Oops: Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump “exaggerated his wealth” July 29, 2015 Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump has overstated his wealth to the tune of $7.1bn (£4.5bn), according to an analysis by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The brash businessman and property magnate's campaign team has said his net worth was more than $10bn, citing the value of his properties in New York, San Francisco, Miami and many other places [...]
US Presidential Election 2016: Donald Trump is the leading Republican candidate in the polls July 29, 2015 Another day, another way for Donald Trump to say something that alienates himself. This has characterised much of his short Republican nomination campaign. Just last week, alluding to a prominent Republican's time as a Vietnamese POW, he mocked Senator John McCain – the guy who won the Republican nomination and ran against President Obama in [...]
Donald Trump’s fairy tale economics is bad for his party and terrible for America July 27, 2015 The Republican Party must be tearing its hair out. For years, visitors from the US have extolled the strength of the party’s potential Presidential candidates for 2016. The pack is certainly more impressive than in 2012 and, with the exception of one or two candidates, they are ostensibly advocates of relatively free market policies. In [...]
PGA distances itself from Donald Trump following Mexican rapist comments July 2, 2015 If Donald Trump ever pens an account of his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People" might be a book title worth borrowing. Read more: Donald Trump sues Univision for $500m over Miss USA beauty pageant The eccentric billionaire and golf lover has now found that he may not even [...]
Donald Trump sues Univision for $500m over Miss USA beauty pageant July 1, 2015 Presidential hopeful Donald Trump has filed a $500m (£319.3m) lawsuit against Univision Communications after the US television company scrapped plans to screen the Miss USA beauty pageant. Read more: Donald Trump in quotes Univision and NBC dropped the 12th July event co-owned by Trump after the billionaire made derogatory comments about Mexican immigrants when announcing [...]
Donald Trump in quotes: The 2016 US presidency candidate’s most controversial opinions and tweets June 16, 2015 Donald Trump announced his intention to run for president of the United States in typical style – in the lobby of skyscraper brandishing his name and with boasts such as "I beat China all the time. All the time." The eccentric host of the US version of The Apprentice is an outsider to win the 2016 Republican [...]
Donald Trump gets the hump over Vicky Ward’s book The Liar’s Ball November 25, 2014 She was married to Conrad Black’s step-nephew and gave the red-tops a field day with her divorce. But now New York-based Brit, Vicky Ward, is back in London and launched her second book The Liar’s Ball in Henry Sotheran’s bookshop last night. When The Capitalist spoke to her yesterday, she had just had a brush [...]