Impolitic with John Heilemann Susanne Craig: How Trump Became American Luckiest Loser
Podcast Episode | 70 min | News

Impolitic with John Heilemann

Susanne Craig: How Trump Became American Luckiest Loser

Podcast Episode | 70 min | News

John is joined by Susanne Craig, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times investigative reporter and co-author of "Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created The Illusion of Success," to discuss the divergent ...See moreJohn is joined by Susanne Craig, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times investigative reporter and co-author of "Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created The Illusion of Success," to discuss the divergent myth and reality of Trump's career in business. Craig recounts the nine years she has spent delving into the former president's finances and the revelations that work unearthed-from the staggering $1 billion in accumulated losses Trump once reported to the IRS to the hundreds of millions of dollars he inherited from his father, a bequeathment starkly at odds with his image as a self-made man; the story of how small-screen Svengali Mark Burnett made Trump a reality-tv star, a development that would change the course of political history; and how Trump's unscrupulous, all-sizzle-no-steak approach to business carried over to his mode of campaigning and governance, only more so. See less

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Name	Known for
Hillary Clinton Self (archive sound) Self (archive sound) See fewer	State of Terror (I)
Susanne Craig Self Self See fewer	Pivot (I) (2018)
Kamala Harris Self (archive sound) Self (archive sound) See fewer	Kamala Harris: 100 Days Out (2024)
John Heilemann Self Self See fewer	The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth (2016)
Donald Trump Self (archive sound) Self (archive sound) See fewer	The Apprentice (2004)