Foreverconservative said:
Antoninus said:
Rockdoc said:
How many wealthy people do you know who have liquidity like that ($450mm)? I'm sure you have a list with proof.
A large number of posters above have assured us that he has dozens of buddies who would gladly front him the money.
You can bet if Trump calls Steve Wynn, Peter Thiel Carl Icahn or Andrew Beal he can borrow the cash. That bond is petty cash to that group
Not likely.
If he puts up a bond, the bonding company basically promises that if Trump does not pay, they will. They don't actually give the government the money in advance. Instead, they invest the money.
If they put up the money, they aren't bonding companies and can't just deliver a promise to pay. They would loan the money to Trump who would then put it in escrow, thereby giving up interest on the money while in escrow. That would be a lot of interest for him to give up. In the meantime, the interest he would owe if the judgment is upheld would continue to accrue.
Finally, and perhaps the most important, even if the money is "petty cash" to them, they don't like being scammed of their money. I suspect that any money loaned to Trump would never be paid back. They would surely demand full collateral to cover the debt to avoid being scammed by Trump.
Those who earned their fortunes themselves did not earn them by throwing away money --- they are going to want it back. Perhaps their heirs might be throwing money around when they eventually inherit it, but there are limits to what people who made their fortunes instead of inheriting them are willing to do.
The best thing for Trump would be to find a bonding company who will bond him out on this. That way, he could continue to earn interest on his money. But it is difficult to imagine a bonding company doing that without collateral. From what I've read, they don't want property as collateral, either.