A former Deutsche Bank executive testified this week that the German financial behemoth only agreed to make massive loans to Donald Trump because of Trump’s vast personal fortune. The problem? The bank apparently thought, based at least partly on financial statements provided by Trump, that he was far wealthier than he really was.

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Yeah, but Deutsche Bank also built a business specifically around allowing themselves to be deceived in these ways…

    So theres that…