Trump says he is worth more than $10 Billion

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Per FEC Report

WoW

[Agschmid]

1. I see a decline in his future...

[hobbit709]

2. Maybe in confederate dollars.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. I am astounded...I was always led to believe he inflated his wealth...

I need to see the FEC filing.

[msrizzo]

7. What if he's just bragging? After he can't seem to help himself.

Would it be the first time in history that a candidate inflated his wealth? If it doesn't match his tax filings I hope the IRS nails him.

[KamaAina]

21. Or these.

[kelliekat44]

4. Then why all the bankruptcies? nt

[SamKnause]

6. He is an elite flim flam man.

[SamKnause]

5. He may have 10 Billion dollars

but he isn't worth 1 cent.

He is useless.

He is the poster boy for everything that is

wrong with this country.

A successful businessman does not declare corporate

bankruptcy 4 times.

[pinboy3niner]

9. The Vietnamese expression is that "He isn't worth my little fingernail."

If I could be him--I wouldn't.

[madokie]

11. Buy him for what he's worth

and sell him for what he thinks he's worth and become a rich person. tRump is trash, bad smelling trash at that.

[flamingdem]

8. gak, he can pay for his own campaigan

GO TRUMP!

[Initech]

10. He claims to be a lot of things.

[TexasProgresive]

12. Did that come out of the purses and pockets

of widows and orphans? I cannot believe that he came by all that money honestly.

[hobbit709]

16. Trump and honestly in the same sentence?

[MohRokTah]

13. So if his GOP opponents are smart, they'll start the "buying the nomination" narrative...

sooner rather than later.

[Johonny]

14. His wealth is mostly mythical

Trump, for example, valued his personal brand and marketing deals at $3.3 billion when he announced his candidacy. Forbes Magazine, however, valued his brand at just $125 million. And that was before Trump's comments about Mexican immigrants cost him business partnerships with companies such as Macy's and Univision.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-campaign-reveal-wealth-details-071253975.html

I think this is fuzzy math at its finest

[yallerdawg]

15. FEC won't confirm Trump statements yet:

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-15/trump-claims-net-worth-over-10-billion-as-he-files-disclosure

[Octafish]

17. Is that after paying back everyone he shafted in bankruptcy?

There have to be three of four long lists somewhere.

[geek tragedy]

18. he actually filed them. I thought he would get his two 45 day extensions and then

withdraw before disclosing.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

19. He is going to be an amazing 3rd party candidate, for us !

eom

[TheKentuckian]

31. Shocking! Like for real, I was thinking the same thing as you were. I still lean toward another

fake run but maybe not.

[cwydro]

20. Well, if he's in any way aware of DU,

he must enjoy how riled up everyone is.

I don't take him seriously.

He's punking everyone.

[yallerdawg]

25. Some pundits have suggested he's trolling the Republican Party.

He was pretty friendly with the Clintons, and donated to Democratic campaigns.

If you were a billionaire and wanted to make a point about how stupid a bunch of candidates really are, just what might you do for kicks?

The perfect troll involves taking a position and insisting on it in a way that enrages those who think — but can't prove — that you don't really believe it. The angrier they get, the more you dig in, perpetuating a cycle that leads them to escalating stages of anger. If you ever let on that you're just baiting them, you've failed. For more on trolling, Urban Dictionary provides some good context.

While it's impossible to know what Trump is thinking, the effects of his candidacy track the definition of a troll pretty well.

http://www.vox.com/2015/7/12/8937107/donald-trump-troll-GOP

[cwydro]

28. That would be hilarious.

At any rate, he's making the republicans look like fools.

[AngryAmish]

29. Bill Clinton belongs to one of Trumps Country Club in Westchester County

[spanone]

22. who gives a shit?

trump says.........

k&r...

[City Lights]

23. My response: Big fucking deal.

He is a first-class loser asshole. No amount of money can change that.

[sufrommich]

24. On the plus side, he's got enough money to stay

in the race no matter how destructive he is to the GOP brand.

[LittleBlue]

26. We need a Trump subforum.nt

[MiniMe]

27. But yet I think one of his golf courses is declaring bankruptcy

I'm sure they have it rigged some fancy technical way so Trump is not personally responsible for it, but he needs to get his ducks in a row!

[pnwmom]

30. Liar.

He's not worth $10 billion. No one in the world would pay that much for his sorry hide.

[Chirpio]

32. That's 20 times add much as Hillary nt

[ohnoyoudidnt]

33. Then why does Forbes say 4 billion?

Anyway, if he cares about America as he says, he should spend every cent on his campaign. Or maybe he can build the fence himself. But he won't put his money where his mouth is because he is full of shit.

[Gothmog]

34. These numbers are phony

[DFW]

35. If you take the assets column and disregard the liabilities column, he might be right

If you deduct the liabilities, he might be worth less than half of the people on DU, but if you keep the assets and put off paying the liabilities, sure you can say you're worth billions. Trump will probably die a gazillionaire and leave debts of twice that.

[B Calm]

36. How much of it is hidden in the Caymans?

[potone]

37. Anyone who needs to brag as much as he does must be very insecure.

Really, he is so aggressive, crude and loud-mouthed that he must dislike himself.

[Sam_Fields]

38. He could use the campaign slogan, "If you vote for me you too will be rich!"

The gullible will line up to vote for him.