Henry Payne for November 02, 2016

Does Donald Trump have a valid beggar’s license? He begs the question on so many topics, that he really should. In essence: “Let’s investigate Crooked Hillary who is totally corrupt and who belongs in jail to find if she’s corrupt and belongs in jail.” That type of thing might be accepted in political campaigns, but it would get one called out in any high school debate team.

Jump dude!

What the Trump diehards can’t see with the wool pulled over their eyes

And Vlady Putin “invested” $500,000,000.00 (five hundred MILLION and written correctly) in Trump’s empire.

Hey, you can spew lies so can I. You have NO proof of your lie, and Trump is hiding the proof that my story isn’t true.

It seems hypocritical, doesn’t it? Yet it’s endemic to manufacturing in America, isn’t it? The unskilled workers get a raise in the minimum wage (it’s nearly tripled since I joined the workforce), or join a union, and this forces manufacturers to look elsewhere to have their stuff made because Americans don’t want to pay for the increased cost of production.

Trump talks out of both sides of his mouth, except when he puts down women, minorities and the poor. He never flip flops on his hatred of women. He doesn’t waffle on his bigotry and he never is misquoted about how much disdain he has for the little people.

Uh, actually, “John” he doesn’t play by the rules. His tax lawyers told him the IRS would almost certainly disallow Trump’s conversion of forgiven debt into equity to avoid paying taxes. We know Trump played fast and loose on this because bond counsel’s opinion is a piece of the record Trump can’t lie about. Counsel opined that the IRS would disallow most of the things Trump was using to eliminate taxable income through the phony conversion scheme. FYI – the scheme was outlawed shortly thereafter—with none other than Hillary Clinton casting a vote to end the practice. Importantly “John” why won’t Trump release his taxes if he “plays by the rules?” I’ll tell you why. 1) He doesn’t play by the rules. Rules don’t apply to Donald, his narcissism doesn’t permit that. It’s part of his mental illness (and I’m not exaggerating with that characterization). No doubt his tax filings would give ample proof that he doesn’t play by the rules. 2) He likely is worth far less than he claims, and this would embarrass him. Again, this would be a fate worse than death for a sociopathic narcissist. 3) Finally, importantly, his tax filings may well show he owes a lot of money to Russian oligarchs. It’s instructive that Trump Group computers have had an astounding number of contacts with a Russian oligarch bank. No smoking gun—but it is odd. Without more information, it’s hard to tell what’s going on—and Trumps tax filings would likely shed light on something he wants to keep hidden. Remember, Trump is essentially unbankable in the US and Europe. His six bankruptcies have something to do with that. But in credit analysis, you rely on character, capacity to repay, and collateral. In this case, the character issue looms largest. He is bankable only if a creditworthy borrower controls the project. If Trump’s in charge, only lenders like the Russian oligarchs will lend to him, while the commercial banks won’t touch him with a 10-ft pole.