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Bowers had granted around 300 million high-risk loans to Trump. He had accepted Trump`s real estate as collateral. But insiders reported that the value of the real estate was around 70% higher than the actual market value. In this respect, Thomas Bowers may have played a central role in protecting Trump from insolvency. Other banks had refused to lend more to Donald Trump at the time.