Tomi Ahonen says trump's net worth is between $100 and 200 million

[Danascot]

I follow Tomi Ahonen. I haven't seen him mentioned here though I'm sure he has and I've just missed it.

He keeps track of trump's court cases, flippers against trump (rat bingo) and other current issues. His predictions are often accurate and he's amusing.

I originally followed him on Twitter. He left Twitter and now posts to Mastodon, Spoutible and Post.

He also likes to do mathematical analysis.

He posted a thread on 4/2 about trump's net worth in which he concluded that trump is actually worth only between $100 and $200 million, excluding whatever is going on with Truth Social. Ahonen says he started 2024 worth about $400 million but used part of his holdings as collateral for the Chubb bond and the rest for the Hanky bond which now appears to be falling apart. Assuming he forfeits those two bonds he still owes the balance on his civil fraud fine: $454m - 175m = $279m, which he doesn't have.

I couldn't download the complete thread on net worth but this is part 1:

and this is part 19 (end):

[Think. Again.]

1. I'd still like to hear an explanation from the appeals court...

...as to why they thought he should only have to secure a bond for a lower amount than the judgement which was based on the amount he defrauded.

[Warpy]

15. You won't

I've never hear one yet explain itself.

I think he was allowed to post the bond for what the appeals court thought was the most likely reduction.

Appeals courts think it's their job to reduce all awards, no matter the merit. I've never seen an award increased.

[Think. Again.]

20. I don't think it should be increased,...

...the amount of penalty that was set by the court was specifically the amount he defrauded.

I don't see why any other number would come into it.

[getagrip_already]

17. Michael popock from meidas touch had a theory....

On why they reduced the bond requirement.

He thought they may have seen something in the judgement, maybe in the way the disgorgement was calculated, that made them think there may have been an error in the amount of the judgement. But not in the merits or the rationale for the judgement.

He thought the amount they settled on was a little too precise to just be a concession or bail out. He is a member of that court and his firm does a lot of work in large civil judgements.

Just a thought.

[Think. Again.]

21. That would make a lot sense, thank you!

[Hugin]

2. Trump's economic strategy (gags a little saying that)...

Has always been “too big to fail”. This has been true since the late 1980’s when he was handed his first big fall in the crash of ‘87. He expressed the opinion that the only reason he was still afloat was because he owed so much that his lenders couldn’t call his markers without going down with him.

Over the last 40 years the times have changed drastically and as usual Trump is lazy. He’s kept playing the same scam in the same way.

The biggest change, and this has gone exponential over the last few years, is that his penny ante $200 M to even $500M of real assets is a big yawn for the real players. It doesn’t even get him through the front door to where his ego demands that he belongs.

[yardwork]

3. I think that Trump lost his inheritance in the 80s and was bailed out by Russian crooks.

The Russian mob has owned Trump ever since.

[Hugin]

4. I agree.

He’s resorted to lenders whose demands for ROI aren’t necessarily fiscal.

[yardwork]

6. Well put.

[keithbvadu2]

9. Putting money into Trump was the best investment Putin ever made.

[PatSeg]

13. Yeah it was a good scam,

but as you say, he was lazy and just kept doing the same thing over and over again. He thinks he's a genius and sees no reason to change his playbook. He just doubles down. He's done the same thing with politics. He seems incapable of change.

[Jerry2144]

5. it's time to bring back debtor's prison

but only for one particular deadbeat

[keithbvadu2]

10. Here's a prison... it could even be named for him.

Really bad prison time... Nazi war criminal... from advisor to liability

Nazi war criminal Alois Brunner died in Syria basement in 2001 - report

http://www.timesofisrael.com/nazi-war-criminal-alois-brunner-died-in-syria-basement-in-2001-report/

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38586945

Nazi war criminal Alois Brunner 'died in Syria squalor'

One of his guards said Brunner, who went by the name of Abu Hussein, “suffered and cried a lot in his final years, everyone heard him.”

The man, identified only as Omar, said he “couldn’t even wash.”

All he had to eat were “army rations - awful stuff - and an egg or a potato. He had to choose one or the other.”

(He was a 'consultant' to various torture regimes but when he became a political embarrassment/liability, his retirement plan was really bad)

[Ping Tung]

7. Will his alleged wealth now be called "Trump Change"?

[aggiesal]

8. Can you supply a link for this thread? I can't seem to find it. n/t

[blogslug]

11. Click the time stamp at the bottom of the first post

That should take you to it



CAVEAT: Well, it takes you to that single post but not the thread. Huh. I'm kind of limited with Mastodon right now. The instance I joined went poof and I have to start all over on another one if I want full access.

I'm very tired.

[aggiesal]

22. Thanks, that really helped. You used your superpowers for good today. Have a great day. n/t

[Danascot]

16. I didn't realize the Mastodon posts

just produced an image of the post and was not a live link to the post on Mastodon itself.

I'm not very familiar with Mastodon or Spoutible so I don't know of an easy way to link to the actual posts or threads on either.

Unfortunately he only way I know to get to them is to go to Ahonen's profile/homepage and then scroll down to the posts on April 2. If someone knows an easier way to access posts from there, I'd appreciate knowing it.

https://mastodon.world/@tomiahonen

https://spoutible.com/tomiahonen

[AllaN01Bear]

12. i would harken the day t,,, is in a prison jumpsuit.

[speak easy]

14. Forbes: Here's How Much Donald Trump Is Worth

Forbes: The Definitive Net Worth of Donald Trump
$1.6 Billion (+4.6b Truth Social) as at March 26, 2024.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/article/the-definitive-networth-of-donaldtrump/

[Takket]

18. If he says he can't get a Bond the appeals court will just reduce what he owes to 0 pending the appeal

So I wouldn’t even consider that Something that is going to slow him down at all. And the appeal will drag out forever. He’ll never pay. He’ll die first.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

19. TFG is NOT a billionaire

[Blue Owl]

23. Let's stop this miserable con artist fuck from continuing to fail upwards

[GoodRaisin]

24. LOL "Bible Boy" 😂

The fucking ridiculous notion the piece of shit has ever read a page of the bible. Who could be stupid enough to believe that?