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His assets may not give a full picture of his wealth after he's spent years fighting to hide his liabilities.

by JeremyBanks 7y ago

aguyfromnb 7y ago
You're right, Donald Trump is poor. This site is getting beyond parody.
- Forbo 7y ago
  If he'd actually release some tax returns then we wouldn't have to speculate. Until then, we have to rely on investigative journalism to try and reveal the truth: https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-never-before-seen-trump-tax-documents-show-major-inconsistencies https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-never-b... Edit for clarification: For all we know, he's just keeping the lie running long enough that it hasn't caught up to him yet. Just because I have lines of credit worth thousands of dollars doesn't mean I have thousands of dollars.
  - aguyfromnb 7y ago
    >If he'd actually release some tax returns then we wouldn't have to speculate. It's pretty clear, to me, the reason that Trump might want to hide his tax returns: because there is shady stuff in them. Regardless, tax returns are not in indication of wealth; they measure income. >For all we know, he's just keeping the lie running long enough that it hasn't caught up to him yet. For 40+ years of continuing to amass global assets? DJT took over Trump Org in the 1970s. >because I have lines of credit worth thousands of dollars doesn't mean I have thousands of dollars. What banks are handing out massive lines of credits with no assets support them? He isn't buying hundred-million dollar real-estate with an unsecured credit card...
- dang 7y ago
  You've unfortunately been continuing to post unsubstantive comments, flamebait, and personal swipes to HN. If you keep doing it we're going to have to ban you again, so please stop. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - aguyfromnb 7y ago
    >You've unfortunately been continuing to post unsubstantive comments, flamebait I'm replying to someone calling Donald Trump's wealth "shaky ground". How is the original comment not the "flamebait" here? This is the second time you've used the word "unsubstantive" to refer to a comment I make, yet I don't see it in the guidelines. I can't for the life of me understand how calling Donald Trump "poor" (obviously wrong) is substantive, but calling him "not poor" is unsubstantive and flamebait? >personal swipes to HN I don't believe this is true upon perusal of my comment history, which is pretty benign. >have to ban you again It's become clear that some opinions are not tolerated by the userbase, so this is not surprising.

His assets may not give a full picture of his wealth after he's spent years fighting to hide his liabilities.

aguyfromnb 7y ago

You're right, Donald Trump is poor. This site is getting beyond parody.

Forbo 7y ago
If he'd actually release some tax returns then we wouldn't have to speculate. Until then, we have to rely on investigative journalism to try and reveal the truth: https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-never-before-seen-trump-tax-documents-show-major-inconsistencies https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-never-b... Edit for clarification: For all we know, he's just keeping the lie running long enough that it hasn't caught up to him yet. Just because I have lines of credit worth thousands of dollars doesn't mean I have thousands of dollars.
- aguyfromnb 7y ago
  >If he'd actually release some tax returns then we wouldn't have to speculate. It's pretty clear, to me, the reason that Trump might want to hide his tax returns: because there is shady stuff in them. Regardless, tax returns are not in indication of wealth; they measure income. >For all we know, he's just keeping the lie running long enough that it hasn't caught up to him yet. For 40+ years of continuing to amass global assets? DJT took over Trump Org in the 1970s. >because I have lines of credit worth thousands of dollars doesn't mean I have thousands of dollars. What banks are handing out massive lines of credits with no assets support them? He isn't buying hundred-million dollar real-estate with an unsecured credit card...
dang 7y ago
You've unfortunately been continuing to post unsubstantive comments, flamebait, and personal swipes to HN. If you keep doing it we're going to have to ban you again, so please stop. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- aguyfromnb 7y ago
  >You've unfortunately been continuing to post unsubstantive comments, flamebait I'm replying to someone calling Donald Trump's wealth "shaky ground". How is the original comment not the "flamebait" here? This is the second time you've used the word "unsubstantive" to refer to a comment I make, yet I don't see it in the guidelines. I can't for the life of me understand how calling Donald Trump "poor" (obviously wrong) is substantive, but calling him "not poor" is unsubstantive and flamebait? >personal swipes to HN I don't believe this is true upon perusal of my comment history, which is pretty benign. >have to ban you again It's become clear that some opinions are not tolerated by the userbase, so this is not surprising.