During a decade when he claimed to have surpassed all businessman of his age, Donald Trump regularly lost more money than almost any other U.S. taxpayer. New tax return details w/ @susannecraig
Russ Buettner
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Russ Buettner
@russbuettner
Investigative Reporter, The New York Times. Co-author, with Susanne Craig, of "Lucky Loser" published by Penguin Press.
- Breaking: We have the figures from President Trump’s tax returns for 85 through 94, chronicling $1.1 billion in losses. W/ @susannecraig
- A follow-up to our October investigation of President Trump’s inheritance - the tenants who took a hit for the family’s tax scheme.
- His father’s fortune: the untruth at the core of President Trump’s case for his own exceptionalism. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
- From the NYAG complaint: Deutsche Bank decided to severe ties with Trump after he would not answer a few questions, including about our revelation of the ongoing audit of his $72.9 million tax refund for 2009. (HT @davidenrich) @susannecraig @mmcintire nytimes.com/interactive/20…
- He talks down his dad’s wealth, but President Trump repeatedly engaged tax schemes and sham transactions to grab his father’s fortune. Act I... nytimes.com/interactive/20…
- I get the anger over the @washingtonpost owner’s decision not to endorse. But my subscription is worthwhile just for the work of @CarolLeonnig, who enlightens and inspires me with perfectly executed reporting of the highest difficulty. I subscribe for greatness. #whyIsubscribe
- City and state agencies open looks at Trump tax issues we raised this week
- I would like to thank my wife for, well, for a lot of really important things, but right now for the tasteful wall color choice that made this great honor possible.Beautiful wall color. Dramatic lighting. Nice tree. 10/10 @russbuettner
- Trump calling this “barely legal” is rich. In the 1980s, he would buy a stock, threaten to take over the company, and secretly sell on the resulting bump. The market soon figured out he had only one move - the bluff - and he lost big. nyti.ms/2vXXiEKWhen the so-called “rich guys” speak negatively about the market, you must always remember that some are betting big against it, and make a lot of money if it goes down. Then they go positive, get big publicity, and make it going up. They get you both ways. Barely legal?
- Latest article from Trump’s tax records...how to not repay $270 million and largely avoid paying taxes on it. w/ @davidenrich @mmcintire @susannecraig nytimes.com/2020/10/27/bus…
- Drain the swamp? The President might start with his own swimming pools. Quartz's @JustinRohrlich reports that pools at Trump's Florida resorts were forced to close 10 times in the last year for serious health violations. Nearby resorts did fine. qz.com/1612352/ via @qz
- From Lucky Loser, my book w @susannecraig, here's how TV money and magic saved Trump from himself: “Our job was to make him look legitimate, to make him look like there was something behind it, even though we pretty much all knew that there wasn’t.”
- Fifty years ago, Donald Trump filed his first losing $100 million lawsuit. Today, a judge tossed his latest, against me, @susannecraig, @davidbarstow, @nytimes. Thanks to a NY law passed stop his brand of legal system abuse, he must pay our legal costs.
