I have known Trump was broke since 1993.

 

The word on the networks is that Trump's wealth has literally been a house of cards.  Not news to me.  

It was the fall of 1993.  Two months earlier, I had given birth to a premature baby who weighed 3 lbs.  He has grown into the best man I know.  When he was a baby, however, he did not understand the concept of sleep.  He usually went down for the night at 9:30 pm.  Somewhere around 11:30 pm, he would wake up and not go back to sleep until 6:30 am.  He was extremely considerate in that he would go to sleep (for two hours) in time for me to make breakfast for my husband.  

Anyway, this was hard to imagine but at the time, there were only two options for tv viewing from 11:30 pm - 6:30 am.  I could either pace to The Weather Network or The Shopping Channel.  I became very familiar with both.  

One thing that I found fascinating was Ivana Trump on The Shopping Channel hawking some very gawdy jewelry. Her signature piece was a brooch that was an ant.  Watching Ivana was like watching a train wreck.  You couldn't turn away.  She also took calls the audience and she was very gracious as they were insulting her.  Every time she was on, someone would call in and ask her why she was peddling such trash when she was supposed to be so rich.  She would reply that her ex-husband's fortune was in real estate and at the time of her divorce, the market was in a horrible downspin so her divorce settlement left her in the position that she had to find a way to make a living and her choice was costume jewelry.  I believed her as being sincerely broke.  Why else would she humiliate herself begging people to buy ugly ant pins month after month?  So, if she was broke, it only followed that The Donald's empire was just a house of cards.  

During Prime Time, in 1993, Ivana and Donald were in a Pizza Hut commercial together promoting stuffed crust pizza.  Who would do that other than someone needing the money?  Why would a newly divorced couple do a commercial together?  Common sense tells you they needed the money.  

Not to mention that he bankrupted two casinos.  Do you have any idea how much skill it takes to bankrupt a casino?  Also, who can't get a gaming licence in Nevada other than Donald Trump? If you have ever been to Vegas, you know you can go into the seediest of places and still find slot machines.  Essentially, anyone can get a gaming licence.  Except the President of the United States.  

So, my remarkable son and I survived 1993 together by pacing and singing with the tv in the background.  Both of us know an incredible amount about clouds and the dew point.  Both of us were tempted, but neither one of us bought any ugly ant pins.  

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  1. Sherri Wood29 September 2020 at 00:20

    Thank you for connecting the dots, it all makes sense. I always thought Ivana had class, but her hawking on the home shopping channel explains the disconnect.

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