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All of these ersatz businesses had accounts at Chase, Cathay or Singapore’s DBS Bank.

It's become an ersatz Versailles with phony gilt tchotkes jammed in every corner and gaudy picture frames crowded together on the walls:

Nor is it an ersatz Irish pub with lots of dark wood, touches of green and a Guinness mirror.

He flies around on a plane he calls "Trump Force One" and uses an ersatz presidential seal at any podium he stands behind.

“Because it’s set on this vintage Hollywood soundstage, the director, Martin Gas, he contextualizes the ersatz vision of Japan because he puts a frame around it,” LA Opera CEO Christopher Koelsch said.