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Lucky Loser

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Lucky Loser

How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success

by Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig

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Length
528 pages
Published
September 17, 2024
Publisher
Penguin Press

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On Political Wire 3 posts

  • Sep 19, 2024
    Producers Had to Heavily Edit ‘The Apprentice’

    "Donald Trump was so bad at picking who to fire during his stint hosting The Apprentice that the producers of the show would retroactively edit the show to make him look better," The Independent reports.

  • Sep 14, 2024
    The Star-Making Machine That Created ‘Donald Trump’

    The New York Times runs an excerpt from Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success:

  • Feb 22, 2024
    Reporters Plan Exposé on Trump’s Taxes

    New York Times investigative reporters Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner — who in 2018 revealed tax data about then-President Trump that documented widespread tax dodges — will be out Sept. 10 with a book, Lucky Loser, that draws on new confidential records and insider interviews,…

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