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Originally Posted by Ducay
I understand the perspective and sounds like there is some evidence on the whole legal fees thing, but then I step back and I ask "Why?". Why would someone with billions in net worth, millions and millions of cash on hand, risk any sort of bad publicity or scandal over a few hundred thousand in legal fees?
If there is no logical reason, and it doesn't really make much business or personal sense, then to me, I would imagine it is either a mix up on the billing side, payment side, or maybe he really did use their funds to pay for it. Who knows, but for Trump and the foundation he has funded, it is chump change.
Scandal for scandal's sake, much like his taxes and the email thing with Hillary.
Either way, regardless of what I think, the voters don't see it as a big deal, except those that already weren't going to vote for him.
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The key questions are: is he really a billionaire? Does he really have millions of dollars cash on hand? He has always played fast and loose with financial definitions. He has been shown to have counted buildings he paid for naming rights as assets that he owns. I think it's quite likely he says income at times, when he really means revenue. I think it's also likely he says net worth when he really means asset values and probably exaggerated asset values at that. The way he has handled his finances through this elections could suggest he really doesn't have access to a lot of cash. His secrecy about what he releases shows he has something to hide, and I really think what he is hiding is that he is not actually a rich man.
I think that is a key fact too, because I've talked to a couple Trump supporters and the number one reason they are voting for him is because they think he is a wildly successful business man, and can bring that same success to running the country.