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Donald Trump And His Missing Billions

Donald Trump’s worth is not as huge as he claims. Forbes magazine has estimated Donald Trump’s wealth to be a mere fraction of what he purports it to be. The Donald is not happy that the established magazine responsible for revealing the worth of the wealthiest among us, has reduced his worth to just over a third of its estimated value. The Billionaire businessman and Republican Presidential front-runner thinks that the establishment is out to make him look bad and as poor as possible. Independent Journal Review reports: In fact, when the billionaire real estate mogul turned in his financial disclosure report to the Federal Election Commission last summer after declaring his intentions to run for president, he claimed that his net worth was “in excess of TEN BILLION DOLLARS” (emphasis Trump’s): INBOX: Donald Trump files personal financial disclosure with FEC pic.twitter.com/aFL2dlkL9q — Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) July 15, 2015 While it is admittedly difficult to accurately calculate the financial holdings of the world’s richest individuals, nearly every financial analyst or reporter who has looked into Trump’s assets over the last few decades has struggled to validate his claims. That includes the top brass at Forbes magazine, which has been publishing [...]