Thats a smart thing, not a stupid thing. Good morning and welcome to am joy. Over the years donald trump has claimed himself to be the king of debt. In his business dealings, a title that played to his image as the ultimate dealmaker who knew how to leverage debt to expand his family empire. When he wasnt the king of debt, he was instead the king of cash, a selfcrowned term he used in 1990 when telling the wall street journal, quote, theres nobody that has the cash flow i have. I want to be the king of cash. Which one is it . King of debtor the king of cash . According to a new piece in the Washington Post, the latter. The piece revealing, quote, in the nine years before he ran for president , Donald Trumps company spent more than 400 million in cash on new properties including 14 transactions paid in full without bow rowing from banks. The piece notes the biggest cash bi binge before trump announced running for president when he paid almost 80 million for large golf courses in scotlan
Ominous for several trump figures in the russia probe and they come as trump used this bizarre and rambling press conference, even by 2019 standards, to claim a National Emergency at the border while also undermining himself. Thats a story i mentioned with chuck and well cover it later on tonight. We begin with todays ruler against trumps longtierm adviser roger stone. It goes against his ability to make this case in public. This federal judge finding mueller won the arguments for a partial gag order. That means it bans stone and his lawyers from public remarks that would prejudice jurors as well as even talking at all when they come and go from the court. Anyone watching stones recent conduct knows that will require him to change gears or go to jail. Because roger stone has been doing those exact things since being indicted for witness tampering, talking in front of the court, doing media tours and likening the fbi to, quote, nazi police in these media appearances. Thats the kind of t