Donald Trump has faced financial difficulties throughout his adult life. In May 2019, The New York Times shined a light on the Republican’s finances from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, when the future president went from one failed venture to another, losing money at an extraordinary pace.
At one point, the report noted, Trump “appears to have lost more money than nearly any other individual American taxpayer.”
That said, conditions now are significantly worse. In fact, in the wake of a $464 million judgment against him and his co-defendants in the Trump Organization’s fraud case, the former president is struggling mightily with a debt he doesn’t know how to pay, and a deadline he doesn’t know how to meet.
What’s more, Trump could try to borrow the money, but by all accounts, he’s struggled to find entities willing to make such resources available to him.
Making matters worse, as an NBC News report noted, the Republican must post the bond for the full amount he owes on Monday, or the New York attorney general’s office “can seize any of Trump’s bank accounts or properties, in any state, including Trump Tower and Mar-a-Lago, among many others.” It’s precisely why Rachel said on Monday night’s show, “Donald Trump has never been more desperately in need of money than he is right this second.”
It’s against this backdrop that HuffPost noted:
Has Donald Trump asked Russia, Saudi Arabia or any other country for help paying his upcoming $464 million bond? Judging by Alina Habba’s response to exactly that question, he hasn’t not asked for it.
On a recent episode of The View, co-host Joy Behar wondered aloud about whether Trump, in desperation, might turn to foreign countries for a bailout. With this in mind, Fox News’ Martha MacCallum talked to Alina Habba on Wednesday and asked the former president’s lawyer about the speculation.
“Is there any effort on the part of your team to secure this money through another country, Saudi Arabia…
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