What happens if Trump can’t find $454 million?

​FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at his rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S., March 2, 2024.
FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at his rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S., March 2, 2024.
REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File Photo

Donald Trump’s half-billion dollar bond in his New York fraud case is due Monday and his lawyers say he doesn’t have it.

New York Attorney General Letitia James has already positioned herself to seize Trump’s properties in Westchester County and could potentially target his bank accounts. She’s likely to wait a few days, however, pending the ruling of Trump’s appeal.

The former president’s legal team is arguing that he should be allowed to post a smaller bond because raising such a large sum is impossible. However, Trump on Friday undercut their messaging on social media by claiming he does have $500 million in cash on hand, which may make it seem to the court that he’s simply trying to get out of paying. His net looks like it could get a nice boost now that the social network Trump owns, Truth Social, has approval to go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, but it might be six months before he can cash out.

So will there be a fire sale? It may be easier for James to go after bank accounts first, because seizing and auctioning off real estate is irreversible should the appeals court offer Trump some relief. Should the courts stick with the status quo, however, James could start auctioning off Trump’s buildings about two months after she seizes them.

More from GZERO Media

A combination photo shows a person of interest in the fatal shooting of U.S. right-wing activist and commentator Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University, in Orem, Utah, U.S. shown in security footage released by the Utah Department of Public Safety on September 11, 2025.
Utah Department of Public Safety/Handout via REUTERS
A drone view shows the scene where U.S. right-wing activist, commentator, Charlie Kirk, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, was fatally shot during an event at Utah Valley University, in Orem, Utah, U.S. September 11, 2025.
REUTERS/Cheney Orr

The assassination of 31-year old conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a college event in Utah yesterday threatened to plunge a deeply divided America further into a cycle of rising political violence.

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro stands next to members of the armed forces, on the day he says that his country would deploy military, police and civilian defenses at 284 "battlefront" locations across the country, amid heightened tensions with the U.S., in La Guaira, Venezuela, September 11, 2025.
Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS

284: Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro has deployed military assets to 284 “battlefront” locations across the country, amid rising tensions with the US.

A member of Nepal army stands guard as people gather to observe rituals during the final day of Indra Jatra festival to worship Indra, Kumari and other deities and to mark the end of monsoon season.
REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Nepal’s “Gen-Z” protest movement has looked to a different generation entirely with their pick for an interim leader. Protest leaders say they want the country’s retired chief justice, Sushila Karki, 73, to head a transitional government.