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ProfessorGAC

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2. What The Pile Was Worth...

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Fri Dec 30, 2022, 06:57 PM

Dec 2022

...when he took over daddy's company would have, if just left in Dow index funds, be worth almost $10 billion.
That's more than 2x the net worth he falsely claimed, and 2 &2/3rds more than Forbes got fooled into publishing.
He could have done NOTHING and been phenomenally rich.
Which means he was unsuccessful. He made way less money doing something (including the shady stuff) than if he did had he done nothing at all.

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Those who voted for Trump because his "art of the deal" produced a small fortune must understand: [View all] Atticus Dec 2022 OP

Old joke: how does he make a million dollars? DinahMoeHum Dec 2022 #1

What The Pile Was Worth... ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #2

I read somewhere long ago that he didn't even write it. judesedit Dec 2022 #3

Yes, written by a Ghostwriter... Deuce Dec 2022 #4

It was written by Tony Schwartz...who gave a lot on insight into Trump NowsTheTime Dec 2022 #6

He didn't. Tony Schwarz did. catrose Dec 2022 #5