#Trump's debt makes him a foreign agent's dream -- and America's nightmare
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Frank Figliuzzi New York Times' Trump taxes bombshell reveals massive national security threat
The revelations of the presidents tax records must become part of a larger and still unresolved investigation into Trumps potential compromise by foreign powers.
President Donald Trump departs a rally in Swanton, Ohio on Sept. 21, 2020.
President Donald Trump departs a rally in Swanton, Ohio on Sept. 21, 2020.Mandel Ngan / AFP - Getty Images
Sept. 29, 2020, 1:53 PM CDT
By Frank Figliuzzi, former FBI assistant director for counterintelligence and NBC News/MSNBC analyst
Benjamin Franklin reminded us that in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. Now, President Donald Trumps financial records raise the possibility that the latter of the two inevitabilities might figuratively bring about the former.
This weeks detailed reporting by The New York Times may signal the demise of our presidents self-inflated facade of business acumen and success.
Thats because its possible this weeks detailed reporting by The New York Times on 20 years of Trumps personal and business tax records may signal the demise of our presidents self-inflated facade of business acumen and success. Importantly, the Times' reporting also exposes a related, yet even greater truth that Trumps big lie about his deal-making prowess and the truth about his debt means that he may be one of American historys most vulnerable presidents when it comes to leaving himself open to nefarious actors offering to come to his financial rescue.
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Trumps tax records reveal a staggering amount of personal debt as much as $420 million that he is on the hook for within the next four years. Thats four years that he might spend as our president. Hell need a way out of his debt, and plenty of foreign intelligence services will be more than happy to provide that help to him for a price.
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