WASHINGTON POST HAS A STORY OUT
RECENTLY FROM JONATHAN GREENBERG WHO INTERVIEWED DONALD TRUMP A
LONG TIME AGO IN THE 1980S TO
PUT THEM ON THE FORBES 400 LIST.
OUT OF THAT STORY COMES MANY
REVELATIONS, SOME OF WHICH I
KNEW, SOME OF WHICH I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE PEOPLE DIDN'T BELIEVE
IT, DONALD TRUMP WAS NEVER THAT
RICH, HE'S NOT A BILLIONAIRE, HE WAS NEVER A BILLIONAIRE, IT'S
NOT EVEN CLOSE, AND HIS WHOLE LIFE AND CAREER HE'S BEEN A CON
MAN.
NOW, YOU WILL HEAR TAPES OF HIM ACTUALLY PRETENDING TO BE
SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE HE'S A BUFFOON, SO LET ME BEGIN THIS
STORY UNTIL YOU GREENBERG'S RECOUNTING OF WHAT HAPPENED IN
THE PAST, AND THEN WE WILL DIVE INTO THE ACTUAL NUMBERS.
THEY
EXPLAIN --
BY THE WAY, YOU WILL FIND OUT LATER, ALL OF HIS MONEY HE
INHERITED FROM HIS DAD, HE BUILT ALMOST NOTHING ON TOP OF IT.
JUST A PRIVILEGED LITTLE PRICK IS ALL HE IS.
BACK THEN, I'M
WORTH $400 MILLION -- WE HAVE FACTS, IT TURNS OUT HE WAS WORTH
5 MILLION AT MOST.
OKAY, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY, AND IF YOU
EARNED 5 MILLION FROM NOTHING I WOULD SAY YOU ARE AMAZING AND
DID A WONDERFUL JOB, ETC.
-- HIS DAD JUST GAVE HIM THE MONEY,
IT'S INHERITANCE.
HE'S SUCH A LOSER.
AT THAT POINT HIS DAD IS
JUST GIVING HIM TRUST FUND MONEY.
SPOILED LITTLE CHILD.
OKAY, HE'S TALKING TO JONATHAN GREENBERG AT THE TIME ABOUT THE
CONDOS IS DAD OWNS BUT HE'S PRETENDING TO OWN, YOU WILL HEAR
THAT IN A SECOND.
THEY ARE LIKE, FRED TRUMP SEEMS TO HAVE ABOUT
8000, MAYBE 10,000 APARTMENT BUILDINGS, IN BROOKLYN AND
QUEENS, ETC., TRUMP SAYS OH NO, IT'S 25,000 BUILDINGS, THEY ARE
WORTH $40,000.
AND THE GUY GOES, THERE IS NO WAY THEY ARE WORTH
$40,000.
THIS WAS AT THE TIME, IN THE 1980S.
SO GREENBERG PICKS
UP FROM THERE --
IN OTHER WORDS, I'M MAKING IT UP, WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT
MAKE?
YOU AREN'T BUYING 40,000?
HOW ABOUT 20,000?
TURNS OUT IT
WAS ONLY 8000 APARTMENTS, AND THEY WEREN'T WORTH 40,000 OR
20,000, THEY WERE WORTH ABOUT 9000 OR SO ACCORDING TO THE BEST
ESTIMATES AT THE TIME, WHICH
MADE HIS DAD A VERY RICH MAN.
HE COULD HAVE LEFT IT AT THAT, BUT
NO, IT'S NOT MY DAD, IT'S ME.
THAT'S WHO DID IT.
FRED TRUMP
LATER SAID, LOOK, MY SON IS A
VERY COMPETITIVE GUY, AND I DIDN'T WANT TO COMPETE WITH
THEM, SO I'M HAPPY TO GIVE HIM
CREDIT.
IN OTHER WORDS, OF COURSE IT WASN'T DONALD TRUMP,
IT WAS FRED TRUMP WHO BUILT THAT AND THEN GAVE THIS SCHMUCK THE
MONEY --
THAT'S A FACT THAT DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF HAS ADMITTED.
WELL, ONE OF THE FALSE NAMES WAS JOHN BARRON, THAT THE NAME HE
USED TO CALL JONATHAN GREENBERG.
HE WANTED TO GO OFF THE RECORD.
PEOPLE HAVE USED THESE TAPES AND THAT'S WHY I KNEW THE STORY
BEFOREHAND, NOW WE GET MORE
DETAILS, THEY HAVE USED THESE TAPES BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP, IT
TURNS OUT, WAS LYING THE WHOLE
TIME.
JOHN BARRON, YOU KNOW WHAT TIME YOU ARE OFF THE RECORD, BUT
IT TURNS OUT IT WAS DONALD TRUMP.
THAT'S NOT HOW OFF THE
RECORD WORKS.
SO THIS IS DONALD TRUMP AT THE TIME PRETENDING TO
BE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSON BRAGGING ABOUT HOW GREAT DONALD
TRUMP IS.
