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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: <serious> How does a business like Trump's golf courses/hotels that have been losing money for so long continue to be able to make payroll, yet many other businesses that run this kind of debt end up going out of business?

Please no political debate.  I'm just curious from an economic standpoint how these businesses stay around yet I see plenty of other companies (small to large enterprise) not surviving 2020.
gpt
You’re not going to get an accurate answer here, because the tax records are not public and there is more detail needed to explain why this might be happening.

However there are really only two options:

-	The business is cash flow positive but losing money. The US has aggressive depreciation options. If the EBITDA is positive on the assets, then the loss is just in the interest, depreciation, and/or amortization. 
-	Outside money/financing. The company is being subsidized through other assets with positive net income.