Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Why Deutsche Bank loaned money to Trump even after he defaulted
Before he was president, Donald Trump was a failed casino magnate, who defaulted on loans. No bank on Wall Street would lend him money, except one. Deutsche Bank approved more than $2 billion worth of loans over two decades.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readBefore he was president, Donald Trump was a failed casino magnate, who defaulted on loans. No bank on Wall Street would lend him money, except one. Deutsche Bank approved more than $2 billion worth of loans over two decades. Now two Congressional committees and the New York attorney general are investigating financial ties between Trump and Deutsche Bank.
Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Line Editor, Press Play
Amy Ta
Digital News & Culture Editor
David Enrich
investigative editor for the New York Times and the author of Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful