposes?

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5. Oh please. Paying Stormy money to keep an embarrassing secret is far bigger

as a security risk. This is pretty much as close as you get to proof that someone can't be trusted with national security secrets.

Having debt is a risk, certainly, but this is focusing on a small hill when a huge mountain is right there in front of you.

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7. That's true in that

it shows MF45 is willing to go along with bribery and criminal activity.

In the case of his debt, it's not so much that he has things mortgaged that is the risk, it's the kind of debt and the lengths he's willing to go to keep things secret.

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8. Thing is, you can get a security clearance despite debt

You can get a security clearance despite extensive contacts with Chinese or Russian nationals.
You can get a security clearance despite having had a romantic relationship with a communist.

I used to work in a secure environment and have known people in each category who nevertheless got clearance.

But giving something of value to avoid embarrassment, that's *why* they worry about debt. Paying someone to avoid embarrassment is direct proof of everything debt merely makes security officials worry about.