Originally Posted by Robbie

Googled it.
"Dáte, figured Trump started with $40 million in 1974. That's the year he became president of his father's real estate company. By one estimate, the firm was worth about $200 million and divided among Donald Trump and his four siblings, each would have received $40 million."

So they are saying that they "figured" Fred Trump's business was worth 200 million dollars. So they are saying he started out with $40 million dollars.

And that is FALSE.

He was given 1/5th of the family business along with his 4 siblings.

Doesn't mean he was given $40 million dollars in cash in his bank account. And we also don't really know the actual worth of the business. Somebody "figuring" it is worth $200 million is not even close to being a fact.

Trump was the one amongst his family with the ambition and drive. He used the money he made to buy out each one of his siblings.

And then he moved to another level far beyond what his father ever imagined.