OH, THAT'S SO EMBARRASSING.
WHAT A CLOWN.
THAT'S SO DONALD TRUMP.
THE CONSTANT, SENSELESS REPETITION,
AND THE ABBEY IS LIES, LIKE IT'S
ALMOST THE ULTIMATE.
ULTIMATE WHAT?
HE MEANS, LIKE, THAT
DONALD TRUMP ALMOST HAS 100%, WHICH OF COURSE IS NOT TRUE,
FRED TRUMP HAD IT ALL AT THE TIME.
HE'S LIKE IF THE ULTIMATE
BUT YOU COULD CALL IT 90%.
WE ARE LYING SO WHAT DIFFERENCE
DOES IT MAKE?
JUST INFLATE THE NUMBERS, MAKE IT SEEM LIKE I'M
REALLY RICH.
NOW, IF YOU ARE WONDERING WHY, OTHER THAN THE
FACT THAT HE'S A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR AND A CON MAN, ETC., HE
WOULD THEN USE THE FORBES LIST TO GET MORE LOANS.
NOW, HE
COULDN'T PROVE THAT HE HAD THE
MONEY WHEN YOU GO UP FOR A LOAN, AND YOU WOULD BE AMAZED AT THIS,
BUT YES, PEOPLE AT THESE LEVELS
SOMETIMES ARE THAT STUPID.
THE FORBES 400 LIST SAYS I HAVE $200
MILLION, SO I MUST.
LATER THEY CLAIMED HE HAD $100 MILLION, SO
IT WAS A HUGE BUSINESS ADVANTAGE
FOR HIM.
LOOK, GREENBERG IS NOW APOLOGETIC THAT HE DIDN'T CATCH
IT EARLIER, ETC., BUT A LOT OF
THE MEDIA DOESN'T PAY ATTENTION.
WHEN A RICH OR POWERFUL GUY
CALLS IN AND SAYS I HAVE THIS THEY GO OKAY, YES SIR, SO THEY
GAVE HIM A HUGE ADVANTAGE HE
NEVER EARNED.
BUT THE MAIN POINT IS, SHAMELESSNESS.
HE'S LIKE, I
DON'T CARE.
I CAN'T EVEN GET AN ASSISTANCE TO CALL HIM
PERTAINING TO BE JOHN BARRON, I'M JUST GOING TO DO IT.
I'M TO
CHANGE MY VOICE, WHAT, 2%? MAYBE 0%? AND I WILL JUST LIE NONSTOP
ABOUT EVERYTHING.
I WILL THROW MY FATHER UNDER THE BUS SAYING
HE DOESN'T EVEN RUN THE BUSINESS
ANYMORE, I DO.
NOW LET'S GET INTO MORE DETAILS ABOUT HOW
PATHETIC THIS IS.
GREENBERG SAID --
SO WHEN TRUMP WAS PRETENDING TO BE THAT RICH ALL THE WAY UP
TO '99 IT WASN'T TRUE BECAUSE HE HAD NOT YET INHERITED DADDY'S
MONEY.
SAD.
CONTINUING --
HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE THE MONEY YET, HE'S LIKE, BUT I'M
GOING TO GET DADDY'S AT SOME POINT I PROMISE I WILL GIVE IT
TO YOU!
OKAY --
ALL THE WAY IN THE 1990S, PRETENDING TO BE RICH, HAS TO
BORROW FROM HIS SIBLINGS BECAUSE
HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY MONEY.
WELL, DONALD, HOW ARE YOU EVER GOING
TO GET MONEY?
I HEAR YOU ARE A REAL ESTATE GENIUS.
OH, NOT FROM
THAT, WHEN DADDY LEAVES IT TO
ME.
SAD.
PATHETIC.
BABY.
MORE --
SO, BY THE WAY, THE 5 MILLION IS GIVING HIM EVERY BENEFIT OF
THE DOUBT.
IT'S NOT EVEN CLEAR HE HAS THAT MUCH, AND AGAIN IT'S
ALL FROM HIS DAD.
SO, CONTINUING --
GREENBERG LATER REALIZED OF COURSE THAT WAS A RUSE AND SOME
ASSOCIATE CALLED AND PRETENDED
TO OFFER 100 MILLION, IT'S SO STUPID AND TRANSPARENT BUT
PEOPLE BUY THIS CRAP --
WHENEVER HE HAS TO GO TO COURT AND HE HAS TO BE HONEST
OTHERWISE HE MIGHT SERVE A PRISON SENTENCE, ALL OF A SUDDEN
HE GOES, YEAH, OF COURSE I INVENTED CHARACTERS AND CALLED
REPORTERS PRETENDING TO BE
SOMEONE OTHER THAN MYSELF.
HE HAS TO GO APPLY FOR A CASINO IN
ATLANTIC CITY, HE IS LIKE, HERE IS WHAT I ACTUALLY PAID FOR IT,
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T LIE ABOUT THAT OTHERWISE YOU ARE IN A LOT OF
TROUBLE AND COULD GO TO JAIL, SO HE'S LIKE, 13 MILLION, I WAS
LYING, I BOUGHT IT FOR 65
MILLION.
