Lucky Loser is an explosive investigation into the history of Trump-s wealth, drawing on over twenty years- worth of Trump-s confidential tax information, business records and interviews with Trump insiders.
Soon after announcing his first campaign for the U.S. presidency, Donald J. Trump declared that life -has not been easy for me. It has not been easy for me.- Building on a decades-old narrative, he spun a fable of how he turned a small loan from his father into a multibillion-dollar empire. This feat, he argued, made him singularly qualified to lead the country. Except none of it was true. Born to a rich father, Trump received the equivalent of more than $500 million today.
The story of Trump-s finances is one of a rise and fall, and another rise and fall, as he squanders fortunes on money-losing businesses, only to be saved by blind luck. He tacks his name above the door of every building while taking out huge loans he-ll never repay. He obses
