With his golf-course-and-hotel empire bleeding cash, Donald Trump needed some quick moolah to juice his 2016 presidential campaign. And where did he get it? From the coffers of Trump International Las Vegas, according to tax documents obtained by the New York Times. To be fair, The Donald had asked Deutsche Bank for a loan—and been rejected. (He’s not what you’d call a good credit risk.) He said the money would go toward a golf course in Scotland. Bankers thought differently and were proven right. Over the next four months, Trump dumped $30.5 million in stock. He then “engineered a sudden financial windfall,” courtesy of Trump Int’l LV. In a bit of ‘structuring,’ co-owner Phil Ruffin funneled $21 million in a series of payments to his business partner.
“Boring Choo-Choo To Nowhere” The thought of a summer drive of an hour from LA to park in the desert to wait and take a train ride makes me feel hot. Is this really plan “still on track”? If not, perhaps something more Boring may come along.
It does numb you reading about the serial lying and shell company shenanigans, but Phil Ruffin declaring Donald Trump gave 20 million dollars to St. Jude and was and is silent about it? Some folks on purpose do indeed suspend their Scooby-Sense, not this fella, I just put a call in to Shaggy, he and his canine side kick are going to skip trace this using the bunny ears on top of the van they drive around in… Expect some action, dangling milk bones has worked very well in the past…