Turns out the so called New York Times “bombshell” about Trump’s taxes and business loss in the mid 1980s to 1990’s wasn’t much of a scoop at all. In fact, Trump scooped the New York Times so called “scoop” about those business loses on The Apprentice back fifteen years ago in 2004. This is basically what so called “journalism” and the New York Times “bombshells” have become. When they aren’t just flat out fake news, they are basically just recycled stories that have been publicly known for years. Trump also wrote about those business losses in his 2007 book “The Art of the Comeback.” The only thing the New York Times and so called “journalists” scoop these days are their own feces.
| NYT ‘bombshell’ on Trump’s business losses was scooped by Trump in 2004 |
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The New York Times revealed Tuesday that President Trump lost more than $1.1 billion as a businessman from 1985 to 1994. Cable news and the punditry world melted down over this “bombshell,” as it does over anything Trump, with hyperbole, snark and feigned shock emanating from the airwaves for the next 24 hours — a sound and fury signifying nothing.
One small problem with the Times piece: A member of NBC’s entertainment division broke that story in 2004. His name was Donald Trump, star of “The Apprentice.”
Look back to 2004, Season 1, Episode 1, Scene 1: Trump is in the back of a luxury car driving through the streets of Manhattan, boasting about who he was, what he owned and what made him who he is before sharing that the success “wasn’t always so easy.”
“About 13 years ago, I was seriously in trouble. I was billions of dollars in debt,” Trump said at the time. “But I fought back and I won. Big league. I used my brain. I used my negotiating skills. And I worked it all out. Now my company’s bigger than it ever was, stronger than it ever was and I’m having more fun than I ever had. I’ve mastered the art of the deal and I’ve turned the name Trump into the highest quality brand.”The episode was a springboard for Trump from A-list New York tabloid star to A-list national TV star. The finale of the first season of “The Apprentice” was watched by 40 million people. For context, HBO’s highest rated “Game of Thrones” drew 17.8 million, albeit on a pay channel. It was this reality show and that success that helped make Trump a household name synonymous to many as a winner, which helped springboard him to the presidency after running against a flawed, unauthentic Democratic candidate.