Apparently, Mr. Alexander is unaware of the difference between real estate and securities. If you own stock or other publicly traded securities, you can sell them at a moment's notice during business hours. Selling real estate, especially landmark real estate worth multimillions, can take months or even years to consummate. Trump Towers' value is in part based on the name Trump, and in part on the location and the beauty of the building, as well as the many high-profile tenants who live there. To suggest that he should have sold it before taking the oath of office is sheer idiocy. If he had put it on the market in 2012, he might conceivably have closed on a sale a year from now. This is especially so in the nature of Midtown Manhattan glass towers, which are heavily regulated and jealously guarded by their owners. And Trump is one of the developers who assured that they would be so valuable in the first place.
But what this piece does reveal is that Trump did not get into politics in the hopes of exploiting his power to enrich himself, as the leftards baldly have asserted from day one. Which makes it even more likely that he did it out of love for the country.
Watching the no-account, feckless performance of the Biden Administration, bag man Hunter, and the Democrat Congress and Senate so far, it is very hard not to love POTUSDJT back, if for no other reason than for his selflessness.
To: Eleutheria5
Republicans get rich and then go into public service - democrats go into public office to become rich - and it works.
To: Eleutheria5
How much has been turned over to his children??...Or what is their monetary assets NOW.
To: Eleutheria5
Yo, Dan, you must be smart about money matters or you wouldn't write for a magazine that writes about money matters.
What spot do you occupy in the rank of billionaires?
4 posted on
04/12/2021 5:52:29 AM PDT by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
To: Eleutheria5
Sure, but just think of the spots he’s risen in the Humanity ranks.
5 posted on
04/12/2021 5:54:01 AM PDT by
ryderann
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6 posted on
04/12/2021 5:54:45 AM PDT by
rarestia
(Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
To: Eleutheria5
So, Forbes, Trump put America first for 4 years even though it caused his personal fortune to tumble? Sounds to me just like what the Founding Fathers did. This article was attempted hit piece but shows Trump’s personal sacrifice for his country.
7 posted on
04/12/2021 5:56:04 AM PDT by
salmon76
(They call me Big Boomer McKraken. I live at the corner of Breaking Street and Bombshell Avenue.)
To: Eleutheria5
Forbes does not offer sound investment advice.
8 posted on
04/12/2021 5:57:52 AM PDT by
a fool in paradise
(Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
To: Eleutheria5
President Trump loves his country more than he loves money.
I didn’t know that before he got elected. I do now.
I like it.
To: Eleutheria5
So an actual personal sacrifice to serve his country. Everyone who was fair minded knew this from day 1. Contrast with Obama, how much money did he lose since running for office? Trump is unique in the modern world. He did it for the right reasons which is why his Presidency stands alone in his efforts to put America and Americans first.
To: Eleutheria5
Forbes is now majority owned by communist China. This gloating article only proved he’s a good man.
13 posted on
04/12/2021 6:00:53 AM PDT by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
To: Eleutheria5
God Bless President Trump
16 posted on
04/12/2021 6:12:18 AM PDT by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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18 posted on
04/12/2021 7:08:29 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Eleutheria5
OMG so he’s only a lowly millionaire now?
23 posted on
04/12/2021 9:43:05 AM PDT by
Harpotoo
(Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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