• deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
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        2 days ago

        Money laundering.

        The financial success or failure of the casinos was a by product of laundering huge amounts of money through them.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      The joke of it was how he came out ahead on several of them. Trump discovered you can borrow other people’s money for a project and, if it doesn’t pan out, just keep a chunk for yourself and don’t pay them back.

      He’s an IRL Max Bialystock, vacuuming up dumb money and leaving legions of broke dowagers in his wake.