The financial minefield awaiting an ex-President Trump
20 Jan, 2021 04:27 AM
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The Trump hotel in Washington became a destination for government officials and others seeking to curry favour with a sitting president. Photo / Gabriella Demczuk, The New York Times
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By: Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig
Baseless election fraud claims and the Capitol riot have compounded already-looming threats to his bottom line. And the cash lifelines he once relied on are gone. Not long after he strides across the White House grounds Wednesday morning (Thursday NZ time) for the last time as president, Donald Trump will step into a financial minefield that appears to be unlike anything he has faced since his earlier brushes with collapse.
Ex-president Trump will face a financial minefield once out of office
By Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig New York Times,Updated January 19, 2021, 7:47 p.m.
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President Trump last month.SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images
Not long after he strides across the White House grounds Wednesday morning for the last time as president, Donald Trump will step into a financial minefield that appears to be unlike anything he has faced since his earlier brushes with collapse.
The tax records that he has long fought to keep hidden, revealed in a New York Times investigation in September, detailed his financial challenges:
Donald Trump s background in commercial real estate shaped his presidency in many ways, from his administration s policies to his visits to Trump properties.
Evelyn Edson, president, Scottsville Museum
Time was, the mail came by boat. Twice a day the packet boat arrived, one from Richmond heading west and one from Lynchburg going in the other direction. Then came the train.
There was not so much mail in those days. Sometimes the day’s haul would fit in the postmaster’s pocket. The mail did bring newspapers, but not the quantity of junk mail we receive today. Parcel post did not come along until 1913, reaching Scottsville in the 1940s.
Scottsville had had postal service back in the 18th century, but the first postmaster listed on the U.S. Postal website was Samuel Dyer, who held that position in 1814. At that time, letters were addressed to “Scotts Ferry,” not changing to “Scottsville” until 1850. Among the longest-serving postmasters was Samuel Gault, postmaster from 1893 to 1939, Ashby W. Mayo (1939-1958), Edward G. Gildersleeve (1958-1979), and David L. Lea (1979-2002).
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From left: Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump attend the ground breaking of the Trump International Hotel at the Old Post Office Building in Washington July 23, 2014. Reuters pic
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So far, Trump, who has 27 days left in the White House until President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in on January 20, has issued 70 pardons since taking office.