Subject: For Comms Approval: Draft on Trump / housing crash comments
From: "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]>
To: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>, "Freundlich, Christina" <[email-masked]>, "Walsh, Tom" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 08:03:44 -0700

SL: Donald Trump was cheerleader-in-chief for a housing market crash so he could make money

Body: Yesterday, CNN revealed that Trump was hoping for a housing crash so that he could benefit financially.

"I sort of hope that happens," Trump said in 2006, predicting the 2008 housing crash that cost millions of Americans their homes and jobs.

But this wasn't a slip of the tongue - Trump had been cheerleading for a housing market crash and a recession for years so that he could make out like a bandit.

And until Trump releases his tax returns, there's no telling how much he pocketed while millions of Americans lost their homes and jobs.

SPOX QUOTE: "We already know that con-man Donald Trump has screwed over American workers by making his clothing line in countries like China and Mexico instead of the U.S., but cheerleading for a recession that cost millions of Americans their homes and jobs shows just how little regard he has for middle-class and working people in this country."

See below:

2004: TRUMP BRAGGED THAT HE HAD "ALWAYS MADE A LOT OF MONEY IN BAD MARKETS" < link?>

2005: TRUMP PRESENTED THE "SO-CALLED HOUSING BUBBLE" AS AN INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY<https://web.archive.org/web/20060507012209/http:/donaldtrump.trumpuniversity.com/default.asp?item=98726>

2006: TRUMP IMPLIED PEOPLE WHO TALKED ABOUT A REAL ESTATE BUBBLE WERE ACTUALLY JUST AFRAID OF HARD WORK <link?>

2007: TRUMP SAID HE WAS "EXCITED" FOR A REAL ESTATE BUBBLE BECAUSE HE HAD ALWAYS MADE MORE MONEY THAT WAY<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/trump-touts-soft-markets-in-cities-like-toronto/article17993211/>

Eric Walker
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