[laconic]

Trump is living proof of the axiom that if you owe the bank $100,000 the bank owns you; if you owe the bank $1 billion, you own the bank. A poorer man would have been bankrupt; the banks couldn't afford to let Trump go under. He did do one remarkably prescient deal; buying the Columbus Hotel on on what, 42nd Street at a very cheap rate when NYCity had hit rock bottom and turning it into a Hyatt just as Manhattan rebounded.

[wardaddy]

yep!

I wish I "owned" a bank...lol...I deal mainly with small county banks and when I get over 10% of their loan portfolio...they cut me off. Prudent on their part.