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"Instead, he flaunted his wealth and success in business as a centerpiece of his presidential platform, and he began that officially on Tuesday, trumpeting his whopping $8.7 billion net worth during his announcement speech. Trump's net worth was previously estimated at roughly $4 billion."

I love how he conveniently leaves out the part about taking his company into bankruptcy 4 times. Paying yourself millions of dollars while driving your company into billions of insolvable debt.... what a great campaign platform.