Donald Trump on Monday shrugged off a New York Times report that detailed at least $650 million in debt among the various companies that Trump owns, suggesting that it is comparably low when the total value of his business empire is taken into consideration.

"Well, the value — if the value is $11 billion, it's a very small amount of debt," the Republican nominee told "Fox & Friends" in a telephone interview. "I have very little debt relative to the assets. I have massive assets."

Trump continued, "Compared to my assets, I think I have less than 5 percent or so in debt, which is a very low debt."

So what is the big deal?

Do you have any idea how much DEBT is held by most small businesses?

Are you aware of the enoormous amounts of debt held by most fortune 500 companies for various financial reasons?

The media or the party is really reaching to the uninformed with this one......no different than most they reach for.

Desparation is a terrible malady!!

Originally Posted by Guest

So what is the big deal?

Do you have any idea how much DEBT is held by most small businesses?

Are you aware of the enoormous amounts of debt held by most fortune 500 companies for various financial reasons?

The media or the party is really reaching to the uninformed with this one......no different than most they reach for.

Desparation is a terrible malady!!

Desparation is a terrible malady!

I will be quoting you!

They try to turn an incredible debt to asset ratio into a negative and then repeat it .

Originally Posted by Guest

So what is the big deal?

Do you have any idea how much DEBT is held by most small businesses?

Are you aware of the enoormous amounts of debt held by most fortune 500 companies for various financial reasons?

The media or the party is really reaching to the uninformed with this one......no different than most they reach for.

Desparation is a terrible malady!!

Lets see....the President of the United States deep in debt to foreign banks, and you see no problem with that !!!

Originally Posted by Guest

Donald Trump on Monday shrugged off a New York Times report that detailed at least $650 million in debt among the various companies that Trump owns, suggesting that it is comparably low when the total value of his business empire is taken into consideration.

"Well, the value — if the value is $11 billion, it's a very small amount of debt," the Republican nominee told "Fox & Friends" in a telephone interview. "I have very little debt relative to the assets. I have massive assets."

Trump continued, "Compared to my assets, I think I have less than 5 percent or so in debt, which is a very low debt."

You do not have a clue about the use of debt in corporate finance . Try educating yourself before you jump into a subject you clearly know nothing about .

No legitimate Real Estate Developer would desire to be debt free . Chew on that for a while because it is factual .

Originally Posted by Guest

You do not have a clue about the use of debt in corporate finance . Try educating yourself before you jump into a subject you clearly know nothing about .

No legitimate Real Estate Developer would desire to be debt free . Chew on that for a while because it is factual .

"Chewing" and wondering if you have any problems with the President of the United States being personally deep in debt to foreign banks ?

I will try to get educated but at least make us feel better and tell us that our President being deep in debt to a foreign country makes no difference whatsoever.

Originally Posted by Guest

You do not have a clue about the use of debt in corporate finance . Try educating yourself before you jump into a subject you clearly know nothing about .

No legitimate Real Estate Developer would desire to be debt free . Chew on that for a while because it is factual .

Since you appear to be the educated one here, can you supply for my education how you know the true value of his corporation since all we know is what he says !

Boy, this dumb guy would love to see his tax returns. Am I just being so stupid here, but he said he would release what was not under audit and now we know that past years have been released, yet he still refuses. Oh and his campaign manager who used to work for Cruz wanted them BUT NOT NOW. She said since you got on the inside of Trump campaign she learned a lot and now advises him not to release anything at any time.

Again, I know you are smarter but since no candidate except Gerald Ford, who assumed the office, has released them, am I just being silly in wondering why ?

Still waiting for one fact about trump that is worse than Hillarys factual past. Just one.

O, I am sorry, he has too little debt, must be evil.


Are you serious? What's next, what's next, what's next......hmmmmp

Originally Posted by Guest

O, I am sorry, he has too little debt, must be evil.


Are you serious? What's next, what's next, what's next......hmmmmp

Now see I was relying on you being the intelligent one here and making me feel better about the President of the United States being deep in debt to a foreign country, but you went ahead and just skipped it. I suppose it is difficult for someone at your level to even talk to us dumbies.

Oh, and by the way Trump Univ I suppose is nothing to worry about either. Conning people is an acceptable trait for a President I suppose.

Listen I am relying on you to clarify a lot of this....like this recent ad of Trumps which touts illegal immigrants receiving Social Security, which as intelligent guy like you already know is a LIE but see how that confuses us dumb people.

