A new book reveals much of Trump’s success is based on a myth he is a self-made billionaire

A new book reveals much of Trump's success is based on a myth he is a self-made billionaire

By John Hawkins, University of Canberra

Lucky Loser tells the story of Donald Trump's less-than-stellar business career and how he was able to misrepresent it as a success.

It is written by New York Times investigative journalists, Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig. Both have won Pulitzer Prizes for earlier analyses of Trump. Another badge of honour is Trump sued them - and lost.

They are by no means the first writers to expose the Potemkin village ...