Joe Biden is now POTUS

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Jan 15, 2021

"The California Democrat, a former law professor known for her sharp questioning of executives and Trump administration officials, was turned down for a waiver to serve on the Financial Services Committee by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the paper reported Thursday.



Porter had asked to be considered instead for spots on the Oversight and Reform Committee and the Natural Resources Committee. She was turned down for a waiver to serve on the Financial Services Committee though she received one last year."
 

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Donald Trump has a money problem
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large 2 hrs ago


Just 24 hours after Donald Trump formally left the White House -- and the presidency -- behind, it's increasingly clear that his money problems are getting worse, not better.
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According to financial disclosure documents released in the hours after Trump left the White House to fly to his new home in Florida, the ex-President's eponymous company took a major revenue hit over the last year.

Overall, Trump's businesses produced almost 40% less revenue in 2020 versus 2019. He made $30 million less at his Doral property in Miami than he did in 2019. Revenue at the Trump International Hotel in Washington and the former President's Turnberry property in Scotland were down more than 60% year over year.
And, as CNN's Charles Riley notes, those downturns came even before a series of companies cut ties following Trump's role in the incitement of rioters who stormed the US Capitol on January 6.
While some -- maybe much? -- of the downturn in Trump's financial fortunes can be laid at the feet of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the societal restrictions it has forced on all of the travel and hospitality industry, the "why" of Trump's falling fortune matters far less than the "what now."



You'll remember -- and, if not, I am here to remind you -- that Trump faces a series of financial challenges in the coming months and years, primarily tied to his personal guarantees on a series of multimillion dollar loans.
As The New York Times' David Leonhardt wrote of Trump's tax returns in late 2020:
"He appears to be responsible for loans totaling $421 million, most of which is coming due within four years.
"Should he win re-election, his lenders could be placed in the unprecedented position of weighing whether to foreclose on a sitting president. Whether he wins or loses, he will probably need to find new ways to use his brand — and his popularity among tens of millions of Americans — to make money."

So, Trump didn't win reelection.
And not only that but, on his way out the door, he peddled a series of lies about the 2020 election that played a not-insignificant part in a riot on January 6 that led to the violent storming of the US Capitol and triggered his second impeachment by the House.
All of which is likely to even further complicate Trump's ability to a) make money and b) pay off his looming debts.
The Point: For all of the talk about Trump's next political moves, it's his dicey financial future that is likely his focus now that he is out of office.
 
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