Last month, former United States President Donald Trump was found liable in a massive fraud case that resulted in a $454 million penalty that he will have to pay. And it sounds like one of his prestigious international golf courses was involved in his widespread fraud.
Donald Trump was found to have fraudulently overinflated the value of many of his assets – including his golf courses – in order to receive more favorable loan terms. According to a report from The Herald in Scotland, he used his Trump International Golf Club in Aberdeen for these purposes.
Trump, his companies, and some executives fraudulently inflated the value of some homes on his Scottish golf club properties by up to £200m, or about $250 million. The biggest problem was that those homes did not even exist.
“A US judge has found that it had been wrongly stated that 2500 homes had already been built as part of a project associated with the loss-making Trump International Golf Club in Aberdeen. But there was planning permission to build only 500 and no development had taken place,” Martin Williams wrote for The Herald.
“According to a judge’s civil fraud case findings of fact at one point the Trump organisation had valued the 2500-home development at £83,164 when an appraisal it received placed it at less than half that. That put the value of the undeveloped Aberdeen land at £207.9m.”
Obviously, this is pretty horrible news for Trump, and it led to a lot of reactions on social media as a result.
Say it isn't so!#DonnyDemento did the exact same thing in Scotland that he did in New York?
Shocking. https://t.co/MTrxnpMGLN— Parrotty Account 🐦🌊🇺🇦 💉X 7 (@ProudNonTheist) March 1, 2024
Let’s see the career criminal try to claim immunity in Scotland.#TrumpForPrison https://t.co/pVIqvopWbt
— David Sheridan 🌻 (@SheridanFinAid) March 1, 2024
And no one normal is surprised! And MAGA will continue to deny he ever does anything wrong! https://t.co/3AruJ3MZt5
— Ashleigh London (@ashleighlondon) February 29, 2024
It would be awesome if he got prosecuted internationally too. Can’t really say that’s political. https://t.co/NUx2ZNdNRM
— Jennifer Cassidy for MO – HD32 💙🌊🌻 (@chynathedragon) February 29, 2024
At it again !!! https://t.co/Li8h1KDtSX
— Nana (@gdaltiero) March 1, 2024
Moor Trump fraud. #Scotland https://t.co/RU2usMVzUL
— Stormin Norman/the nag (@the_real_nag) February 29, 2024
It’s certainly not a good look for Trump.
