▲ 170 ▼ Former Trump Org. controller breaks down in tears on witness stand in fraud trial (edition.cnn.com) submitted 2 years ago by TangledHyphae@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 20 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 110 points 2 years ago (2 children) Numbers don’t represent fully what these assets are worth I'm no accountant, but I'm pretty sure they're supposed to, Jeffrey. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago (1 child) This. Any decent accountant or financial manager would know this. The fact that he made this statement at best means he's incompetent at his job and at worst is an indication of crocodile tears. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, things aren't worth more than their value unless there's sentimentality associated with it, and no one's getting sentimental over a hotel. Nothing professional will ever value something beyond numbers, this is a gigantic embarrassment for him. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* Thing is, it wouldn’t surprise me if this guy was being sincere. Take it to be a sign of our times, but I could see this guy getting lulled into the cult unwittingly. Always remember some Trumpers know what they’re doing and others don’t; the extremists deserve the rack (figuratively, of course), but most of them just deserve a stiff smack in the head and a scolding. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago “Look, you can’t just like, appraise things for some kind of dollar value and pretend that that’s what they’re worth.” — This guy’s appraiser. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago (1 child) This. Any decent accountant or financial manager would know this. The fact that he made this statement at best means he's incompetent at his job and at worst is an indication of crocodile tears. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, things aren't worth more than their value unless there's sentimentality associated with it, and no one's getting sentimental over a hotel. Nothing professional will ever value something beyond numbers, this is a gigantic embarrassment for him. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* Thing is, it wouldn’t surprise me if this guy was being sincere. Take it to be a sign of our times, but I could see this guy getting lulled into the cult unwittingly. Always remember some Trumpers know what they’re doing and others don’t; the extremists deserve the rack (figuratively, of course), but most of them just deserve a stiff smack in the head and a scolding. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, things aren't worth more than their value unless there's sentimentality associated with it, and no one's getting sentimental over a hotel. Nothing professional will ever value something beyond numbers, this is a gigantic embarrassment for him. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* Thing is, it wouldn’t surprise me if this guy was being sincere. Take it to be a sign of our times, but I could see this guy getting lulled into the cult unwittingly. Always remember some Trumpers know what they’re doing and others don’t; the extremists deserve the rack (figuratively, of course), but most of them just deserve a stiff smack in the head and a scolding. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* Thing is, it wouldn’t surprise me if this guy was being sincere. Take it to be a sign of our times, but I could see this guy getting lulled into the cult unwittingly. Always remember some Trumpers know what they’re doing and others don’t; the extremists deserve the rack (figuratively, of course), but most of them just deserve a stiff smack in the head and a scolding. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago “Look, you can’t just like, appraise things for some kind of dollar value and pretend that that’s what they’re worth.” — This guy’s appraiser. permalink fedilink source parent