Donald Trump is close to the deadline to post bond in his fraud trial—and he’s screwing himself over even more.

After having reached out to several guarantors and 30 suretors for help posting his $464 million New York bank fraud bond, Donald Trump suddenly wants everyone to know he actually does have the cash.

In a bizarre rant on Friday morning, the man who was found to have defrauded banks and investors by overvaluing himself and the value of his properties claimed that he had accrued the wealth by way of “HARD WORK, TALENT, AND LUCK.”

Trump also admitted he has nearly half a billion dollars in cash.

The confession directly contradicts a filing from his legal team last month arguing that it would be “impossible” to secure a bond covering the full amount of the multimillion-dollar ruling.

Trump’s words will surely help out New York Attorney General Letitia James, who on Wednesday urged an appeals court to ignore Donald Trump’s latest effort to worm his way out of paying the $464 million disgorgement from his bank fraud trial.

  • Chainweasel@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Honestly I don’t believe for a second that he actually has the money. I just don’t think he can handle people (HIS people) knowing that he’s flat fucking broke and at the end of his rope.
    Monday we’ll find out if Schrodinger’s cash was in the box or not.

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      3 months ago

      I’ve read he legit does have a bit over $500M liquid, but if he touches more than $450M of what remains, loans will automatically start getting called in.

      Loans he can’t pay if he only has $50M liquid left.

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        3 months ago

        That’d be economics 101. Cash sitting idle loses value, so keep it to a minimum.

        But we’re not about that. Buahaha, Trump’s such a loser, he doesn’t even have a few million in the back!!1

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        3 months ago

        He can’t cash that out in time to help with this, and what bail bondsman is going to take shares of a social media company as collateral?