Judge Engoron says Trump 'borders on pathological' for business errors

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

74% : Only satisfied Banks and Insurance Companies (which made a ton of money), GREAT Financial Statements, that didn't even include the most valuable Asset - The TRUMP Brand, IRONCLAD Disclaimers (Buyer Beware, and Do your Own Due Diligence), and amazing Properties all over the World,' Trump posted.
73% : Trump's overseas golf clubs, including Trump Turnberry which is undergoing an expansion, is estimated to be worth $94 million.
72% : Trump has made boasting about those assets part of his iconic brand, and according to the magazine his social media and branding business is worth $160 million.
53% : Trump owns two dozen buildings as part of a golf and real estate empire, but has kept only a fraction of his worth in cash or other liquid assets.
53% : James' office relied on Palm Beach assessors to list the value of Mar-a-Lago at $18 million, but Trump says it is worth vastly more, perhaps more than $1 billion.
51% : If he were to start offloading, Trump would find out what some of the buildings were really worth.
51% : Selling it would be a challenge, since Trump changed it to his official residence.
44% : Now he has slapped Trump with a $355 million awardForbes calculated that Trump's New York City real estate is worth $690 million.
41% : His lawyer Alina Habba fumed in a statement Friday: 'Let me make one thing perfectly clear: this is not just about Donald Trump - if this decision stands, it will serve as a signal to every single American that New York is no longer open for business.'Trump's stake in the building at 40 Wall Street alone - which featured in his fraud trial - is estimated at $80 million.
39% : After some four years of investigation and litigation, the only error ("inadvertent," of course) that they acknowledge is the tripling of the size of the Trump Tower Penthouse, which cannot be gainsaid.''Their complete lack of contrition and remorse borders on pathological,' he wrote, while announcing the $355 million fine for Trump plus about $4 million each for Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, plus $1 million for exec Allen Weisselberg.
37% : Recent campaign financial reports revealed PACs associated with Trump had shelled out $50 million in legal fees.
36% : Trump used his Truth Social platform to rail against his prosecution in New York, but the value of the site has fluctuated in estimates.
35% : If is the financial penalty that is more likely to inflame Trump.
34% : Judge Arthur Engoron said the 'lack of contrition' by Trump's side 'borders on pathological' in an order where he slapped Trump with a $355 million penaltyHis slap came after Trump adopted a combative courtroom strategy where he often teed off on the proceedings from inside Engoron's New York courthouse, and even stormed out of proceedings on his final day in court.
34% : The heart of the case against Trump related to claims the court found to be inflated over actual market values for Trump properties.
27% : Trump has paid off most of the $295 million he once owed to Deutsche Bank, bringing down his liabilities since leaving office.
24% : Donald Trump is not Bernard Madoff.
24% : Part of the problem is Trump has already been ordered to pay $83 million to writer E. Jean Carroll in her defamation suit, which followed a $5 million award in a separate trial where he was found liable for sexually abusing her.
24% : The tax appraisers estimate put its value between $18 and $27.6Judge Arthur Engoron already found Trump liable for fraud but the penalty was determined with the trial.
22% : Indeed, Donald Trump testified that, even today, he does not believe the Trump Organization needed to make any changes based on the facts that came out during this trial' he wrote.
18% : Engoron, who sometimes smiled for the cameras inside the courtroom in a case that drew nationwide attention even as Trump glowered while seated with his attorneys, gave himself the opportunity to criticize Trump's approach in his decision, where he said the conduct that brought his finding of fraud was nevertheless not as bad as some of the worst crimes.
17% : Former President Donald Trump faces a potential cash crunch as he faces a $355 million award from a New York judge, following an $83 million damage award in the E. Jean Carroll defamation caseWith those liabilities, while facing a mountain of legal fees in his four criminal trials, Trump may be forced to try to secure a bond.
15% : New York Judge Arthur Engoron included a lengthy verbal slap along with the $364 million financial penalty in his 92-page order against Donald Trump and his company following his fraud trial.
15% : Engoron, who suffered repeated attacks from Trump on himself and his chief clerk and imposed a gag on the former president on certain attacks during the trial, included a lengthy section in his order blasting Trump for 'refusal to admit error.'He quotes English power Alexander Pope saying, 'To err is human, to forgive is divine,' then went after Trump for failing to rise to the occasion even while facing what has been called the civil death penalty for his company.
6% : A misstatement of the size of his triplex apartment was part of Trump's fraud caseTrump's stake in the building at 40 Wall Street alone - which featured in his fraud trial - is estimated at $80 millionFormer President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate which the court found Trump inflated the value of as much as $2,300%.
3% : Trump tore into Engoron and clerk Allison Greenfield during the trialTrump slapped back in his own postingThis is a venial sin, not a mortal sin,' wrote Engoron, asking why Trump didn't show contrition'They are accused only of inflating asset values to make more money.
2% : He also accused Engoron of taking guidance from his chief clerk Allison Greenfield, who Trump falsely accused of being Sen. Chuck Schumer's 'girlfriend.'Trump did not appear any more repentant after the stunning $355 million award, which his lawyer vowed to appeal.

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