Official LRC President Donald J Trump Thread

pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:

Surprising no one but Briedbard bots, "the swamp" has opened several new locations, all of them Trump-branded.

His properties are raking in the cash right now.

https://www.opensecrets.org/trump/trump-properties

He's blatantly trying to use the presidency to turn a profit. He sets the tone for the rest of his cabinet members, who are virtually all riddled with conflicts of interest, too, and can't seem to spend taxpayer money on themselves fast enough. This alone should be enough impeach him, but even (more) evidence of high treason probably wouldn't get Congressional Republicans to do their jobs.

Good evening! How are all you LRC stable geniuses doing this fine PM?

Rigged for Hillary wrote:

credit-free wrote:

You are one dumb dummy. The reason Trump uses his businesses for food, travel, etc,, is so he DOESN'T have to pay. Are you really dumb enough to believe that Trump pays for meals, and rooms, at his businesses using a credit card? Or, that he pays rent, or for utilities, at Trump Tower? You are one dumb Trumper.

As a commercial property owner and multiple residential property owner- I understand how to run and manage a RE business. Trump has many MBA's on his payroll who handle the day to day transactions, disburse funds, Accounts Receivables, etc. The endless "Trump is broke" is wishful thinking on your part.

Mueller is never ever coming

Clownpole is flopping bigly

"I own real estate" is not a rebuttal. Why am I wrong?

Reasonable Republican wrote:

Your entire premise isn't based on one single fact its all assumptions that you connect to your final conclusion that Trump is poor.

I'll grant you that I'm drawing a conclusion without hard evidence. Without a financial disclosure, we can't know for sure. I'm making an inference based on all the information that I have.

But I AM using FACTS to make this inference.

FACT: Trump's attorneys on the Russia case do not have relevant experience.

FACT: Trump's attorneys on the Russia case have a low profile. (not considered top-notch)

FACT: Some lawyers can't represent Trump because of conflict of interest.

FACT: Some lawyers won't represent Trump because they consider him a bad client.

FACT: That still leaves LOTS of top notch lawyers who would be willing to take the case if the price was right.

FACT: Trump has a reputation for not paying his legal bills. But that would not be a problem if Trump offered a big retainer.

FACT: A billionaire would have no trouble raising the money for said retainer.

Therefore, Trump has money troubles. Even if he was cash poor, he could liquidate some assets to raise the money for the retainer. But he could only do that if he had a large positive net worth.

This is something I came up with on my own and I'm more than willing to listen to counter arguments. But so far, nobody has laid out a more likely explanation for Trump's sorry legal defense team. Until such an explanation is presented, I think we can assume that Trump is basically broke.

Trump's net worth is around $3 Billion - that is with a "B" so you are wrong about him not being able to afford a good legal team. Spectacularly wrong.

PIO! wrote:

PIO! wrote:

Let me get this straight. Isn't that what you liberal flippers do with everything the Right throws at you? Yes, why yes it is. You are the main reason this thread has no credibility and very little value. You're quite ignorant on politics.

^^^^this is me yelling at myself as I realize what a douche bag I've been.

In other words, you've got nothing but that oh-so-imopressive trolling tactic of stealing handles.

Most impressive!

I've got everything, but your biased slanted subjective view. I am the original PIO!, you are a liberal liar.

Please don't fall for this amateur, he's embarrassing.

PIO! wrote:

PIO! wrote:

In other words, you've got nothing but that oh-so-imopressive trolling tactic of stealing handles.

Most impressive!

I've got everything, but your biased slanted subjective view. I am the original PIO!, you are a liberal liar.

Please don't fall for this amateur, he's embarrassing.

Thank you for making this thread fun! I started it, but had no idea people would get this obsessed over it. Thanks!

These obsessed losing liberals whine more than any side I've ever seen. Keep up the great work mate!

Thanks OP, I greatly appreciate that.

The comey family are hillary lovers!!!!

http://www.informationliberation.com/files/comey-family-supported-hillary-womens-march.jpg

Gross!!!!

Yuck!!!!

You have no idea what his net worth is. But if it's really $3 Billion, why can't he afford the best attorneys?

Fat hurts wrote:

Polly Plumper wrote:

Trump's net worth is around $3 Billion - that is with a "B" so you are wrong about him not being able to afford a good legal team. Spectacularly wrong.

You have no idea what his net worth is. But if it's really $3 Billion, why can't he afford the best attorneys?

Let’s be real, of course he has the money (at least for a large retainer). However, no top notch lawyer is going to represent Trump now, not for any amount. The reputational and professional risk is just not worth it. They all know he 1) won’t listen and 2) will expect them to operate in the grey zone. That equals disaster. Remember OJ? He got the best lawyers at the time, but he executed their advice and won.

Trump is also aware by now that any good lawyer’s strategy will involved him cutting losses while he can, which doesn’t suit his ego, so no self respecting attorney is going to take bullets for this guy. He just wants someone to stroke his ego and tell him they are going to crush all the opponents.

On the other hand, all top law firms would line up to represent Hillary and Obama, for the simple fact that they are not morons and have their ducks in a row. It helps to be smart, no matter how rich one claims to be.

Regarding Trump’s net worth, the answer is it probably depends how you measure it. He didnt release hos tax returns because that was mot the measure he liked, because it likely included a detailed balance sheet with his contractual liabilities. What Trump has decided to show on his public financial forms is his gross worth, which emphasizes the value of the buildings he’s involved and likely some exaggerated valuation of his lease deals and entertainment rights. But we all know you need to NET everything together. There is only one reason one would want to prevent their returns from getting out, especially when its customary to be transparent while running for president. Surely Trumpers remember that blatant lie right. You are suckers.

I'm going to link a CNN article for anyone who cares to read it or believe them and hasn't been tainted by Trump's fake news comments.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/16/opinions/sean-hannity-news-is-a-real-problem-for-michael-cohen-coates/index.html

Hannity claims that Cohen never represented him. So that means attorney-client privilege does not extend to him, right?

"Hannity's denial fatally undermined any credible claim by Cohen that their communications were protected from disclosure by the attorney client privilege. The privilege extends to only those private conversations that take place within an established attorney-client relationship, and even then, those conversations must specifically pertain to legal advice. The privilege does not extend to conversations simply because one of its participants happens to be an attorney."

Also, if Trump claims he didn't have anything to do with the Stormy payment, then attorney-client privilege is not in effect there.

Trollminator wrote:

Let’s be real, of course he has the money (at least for a large retainer). However, no top notch lawyer is going to represent Trump now, not for any amount.

That's a reasonable thing to disagree on, but I still disagree. I just find it hard to believe that there is no top-notch law firm out there who would be willing to defend him for a big payday.

Definitely conflicting stories on how well he is doing since becoming President.

This one states that he lost $600 million in personal wealth mostly in 2017 -

Fat hurts wrote:

Polly Plumper wrote:

Trump's net worth is around $3 Billion - that is with a "B" so you are wrong about him not being able to afford a good legal team. Spectacularly wrong.

You have no idea what his net worth is. But if it's really $3 Billion, why can't he afford the best attorneys?

Actually, I have a very good idea what his net worth is - $3.1 billion. I don't make up stuff like the Liberals on here like to do. Both Forbes and Time reported his net worth as $3.1 billion.

I agree that he likely has some money troubles, and that could be one of the reasons or even THE reason. I still maintain that he is such a horrible person in general and such a bad legal client (aside from not paying his bills) that many just would rather not be associated with him. Things don't look especially good for Trump legally right now, so why hook your train to a loser? Yes, if he paid a big retainer they could make money representing him, but they have to look long-term about what is good for their firm. If Trump goes down (and he will) the "Law firm of Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe" will be mentioned as the firm that defended him. Just not good really.

Polly Plumper wrote:

Fat hurts wrote:

You have no idea what his net worth is. But if it's really $3 Billion, why can't he afford the best attorneys?

Actually, I have a very good idea what his net worth is - $3.1 billion. I don't make up stuff like the Liberals on here like to do. Both Forbes and Time reported his net worth as $3.1 billion.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2018/03/06/donald-trump-drops-400-million-on-forbes-billionaires-list/#74dc02b01357

Lets not forget that net worth and cash flow are two very different things. To think of things on a much smaller scale, a person can have a non-retirement account net worth of a million dollars when adding value of home, valuables, cars, but they could have an income that just barely meets expenses.

Trump "owns" things -- plane, buildings, golf courses, and so his net worth is based on those things that don't necessarily bring in cash flow.

The same people who suggest Trump's net worth is $3.1 billion (Trump says it is $10 billion or more of course) say that Trump has an annual salary of $60 million. Sounds great, but if the bulk of that is going to pay for loans on properties and planes and whatever else (Trump says he is the king of debt) he really might have a hard time footing a big legal bill. I'm not saying this is a for sure thing, but you can get yourself into financial trouble no matter how much you are "worth".

Fat hurts wrote:

Trollminator wrote:

Let’s be real, of course he has the money (at least for a large retainer). However, no top notch lawyer is going to represent Trump now, not for any amount.

That's a reasonable thing to disagree on, but I still disagree. I just find it hard to believe that there is no top-notch law firm out there who would be willing to defend him for a big payday.

I wouldn't discount the possibility that he believes he doesn't need "top notch lawyers" simply because he truly believes he's smarter than anyone on any topic anyway.

Look at this thread! Really all that’s left in the modern Republican Party is fascists, pedophiles, thieves and xenophobes. That whole loyalty oath ideology from Donny seeped in like a hookers pee and just permeated the whole party. All that’s left is for housekeeping to just throw the whole mattress out. Poor housekeeping. Remember to tip your maids people.