“He was failing in Atlantic City long before Atlantic City itself was failing. But even as his companies did poorly, Trump did well. He put up little of his own money, shifted personal debts to the casinos and collected millions of dollars in salary, bonuses and other payments. The burden of his failures fell on investors and others who had bet on his business acumen.”
This superb reporting from the NYT in 2016 stirred barely a ripple. [Gift link]