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This article is amazing. Here is some from the article https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html
What emerges from this body of evidence is a financial biography of the 45th president fundamentally at odds with the story Mr. Trump has sold in his books, his TV shows and his political life. In Mr. Trumps version of how he got rich, he was the master dealmaker who broke free of his fathers tiny outer-borough operation and parlayed a single $1 million loan from his father (I had to pay him back with interest!) into a $10 billion empire that would slap the Trump name on hotels, high-rises, casinos, airlines and golf courses the world over. In Mr. Trumps version, it was always his guts and gumption that overcame setbacks. Fred Trump was simply a cheerleader....
Certainly a handful of journalists and biographers, notably Wayne Barrett, Gwenda Blair, David Cay Johnston and Timothy L. OBrien, have challenged this story, especially the claim of being worth $10 billion. They described how Mr. Trump piggybacked off his fathers banking connections to gain a foothold in Manhattan real estate. They poked holes in his go-to talking point about the $1 million loan, citing evidence that he actually got $14 million. They told how Fred Trump once helped his son make a bond payment on an Atlantic City casino by buying $3.5 million in casino chips.
But The Timess investigation of the Trump familys finances is unprecedented in scope and precision, offering the first comprehensive look at the inherited fortune and tax dodges that guaranteed Donald J. Trump a gilded life. The reporting makes clear that in every era of Mr. Trumps life, his finances were deeply intertwined with, and dependent on, his fathers wealth.
Trump's fortune is based on tax fraud
Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father
Source: New York Times
President Trump participated in dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including instances of outright fraud, that greatly increased the fortune he received from his parents, an investigation by The New York Times has found.
Mr. Trump won the presidency proclaiming himself a self-made billionaire, and he has long insisted that his father, the legendary New York City builder Fred C. Trump, provided almost no financial help.
But The Timess investigation, based on a vast trove of confidential tax returns and financial records, reveals that Mr. Trump received the equivalent today of at least $413 million from his fathers real estate empire, starting when he was a toddler and continuing to this day.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html
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