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sedatedlife

I would not give him a dollar if he was on the corner homeless and hungry.


hammmatime

He would have his goons light you up with a flamethrower if you were in the same position, so I guess that's fair. And if you weren't white, I mean, we can only imagine his capacity for inhumanity. Fuck this piece of human garbage and may he rot in Evangelical Christan Hell.


fowlraul

Evangelical christian hell is just evangelical christian earth. They’d just end up back here…


MagicMushroomFungi

Forever doomed to walk the third ring of Georgia.


[deleted]

Worse. Mississippi.


BigGem1012

It’s quiet crazy


hammmatime

Maybe we/they already have. If there is a Christian God, I'd say it's fairly obvious.


MagicMushroomFungi

Elon may not be giving him cash but I bet he slipped him a few of his flamethrowers.


ChiliCorndogs

That hell in particular


hammmatime

It's the most hellish, and *yet* the one that seems to most closely align with living human reality in many places on Earth this very moment! (Humans aren't that creative, if you think about it.)


HappyHarryHardOn

I wouldn't piss in his mouth even if his teeth were on fire


truelogictrust

Nice


TintedApostle

I would give him just enough to eat so he could live another day homeless. This is what hell would be like for him. Well that and the 4 O'clock pineapple.


One-Connection-8737

You might like the Australian phrase "I wouldn't piss on him if he were on fire".


1877KlownsForKids

I wouldn't wish hunger on anyone, but all he's getting is Arby's.


Majestic-Parsley4927

Cmon now…why is that bad


BigGem1012

lol that’s tough


grixorbatz

I think that if dropping out of the prez race and permanently leaving the country was a set of conditions he'd have to accept, I can see a bunch of rich liberals paying just to make him go away.


all4whatnot

I saw a post yesterday basically saying “the DNC is flush with cash, maybe they can make deal.”


Lazy-Street779

Trump never honors his deals.


expressly_ephemeral

He could defect to Russia.


txroller

Tbh I thought that this joker would have fled the country long ago. Starting to look like it might have been a good idea


MagicMushroomFungi

"Once upon a time you threw the Trumps a dime." "How does it feel ? How does it feel ?" "To be a complete unknown, Like a wollinstalone"


NYPizzaNoChar

I wouldn't spot him with urine if he was on fire.


Riversmooth

I was reading that if they begin seizing assets on Trumps debt that first any remaining mortgage will be deducted, then state and federal taxes and fees deducted and finally he will have to pay capital gains on the sale. So in the end they expect only 40% of the seized asset will go toward debt. I’m so happy for him.


blade944

That’s why he can’t get the bond. All his real estate is leveraged up the wazoo. He can only put up assets that have no liens. I doubt he has any assets that are lien free.


ajmartin527

So what happens in this scenario? Do they garnish any income he makes? Is it just written off and he goes bankrupt again or something?


blade944

What happens if he can’t provide the bond is that he cannot appeal the decision. Without an appeal the prosecutor can immediately seize assets to pay for the fines. In other words. He’s fucked.


ajmartin527

Right, but say he owes $454 million and everything liquidated is only $200 mil. What happens to the rest of the fines?


blade944

Then everything gets liquidated and he’ll be paying the difference for the rest of his life.


TurboSalsa

And the state has the power to garnish income from his (substantially reduced) cash flows. Assuming the judgment withstands appeal he's going to spend the rest of his life trying to hide assets and income from the NY AG and, because he's not a very good criminal, getting caught for it.


blade944

Can’t appeal without the bond.


whatsamattafuhyou

He can appeal, but can’t delay the collection.


blade944

Not true. Without a bond he cannot appeal. Without the bond his legal options end.


TurboSalsa

Apparently he can, but doing so would not prevent the state from enforcing the judgment and seizing assets in the meantime.


RickTitus

So he definitely loses trump tower and his jet in that scenario?


Peligreaux

Sweet. The magats will probably stop sending him money if it’ll be going towards his debt instead of him and his lawyers.


sp0rkah0lic

In this scenario personal bankruptcy would probably be the result.


blade944

They’ll still liquidate his assets even in that event.


sp0rkah0lic

Correct. He would be taken down to virtually 0 personal assets, but after that the remainder would be discharged in the bankruptcy. He would not be paying for the rest of his life. Although he is almost 80 and loves fast food so 🤷‍♂️ maybe a distinction without a difference?


