'I can hear it now': Trump aide predicts how ex-president will spin potential bankruptcy
Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham already knows the talking points baking in Trump world should he be forced to surrender any of his coveted real estate assets.
When she was asked about the possibility that her old boss and former leader of the free world might opt to declare Chapter 11 protection and give up some of his properties (save for three that he likely won't ever relinquish), Grisham started ticking off some of the talking points if that were to happen.
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The 45th president finds himself in this financial predicament ever since Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron banned Trump, who is the presumptive GOP nominee for president, from serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation for three years and set damages that he must pay in the hundreds of millions.
Trump is currently attempting to get an appeal bond.
Should he be unable to pony up the money, Grisham thinks bankruptcy is a possibility.
And if he does it will lead to Trump spinning it to a political advantage.
"He will lean into it personally, privately," she said. "Will he like it? No, he'll hate it."
"But he'll lean into it and say 'This is what I was forced to do,' 'This is because of the left wing,' 'This is because of what the New York liberals are doing this to me,' 'This is just a business move to protect myself,' — I can hear it now."
"He won't he won't like it personally, but I can absolutely see him doing that."