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gregorum to News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

Trump has been unable to get bond for $464 million judgment, his lawyers say

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Trump has been unable to get bond for $464 million judgment, his lawyers say

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gregorum to News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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In a filing to an appeals court, Trump's attorneys said getting the bond needed to halt proceedings while they appeal is a "practical impossibility."
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    I was curious, so I did the (lazy) math.

    1 USD is going for about 90 Rubles currently.

    Assuming a Ruble is roughly the size of a USD…

    A $1M USD stack made of 100 x $10,000, or 10 x 10 stacks measures 12" across x 13" front to back x approx. 5" tall. That is 780 cubic feet or a bit more than 22 cubic meters.

    At $464 USD, assuming 90 Ruples per USD and that Rubles are roughly the same dimension as a USD (464 x 90 x 780 or 22) we get 32,572,800 cubic feet or 918,720 cubic meters.

    Cargo ship size is usually measured in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), based on the volume of a 20-foot-long (6.1 m) intermodal container. The internal volume of one of these containers is 1,172 cubic feet or 33.2 cubic meters.

    Assuming a standard container size, it would take 28,710 TEUs to move the entire Trump bond via ship. The maximum TEU of the largest container ship listed on Wikipedia is 24,232, leaving Trump 4478 TEUs, 5,248,216 cubic feet or 143,296 cubic meters, and $72M short.

    TL;DR: Even with the biggest boatload of Rubles, Trump would still come up short on the bond.

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      12" across x 13" front to back x approx. 5" tall. That is 780 cubic feet or a bit more than 22 cubic meters.

      I’m not sure I agree with you a hundred percent on your police work, there, Lou.

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        Bake 'em away toys! Amazing what misunderstanding ’ vs " can do.

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