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Show HN: Explore Trump's Stock and Business Returns

17 points by bingdig 6y ago

person_of_color 6y ago
No way this is his actual portfolio.
- bingdig 6y ago
  Unless he's been lying on his legally mandated personal finance disclosure docs for the past three years, it is: https://extapps2.oge.gov/201/Presiden.nsf/President%20and%20Vice%20President%20Index https://extapps2.oge.gov/201/Presiden.nsf/President%20and%20...
throwawaysea 6y ago
As I understand it, Trump’s net worth has taken a big drop during his presidency https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-has-lost-1-billion-personal-wealth-running-president-n916221 https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-has-los... While this doesn’t mean there hasn’t been any wrongdoing, I think it does weaken the narrative that he’s exploiting his position for personal gain.
- bingdig 6y ago
  Fair point, although the losses seem to be from the huge repetitional harm he's taken. He still may be trying to leverage the presidency to do what he can to improve his finances.
- jdikatz 6y ago
  My understanding is that most of his decline in net worth is due to problems with branding and security at his hotels / resorts -- i.e. problems with his non-publicly traded assets. In my mind, this would, if anything, create additional incentives for him to move public markets for his financial benefit to recover some of the money he's lost elsewhere.
throwaway888abc 6y ago
Would be amazing to get expanded view into family members and friends
dang 6y ago
You posted a Show HN of this project a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23407643 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23407643. You can't make a new Show HN out of the same project on a different example, such as Trump instead of senators. That's not different enough. This is in the Show HN guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html. New features and upgrades ("Foo 1.3.1 is out") generally aren't substantive enough to be Show HNs. A major overhaul is probably ok.

17 points by bingdig 6y ago

person_of_color 6y ago

No way this is his actual portfolio.

bingdig 6y ago
Unless he's been lying on his legally mandated personal finance disclosure docs for the past three years, it is: https://extapps2.oge.gov/201/Presiden.nsf/President%20and%20Vice%20President%20Index https://extapps2.oge.gov/201/Presiden.nsf/President%20and%20...

throwawaysea 6y ago

As I understand it, Trump’s net worth has taken a big drop during his presidency https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-has-lost-1-billion-personal-wealth-running-president-n916221 https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-has-los... While this doesn’t mean there hasn’t been any wrongdoing, I think it does weaken the narrative that he’s exploiting his position for personal gain.

bingdig 6y ago
Fair point, although the losses seem to be from the huge repetitional harm he's taken. He still may be trying to leverage the presidency to do what he can to improve his finances.
jdikatz 6y ago
My understanding is that most of his decline in net worth is due to problems with branding and security at his hotels / resorts -- i.e. problems with his non-publicly traded assets. In my mind, this would, if anything, create additional incentives for him to move public markets for his financial benefit to recover some of the money he's lost elsewhere.

throwaway888abc 6y ago

Would be amazing to get expanded view into family members and friends

dang 6y ago

You posted a Show HN of this project a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23407643 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23407643. You can't make a new Show HN out of the same project on a different example, such as Trump instead of senators. That's not different enough. This is in the Show HN guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html. New features and upgrades ("Foo 1.3.1 is out") generally aren't substantive enough to be Show HNs. A major overhaul is probably ok.