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January 31, 2019 at 10:06 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“This is, this is one of the great losers of all time. You know, fortunately, I don’t need money. This is one of the great losers of all time.”

— President Trump, in an interview with the New York Times, on how much money he’s lost since becoming president.

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

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