All his life, Donald Trump sold himself as a successful businessman, riding that pose all the way to the White House. Diligent journalistic work by the New York Times finally exposed that charade for what it is. The truth is that Trump’s wealthy father funneled huge sums to him from infancy, massively evading taxes in the process.
Donald Trump’s life can be summed up as follows: “From his early days in Manhattan, when he marketed himself as a young tycoon, Trump insisted he had succeeded on the basis of his own ingenuity, creativity and grit … [but] the reputation Trump claimed was a fraud all along.”
In short, the lying and deception which created the Trumpian myth had no beginning, and continuing to the present day, has been without end. Read story here.