Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has filed new financial documents describing his personal wealth – and he isn’t waiting until they’re public to say they’re good.
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Smaller but notable details of Trump’s business efforts include sales of “Crippled America”, his campaign book published previous year.
He also booked $49.3 million from the Miss Universe pageant, which may reflect his sale of that business. Trump has said he will release his returns once the audit is complete.
Trump declared at least $1.4 billion in assets on last July’s report, and $265 million in liabilities.
What isn’t clear from any of Trump’s income – because the form doesn’t require candidates to specify – is whether the numbers reported reflect his income after subtracting the expenses he incurred operating the business, or just the general revenue number before expenses.
Trump said in the statement that the increased income was used to finance construction projects throughout his building empire, as well as for reducing debt and funding his campaign.
This is his second filing before the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
He also resigned from about one dozen companies since past year, most of which do not appear to have been active.
Trump’s vast wealth was detailed in the report. Despite attacking Ford for shipping jobs to factories in Mexico, he holds $500,000 of the company’s bonds. He also made more than $100,000 off “Time to Get Tough” and more than $50,000 from “The Art of the Deal“.
He continued: “I have built an incredible company and have accumulated one of the greatest portfolios of real estate assets, many of which are considered to be among the finest and most iconic properties in the world”.
Despite promising at various points during the campaign that he would release his tax returns, Trump has not yet done so.
Trump’s campaign also said the real estate mogul’s net worth remains “in excess of $10 billion dollars” – and has actually increased since since his first financial disclosure form in July. Then you have a year later, and the city is as hot as a pistol.
Clinton has not given any paid speeches since announcing her presidential campaign in April of past year.
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He then criticized Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders for being late to file his disclosure.