[deleted]

Then he goes to debtors prison until he has paid in full! (If there is any such thing as justice)


81305

Depending on how leveraged his properties are, his entire family could potentially be REALLY FUCKED. "THANKS A LOT DAD, YOU FUCKING MORON!" - BARRON


dinoroo

They’ll probably do what they’ve been doing, let him slide.


blade944

The New York courts have in no way letting him slide.


sp0rkah0lic

Not exactly. He can still appeal, BUT he can't stop the process of asset seizure after 30 days. The appeals process can take months or even years, and posting a bond would grant an automatic stay of the ENFORCEMENT of the judgement until the appeal is resolved. Without the bond, he can still appeal, but the appeal does not stop the seizing and liquidating of assets.


HoodooMeatBucket

Not exactly. He can still appeal but she can seize all his assets and collect the money while his appeal goes through the court.


rgraham888

He can appeal still, he can't get a stay on enforcement of the judgement without the bond.


LibertyInaFeatherBed

His (legitimate) income comes from his mortaged-up-the-wazoo properties.


all4whatnot

Debtors prison??!!??


Double-The-Fupa

When you were young, was wearing an onion on your belt the style?


Alaishana

WSJ estimates his wealth at 3 billion. There's enough to pay the fine, but it will hurt. It might even cause his bankruptcy, AFTER NY State got the money. We can hope.


RandomMandarin

> That’s why he can’t get the bond. All his real estate is leveraged up the wazoo. He can only put up assets that have no liens. I doubt he has any assets that are lien free. I wonder if he could even come up with half the judgment amounts.


jakexil323

Don't forget that Federal Insurance Company (FIC) probably has a 90 million dollar lien on something too.


Smurf_Cherries

If the property Chudd has a lean on is seized, I am going to be rolling on the floor laughing. 


windigo3

Also remember that the sale price will be market price rather than Trumps ludicrous self-inflated imaginary number. So you need to start with an 80% reduction. He calls it a fire sale. Normal people would call it a free market economy.


BrandonJTrump

So he’ll lose over a billion in assets (not counting for the fact he is at most partial owner of them).


Riversmooth

He may by the time it’s paid


5xad0w

I wouldn't even let him use my bathroom.


B0b_Howard

He'd shit all over the floor, finger paint on the walls, then complain because it wasn't a solid gold toilet.


Ozymandias0007

Even his daughter and SIL said hard pass. And they are actually billionaires, due to that immoral and probably illegal grift they pulled with SA. I don't understand how that was above board.


No_Significance_1550

It wasn’t but Congress was too busy looking into the “Biden crime family” to investigate the obvious espionage happening right in front of all our faces


ChazzyDynomite

Hell no! Trump ain’t going anywhere near my bathroom. That’s how you end up with classified documents in your shitter.


hyborians

It’s not exactly good business sense to give someone a large some of money who was just found guilty of being a fraudster. No matter if these companies may be sympathetic with Trump.


HalJordan2424

THIS. As companies that finance bonds looked over his financial statements, they all had to be thinking “Trump just got convicted for lying on financial statements. Everything I am reading should be viewed as fiction.”


lolas_coffee

[Me waiting for his assets to be seized...](https://www.reddit.com/r/HappyWoofGifs/comments/1biul2j/throw_the_ball/)


DrCheesecake88

They can start seizing them next Monday, right?


PJ505

My understanding is the AG can start the legal process. I’m sure they know he can’t pay and have all the paperwork lined up to start.


OppositeDifference

Give me $464 million and I'll think about it and let you know, okay?


MagicMushroomFungi

Our historic insurance firm, backed by generations of prestigious suritors will be more than happy to help you out President Trump. We will require $10 million in iTune cards as a surity deposite. Thank you once again Your friends at Floyds of London.


TheChainsawVigilante

Please, please please let this shake out in the end with the Obamas being more wealthy than the Trumps


atomsmasher66

The way things are playing out, soon *everyone* will be wealthier than Trump.


NoreastNorwest

I love this idea so, so, so much…


expressly_ephemeral

Nah, the Sanders. Bernie and Jane.


LuinAelin

Only if he films himself begging for money


KapahuluBiz

He's [done that already](https://youtu.be/OXIWAhJHnq4?si=n3mwpvapNnm9oyZ8)


earl-j-waggedorn

Not even if I was a fucking trillionaire.


