Five takeaways from Trump’s reported billion-dollar loss - The Washington Post

A blockbuster report from the New York Times tells us that while Donald Trump “was propelled to the presidency, in part, by a self-spun narrative of business success and of setbacks triumphantly overcome,” he was a record-breaking financial loser. “The numbers show that in 1985, Mr. Trump reported losses of $46.1 million from his core businesses — largely casinos, hotels and retail space in apartment buildings,” the report finds. “They continued to lose money every year, totaling $1.17 billion in losses for the decade.” So Trump is tops in a key category: “Mr. Trump appears to have lost more money than nearly any other individual American taxpayer.”....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/08/five-takeaways-trumps-b-reported-loss/