He likes having D-listers and has-beens kiss his ass.

When a person does, they are at their deepest financial despair. Trump can't cover his loans on his properties and US and EU banks won't lend him any more money.

"The West Wing" was a major network television show that reflected actual political realities.

Please explain what your point is.

Thank you, in advance.

That is a national security issue. If he was truly amulti-billionaire, why hasn't he covered this debt? Because, he can"t. The Russians own him.

He who holds the debt has control of the debtee.

biggest clue that he's not technically broke for me is the behavior of his grown children.

Now, I'm really, really not putting them down by suggesting that they might have a reasonable eye to their possible inheritances. But Trump reportedly had very little to do with raising even the 3 oldest, and here all four have been clustering around him like a very close, loving family.

Supposedly the 3 oldest kids he likes best from the earlier wives have (only) about $150 M each, not all that much compared to many they associate with.

And Trump's capricious and can be mean. The younger daughter is believed to have $1 M at most, and it's possible none of it came directly from him. And his son with Melania is described as a little Trump, who definitely looks just like him and also reportedly acts a lot like him. And Trump is 70 years old.

All good reasons explaining as much family closeness as can be mustered. If there is money.

Or he could be "broke," and they just love him a lot and are trying to protect him from crashing publicly for his own sake. Also a possibility.