There is much more but you seem to have lost patience with us dumb people and will not even discuss certain things.

I know he is your hero....did you cheat on your wives publicy and mock existing wife ?......maybe you share that or some other trait that makes you defend his immoral and abhorent behavior like labeling anyone who disagrees with him with a cute little playground name usually referring to their appearance or ethnicity.

But again, you are the educated one here, so we learn at your feet and just trying to settle what I thought was elementary school behavior but I will tell my grandchildren who cannot even listen to him because of language and hatred that this very intelligent guy said it was ok

I will advise my children and grandchildren that it appears, despite our supposed free press, that pulling credentials of those who disagree with us is just fine and have you read his tweets of this morning where he enters the rumor pages of the tabloids discussing a tv show.

Originally Posted by Guest

Now see I was relying on you being the intelligent one here and making me feel better about the President of the United States being deep in debt to a foreign country, but you went ahead and just skipped it. I suppose it is difficult for someone at your level to even talk to us dumbies.

Oh, and by the way Trump Univ I suppose is nothing to worry about either. Conning people is an acceptable trait for a President I suppose.

Listen I am relying on you to clarify a lot of this....like this recent ad of Trumps which touts illegal immigrants receiving Social Security, which as intelligent guy like you already know is a LIE but see how that confuses us dumb people.

There is much more but you seem to have lost patience with us dumb people and will not even discuss certain things.

I know he is your hero....did you cheat on your wives publicy and mock existing wife ?......maybe you share that or some other trait that makes you defend his immoral and abhorent behavior like labeling anyone who disagrees with him with a cute little playground name usually referring to their appearance or ethnicity.

But again, you are the educated one here, so we learn at your feet and just trying to settle what I thought was elementary school behavior but I will tell my grandchildren who cannot even listen to him because of language and hatred that this very intelligent guy said it was ok

I will advise my children and grandchildren that it appears, despite our supposed free press, that pulling credentials of those who disagree with us is just fine and have you read his tweets of this morning where he enters the rumor pages of the tabloids discussing a tv show.

Are you totally ignorant or just blind?

Instead of going into all the cr@p you are slinging, I will ask you one question, which I am sure you will decline to answer:

Read all of your comment and then tell me what you plan to tell your grandchildren about Hillary Clinton. Or for that matter, any Clinton.

I think that once you put the two on a morality/ethics scale, you will find out which one tips it.

Originally Posted by Guest

Now see I was relying on you being the intelligent one here and making me feel better about the President of the United States being deep in debt to a foreign country, but you went ahead and just skipped it. I suppose it is difficult for someone at your level to even talk to us dumbies.

Oh, and by the way Trump Univ I suppose is nothing to worry about either. Conning people is an acceptable trait for a President I suppose.

Listen I am relying on you to clarify a lot of this....like this recent ad of Trumps which touts illegal immigrants receiving Social Security, which as intelligent guy like you already know is a LIE but see how that confuses us dumb people.

There is much more but you seem to have lost patience with us dumb people and will not even discuss certain things.

I know he is your hero....did you cheat on your wives publicy and mock existing wife ?......maybe you share that or some other trait that makes you defend his immoral and abhorent behavior like labeling anyone who disagrees with him with a cute little playground name usually referring to their appearance or ethnicity.

But again, you are the educated one here, so we learn at your feet and just trying to settle what I thought was elementary school behavior but I will tell my grandchildren who cannot even listen to him because of language and hatred that this very intelligent guy said it was ok

I will advise my children and grandchildren that it appears, despite our supposed free press, that pulling credentials of those who disagree with us is just fine and have you read his tweets of this morning where he enters the rumor pages of the tabloids discussing a tv show.

You are addressing different people . Now for your response about debt owed by Commercial Real Estate Corporations to foreign or domestic banks .
1] Foreign banks making loans to properties on US soil must comply to all of the US banking , finance and tax regulations .They must conform to US accounting codes .

2] Bank loans for commercial real estate are made against the value of the real estate . IE they are secured just like a home mortgage .

3] It would make no difference if the bank loans were coming from a US Chartered Bank or the US based operations of a bank which ultimately has foreign owners .

4] It is a long standing requirement that by the day of Inauguration every US President must put all of their financial holdings into a " Blind Trust " to be controlled and operated by an independent " Trustee " .

Originally Posted by Guest

You do not have a clue about the use of debt in corporate finance . .

