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From the back seat of a stretch limousine heading to meet the first contestants for his new TV show “The Apprentice,” Donald J. Trump bragged that he was a billionaire who had overcome financial hardship.
“I used my brain, I used my negotiating skills and I worked it all out,” he told viewers. “Now, my company is bigger than it ever was and stronger than it ever was.”
It was all a hoax.
Months after that inaugural episode in January 2004, Mr. Trump filed his individual tax return reporting $89.9 million in net losses from his core businesses for the prior year . The red ink spilled from everywhere, even as American television audiences saw him as a savvy business mogul with the Midas touch.
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The Trump Hoax is portraying himself as a successful businessman when he was anything but. The Apprentice created the character of “Mr. Trump”; that character propelled him to the presidency.
Even after Trump made over $400 million on the Apprentice, he squandered it all on bad business decisions. The presidency gave him another life line, but that life line is coming to an end.
Trump perpetuated the greatest hoax in history. A hoax that led to the Presidency.
“I used my brain, I used my negotiating skills and I worked it all out,” he told viewers. “Now, my company is bigger than it ever was and stronger than it ever was.”
It was all a hoax.
Months after that inaugural episode in January 2004, Mr. Trump filed his individual tax return reporting $89.9 million in net losses from his core businesses for the prior year . The red ink spilled from everywhere, even as American television audiences saw him as a savvy business mogul with the Midas touch.
Tax Records Reveal How Fame Gave Trump a $427 Million Lifeline (Published 2020)
“The Apprentice” rescued Donald J. Trump, bringing him new sources of cash and a myth that would propel him to the White House.
www.nytimes.com
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The Trump Hoax is portraying himself as a successful businessman when he was anything but. The Apprentice created the character of “Mr. Trump”; that character propelled him to the presidency.
Even after Trump made over $400 million on the Apprentice, he squandered it all on bad business decisions. The presidency gave him another life line, but that life line is coming to an end.
Trump perpetuated the greatest hoax in history. A hoax that led to the Presidency.