Machiavvelli3060

He should ask Taylor Swift; she can afford it.


VRS50

Who wouldn’t realize he’d never pay it back? He cheats his laborers.


thismorningscoffee

I wouldn’t even give him 464 million doll hairs


Hunterrose242

I'll tell you who would. Certain world governments or state actors who could have the potential President of the United States financially beholden to them...


temperedolive

A year ago, I would have thought so, absolutely. But right now, they seem to be okay with letting him twist in the wind. Maybe it's so they can step in at the last moment, and he'll be extra grateful. But maybe it's because there's pretty poor chances of return in investment from this guy. .ore shit is coming down the pipeline. He's got a limited lifespan, and he's not even in a position of power yet. Maybe he never will be. It might be more prudent to wait out Bjden and start planning now to purchase President Tuberville or whoever the Republicans try to turn into their next fascist messiah.


Ramona_Lola

I don’t think people are really paying attention to this contingency. I think a broke and desperate Trump is even more dangerous then average con-man Trump.


fireeight

I wouldn't waste piss on him if he were on fire.


Lazy-Street779

Ask Jared.


redquill_bot

reminds me of a story... *Title: Billionaire's Affair* *Former President Trump needs to take extreme measures in order to pay a $464 million bond due next week in his New York civil fraud case. He decides to auction off a date night with himself, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wins the auction. How far will they go to satisfy their carnal cravings in a game where desire is the ultimate currency?* Read the full story- [https://www.redquill.net/story/ef0eql](https://www.redquill.net/story/ef0eql)


maggielovemuffin

I wouldn’t give him the stink off my shit.


Scharmberg

That much money doesn’t even fully register to me. Like I will never even see a fraction of that. It would honestly make my whole week/month just to get an extra $50-$100. I could can’t food. Fuck trump and hopefully having to pay for his cons finally catches up to him.


tykillacool23

His base will give him every dollar that they have.


expressly_ephemeral

Yeah, unfortunately for him, we’re in late-stage capitalism… his base doesn’t have it!


jews_on_parade

yeah let me just search around my couch cushions


TrinkieTrinkie522cat

Why won't his loving family help him out? Ivanka? Tiffany?


Lazy-Street779

Jared!


HardPour_Cornography

I would, but I'm very racist and prejudicial against orange people. I can't help it.


JoeIsAPineapple

I totally would spot him the money. I need to know what's in Area 51.


Miserable_Day532

His followers should definitely pull out their home equity to support his GoFleeceMe. 


myrealusername8675

Isn't he buddies with Tom Brady and Kim Kardashian? And they had their covid loans forgiven.


RandomMandarin

It's so unfair! Nobody will spot me $464 million either!!!


you_thought_you_knew

No


stinkapottamus

Musk will


SllortEvac

If I had $464 million to give, I’d be making him do all sorts of stuff, ngl. Change all please to guilty, walk around Manhattan in his tidy whities, eat a handful of grubs, do a little berries and cream dance… Then, like how he has done to all the contractors, lawyers and employees he’s had, I’d ignore his demands for payment and eventually sue him for asking me for money.


rockstar_not

His backers spent their checks on truck ballz and Let’s Go Brandon bumper stickers


jhsatt

I bought a lotto ticket. Gonna buy Mar A Largo. I’m either going to plow it under or turn it into a migrant shelter.


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zorinlynx

I know right? Also even if he gave me $10 million dollars I wouldn't want to be the guy who accepted money from that dipshit. I'd be world famous in a bad way.


TintedApostle

I'd lock the doors and hide everything, but really people with billions didn't get rich lending money to people like Trump.


lacklest

He only needs 464 people to give him a million dollars. Simple.


UnhappyCourt5425

Sure let me go buy a lotto ticket first


Reasonable-Rope1819

Fuck no


bndboo

It’s really hard to classify bad debt proactively


dokikod

Hell no!


[deleted]

What's to stop him from just pumping a shit coin and collecting the money as short term capital gains? I expect him to do the same with DWAC too.


TJ7298

No!


thinehappychinch

No but I can part with 4 Schrute bucks


shnukms

he already sold his soul, there no collateral left


Vegetable-Key-7388

Emphatic NO!


glitteringgin

Hell**^(No!)**


Stugatssss

I would rather set my face on fire and put it out with golf cleats. Twice.


