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Lucky Loser

How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success
By Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner
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From two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists comes a masterpiece of narrative reporting and the explosive, definitive account of Donald Trump's wealth - what he had, and what he lost. Inheritance. Fraud. Deceit. The devastating exposé of Trump's financial failings that you need to read to understand the... Read More
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From two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists comes a masterpiece of narrative reporting and the explosive, definitive account of Donald Trump's wealth - what he had, and what he lost.

Inheritance. Fraud. Deceit.

The devastating exposé of Trump's financial failings that you need to read to understand the man whose deals are destroying the world economy.

'A first-rate financial thriller' NEW YORK TIMES

'Damning' SUNDAY TIMES

'Devastating ... thrilling' GUARDIAN

Donald J. Trump once declared life has 'not been easy for me'. He spun a fable of how he turned a small loan from his father into a multi-billion-dollar empire and argued this made him singularly qualified to lead.

Except none of it was true.

A meticulous masterpiece based on Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting, this is the definitive true accounting of Trump and his money - what he had and what he lost.

'Strikes at the heart of the Trump myth' FINANCIAL TIMES

'Groundbreaking reporting ... comprehensive, persuasive' NEW YORKER

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529935806

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 September 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 383g

Pages: 528

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About the Author

Russ Buettner (Author) Russ Buettner is an investigative reporter at the New York Times. Since 2016, his reporting has focused on the personal finances of Donald J. Trump, including in-depth articles with Susanne Craig and other Times reporters that revealed the fortune Trump inherited from his father and the record of business failures hidden in twenty years of Trump's tax returns. Those articles were awarded a Pulitzer Prize and two George Polk awards. Buettner, who joined the Times in 2006, was also a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2012 for articles with Danny Hakim highlighting abuse and neglect in New York's care of developmentally disabled people. He previously worked on investigations teams at the Daily News in New York and New York Newsday. Susanne Craig (Author) Susanne Craig is an investigative reporter at the New York Times. Since 2016, her reporting has focused on the personal finances of Donald J. Trump, including in-depth articles that revealed the fortune Trump inherited from his father and the record of business failures hidden in twenty years of Trump's tax returns. Those articles were awarded a Pulitzer Prize and two George Polk awards. Craig previously covered Wall Street and served as Albany bureau chief for the Times. Prior to joining the Times in 2010, Craig was a reporter at The Wall Street Journal and The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper. She is a member of the Order of Canada and serves as an on-air analyst for MSNBC.

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