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With two recent verdicts against former President Donald Trump —one in the defamation case involving journalist E. Jean Carroll, resulting in an $83.3 million fine, and the other imposing a $355 million penalty for fraudulent inflation of his net worth to lenders — Trump is now potentially liable for nearly half a billion dollars. However, uncertainties persist regarding Trump’s ability or willingness to settle these substantial judgments.
Straight Arrow News contributor Jordan Reid contends that even if Trump eventually fulfills his financial obligations, it may not necessarily be good news.
Every indictment, every judgment, every accusation — they just add up to dollars for this man. I’m not a believer in the saying, “There’s no such thing as bad publicity,” but I may have to reconsider because this is speechless, mind-blowing.
And then there’s the matter of how Trump’s reality — the fact that no, he is not even close to as wealthy as he says he is, and is, in fact, hundreds of millions of dollars in debt — will impact our national security, because it will.
Remember, as an example, when foreign governments spent millions and millions of dollars at Trump’s businesses, including Mar-a-Lago, the hotel in Washington, et cetera during the course of his presidency? When Trump is financially benefiting from a personal relationship with a country, it’s pretty hard to believe that he’ll be objective when it comes to his political decision making.
