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Scathing court ruling on Donald Trump’s empire is a bitter blow to his successful tycoon persona (www.theguardian.com)

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For years Donald Trump was the host of The Apprentice, a reality TV show in which contestants vied for a management job within his organisation and he would deliver the verdict: “You’re fired!”

It cemented the image of Trump as an assertive chief executive who had conquered New York, an image that still proves seductive to millions of voters who want him to run America like a business. But like much else about the 45th US president, it was all a lie.

On Tuesday a judge found that Trump’s business empire was built, at least in part, on rampant fraud. Justice Arthur Engoron of the New York state court in Manhattan said Trump and his adult sons wildly inflated the value of his properties to hoodwink banks, insurers and others.

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The decision will make it easier for state attorney general Letitia James to establish damages at a civil trial due to start next week; she is seeking a penalty of about $250m. Engoron ordered the cancellation of certificates that let some of Trump’s businesses, including the Trump Organization, operate in New York – just possibly the beginning of the end of his empire.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It won’t hurt him other than financially

I promise you it will. Mar a Lago may be his home, but NY is his 'spiritual home' (if you can compare his lust for money and power to religious fervour).

Trump is incredibly thin-skinned. Being convicted of such large-scale fraud and banned from doing business in NY will be a massive blow to his giant ego. Further, angry people get sloppy and tend to make silly (sillier?) mistakes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

NY is his 'spiritual home'

Used to be, but now he despises it and the feeling is mutual.

Trump is incredibly thin-skinned. Being convicted of such large-scale fraud and banned from doing business in NY will be a massive blow to his giant ego

True, but so was being indicted at all. Hurting his fragile ego is a REALLY low bar when it comes to holding him accountable for his lifetime of crimes.

Further, angry people get sloppy and tend to make silly (sillier?) mistakes.

For which he'll ALSO get a slap on the wrist, if anything.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You know what would be a MUCH worse blow to his ego btw?

Several years of community service. Forcing him to be genuinely helpful towards those less fortunate than himself would be much worse for him than prison and would actually have him be a benefit to society for the first time in his miserable hyperprivileged life.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed, but in life we don't always get what we want. I'm taking my usual approach with this trump saga... prepare for the worst, hope for the best.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I get what you're saying, but this is so close to nothing compared to the magnitude of his multiple crimes over the last 40 years or so that it might as well be nothing.