Imagine having a house worth $300k but telling a bank it was worth over 2800% more — over $8.5 million — to trick the bank into giving you cash.
That’s what Donald Trump did in fraudulently overvaluing Mar-a-Lago.
Imagine having a house worth $300k but telling a bank it was worth over 2800% more — over $8.5 million — to trick the bank into giving you cash.
That’s what Donald Trump did in fraudulently overvaluing Mar-a-Lago.
> to trick the bank into giving you cash.
Imagine being the dumbass at the bank who "fell" for it, for the sake of the commission and bonus, which is proportional to the size of deal. Imagine being the executive management team who set up the system of perverse incentives.