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Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father
The president has long sold himself as a self-made billionaire, but a Times investigation found that he received at least $413 million in today’s dollars from his father’s real estate empire, much of it through tax dodges in the 1990s.
THE TRUMP INHERITANCE
4 Ways Fred Trump Made Donald Trump and His Siblings Rich
- In Donald Trump’s version of how he got rich, he was the master dealmaker who parlayed a $1 million loan from his father into a $10 billion empire.
- But the Times’s investigation found that the president’s father created scores of revenue streams for his son.
11 Takeaways From The Times’s Investigation Into Trump’s Wealth
Based on a trove of confidential financial records, the Times report offers the first comprehensive look at the inherited fortune and tax dodges that guaranteed Donald Trump a gilded life.
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