Money Talks: How Did Trump Scam America? Lots of Luck.
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🗓️ 22 October 2024
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
In a very special election season Money Talks: Trump was never that good at business. How did he fake it till he made it? New York Times reporters Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig explain in their book Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success. They speak with host Emily Peck to discuss Trump’s early business missteps, the right-place-right-time happenstances that made him a reality star, and whether or not he might actually have talent…if only for deception and scams.
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| 1:07.0 | Hello and welcome to Money Talks a podcast episode from Slate Money where we chat |
| 1:15.2 | with brilliant and interesting people I'm Emily Peck of Axios and I'm co-host of |
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| 1:25.8 | myths I think is out there which is that Donald Trump is a genius businessman. |
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