@DennisinPeoria :
trump lacks principals. He doesn't have a philosophy that guides him. It's all about us vs. them. It's him #1, country be damned.

Trump lacks more than just principles.
Awareness, Brains, Caring, Determination, Empathy, Faith, Generosity, Heart, Integrity, Justification, Knowledge, Leadership, Manners, Nurturing, Open Mindedness, Pride, Quality, Reasoning, Sensibility, Truth, Usefulness, Vision, Work Ethic, Youth, Zeal.

Donald Trump's $355million GoFundMe to help with legal fees is falling short - by $354million
www.mirror.co.uk/new s/us-news/donald-tru mps-355million-gofun dme-help-323839

A GoFundMe campaign set up to help former US president Donald Trump with legal fees is still almost $354million shy of its goal.

 

Elena Cardone, the wife of multi-millionaire influencer and investor Grant Cardone, set up the fundraiser on February 16 - the same day the former president was ordered to pay back millions after a judge ruled he had been fraudulently inflating his wealth for years. Days later, Cardone was "thrilled" to announce that her fundraiser had reached the $1million mark.

 

However, in the past few weeks, the dial has only moved by another $360,000 - accumulating a grand total of $1.36million, as of Monday evening. It comes as Trump failed to get a bond to secure the whole $464million (£365million) fraud judgement against him, his lawyers announced on Monday, March 18.
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@mypeez :
I'm sure that the RNC will cover it. Or maybe he could borrow it from Taylor Swift. 😁

DJT still claims those arrested for attacking Capitol police and Capitol offices are "hostages", and that he would pardon them on Day 1 of his Presidency. I guess his words definitely debunk the one wild Far-Right conspiracy that many of the rioters were Democrats dressed as MAGAs. After all, why would he pardon Democrats? apnews.com/article/d onald-trump-jan-6-pa rdons-2024-campaign- 2401ead35cb1402

Jared and Ivanka have the money, why doesn't he borrow it from them?

@CCubs :

There you go.

So what happens if he can't post the bond needed for appeal? I've read where his attorneys have tried 30 different firms to loan money...and none of them will.

@DennisinPeoria : Hopefully he sees the same fate as any other private citizen would.

@DennisinPeoria : There's a big difference between BEING a billionaire and playing one on TV.

If anyone wins the Megamillions or Powerball, and don't stay anonymous:They can almost expect a call from the RNC or Trump Campaign asking for a $400 million loan, because, you know, he's good for it....

Donald Trump Biographer Predicts He'll Be 'Exposed' by Bond Deadline
www.newsweek.com/don ald-trump-biographer -obrien-predicts-exp osed-bond-deadl
Tim O'Brien, Donald Trump's biographer, said on Friday that he believes the former president will be "exposed" by having to pay the $464 million he owes to the state of New York after a court found him liable for fraud in a civil case.

 

New York Judge Arthur Engoron found Trump and some of his business associates had illegitimately inflated the value of his assets to obtain more favorable terms from lenders and insurers. In February, Engoron ordered the former president to pay roughly $355 million in penalties for fraud, plus interest. With this, the payment exceeds $464 million. Trump has always denied any wrongdoing and will appeal the ruling.

 

Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee, has until Monday either to put up the cash in full or to secure a bond before New York Attorney General Letitia James can start seizing his property.

 

Earlier this week, Trump's legal team said that he had faced "insurmountable difficulties" in trying to raise the bond. His properties, including Trump Tower and a number of his golf courses, could be seized, unless he can find a solution over the weekend.

 

Appearing on MSNBC's The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell, O'Brien said Trump is following a pattern that dates back decades.

 

"Now, here we are in 2024, and he is about to get exposed," he said. "It is going to be a slow grind. I don't think there's going to be a lot of drama on Monday. But the process of opening the kimono and discovering indeed Donald Trump has no financial clothing, at least not the kind of financial clothing he claims he's had, begins."

 

O'Brien, a critic of Trump, also told O'Donnell about an instance at Mar-a-Lago when the former president told him about his past and regrets about declaring bankruptcy.

 

"He said, 'You know, my father always said, 'You never personally guarantee any loans.' And I made a mistake. I personally guaranteed too much money in the early 1990s," O'Brien recalled. "'I didn't think it would catch up with me. And it did. And I learned my lesson. I would never personally guarantee a loan after that.'"

 

O'Brien said he later learned that Trump was allegedly lying in that moment.

 

"I didn't know it, but it turned out he had personally guaranteed some of the loans on the new building he was developing in Chicago. So, he goes through these searing moments where he almost loses everything he can and has, and he says: 'I learned these lessons; I should've listened to my father.' Lo and behold, he is doing the same thing."

 

O'Brien believes the civil fraud case and its fallout is a demonstration that Trump "doesn't learn his lessons."

 

"He does not anticipate problems properly. He doesn't do it because he is a juvenile delinquent; he lacks the maturity, wisdom and strategic insight of an adult," he said.