Donald Trump is close to the deadline to post bond in his fraud trial—and he’s screwing himself over even more.

After having reached out to several guarantors and 30 suretors for help posting his $464 million New York bank fraud bond, Donald Trump suddenly wants everyone to know he actually does have the cash.

In a bizarre rant on Friday morning, the man who was found to have defrauded banks and investors by overvaluing himself and the value of his properties claimed that he had accrued the wealth by way of “HARD WORK, TALENT, AND LUCK.”

Trump also admitted he has nearly half a billion dollars in cash.

The confession directly contradicts a filing from his legal team last month arguing that it would be “impossible” to secure a bond covering the full amount of the multimillion-dollar ruling.

Trump’s words will surely help out New York Attorney General Letitia James, who on Wednesday urged an appeals court to ignore Donald Trump’s latest effort to worm his way out of paying the $464 million disgorgement from his bank fraud trial.

  • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    If he ends up getting enough money from other people, do we really want a President who is so beholden (aka ‘owes them’) to others in the office?

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      8 months ago

      Well they elected him when he was a Putin owned stooge. And his family is owned by the Saudis.

      So what the hell are a bunch of rubes fleeced for a few hundred million gonna do?

    • Mossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.social
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      8 months ago

      I hate trump supporters, but I’d rather him be beholden to Americans than a foreign country. Sadly though, I know that this isn’t an either/or situation. Even if he wasn’t indebted to Americans, he’s still indebted to foreign agents.