Fear and Loathing as Trump Payment Deadline Looms
As he struggles to post bond, Trump seems truly fearful. His claims of “I’m really rich,” writes a financial crimes expert, seem like a desert mirage.
This column first appeared in the Washington Monthly today
We were somewhere around Donald Trump’s third Truth Social rant on Tuesday morning, on the edge of his court-ordered deadline to secure a $464 million bond, when I remember saying, “I feel a bit lightheaded; I think Trump really is broke.” I’m no Hunter S. Thompson, but I smell fear and loathin…
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