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OneGrassRoot
(22,920 posts)NanceGreggs
(27,813 posts)... are coming due. What a damned shame, huh?
OneGrassRoot
(22,920 posts)KS Toronado
(17,195 posts)MurrayDelph
(5,293 posts)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).
3catwoman3
(23,971 posts)...sounds good to me.
calimary
(81,209 posts)Although our MurrayDelph does present three options in Post 14 that are ALL most appetizing!
FakeNoose
(32,626 posts)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)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)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.
wnylib
(21,425 posts)Lovie777
(12,230 posts)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.
gab13by13
(21,299 posts)I want them to be seen backing Trump - Putin - and Russia.
KPN
(15,642 posts)protect their ill obtained money.
ffr
(22,668 posts)Harker
(14,012 posts)Yeah Jim Jordan gonna be done smiling when he realizes his campaign finance implications.
Handler
(336 posts)and help the Ukrainian refugees with that cash? Hit him where it hurts.
Srkdqltr
(6,271 posts)If he is personally sanctioned they have to know where it is. Pit it all into rebuilding Ukraine.
jonstl08
(412 posts)Imagine this will hit the Trump businesses hard. Cannot say I feel sorry for them.
jonstl08
(412 posts)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)I think they made some initial investments, but the Russian oligarch who was Mitchs buddy pulled out of the deal.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Would be very sad if it was suddenly inaccessible.
ProfessorGAC
(64,991 posts)That idiot has at least 95% of the eggs in one basket.
And, that basket is hemorrhaging cash!
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)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)...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)if you are paying interest to your own hidden assets overseas and pretending you got a loan.