• EndOfLine@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    “… guys like me who have been debanked,” Donald Trump Jr. said

    I had to look up “debanked”. Admitting to it has to be the financial equivalent of telling people you are a registered sex offender.

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      2 months ago

      What he means is he’s trying to funnel his wealth into assets that aren’t regulated and may be difficult to seize.

      You know, to hide his money from the victims that he owes hundreds of millions to for his criminal behavior.

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      2 months ago

      No no no, he didn’t say “debanked” he said “Deutsch Banked.” As in, “I’m such a liability that the only financial institution that will work with me is shady Russian money laundering Deutsch Bank.”