How Donald Trump Created a Facade of Success | Pivot

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

October 11, 2024

Duration

14m

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Pivot

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

New York Times journalists Susanne Craig and Ross Buettner talk to Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway about their new book, "Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success." Craig and Buettner explain what they learned about Trump's business dealings through his financial history, and crafted the facade of a successful businessman. Subscribe to Pivot on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pivot/id1073226719 Subscribe to Pivot on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4MU3RFGELZxPT9XHVwTNPR Follow us on Instagram and Threads at: https://www.instagram.com/pivotpodcastofficial Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@PIVOTPODCAST Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or at https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/pivot #pivot #podcast #donaldtrump #businessman

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Kara Swisher

  host

• Ross Buettner

  guest

• Susanne Craig

  guest

• Scott Galloway

  host

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Pivot, featuring Kara Swisher and Ross Buettner, How Donald Trump Created a Facade of Success | Pivot explores inside Trump’s Finances: Inheritance, Illusions, And Reality-Defying Wealth Myths Investigative reporters Suzanne Craig and Russ Buettner discuss their book "Lucky Loser," which reconstructs Donald Trump’s true financial history using decades of tax returns and corporate records. They detail how Trump squandered a vast inheritance from his father, Fred Trump, repeatedly propping up failing ventures with outside cash, especially earnings from The Apprentice. The conversation contrasts Fred Trump’s profitable, government-enabled real estate empire with Donald Trump’s pattern of over-spending, poor operations, and aggressive self-promotion. The hosts and authors also examine how media, tax strategies, and financial engineering helped Trump manufacture an enduring but misleading image of business genius.

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