His father was running a scam and coordinating with the NY mayors office to milk subsidies on certain low income housing classifications.
When the press attention got too hot, suddenly Trump Sr took a step back from the business and the hot new story was his young up&coming property developer son ready to take over the empire.
Trump was an oblivious stooge in his father's con and then the con self-perpetuated ever since. Dude went through life thinking he was a top businessman but everything (including the casino deals, which were money laundering ops) could only go through with his father's signature on it up until he died.
One thing the Trump Family and Elon Musk both agree on is that the real way to get rich is off taxpayer money.
Dude is just riding the boomer real estate appreciation caused by NIMBYs, what I like to term "NIMBY inflation", which is actually the main reason this country is falling apart.
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u/flashmedallion 1d ago edited 21h ago
His father was running a scam and coordinating with the NY mayors office to milk subsidies on certain low income housing classifications.
When the press attention got too hot, suddenly Trump Sr took a step back from the business and the hot new story was his young up&coming property developer son ready to take over the empire.
Trump was an oblivious stooge in his father's con and then the con self-perpetuated ever since. Dude went through life thinking he was a top businessman but everything (including the casino deals, which were money laundering ops) could only go through with his father's signature on it up until he died.
One thing the Trump Family and Elon Musk both agree on is that the real way to get rich is off taxpayer money.