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Kyle Griffin tweet -- surprised this hasn't happened before (Original Post) ificandream Mar 2022 OP
The Trump Family is in trouble. n/t OneGrassRoot Mar 2022 #1
And just when Donald's loans ... NanceGreggs Mar 2022 #2
Absolutely. hahahahaha. n/t OneGrassRoot Mar 2022 #4
Yea, What a damned shame KS Toronado Mar 2022 #10
I see a couple of possibilities MurrayDelph Mar 2022 #14
The East River option 3catwoman3 Mar 2022 #18
... works for me! calimary Mar 2022 #21
We already know that Deutsche Bank won't lend him another nickel FakeNoose Mar 2022 #20
The East River part doesn't sound quite right jmowreader Mar 2022 #27
It's a running gag among my friends MurrayDelph Mar 2022 #28
So are Republican candidates. wnylib Mar 2022 #7
K & R . . . Lovie777 Mar 2022 #3
I hope the Putin Party does it, gab13by13 Mar 2022 #5
Friggin' lot of traitorous grifters are wanting to KPN Mar 2022 #8
Reading between the lines, how will Russians in congress get money for their campaigns? ffr Mar 2022 #6
It will be telling to see who whines about it. n/t Harker Mar 2022 #9
Haha jcgoldie Mar 2022 #11
Why not seize Putin's cash Handler Mar 2022 #12
That was my thought. Srkdqltr Mar 2022 #19
Poor Donnie jonstl08 Mar 2022 #13
McConnel not going to like this jonstl08 Mar 2022 #15
The Russian company was Rusal, but it cancelled its investment after Moscow Mitch was re-elected. Lonestarblue Mar 2022 #16
+1 uponit7771 Mar 2022 #23
I wonder which Russian bank #FailedCoupGuy hid his tax evasion money in. L. Coyote Mar 2022 #17
What Money? ProfessorGAC Mar 2022 #25
The billion dollars he told the IRS had gone missing from his casino, and L. Coyote Mar 2022 #26
That Covered... ProfessorGAC Mar 2022 #29
Interest is a deductable and can be a tax scam L. Coyote Mar 2022 #30
GQP will need to create more shadow companies, their money supply is being cut uponit7771 Mar 2022 #22
Operation Crypto must be in full effect. live love laugh Mar 2022 #24

MurrayDelph

(5,293 posts)
14. I see a couple of possibilities
Tue Mar 1, 2022, 12:33 PM
Mar 2022

1. The money Trump owes to places other than Russia comes due, and without Russia to bail him out, he's in deep shit financially.

2. The money he owes Russia comes due, he pays them in contravention to the freeze and finds himself in judicial trouble.

3. The money he owes Russia comes due, he doesn't pay them, and finds himself in extra-judicial trouble (and possibly the East River).

calimary

(81,209 posts)
21. ... works for me!
Tue Mar 1, 2022, 01:19 PM
Mar 2022

Although our MurrayDelph does present three options in Post 14 that are ALL most appetizing!

FakeNoose

(32,626 posts)
20. We already know that Deutsche Bank won't lend him another nickel
Tue Mar 1, 2022, 01:19 PM
Mar 2022

The only reason Chump got loans from Deutsche Bank was because some oligarchs agreed to guarantee the loans. Chump's name is poison, and no US bank would lend him any money since his bankruptcies in the 90's. Whether Chump has ever or will ever repay the Russians remains to be seen. While he was Pres. they were going to let it ride, because he was doing quid pro quos, like lifting the sanctions etc. Now that's over and he'll never get back in the White House again.

jmowreader

(50,552 posts)
27. The East River part doesn't sound quite right
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 12:49 PM
Mar 2022

I would recommend to the NYPD that they advise all hardware store owners in the Tri State Region: if someone with an Eastern European accent asks “are these 50 pounds of lye on the shelf all you have?” call us immediately.

MurrayDelph

(5,293 posts)
28. It's a running gag among my friends
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 01:00 PM
Mar 2022

Back in the late 60's, there was a local kids show in Los Angeles called "Shrimpenstein," which was written-by and starred a couple of comedy/advertising guys named Gene Moss and Jim Thurman. Much of the show was improvised live (which occasionally got them in trouble), and a line that has stuck with me for 55 years:

Shrimpie: Hey, doc, you know what's black and blue and found in the East River?
Doc: What?
S: People who tell Italian jokes.

Lovie777

(12,230 posts)
3. K & R . . .
Tue Mar 1, 2022, 10:39 AM
Mar 2022

Arkansas Governor is mulling the business ties to Russia. Wait for it . . . ..

the GQP will file complaints and motion to expedite hearing on this matter to our wonderful 6 RWer Justices of the United States Supreme court.

GQP in the complaint will call Pres B a want a be dictator.

ffr

(22,668 posts)
6. Reading between the lines, how will Russians in congress get money for their campaigns?
Tue Mar 1, 2022, 12:01 PM
Mar 2022
Do it. Follow the dirty dark money. Keep going!!!

Srkdqltr

(6,271 posts)
19. That was my thought.
Tue Mar 1, 2022, 01:15 PM
Mar 2022

If he is personally sanctioned they have to know where it is. Pit it all into rebuilding Ukraine.

jonstl08

(412 posts)
15. McConnel not going to like this
Tue Mar 1, 2022, 12:33 PM
Mar 2022

I believe there is a big Russian company in Kentucky that McConnell touted. Wonder how that will be effected. They will try to block this.

Lonestarblue

(9,969 posts)
16. The Russian company was Rusal, but it cancelled its investment after Moscow Mitch was re-elected.
Tue Mar 1, 2022, 12:43 PM
Mar 2022

I think they made some initial investments, but the Russian oligarch who was Mitch’s buddy pulled out of the deal.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
17. I wonder which Russian bank #FailedCoupGuy hid his tax evasion money in.
Tue Mar 1, 2022, 12:44 PM
Mar 2022

Would be very sad if it was suddenly inaccessible.

ProfessorGAC

(64,991 posts)
25. What Money?
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 10:38 AM
Mar 2022

That idiot has at least 95% of the eggs in one basket.
And, that basket is hemorrhaging cash!

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
26. The billion dollars he told the IRS had gone missing from his casino, and
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 12:18 PM
Mar 2022

then used the "loss" to evade taxes for a decade. That money. If you can abscond with a billion $$$$$ in one year .....

ProfessorGAC

(64,991 posts)
29. That Covered...
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 01:47 PM
Mar 2022

...actual losses & interest payments.
There's a minimum of $250 million in yearly interest, excluding principal repayment. That is like 40-45% above interest. (The $250 million is based on the unlikely premise that he got 3.125% terms on all long term debt. With the TO's debt:equity, it's probable that interest averages much closer to 4%.)
Don't let him fool you, too. He's not a billionaire. Never was. If he had taken daddy's money, invested it in index funds, then did nothing other than living like a king, he'd be actually worth $5-6 billion. But, he didn't & he's not.
He avoided taxes because he couldn't afford to pay them.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
30. Interest is a deductable and can be a tax scam
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 01:54 PM
Mar 2022

if you are paying interest to your own hidden assets overseas and pretending you got a loan.

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