Article written June 3 2016

"Earlier this week, Mother Jones reported that Donald Trump's loans from the German-based Deutsche Bank—totaling at least $100 million and possibly much more—would pose a significant conflict of interest, should Trump, the GOP's presumptive nominee, become president. After all, the bank was recently caught manipulating markets around the world (and had to pay $2.5 billion in fines), and it has tried to evade US laws aimed at curtailing risky financial shenanigans and has attempted to influence the US government via lobbying.

Richard Painter, an attorney who teaches at the University of Minnesota and who was the chief ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush from 2005 to 2007, noted that Trump's relationship with the overseas financial giant was disturbing: "Having a president who owes a lot of money to banks, particularly when it's on negotiable terms—it puts them at the mercy of the banks and the banks are at the mercy of regulators." He added, "That is a potentially very troublesome business model for someone in public office."

In response to the article, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) says Trump's dealings with Deutsche Bank—and his connections with other major financial institutions—could indeed pose trouble, were he to win the White House. In a statement to Mother Jones, the senator slammed Trump's relationship with the bank:

The job of the President is to enforce the law fairly. If a serial lawbreaker like Deutsche Bank is caught manipulating markets again, how would Trump hold it accountable knowing that the bank had the power to pull the plug on his own businesses? That's a question that should worry every American. These financial entanglements—along with many of his other ongoing business concerns and arrangements—present huge conflicts of interest. "

Rest of article ... http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/06/elizabeth-warren-slams-donald-trump-huge-conflicts-interest

I love seeing their bank exposed for fraud and fined into bankruptcy.

for unpaid taxes. Which the U.S. government opposes. The EU likewise may object to such a large (possibly destabilizing) fine of a major German bank.

At the same time Deutsche Bank really was engaged in basically fraudulent activity, and they deserve a big fine, at least $5B. Somehow I predict this gets settled for $2.