NO DEBT?
ARE YOU KIDDING ME, I HAD 50 MILLION IN
DEBT.
BY THE WAY WHEN I REPORTED ON THIS STORY IN THE CAMPAIGN,
ALMOST ALL THE MONEY HE BORROWED
WAS WITH HIS DAD'S COSIGNATURE IN THE BEGINNING, OTHERWISE
NOBODY WOULD LOAN THIS MANCHILD ANY MONEY WITHOUT FRED TRUMP
BACKING IT UP WITH ACTUAL CASH,
AND AN ACTUAL STEAK THEY COULD TAKE MONEY FROM LATER IF THINGS
WENT SOUTH, AS THEY OFTEN DID.
OKAY, MORE --
FIRST IF YOU ARE CONFUSED LET ME EXPLAIN, THAT'S JUST TRUMP
WRITING ON A PIECE OF PAPER, I
HAVE $3.7 BILLION, 900 MILLION OF IT IS IN CASH.
THAT MEANS
LESS THAN NOTHING, IT'S ALMOST CERTAINLY A LIE, AND IN THIS
CASE PROVEN TO BE A LIE.
BUT --
REMEMBER, HE PRETENDED IT WAS
900 MILLION --
AGAIN, THE COMMISSION GIVES HIM EVERY BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT,
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE DEBTS ON TOP, AND STILL IT'S 6% OF WHAT
HE PRETENDED IT WAS.
AT MOST, AT MOST.
AND ALL OF IT LEFT FROM
HIS DAD AND CO-FINANCED, EVEN
THE PROPERTIES, WITH HIS DAD.
OKAY --
THIS IS A NEW JERSEY APPELLATE JUDGE, IT'S NOT EVEN
GREENBERG, IT'S A JUDGE IN A
HEARING IN THE YEAR 2011 --
THAT'S IN 2011.
ASSUMING IT'S NOT ENCUMBERED BY DEBT -- THAT'S
A RIDICULOUS ASSUMPTION, OF COURSE IT'S ENCUMBERED BY DEBT.
FIRST OF ALL, NOBODY WALKS UP TO A GIANT PIECE OF REAL ESTATE IN
THE MIDDLE OF NEW YORK AND GOES,
OH, IT'S $500 MILLION?
I GOT 500 MILLION IN CASH, I'LL GIVE IT TO
YOU.
NO, ALL OF IT IS LEVERAGED, ALL OF IT IS WITH THAT, THAT'S
NORMAL.
TRUMP HAS USUALLY MORE
THAN NORMAL DEBT SOLD COURSE THAT MONEY IS ENCUMBERED, HE
DOESN'T HAVE ANYWHERE NEAR THAT MUCH EVEN THOUGH MOST OF IT
AGAIN IS FROM HIS DAD.
FINALLY --
AND THEY CAPITALIZED IT.
SO A JUDGE IN 2011 SAYS AT MOST 2-300
MILLION DOLLARS, IF YOU ASSUME THE WILD AND OUTRAGEOUS
ASSUMPTION THAT THERE IS NO DEBT ON IT.
TRUMP TURNS AROUND YEARS
LATER AND SAYS IT'S NOT 2 OR 300 MILLION, IT'S 10 BILLION.
THAT'S
WHAT HE DOES SCAMS LIKE TRUMP
UNIVERSITY, WHERE POOR SAPS GIVE HIM THEIR LAST DOLLAR TO TRY TO
LEARN FROM THIS IDIOT.
NO LEGITIMATE BILLIONAIRE DOES
THINGS LIKE THIS, WHERE THERE ARE NO ACTUAL COURSES AND AN
ACTUAL UNIVERSITY, IT JUST ROBS
PEOPLE OF THEIR MONEY.
HE IS DESPERATE FOR MONEY BECAUSE HE'S
ALWAYS ON THE EDGE OF BANKRUPTCY.
HE WENT BANKRUPT SIX
TIMES IN HIS CAREER, SIX
DIFFERENT BUSINESSES HE BANKRUPTED, BECAUSE HE IS AN
IDIOT MANCHILD.
THE ONLY REASON HE'S GOTTEN THIS FAR,
UNFORTUNATELY, IS THE MEDIA.
THE MEDIA NEVER BOTHERED TO CHECK ON
MUCH MONEY HE ACTUALLY HAD.
THEN THEY GAVE HIM $2 BILLION IN FREE
MEDIA COVERAGE DURING THE
REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES.
ALL THIS STUFF, PEOPLE GO, HE SAYS IT, IT
MUST BE TRUE, IT'S SUCH A BIG LIE, OKAY, WE WILL CUT IT DOWN
AND GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR HALF OF
IT.
NO, DON'T GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR ANYTHING.
TOTAL PATHOLOGICAL
LIAR AND CON MAN.