Trump knows how to offload debt. His big stake in Casinos that went belly a couple of time he managed to sneak out of the debt liabilities there as well while everyone else crashed and burned including shareholders and more than once. I've known businessmen that are very good at that. So when the sh-- hits the fan they don't get any on them. A hot shot Trump type in Vancouver years ago took everyone for millions and then negotiated a deal where they wouldn't come done on him on the condition he have 5 years to get out from under. So all the creditors held off their law suits and gave him a free 5 years. Five years later he had made much of it back but told the creditors to get lost as their agreement wasn't enforceable. And over and above that his wife of course owned many assets and after renovating a mansion she told all the sub trades she wasn't' totally happy and refused to pay. She didn't either. These type of people know the law and the smaller creditors were not the ones who influenced the laws on the books.