UNDERNEWS: The real Trump

These are stories from over the years about the real Donald Trump.

CHINA

Forbes Estimates China Paid Trump At Least $5.4 Million Since He Took Office, Via Mysterious Trump Tower Lease

GENERAL

BANKRUPTCIES

Washington Post - Trump’s Taj Mahal opened in April 1990 in Atlantic City, but six months later, “defaulted on interest payments to bondholders as his finances went into a tailspin,” The Washington Post’s Robert O’Harrow found. In July 1991, Trump’s Taj Mahal filed for bankruptcy. He could not keep up with debts on two other Atlantic City casinos, and those two properties declared bankruptcy in 1992. A fourth property, the Plaza Hotel in New York, declared bankruptcy in 1992 after amassing debt. PolitiFact uncovered two more bankruptcies filed after 1992, totaling six. Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts filed for bankruptcy again in 2004, after accruing about $1.8 billion in debt. Trump Entertainment Resorts also declared bankruptcy in 2009, after being hit hard during the 2008 recession.

BUSINESSES

New York tenants sue Donald Trump for rent fraud scheme affecting up to 14,000 apartments in buildings owned by his father

Donald Trump's Net Worth Fell by a Third During His Presidency |
Donald Trump Has Stake In Hydroxychloroquine Drugmaker: Report
Trump Has More Than 2,500 Conflicts of Interest and Counting, Watchdog Finds

In 1980s, Trump banned Christmas decorations to harass elderly tenants

Trump hotel price spike explained

The Trump Organization’s Hostile Takeover of the U.S. Government

His first real estate project resulted in a Justice Department accusation of discrimination against blacks. An agreement was reached between Trump and the DOJ.

How Trump's businesses are booming with lobbyists, donors and governments

Trump's Justice Department Says the Emoluments Clause Doesn't Apply to His Hotels

Trump involved in 3500 law suits including non payment claims. Of the 3,500 suits, Trump or one of his companies were plaintiffs in 1,900; defendants in 1,450; and bankruptcy, third party, or other in 150. Trump was named in at least 169 suits in federal court.

Trump wanted braille removed from elevators in his building

Trump Gets $25 Million Tax Write-Off For Trump University Settlement

Donald Trump Has Stake In Hydroxychloroquine Drugmaker: Report

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Watchdog Report Cites 3,400 Conflicts Of Interest During Trump Presidency

COST

Trump owes. $1.8 million to 14 cities for police protection of his rallies

Secret Service has paid rates as high as $650 a night for rooms at Trump’s properties

Security for Trump's Mar-a-Lago visits cost local taxpayers $13 million

ECONOMICS

Trump says he lost billions while in White House

Donald Trump Has Done Almost Nothing for the Working and Middle Classes

Trump wants to raise your postage rates

Trump’s Trade War Will Cost Average Family $1,277 This Year, Budget Office Reveals

Trump's tax cuts were an economic bust

GDP Growth Under Trump Was the Worst Since Hoover

FAMILY

Donald Trump, facing financial ruin, sought control of his elderly father’s estate.

GOLFING

Trump Back At Mar-A-Lago, Raising Taxpayer Golf Tab To $151.5 Million
Trump spent 1 of every 5 days in 2019 at a golf club
Trump has reported losing more than $315m at his golf courses

IMMIGRATION

Trump Winery Fired Undocumented Workers — But Only After Grape Harvest Had Ended

LABOR

Donald Trump Has Done Almost Nothing for the Working and Middle Classes

LIES ETC

Washington Post counts 30,573 false or misleading claims in four years by Trump
30 broken Trump promises
Trump was a fraud on 'Apprentice,' too

LIFESTYLE

The New York Times reports that Trump paid $70,000 in hairstyling while on “The Apprentice.” Nine Trump companies have written off at least $94,000 paid for Ivanka Trump’s hair and makeup stylist.

Trump watches TV and tweets more than he does the work he's paid for
Trump Back At Mar-A-Lago, Raising Taxpayer Golf Tab To $151.5 Million
The New York Times reports that Trump paid $70,000 in hairstyling while on “The Apprentice.” Nine Trump companies have written off at least $94,000 paid for Ivanka Trump’s hair and makeup stylist.
Trump has reported losing more than $315m at his golf courses, with much of that coming from Trump National Doral in Florida. His Washington hotel, which opened in 2016 and has been the subject of much speculation regarding federal ethics laws, has lost more than $55m.