you are watching the beat with ari melber. we re covering this conclusion of donald trump fraud trial. there he was in court, the second time he s been in the courtroom this week, instead of campaigning in iowa. it s a telling sign of how personal this all is to trump, as you can see him there. he basically has opted out of the traditional campaign activities. he was not required to attend, but that s what it looked like in the courtroom today. we also heard from the attorney general who has been on something of a streak here. she already won the fraud finding portion of this. now they re fighting over potentially penalties. the judge also gave donald trump a chance to speak today, but required he had to comments only on facts and law if he did so. trump didn t stick to that, went into a ran, speaking for about five minutes, arguing this is wrong and a fraud, and he actually tried to attack the judge in the courtroom, making a reference to his own agenda. that was about eno
get these super low interest rates. had he paid a higher rate, he would have either had to cut back his spending, which he was doing at the time things like running for president, which cost him $66 million the first time, or he would have had to change hi business sell assets, something like that, in order to afford his lifestyle and business. that was an interesting analysis. that was new to you. did that go to motive? exactly. why would somebody lie about their net worth so persistently for so long? i ve got as to say donald trump is a one of a kind person. we ve been doing forbes for 10 had years, no one on it has ever lied so persistently about their net work as donald trump. so i think there s something psychological here more than a business motive, but certainly there are business motives, too, hey, this is a guy who was short on cash, figured out a way to