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TreasonousBastard

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1. I mentioned in another thread that in his 1992 bankruptcy (one of them, anyway)...

Reply to SmartVoter22 (Original post)

Fri Jul 2, 2021, 10:40 AM

Jul 2021

he owed so much, overpaying on the Plaza Hotel and almost all of Central Park South, that the banks thought it better to let him stay in business and try to make a go of it than end up owning all of those overvalued properties.

They put him on a very short leash until he started making a living from the TV show.

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Will banks call in Trump's loans? [View all] SmartVoter22 Jul 2021 OP

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