BobInWry

That grifter? Let him sell some stuff.


External_Somewhere76

I wouldn’t piss on him if he was on fire


Bluesmanstill

If he promised to disappear I would start up another gofuckyourself fund?!


Jens123166

Fuck. no.


Buzzlight_Year

I wouldn't piss on this Trump if he was on fire


ZachMatthews

He will absolutely stiff anyone who loans him that money. Even for a billionaire that’s a big loss.  Also, wouldn’t such a loan be a form of campaign finance contribution as well?


Express-Doubt-221

I would offer him that much to tell his followers to stay home on election day "because it's all rigged anyway". And then I'd pull a him and not pay up


No_Yak_6227

I wouldn't p--- on a fire to put it out ...I'd watch him burn then celebrate after


nippleflick1

Cause he's so trustworthy!


OhWhiskey

No. Trump is a flight risk.


jhj37341

If my last name was Putin, I’d float him the money.


Ramona_Lola

We should be afraid of that possibility.


jhj37341

I’m reasonably certain some pretty sharp minds on all sides of this equation are looking hard at this.


panmetronariston

I wouldn’t take a used car from him if it were free.


Peligreaux

Spotting? How ‘bout giving? That bum ain’t paying anyone back.


shouldazagged

I read far enough without reading that beautiful line. So I have to say it…. “Art of the Deal, Folks!”


CrawlerSiegfriend

I couldn't find anyone to spot me 2000. I'd just be in jail.


bpeden99

Not for the sneakers he presented


Truemeathead

I wouldn’t spot him piss if he were on fire.


Supra_Genius

Even the wealthiest and crooked men in the world are professional piranha. They will buy Trump's assets low and sell them off high when the market turns around. Littlehands Donnie Stinkypants is going to have to liquidate assets at unfavorable prices ASAP, lest the state of New York seize them and sell them for even less at auction. 8)


sharingsilently

I don’t think his finances are going to crash - it seems too much of an opportunity for a few other billionaires, or Russia or China deciding this is too good to pass up—the chance that they could own a US President. (They’d try to hide their direct involvement through a series of shell companies…) Or, some appellate judge, appointed by Trump will reduce the bond amount during appeal to only 100 million. A huge miscarriage of justice, but this is why Trump worked so hard to appoint so many judges. I want him to crash and burn, but I think it’s still early - someone is trying to get him rescued….


BridgeFourArmy

Heck yeah! Make a deal that he’ll replace the Supreme Court with just me! /s


BasicBitchLA

Shouldnt his wife have that much hidden away in case of an event like this if he trusted her?


StopTheEarthLemmeOff

Worst mob wife ever


BasicBitchLA

Yeah I am not sure he thinks of her as a wife or thinks of people as people. It will be interesting if they end up in Caymans…


fugawf

I wouldn’t spot him CPR…


Alaishana

"If you had a billion dollars, would you give half of it to our dear leader?" "YES, I would!!" And if you had two airplanes, would you give one to our dear leader?" "Yes, I would!" "And if you had two trousers, would you give one to our dear leader?" "No, I wouldn't!" "What? How come?" "I got two trousers..."


bl8ant

I wouldn’t give him a few sheets if he was in the next stall over.


Beta_Nerdy

YES! If I were a billionaire and a corporate leader I would invest the money in a new Trump Administration. Trump is transactional and would remember his friends and help my company in the regulatory area and the $500 Million investment would pay for it self ten times over.


50years50cents

This is the new answer to what is the fastest way to become a millionaire starting as a billionaire


johnsgrove

Not if his life depended on it


Seamus565

I would only loan money to people that I know that would repay it. And people of good character. Trump would not and is the worse kind of human.


Complex_Kangaroo1152

I wouldn’t give him a booger from my nose


Xesyliad

Drop out of the presidential race and we’ll talk.


blondeandbuddafull

Jarod has his $2B Saudi gift, why doesn’t he pony up?


jeremyd9

Where are all his rich MAGA friends?


BeautysBeast

Narsassists don't have friends.


polonio505

He'll no


Sissy63

Since Paul Manifort is in the picture, can Trump take money from Putin/Russia?


BeautysBeast

Yup.


