>>I don’t know how much money Trump had in 1982. I don’t think Trump’s father provided him much actual money when Trump was starting out. It was mainly his father’s reputation and political connections that Trump benefited from. Trump couldn’t get financing in the beginning, so his father signed on to tens of millions of dollars in loan guarantees.
So, the article gives him no credit for the first half billion dollars and then says that he’s a loser for not putting that into mutual funds? In my world, a “mere” $10M is a major accomplishment.
Trump is a scam artist and a pretty good one. I suppose you can count that as an accomplishment.