The New York Times has reported something that many of us have suspected all along about Donald John Trump.
The man who would become president of the United States of America has long boasted about his business acumen, how he is a self-made zillionaire, how he is so damn smart.
Many of us out here have known that real business geniuses, real rich individuals, real smart men and women don’t brag openly about all of that.
The Times now reports that young Donald leaned heavily on his late father, Fred Trump, who gave his son lots and lots of money to bankroll his many business ventures.
Oh, and that Donald Trump well might have defrauded the U.S. government out of tax revenue through these questionable schemes.
What a revoltin’ development! I am just shocked, I tell ya, just shocked that Trump well might not be the self-made man he has boasted of being all these years.
The Times is reporting that Trump received an estimated $413 million in “today’s dollars” to help build his business empire.
I guess it’s worth asking: Will any of this matter when — or if — the president seeks re-election in 2020? I’ll make a stab at answering it. Probably not, at least not to the base of supporters who continue to support the president.
Trump has bragged about getting a million bucks back when he began his business career. According to the NY Times, he got a lot more than that.
This guts of this story doesn’t really surprise me, although the detail in which the Times has reported it does reveal the amazing scope and depth to which the president sought to manipulate the system in his favor.
Yep, this is the guy who won an Electoral College victory in 2016 in his first-ever quest for any public office of any kind. It happened to be the presidency of the United States.
Gosh, I am so not proud of what we have gotten as a result.