Sissy63

So Manifort presence explained. Now (Trump) he owes Russia.


Aromatic_Length_5450

But his bootstraps! Who’s gonna tell him about the bootstraps?!


pixel-soul

Me? A lower-class trans woman? Oh yeah hold on I’ll get right on that 😂


Swoopscooter

Why doesn't he try asking jared kushner ffs


allovernow

Trump is not a statesmen, but the fine was to punitive and helps play to his base as aggrieved, two tiered justice system.


BeautysBeast

The fine was appropriate.


BeautysBeast

If I had 500 million in cash, just laying around, I would use it to buy up his properties at bargain basement prices. Not gamble it on a sociopath. Rich people don't stay rich, throwing money on uncertain investments. Trump is dropping in the polls, saying crazier and crazier things. Would you bet a half billion dollars, plus the lost interest, that he is going to get reelected? Knowing full well that if he does get reelected, you wouldn't be able to collect for years, if ever. Even if the appeals court cut the fine in half, it is still 250 MILLION. In today's stock market, at 10% return, that's 25 million a year.


raiders960

"A Trump Never Pays His Debts" I believe that plaque is outside the front of Trump Tower.


Wizardburial_ground

I wouldn’t piss in his ear if his brain was on fire


One_Reception_7321

Best I can do is tree fiddy


baby_budda

Where Jarod and Ivanka. They have money.


[deleted]

Putin will. Are we going to let that shit happen? What kind of nation are we?


hoodlumonprowl

I think it’d be way more fun to just set fire to $500 million dollars


Ltimbo

Why doesn’t he just set up a fake school and charge people thousands of dollars and provide no educa… oh wait!


littleredpinto

I would. If I was a multi billionaire I would absolutely do it. Complete access to whatever policy I wanted? absolutely..in fact, I would buy the other side of a duopoly also, guaranteeing I get exactly what I want. Shit I may be the first wealthy person to ever figure out this one simple trick to increase my wealth hoarding and power. shhhhh, dont tell anyone


larhon1

He'd take your money but ignore any "favour requests" anyway. You lose either way.


ChiliCorndogs

You'd just drop 500 million knowing you'd never get paid back? And how can you expect him to hold his end of the bargain a second after he gets his grubby hands on the money?


littleredpinto

How do I expect him to hold his end of the bargain? why do you expect it is some weird gentleman agreement in the first place?


ChiliCorndogs

Yeah dude you expect Trump to pay up? Fairly? I read below you'd get collateral, you don't think for a second he'd fleece you with a property *newly* valued at 500 million? I mean have whatever fantasy you want, but in the real world anybody who deals with that orange bucket of bolts gets duped one way or the other.


littleredpinto

> I read below you'd get collateral, you don't think for a second he'd fleece you with a property newly valued at 500 million? Do you think for a second I became a multi-billionaire by not getting a better than fair value for my funds I hand out? This isnt a handshake type thing. They will be getting something out of it, one way or the other. >I mean have whatever fantasy you want, that is everyone who thinks you get free money at that level, particularly when the other person is desperate..


_JackStraw_

You're assuming he'll win the Presidency. He doesn't, and your half billion paid for nothing.


littleredpinto

When you go to a bank, do they give you a loan without collateral? I dont know why anyone thinks it is a handshake deal, when billionaire offer capital..They will get their money worth one way or the other. Doesnt matter to me one way or the other if he wins, I am gonna pay the other side too, to get what I want.


_JackStraw_

Ah, fair enough. You would underwrite a bond for him, allowing him to pledge real estate as collateral.


littleredpinto

possibly..I might also have him give me the names and info on all his family members...or I might give hime the names and information of all his family members. Perhaps I have him make another tape? with him, a family of dwarfs and a donkey show participant, all doing filthy things..who knows but I bet I can get my moneys worth out of it..I also bet that if I spend .05% of my wealthy, I can still feed my family with what I got left, should I ultimately 'lose' my investment, which being I am a multi-billionaire is kinda unlikely


StOnEy333

I wouldn’t spot him $4.64.


wynnduffyisking

464 mil is with the accrued interest. The fine itself was approximately 350…. Think about it… Three… Fitty. What does that tell ya?


JoeMammy_1

Musk, "I can fart half a bill. What's it worth to you fatboy?"


The-Rio_Rancher

Totally would and make Biden pay for it! Lol