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🗓️ 1 November 2024
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The Republican nominee owes more money today than he ever did during his first presidency, according to a Forbes analysis.
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0:00.0 | Here's your Forbes Daily Briefing for Friday, November 1st. Today on Forbes, here's how much money |
0:07.9 | Trump owes and who stands to collect. Donald Trump likes to downplay the amount of money he owes. |
0:15.4 | Earlier this year, he said, quote, I've got very low debt on buildings, like this building. |
0:22.7 | He was standing in the lobby of 40 Wall Street, a property that appears to be underwater because of its $118 million mortgage, |
0:28.9 | just one liability in a portfolio with $1.8 billion of them. Trump reworked his balance sheet |
0:36.3 | after leaving the White House, paying off more than a |
0:38.8 | half dozen loans. But three major court decisions collectively added an estimated $574 million |
0:45.3 | of liabilities to his balance sheet. He holds roughly $410 million of cash and more than $9 billion |
0:52.8 | of other assets, including almost $6 billion worth |
0:56.4 | of shares in his very volatile social media venture, which he could theoretically liquidate |
1:01.7 | to pay off creditors. Presented with a list of liabilities, Trump's chief legal officer, |
1:07.8 | Alan Garten, pointed out that the former president is appealing the legal |
1:11.3 | judgments and took issue with Forbes's numbers, noting that they include debt against buildings |
1:16.5 | where Trump is a limited partner and therefore would not be personally liable in the event of a |
1:21.0 | default. Garten also seemed to suggest, nonsensically, that money owed to members of Trump's |
1:26.8 | clubs should not be included |
1:28.4 | in the tally because Trump will pay them back with future income. Meanwhile, campaign spokesperson |
1:34.5 | Stephen Chung touted Trump's career successes and suggested that the former president owes fewer |
1:40.0 | Washington insiders than other politicians. Chung said, quote, because of his love of America, |
1:46.5 | he decided to run for the White House as an outsider not beholden to the establishment. |
1:51.3 | Whether or not that's true, there's no question that Trump owes money to plenty of creditors. |
1:56.5 | Forbes decided to break it all down, explaining when the liabilities come due, how expensive the |
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