NEW: It's the world's most expensive "peanut" –– @realDonaldTrump and his companies owe more than $620 million, according to a @nytimes tally from his federal tax returns.
Of that $620M+, Trump personally guaranteed $421M.
That means, if he were to default, a foreign institution –– @DeutscheBank –– could come after the president's personal assets.
(The other $200M+ is not personally guaranteed.)
Before you deluge me with comments about how the Russians actually lent/guaranteed this money, there is nothing in his loan documents to support this.
At least with Deutsche, Trump is the only one who signed or guaranteed the loans. And Deutsche still holds the debt.
If you're wondering why the @nytimes tally of Trump's debt is lower than Forbes's $1 billion figure, it's because we didn't count the debt on the two big properties where Trump is a minority partner.
Here's why:
It’s been a long week for me and Milkshake.
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@DeutscheBank found that Epstein's bank accounts received transfers tens of millions of dollars from LLCs controlled by Black – even after the bank's anti-financial crime officers raised questions about the transactions.
We reviewed portions of Deutsche's internal report.
At the same time, Black was socializing with Epstein, joining him for meals, yachting and visits to Harvard.
There is a contrast between what we've found in our reporting and how Black described his relationship to investors last year. (Black's firm, Apollo, is publicly traded.)
Two of the companies are working with an ex-NFL player with at best a shaky record. He’s teamed up with the arms dealer portrayed by @JonahHill in “War Dogs,” who was banned from federal contracts.
Another company was founded this year by a former Trump admin official.
The contracts — which are supposed to replenish the national stockpile of protective gear — have triggered complaints to the Pentagon and @USGAO and questions from US senators.
The Defense Dept says it handled the contracts properly.
3/ I've been wondering about this ever since. And while I don't have a clear answer of what happened to the returns, I just found what looks like proof that Deutsche Bank at one time did have some of Trump's federal income tax returns (along with other financial information).
If @DeutscheBank is mentioned in tonight’s debate, I will drink one of my favorite whiskeys. If “Deutsche” is pronounced correctly, I will drink more. (Actually I’ll be drinking regardless.)
For those wondering, it’s pronounced DOY-chuh. (And yes my sons and I are really into Legos)