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On the recordSeptember 16, 2024
I wasn't given $400 million. I wish I was. My father was a Brooklyn builder, Brooklyn, Queens, and a great father, and I learned a lot from, but I was given a fraction of that, a tiny fraction, and I built it into many, many billions of dollars, many, many billions.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida

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Donald Trump defends his financial success by claiming he did not receive the full amount of money often attributed to him.

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