Trump’s Debts Are the Least Mysterious Aspect of His Finances

  • Identity of the president’s lenders have been clear for years
  • Deutsche Bank and Ladder Capital are his biggest creditors

Donald Trump speaks with audience members after participating in an NBC News town hall event in Miami on Oct. 15.

Photographer: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
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When President Donald Trump appeared on an NBC town hall Thursday evening, moderator Savannah Guthrie posed a question that has come up a lot over the past two weeks.

“Who do you owe $421 million to,” Guthrie asked, citing a recent New York Times storyBloomberg Terminal on Trump’s tax returns that said the obligations will come due in the next four years.