Things You've Been Told About Trump That Are Straight Up Lies
Mar 24 2020
Love him or hate him, Donald Trump's persona has been fascinating and confusing for years. While many details about his businesses and personal life remain tangled in controversy, some undeniable truths about the 45th President of the United States have been revealed. Here are some of the false facts about Donald Trump you probably thought were true.

The truth about Trump's net worth is a topic of much debate. When he announced his presidential run, he estimated his worth at around $10 billion. As of September 2016, Forbes put that figure at $3.7 billion, while The Washington Post reported $150 million to $250 million after "subtracting debts and other liabilities."

What can be deduced with a level of relative certainty is how Trump started to accumulate however much wealth he has. While campaigning for the Republican nomination, Trump attended a town hall where one attendee asked him how he got his start. His response?

Setting aside his somewhat humorous characterization of a $1 million loan as "small," the actual amount he borrowed over time from his father was around $14 million, which, adjusted for inflation, would be around $31 million today, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Whether Trump turned that $14 million into $150 million or $10 billion is irrelevant, because either way, he made a ton of money. But to posture himself as a struggling entrepreneur is undeniably misleading.

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