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http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/17/news/trump-billionaires-forbes-richest-americans/

The rich are getting richer. But not Donald Trump.

The Forbes list of 400 richest Americans shows that the billionaire-in-chief's fortune fell by $600 million to $3.1 billion. As a result he dropped to #248 on the list, after coming in at #156 last year.

The magazine attributed his decline in wealth to "a tough New York real estate market, particularly for retail locations; a costly lawsuit and an expensive presidential campaign." Trump reached a $25 million settlement in a suit that claims that his Trump University real estate seminars defrauded students.

But overall the richest Americans are richer than they were a year ago. In fact it now takes a record $2 billion to make the cut of the richest 400 Americans. The magazine estimates there are 169 billionaires who were too "poor" to make the cut, including Facebook (FB, Tech30) Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg.

Bill Gates tops the list for the 24th straight year with a net worth estimated at $89 billion. Amazon (AMZN, Tech30) founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, worth $81.5 billion, held on to the No. 2 spot he first claimed in 2016. Warren Buffett, remains No. 3 with a fortune worth $78 billion.

 

[Two Words]

Good.

 

[elrechazado]

Fake new. Sad!

 

[shnurgleton]

Guess whipping the nation into a racist frenzy doesn’t pay

 

[Lambtron]

Low-readership Forbes magazine.

 

[super-famicom]

I hope it keeps falling

 

[nature boy]

#fakenews, Forbes should be investigated!

 

[Oblivion]

But..but he's a businessman! D:

 

[Ricky_R]

Is he financing a chunk of the wall?

 

[linkboy]

If you want to take this prick down, this is how you do it.

The only thing this dipshit cares about is money.

 

[Hazu]

Oh well, still richer than all of us combined.

 

[Lombax]

local business failure, fails at business. fake news at 11.

 

[Akuun]

Shitlord is robbing the US of millions every week, and he's still losing tons of money overall.

Clearly a great businessman, as many people seem to think.

 

[VincentMatts]

#fakenews, Forbes should be investigated!

Im pretty sure its run by Obama

 

[GrizzleBoy]

Fake news.

Being exposed as an incompetent ignoramus has actually increased his stock by 20 billion.

If you think about it, Trump could just erase the national debt by increasing stock market gains.

#MAGA

 

[backflip10019]

Losing money is the best, just the greatest.

 

[Oblivion]

Bill Gates tops the list for the 24th straight year with a net worth estimated at $89 billion.

Wait a minute. Wasn't Warren Buffet considered the richest guy at one (several?) point(s)?

 

[SexyFish]

“See, he doesn’t care for money. He’s in this job to help poor folks like me.”- some idiot somewhere.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Still higher than Vince McMahon.

 

[Ithil]

He also pressured Forbes into giving him a higher spot than he actually warranted for years.

 

[andythinkpad]

Not low enough until Ivanka go to Dept of Labor office and apply for unemployment.

 

[Exile20]

But overall the richest Americans are richer than they were a year ago.

The rich are getting richer, where is that trickle?

 

[andythinkpad]

Wait a minute. Wasn't Warren Buffet considered the richest guy at one (several?) point(s)?

I also remember Carlos Silme passed him at one point.

 

[Dishwalla]

Such a tragedy.

 

[Bedlam]

"But overall the richest Americans are richer than they were a year ago. In fact it now takes a record $2 billion to make the cut of the richest 400 Americans."

Fuck Trump. This is the real story here. The widening gap in wealth distribution is the prime root cause for so many social and political issues in the modern world.

 

[theWB27]

I could make fun of him...but I can't bring myself to tease a billionaire about money. Also...this proves the rich need to be taxed more.

 

[LiK]

Keep going.

 

[clevbrowns94]

How is Bill Gates giving away tons of money and he's still worth 89 billion? That's crazy.

 

[Stinkles]

He's going to melt down harder over this than Rosie O'Donnell.


being a billionaire is more important to him than having big hands or a sexy daughter.

 

[Kadin]

I forget how long did Bezos hold the top spot earlier in the year? I though he was projected to reclaim the top spot for the long term at some point, right?

 

[Username1198]

Lmao was just reading about this.

Apparently, there’s a “trump rule” where whatever number he would tell Forbes he was worth, Forbes would just divide it by 3 and go withy hat number.

 

[Extra Sauce]

So he really is a billionaire? Disappointing.

 

[FullMetalx117]

How is Bill Gates giving away tons of money and he's still worth 89 billion? That's crazy.

Shares of Microsoft keep going up to all time highs!

 

[VincentMatts]

Lmao was just reading about this.

Apparently, there’s a “trump rule” where whatever number he would tell Forbes he was worth, Forbes would just divide it by 3 and go withy hat number.

lol

 

[BoogieWoogie]

Bill Gates needs to buy Congress in the same way that the Koch Bros and Mercers do.

 

[dallow_bg]

He's going to melt down harder over this than Rosie O'Donnell.


being a billionaire is more important to him than having big hands or a sexy daughter.

Oh yeah, he'll definitely be talking about this.

 

[Ithil]

So he really is a billionaire? Disappointing.

This is only an estimate. With his completely hidden financials there's no way to verify. Given his penchant for faking or exaggerating his wealth it's likely way off base.

 

[Baleoce]

Used to be relevant but now he's just a has been. How the (not so!) mighty have fallen. Sad!

 

[StickSoldier]

So he really is a billionaire? Disappointing.

He's a poor billionaire though come on!! You know this will not make him happy..

 

[Master Yoshi]

Fuck Trump. This is the real story here. The widening gap in wealth distribution is in my opinion the prime root cause for so many social and political issues.

So much this.

This is definitely not the land of the free.

We're all worker bees, providing for a small handful of queens.

 

[SliceSabre]

Trump is writing a tweet with the words fake news in it three times as we speak.

 

[mlclmtckr]

Donald Trump probably personally has a negative net worth

 

[Angelus Errare]

I forget how long did Bezos hold the top spot earlier in the year? I though he was projected to reclaim the top spot for the long term at some point, right?

2 days

 

[Eusis]

Guess whipping the nation into a racist frenzy doesn’t pay

Being President probably doesn't pay like staying busy in the market. Not unless you're a hell of a lot more clever, which Trump is not.

Though yeah playing to bigots (better have) hurt further too.

 

[Username1198]

This is only an estimate. With his completely hidden financials there's no way to verify. Given his penchant for faking or exaggerating his wealth it's likely way off base.

trump is such an egomaniac, I realy believe he would flaunt how much he’s worth by proving it right? Like he would carry around his tax papers and show chicks he’s worth 3 billion. It’s just weird that he’s so reticent about his net worth when everyone’s saying he’s not realy rich at all.

 

[SporeCrawler]

dang it those poor poor billionairs (pls gift me a million or two)

 

[clevbrowns94]

He's a poor billionaire though come on!! You know this will not make him happy..

Yeah, and if our Presidential races come down to who has the most billions, Zuckerberg is going to clean house with him.

 

[mlclmtckr]

So much this.

This is definitely not the land of the free.

We're all worker bees, providing for a small handful of queens.

We're all people on a vast plain full of preventable poverty, illness, and violence. And there is a giant narrow spire off in the distance where all of the power is concentrated and where people have millions of times more resources than they actually need.

 

[Jorok Goldblade]

This will get him pissed. If you don't expect a tweet storm, urine for a big surprise.

 

[jbug617]

You know he is going to rant about this on Twitter. This probably the one thing that hurts him the most since he became president