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To: robert b furman who wrote (22036)	8/5/2019 10:06:14 PM
From: ajtj99	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33421

Robert, why do people think Mr. Trump is a self-made man? There is a lot of information that seems to suggest otherwise: en.wikipedia.org This line is one to consider: A 2016 analysis of Trump's business career in The Economist concluded that his performance since 1985 had been "mediocre compared with the stock market and property in New York." [42] A subsequent analysis in The Washington Post similarly noted that Trump's estimated net worth of $100 million in 1978 would have increased to $6 billion by 2016 if he had invested it in a typical retirement fund, and concluded that "Trump is a mix of braggadocio, business failures, and real success." [43] What about the casino chip game he and his dad played to save him? motherjones.com Don't shoot me because of the source. The others I could have put up had paywalls or were more obscure. Again, maybe I don't know what it means to be a self-made billionaire. I really don't know what makes someone self-made and someone else not.