Former President Donald Trump has been knocked off Forbes Magazine’s latest list of 400 richest people in America, an exclusive group he has been a part of for more than two decades. In the latest episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza discusses Trump’s history of lying about his net worth and what this new public blow to his wealth status likely means to the man who famously claims “I’m really rich.”
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING:
Here’s Donald Trump’s Presidential Announcement Speech
https://time.com/3923128/donald-trump-announcement-speech/
Donald Trump Fast Facts
https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/04/us/donald-trump-fast-facts/index.html
Trump says he’s losing as much as $5B being president
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-being-president-it-s-probably-costing-me-3-5-n1042016
Donald Trump Falls Off The Forbes 400 For First Time In 25 Years
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2021/10/05/donald-trump-falls-off-the-forbes-400-for-first-time-in-25-years/?sh=1150708bf62b
Trump lied to me about his wealth to get onto the Forbes 400. Here are the tapes.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/trump-lied-to-me-about-his-wealth-to-get-onto-the-forbes-400-here-are-the-tapes/2018/04/20/ac762b08-4287-11e8-8569-26fda6b404c7_story.html
18 Revelations From a Trove of Trump Tax Records
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