$500 Million is Familiar To Donald Trump

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Black forest cake. Donald Trump in celebration mood. Bond is reduced. Photo credit: Online pic.

Donald Trump once sued Michael Cohen, former best friend and attorney for $500 million for saying nasty things about him. Therefore, he should be comfortable with the $464 million he owes New York State. What is good for the goose, is good for the gander. Half a billion dollars is a figure only billionaires toss in the air, while waiting for dessert wine, to go with the black forest cake.

Dessert wine? The internet has unboxed the wonderful world of tax-deductible lunch and dinner. Michael Cohen lived it with Trump, so he wasn’t bothered when his former bestie and client sued him for $500 million. It would be interesting to learn how Donald Trump decided on that magic number. He’ll cough it out, in an interview one of these days. Example. I couldn’t believe it when he said he took the state secrets because he was moving, reluctantly if I might add. What blew my mind is when he said, as a former president, he had a legal right to decide what was classified, what wasn’t.

He pulled out of a hat, the $500 million he was suing Michael Cohen for, but the $464 million is based on evidence in Judge Arthur Engoron’s court, to determine how much he should pay for defrauding New York State. Was Donald Trump a math teacher in his previous life? Why? He likes throwing random figures around. Example. He doesn’t believe in systems in place that evaluate residential and commercial property.

“Engoron’s fraudulent valuation of Mar-a-Lago for $18 million when it is worth 50 to 100 times that amount is, another piece of the Election Interference HOAX,” he wrote in his online drum.

Be that as it may, if he feels that he is worth $500 million for the wounds Michael Cohen inflicted upon him, he should be comfortable with the $464 million he owes New York State. It’s a ballpark figure up his alley. Yes. He withdrew that case against Michael Cohen, but New York Attorney General Letitia James, will not withdraw the $464 million.

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