“...if he had stuck it in bank CDs he’d be worth ten times what he is now.”
I know that is out there, and it takes a moron to believe it.
He’s bankrupted multiple times. Trump Air was a billion dollar debacle. The USFL, a complete failure largely because of his grotesque ego. Half his gambling properties have failed and the rest are teetering. He levered up and bought mostly terrible investments. Some of his NY properties have done very well, largely because NY has done very well.