Trump just said being president will cost him $3 billion to $5 billion

[True Dough]

Lost opportunity cost, so he claims! What B.S.!

Probably saved him from declaring a few more bankruptcies.

[WhiteTara]

1. My hope is that it will cost him his

freedom to walk the streets and do more damage. Prison for life. Death to traitors.

[BlueMTexpat]

4. This!

[True Dough]

2. "At some point I'm going to detail that," he added

Oh really? The guy who won't release his tax returns is going to convince us he's losing billions by occupying the office of President? Sure, Donny. Sure thing.

[malaise]

3. While promoting his property for the venue to host the G7 next year

Time to impeach this MF - emoluments clause again.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

35. ITLTMFA

Impeach The Lying, Treasonous Motherfucker Already!

That acronym is getting out of hand.

[NewJeffCT]

5. LOL

So, 30 to 50 times his net worth?

laughable claim, at best.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

6. He can quit whenever he wants

He does know that, right? Or is he just too damned patriotic to quit (or afraid of prosecution)?

[elleng]

7. And what it's costing the U.S., and the world, is INFINITE!

Get the hell OUT!

[Dirty Socialist]

8. Then RESIGN!!!

[milestogo]

9. Translation: He could have lost $3B to $5B during the last 3 years if he were still a "businessman".

So the presidency has saved him from being able to achieve enormous losses.

[SharonAnn]

24. He's never had even a billion, nor a billion a year.

[not_the_one]

26. yes, his projection is profound

Translated, he is doing the opposite of what he just said...

This means he is making BIG money off of the office of the presidency.

[RobinA]

10. Do I Care?

I do not. Don't do us any favors Don.

[ProfessorGAC]

11. So, He Was Going To Quintuple His $....

...in 4 to 8 years?
That would be more than 20% annually. If he could really do that, given the inheritance, he'd be worth more than Bezos.
And, he's not.

[Deb]

12. Another year of zero income due to tax right offs

[brush]

13. Another whopper out of the mouth that never stops making it up as he goes. He's probably not...

a billionaire now the way he's mismanaged his businesses so how can he be losing 5m?

Who can believe anything he says?

[Maru Kitteh]

22. That's a one-way Whopper hole he's got there.

[brush]

23. Hahahahahahaha! Look at those tiny, little hands.

[FakeNoose]

14. Ha! Playing to the rubes again, and it's the same old song

[True Dough]

15. Relating to the bottom panel of your meme

Trumpy also said he's ALWAYS working hard. The one truthful statement he could have made is that he plays FAR MORE golf than Obama ever did.

[Greybnk48]

16. I would bet he's not now, nor never has been, a billionaire. n/t

[struggle4progress]

17. "Our university and our charity both made us big bucks!"

[struggle4progress]

18. "... the licensing aspect of the Trump Organization -- in which Trump sells his name to be displayed

prominently on buildings and products that he may not actually own or be liable for — has reportedly taken a massive hit. Forbes estimates Trump’s licensing operation is now valued around $3 million, down sharply from the $23 million estimate Forbes made in 2015. Brands such as Serta and Macy’s separated from their licensing agreements with Trump shortly after some of his most incendiary comments on the campaign trail." https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/02/trump-forbes-400-spot-tumbles-as-net-worth-declines.html

[SharonAnn]

25. Good. His "brand" is toxic. Glad others think so, too.

[Marcuse]

19. So hosting the G7 is a way to get him above water.

[Liberal In Texas]

20. He opens his mouth and all that comes out is nonsense.

Whatever comes into his addled head. Meaningless pronouncements with made up stats.

[lpbk2713]

21. That's a lot of burgers and KFC.

...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. He never even had $3 - $5 billion.

[Skittles]

28. it's costing us a LOT MORE

[RockRaven]

29. The majority of his self-declared net worth is his self-valuation of his "Trump" brand

and I believe he once claimed it to be worth ~$5B (of his alleged ~$10B). Perhaps he is subconsciously admitting something he will never say aloud, or consciously admit to himself: once he's not POTUS, the "Trump" brand is f-ing toast.

Already many of the Trump-branded buildings have dropped his name. Already his kids have tried to do real estate development deals with new brand names ("Scion" was one). His golf clubs and such initially saw a bunch of people trying to buy memberships to buy influence, but the minute he isn't POTUS, especially if the GOP also gets creamed in Congress again (fingers crossed/knock on wood), that legal-bribery will dry up and yet the stink will remain. Every surviving GOPer will run away from Trump, like they did with GWB (not so much in the 2008 cycle, though they did a bit, but very much in 2010 and beyond). And with that flight of the cowards comes a loss of interest in legalized bribery/buying influence from Trump -- because it is not his to sell.

What influence is Trump going to have in a hypothetical 2021 GOP which is minority in both houses and doesn't have the White House? Absolutely nothing worth bribing over.

[dawg day]

30. Since he's said he's a billionaire, he can now say-

"The billions are gone! I sacrificed everything!"

And in fact, he never had billions in the first place.

[kentuck]

31. And nobody knows where his money is coming from...

How much did he make?

Nobody knows.

We need some really serious ethics reform in this country.

[qazplm135]

32. it only costs the rest of us our sanity

so...thoughts and prayers Donald, thoughts and prayers.

[customerserviceguy]

33. Probably true

when he's thrown in prison, and cannot access his money.

[pansypoo53219]

34. bullshit.