Subject: RE: For Comms Approval: Draft on Trump / housing crash comments
From: "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>
To: "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]>, "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>, "Freundlich, Christina" <[email-masked]>, "Walsh, Tom" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 08:38:44 -0700

Cool. Looks great. See below for quick edits in green.

Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
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From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 11:04 AM
To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Freundlich, Christina; Walsh, Tom
Subject: For Comms Approval: Draft on Trump / housing crash comments

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 [need link] in 2006, predicting the 2008 housing crash that cost millions of Americans their homes, savings 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 benefit financially at a time when Americans were suffering. 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 c Cheerleading for a recession that cost millions of Americans their homes, jobs and savings and jobs shows just how little regard he Donald Trump has for middle-class and working people in this country. Until Trump releases his tax returns, there's no telling how much he pocketed off [right phrase?] the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression." - DNC National Press Secretary Mark Paustenbach

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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