Trump's bond troubles are real, but he's got a few Hail Marys left
The news cycle is awash with speculation about whether or not the coup-attempting, oft-indicted, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will be able to pay a nearly half-billion-dollar fine imposed on him by a New York court after finding that Trump engaged in a long-term pattern of falsifying financial records.
On Monday, his lawyers told an appeals court that Trump doesn't have the money and can't get it. And now the clock is ticking, because the 30-day "grace period" New York Attorney General Letitia James gave Trump and his co-defendants to pay the fine expires this Monday, March 25. That's when James can begin seizing Trump's assets rather than patiently waiting for him to pony up the cash himself.
So what's going to happen next? Well, this is Donald Trump we're talking about so the short answer is: Buckle in, because nobody has any idea.