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73. $1/2 Billion in Manhattan real estate

Tue Apr 21, 2026, 12:49 PM

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When his dad died, he left Trump then about $500M in real estate. If Trump had left that alone and just let it run itself, he'd be worth $10B today. Instead he leveraged it, squandered much of it and needed a TV gig to make ends meet. He would have went completely broke without the Apprentice. Of course now he's grifting $billions from the government and will be worth $50B or more by the time he leaves office IMO, but his dad left him a massive real estate fortune.

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