‘This doesn’t even make sense!’ says Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary.
A pair of videos from recent CNN segments are going viral online as they provide a rare example of a left-leaning mainstream media outlet allowing its viewers to receive a dose of reality.
Both clips focused on GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s ongoing fraud trial witch hunt over his business practices in New York.
First, CNN legal analyst Elie Honig admitted Donald Trump is right when he says New York Attorney General Letitia James is “coming after” him in a politicized manner.
Honig said:
“It is a fact that Letitia James campaigned for Attorney General in 2018 specifically on a promise of ‘Vote for me and I’ll get Donald Trump.’ That’s not something she said once, she said it dozens of times. She said it in writing, she fundraised off it and she wasn’t even specific… The day after she got elected, she said, ‘We’re definitely going to sue his ass. He’ll know my name.’ When you make statements like that, how can you say there is no political angle to this?”
During another CNN segment, Shark Tank judge Kevin O’Leary, AKA “Mr. Wonderful,” was asked for his opinion on James’ Trump case.
“You’ve been doing real estate for decades. Does this case strike you as odd?” asked CNN’s Laura Coates.
The popular businessman answered by leaving out Trump and politics, opting instead to explain how real estate development typically operates.
He then described how developers barter with banks over the appraisal of assets before constructing new buildings, saying developers usually try to promote their assets as being worth as much as possible.
“Forget about Trump,” O’Leary said. “Every single real estate developer everywhere on Earth does this. They always talk about their asset being worth a lot and the bank says, ‘No.’ That’s just the way it is.”
He continued:
“So in this case what I’m trying to figure out, and I’m not pro or con – I don’t care about the politics – who lost money? Nobody! The bank got paid back the construction finance loan and the building was built. If you’re going to sue this case and win, you’ve got to sue every real estate developer everywhere. This is all they do. This is what they do all day long, every day. So, I don’t think this thing will ever survive appeal regardless of what the fine is. This doesn’t even make sense! Now, I know Trump has other problems with other indictments and everything else, but if you’re a real estate developer, you’re watching this and you’re saying, ‘What is this? This is ridiculous.’”
Perhaps some of the normies watching CNN this week will begin questioning the blatantly political attacks against Trump after witnessing this smidgeon of truth.