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| Topic | Trump drops $600 million and 92 spots to 248th place in Forbes's 2017 rich list |
| Giant_Aspirin 10/17/17 2:02:34 PM #26: | Trump's motivations for inflating his net worth were partially driven by dollars and cents. "It was good for financing," Trump now acknowledges, echoing what other developers have told us over the years: that slapping a high Forbes 400 estimate on a banker's desk can sometimes help secure bigger loans and better rates. When I was a $27,000-a-year cub reporter on The Forbes 400, the largest strip-mall developer in Texas, the late Jerry J. Moore, offered me a six-figure p.r. job "with lots of golf" if I would only nudge his number closer to billionaire status. sauce: Inside The Epic Fantasy That's Driven Donald Trump For 33 Years https://www.forbes.com/sites/randalllane/2015/09/29/inside-the-epic-fantasy-thats-driven-donald-trump-for-33-years/#4eea85882037 good stuff --- Now Playing: Yakuza 0 (PS4) (~);} - Get out the pans, don't just stand there dreamin' - {;(~) ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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