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Re:Yield Curves Invert in U.S., U.K by pesmhey on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @01:03PM (#20697517)
The Russians bailed him out and he’s been in their pocket ever since. In this particular case, that’s why the number of bankruptcies matter.

In general, I agree with you.

Re:Yield Curves Invert in U.S., U.K by bduerst on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @01:41PM (#20697937)
Not sure why you're being downvoted, because you are correct. The president's repeated bankruptcies and inability to get a bank loan forced him to get funding from Russian oligarchs through Deutsche bank's private equity arm: https://www.wsj.com/articles/banks-give-documents-possibly-l...

There's a good Planet Money podcast on it as well: https://www.npr.org/2019/05/22/725893104/episode-914-trump-a...

It is also why the Trump family has preemptively sued Deutsche bank in an attempt to seal records and obstruct any investigation.