“Another Deutsche Bank managing director at the time, Rosemary Vrablic, testified that the bank’s revenues from its relationship with Trump went up and up in the early 2010s. ‘Her division’s revenue from Trump business shot up from about $13,000 in 2011 to a projected $6 million in 2013, according to a bank document,’ the Associated Press reported. Deutsche Bank executives, per the Associated Press, referred to Trump as a ‘whale’ of a client, one they enthusiastically pursued.
In 2014, also according to the Associated Press, Vrablic’s ‘direct boss went to lunch with Trump to thank him and ‘ask whether we can work on other opportunities with them,’ according to a document for that meeting.’
In short: Deutsche Bank did its own research for the loans. It made the loans. Trump paid the loans. Deutsche Bank made a big profit. Bank officials were happy and wanted to do more business with Trump.” Trump