However, a deeper investigation into the Mar-a-Lago sale found that the 1100 S Ocean Blvd, Palm Beach property was sold to a company called Mar-a-Lago, Inc.

The Express reported that the owner of Mar-a-Lago, Inc. – and its registered agent – is none other than 45-year-old Donald Trump Jr.

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    That will totally work! The courts will definitely never, ever spot those assets now that they are so hidden.

    (Conservatives sure are smart!)

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    I would caution some patience and suspicion on this story.

    • Zillow says that the sale information was a mistake and has since been removed.

    • Meanwhile, this headline is sourced from a straight-up clickbait site reposting a story from a news website with a history of mixed factual reporting.

    We all get the fun brain chemicals coming out when a big juicy story like this appears and validates our worldviews and we can’t wait to share and amplify it, but spreading misinformation is bad, m’kay?

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    Can’t be that fuckin’ secret because here we are reading about it.

    If this clown were running, say, a dry cleaners or something I might charitably think that there is a legitimate reason for this, i.e. he wants to make sure there are no legal obstructions to his son running the shop in his stead while, just as an example, he is in jail. But he’s not, and there is no way Trump contributes jack monkey squat to Mar-A-Lago’s daily operations, so we can only conclude that this is some kind of halfassed ruse to attempt to accomplish… uh, something. I have no idea what. Maybe he’s afraid the property will be seized for some reason? Tax avoidance? Claiming he has fewer assets in case he has to pay fines?

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      If he had never been dumb enough to run for president he could have committed as many crimes as he wanted. The only reason he’s in so much shit is because he insisted on putting himself in a situation where he would forever be under a magnifying glass.

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        Wasn’t the old theory that he never wanted to win?

        He wanted to run, lose, then start his own right wing TV channel or something

        If you look at his face when they announced he won, that’s not a look of joy

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          I swear from the look on his face, when Hilary conceded, that he knew he was ending up in prison.

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          I’d buy it. After Obama clowned on him he took it super personally and vowed revenge. He had toyed with running for president before 2016 and it got positive feedback so of course he did it again. I don’t think he ever thought he would win but he definitely figured he could get some solid campaign donations and get a few months of media coverage. The problem is that he was not only backed by the incompetent GOP but also by the very competent Russia and 4chan pol trolls. 100 percent of his success came from the virtually uncontested work of these 2 groups. Their efforts laid the foundation for the cult like following he has enjoyed the past few years. And of course the rest was history.

          I think the look on his face was genuine. He wanted to stick it to Obama and the dems and definitely never thought past that. I think his handlers assumed they could just have him rubber stamp their insidious policies but they clearly didn’t know who they were dealing with.

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            he was not only backed by the incompetent GOP but also by the very competent Russia

            And opposed by an incompetent DNC who hamstrung themselves by sabotaging a popular candidate to prop up a wholy unlikable one.

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              Oh for sure. The second worst political party in the us is the democrats. They regularly fuck around and then are shocked when their woefully inadequate actions result in a victory for their political rivals. Virginias most recent governor election was the Hillary campaign all over again. Assume you’ll win so don’t try at all, pick a terrible candidate who feeds the opposing party perfect sound bites for political ads. Then act shocked when it all blows up in your face. We dragged this state kicking and screaming into modern times and we are one election away from all of that being undone and this state going the way of the rest of the ignorant south.

              There are big consequences for the smug assumptions of establishment democrats.

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      Seized if he absconds?

      Could also be an attempt to avoid future searches. Doesn’t seem like it would work, but it might give adequate delay or set up enough of a wall between Donald and a search warrant that they’d get some warning of what else the feds might be after.

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      It’s to keep it from being seized. It most cases your house can’t be taken from you but is this really his house? Or a business. I’d say it’s business in which he lives at rather than a primary home

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        This is not how it works, stop saying this. Literally every judge has seen someone trying to hide assets during a divorce or similar proceeding. It turns out if you try to hide, or sequester away assets ANY court sees what you’re doing and takes it back.

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    If his Children learned anything from their father, they’ll fuck him over at the first opportunity, and then gloat about it.

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        Trump has never declared bankruptcy. That is a myth people keep repeating. He bankrupted his companies but not himself.

        This is not his first rodeo, but this time, his personal assets are at risk. So this is a different game than what he is used to playing.

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          yes, you are obviously not the one in this thread that is obsessed with trump.

          just read the thread! obviously not obsessed!