No one knows exactly what he inherited because it is not public knowledge. Most put it at about $40M, because five siblings split an estimated $200M real estate business. But it may have been more because he became president of his late father’s real estate business when his father died, so he could have been left a larger stake. $40M in 1999 would be worth about $60M in today’s dollars.
You can say I’m rationalizing things away, and I can say you have very little understanding of the human condition. Or we can agree to disagree.
How snarky! I come from a very troubled family and therefore have great sympathy for those with failed marriages. Perhaps others have a perfect family and have been with angels all their lives and feel they have a righteous right to judge others, especially if they are filthy rich since they are not a group called blessed by the Lord–no that would be the poor.
I don’t consider them spineless liberals who aren’t trying to do the right thing; but the fact is that saying “People who come to this country illegally will receive our help and protection” isn’t necessarily the wisest thing to do.
It’s not fair that illegal immigrants break the law and are rewarded with a prize. Legal immigrants don’t like it because they know how hard it has been for them. If I want to sponsor my brother to come here, it’ll take at least 10-12 years waiting in line. I also have to prove that I can financially support them if need be.
It’s hard for me to feel bad about what the illegal immigrants are doing since the US was founded mostly by the descendants of white Europeans who broke a kind of moral law by coming here and stealing the land from Native Americans (that includes my own ancestors who came to 17th century New England). The states of California, New Mexico, etc. were stolen from Mexico.
The difference is, though, that those who first came here had nothing. They had to build everything from scratch.
That is quite a strawman you’ve created.
I was responding to a poster who was holding up Trump’s family life as an example. I think - especially for voters who claim to value Christian principles - that a thrice-married politician who has bragged about committing adultery with married women is a curious choice. It speaks to issues of character, and that is, indeed, something that is certainly in play when one is running for president.
I prefer to cling to the hope that people’s better natures will ultimately prevail, and refuse to believe that those very ugly traits which have thus far been displayed are typical of most Americans. (I believe it was originally another poster who used the term “normal”.)That is quite a strawman you’ve created.
You keep saying he bragged about committing adultery. I know his ex-wife marla said something to the tabloids about their love life, but what did trump say?
politico.com/story/2016/03/economist-trump-presidency-global-risk-220887
From Trump’s book, The Art of the Deal :“If I told the real stories of my experiences with women, often seemingly very happily married and important women, this book would be a guaranteed best-seller,” he wrote.