Do you realize your responding to a NY Times quote

Originally Posted by Guest

Are you totally ignorant or just blind?

Instead of going into all the cr@p you are slinging, I will ask you one question, which I am sure you will decline to answer:

Read all of your comment and then tell me what you plan to tell your grandchildren about Hillary Clinton. Or for that matter, any Clinton.

I think that once you put the two on a morality/ethics scale, you will find out which one tips it.

Ok....first I am not blind (have cataracts however) and according to you, I AM ignorant (although you seem to apply that to all users here).

I got confused and must apologize. I thought this thread was about Trump debts, and here you go with Clinton.

As I have said many times before, I will never support Clinton, vote for Clinton in anyway. Do I need to repeat that ?

My amazement is the defense of Trump, a validated immoral man, a man who is actually worse than a compulsive liar; a number of psychiatric articles written in the last months had called him much worse, a serial cheater on wives, which makes him sort of sleazy in my book, a man who refuses to divulge information to the voters like his taxes and expect us to take his word (see comment on his psychological problems with lying), a man who still must answer for his con job called Trump U, a man who reduces any disagreement with him to be personal and thus opens you for PERSONAL immature attacks, who obviously prefers the National Enquirer (who he constantly touts) as his go to newspaper, whose interests are pretty much about HIM, not the country, who espouses policies that would throw our economic system into chaos (sorry, I DO realize how smart you are but I do read a bit), whose foreign policy aspirations would leave our country on an island at a time in history where they is the worst place to be.

I could go on and on about him.

BUT, you now have switched gears to Clinton and despite what you think, I have nothing good to say, except maybe that she has at least devoted her life to public service, much unlike Trump whose serves himself only.

I will vote for neither and as far as what I will tell my grandchildren about the Clintons, I will tell them the truth, some good and some bad. I will need to censor some of it a bit, unlike censoring most of Trump.

I will also tell them that the Clintons were involved in an election in 2016 which is a total embarassment for the country. That she was one of 2 morally corrupt people running for office.

Since you are enamored with Trump but always want to talk about Clinton, I will bid you adieu unless you continue your condescending talking down, because like Trump always said....a better counter puncher, but I cannot publicy ridicule you like he does.

Originally Posted by Guest

You are addressing different people . Now for your response about debt owed by Commercial Real Estate Corporations to foreign or domestic banks .
1] Foreign banks making loans to properties on US soil must comply to all of the US banking , finance and tax regulations .They must conform to US accounting codes .

2] Bank loans for commercial real estate are made against the value of the real estate . IE they are secured just like a home mortgage .

3] It would make no difference if the bank loans were coming from a US Chartered Bank or the US based operations of a bank which ultimately has foreign owners .

4] It is a long standing requirement that by the day of Inauguration every US President must put all of their financial holdings into a " Blind Trust " to be controlled and operated by an independent " Trustee " .

On point number 4, which is the only one that concerns me, you are actually incorrect....

"As president, Trump would not be required to sell any of his investments or businesses. The U.S. Financial Conflict of Interest Statute prohibits unelected officials of the executive branch from holding stakes in assets that would conflict with their ability to properly do their jobs.

For example, former Goldman Sachs CEO Hank Paulson sold off his company stock before he became Treasury Secretary in 2006.
Executive branch officials also are prohibited from earning income from their businesses and must abide by strict impartiality rules.
But Congress decided not to apply those restrictions to the president or vice president. They have to disclose their holdings, but they don't have to disown them.

So Donald Trump could be president without selling his businesses."


Trump's 500 businesses would pose 'unprecedented ethical dilemma' - Mar. 16, 2016

This is quite an interesting article actually and if you really want to know what is happening worth a read.

I might tell you that there are in fact "rumors" from unnamed source at NBC, that Trump has already pitched the idea of a Celebrity Apprentice in the White House. Now he wont because NBC is disgusted with the man, but it certainly tells you what is important to this person.

"when Trump first considered running for president, back in 2011, he spoke to NBCUniversal chief executive Steve Burke about continuing The Apprentice… from within the Oval Office.

[A] person with knowledge of the situation noted that the two men had a conversation in which they broached a compromise, albeit one that seems more like a Trumpian fever dream than a network-TV reality. It outlined, presumably fantastically, that Trump should run for president; and on the off chance that he won, he would continue to star in The Apprentice from within the White House. (Via)"

Donald Trump Thought He Could Star In ‘The Apprentice’ As President