Re: Deutsche Bank determined that Trumps net worth was only 788 million dollars.
Posted by:
Timothy O'Brian
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Date: March 21, 2019 07:02AM
The book is called "Trump Nation" by Timothy O'Brian. The book states that, at the time it was written, Trump was worth about 500 million. Trump sued him for defamation, claiming he suffered billions in damage becuase of the books claims. When the case got to court, Trump could not, or would not, prove his actual net worth, and therefore could not prove that O'Brian had published false statements about him. Trump's case was thrown out.
Number one, Trump at least claims he fights back hard, at everything. Second, if anyone could prove Trump's net worth, you would figure it would be Trump. You would think Trump could have torn O'Brian, and his publisher, a new asshole, but didn't. I wonder why?
The point is not that half a billion is small change, it is not. The problem is that Trump lies about it. Dude worth half a billion needs to lie. Why? What degree of narcissistic insecurity would cause a man to have to lie under those circumstances?
I would suggest that it is exactly that narcissistic insecurity that is the answer to the question. Trump can't stand not being the kid in the sandbox with the most toys. So he lies about it.
That is pathetic. Yet the Trumpkins eat it up like shit on a stick. As P. T. Barnum famously may have said, "There is a sucker born every minute."