Mark Burnett created a TV version of Donald Trump — measured, thoughtful and endlessly wealthy — that fueled his path to the White House. Trump just named him as a special envoy to the U.K. @russbuettner and I explore the relationship in our book Lucky Loser. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/14/b...
The Star-Making Machine That Created ‘Donald Trump’
The inside story of how the producers of “The Apprentice” crafted a TV version of Mr. Trump — measured, thoughtful and endlessly wealthy — that ultimately fueled his path to the White House.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Mark Burnett created a TV version of Donald Trump — measured, thoughtful and endlessly wealthy — that fueled his path to the White House. Trump just named him as a special envoy to the U.K. @russbuettner and I explore the relationship in our book Lucky Loser. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/14/b...
Oh boy.
#SusanneCraig #RussBuettner have a new book out, and it's a doozy.
“Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success.”
#HuffPost Story by #LeeMoran
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
#SusanneCraig #RussBuettner have a new book out, and it's a doozy.
“Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success.”
#HuffPost Story by #LeeMoran
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
‘Apprentice’ Producers Recall Particular Set ‘Stench’ They Just Couldn’t Shake Off
It “followed them like an invisible cloud,” per a new book from New York Times reporters Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig.
www.huffpost.com
September 16, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Oh boy.
#SusanneCraig #RussBuettner have a new book out, and it's a doozy.
“Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success.”
#HuffPost Story by #LeeMoran
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
#SusanneCraig #RussBuettner have a new book out, and it's a doozy.
“Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success.”
#HuffPost Story by #LeeMoran
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
9/17/2024 -- You probably don't know this story. Wow. Smoke and mirrors. "Bluffed" his way into it and "created a myth."
#SusanneCraig #RussBuettner -- "New York Times investigative reporters Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner, authors of the new book, "Lucky Loser."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSay...
#SusanneCraig #RussBuettner -- "New York Times investigative reporters Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner, authors of the new book, "Lucky Loser."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSay...
New book exposes lies behind the myth of Trump's business acumen
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
September 23, 2024 at 2:38 PM
9/17/2024 -- You probably don't know this story. Wow. Smoke and mirrors. "Bluffed" his way into it and "created a myth."
#SusanneCraig #RussBuettner -- "New York Times investigative reporters Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner, authors of the new book, "Lucky Loser."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSay...
#SusanneCraig #RussBuettner -- "New York Times investigative reporters Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner, authors of the new book, "Lucky Loser."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSay...
Talking with NY Times Pulitzer winner @russbuettner
about how Donald Trump squandered his dad's fortune and created the illusion of success as told in "Lucky Loser"
Deadline NYC - Monday Feb. 3 5PM
@WBAI 99.5FM Streaming wbai.org
about how Donald Trump squandered his dad's fortune and created the illusion of success as told in "Lucky Loser"
Deadline NYC - Monday Feb. 3 5PM
@WBAI 99.5FM Streaming wbai.org
February 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Talking with NY Times Pulitzer winner @russbuettner
about how Donald Trump squandered his dad's fortune and created the illusion of success as told in "Lucky Loser"
Deadline NYC - Monday Feb. 3 5PM
@WBAI 99.5FM Streaming wbai.org
about how Donald Trump squandered his dad's fortune and created the illusion of success as told in "Lucky Loser"
Deadline NYC - Monday Feb. 3 5PM
@WBAI 99.5FM Streaming wbai.org
Mary Pat Flynn
IRONIC how TRUMP®️ just announced a “trade deal” with Vietnam 🙄
@russbuettner reporting also tells US what’s in it for TRUMP®️
“Financial disclosure forms he recently filed showed payments of exactly $5 MILLION each for the deal in VIETNAM and one with Mr. El Chaar’s company.”
IRONIC how TRUMP®️ just announced a “trade deal” with Vietnam 🙄
@russbuettner reporting also tells US what’s in it for TRUMP®️
“Financial disclosure forms he recently filed showed payments of exactly $5 MILLION each for the deal in VIETNAM and one with Mr. El Chaar’s company.”
July 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Mary Pat Flynn
IRONIC how TRUMP®️ just announced a “trade deal” with Vietnam 🙄
@russbuettner reporting also tells US what’s in it for TRUMP®️
“Financial disclosure forms he recently filed showed payments of exactly $5 MILLION each for the deal in VIETNAM and one with Mr. El Chaar’s company.”
IRONIC how TRUMP®️ just announced a “trade deal” with Vietnam 🙄
@russbuettner reporting also tells US what’s in it for TRUMP®️
“Financial disclosure forms he recently filed showed payments of exactly $5 MILLION each for the deal in VIETNAM and one with Mr. El Chaar’s company.”
The defendants named in the suit were The #newyorktimes Company & #susannecraig #russbuettnertarget="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">who won a Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 2019 for her reporting on Trump’s finances], #RussBuettner, #peterbaker & #mikeschmidt. The complaint also named #penguinrandomhouse, which published a book about […]
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September 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The defendants named in the suit were The #newyorktimes Company & #susannecraig #russbuettnertarget="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">who won a Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 2019 for her reporting on Trump’s finances], #RussBuettner, #peterbaker & #mikeschmidt. The complaint also named #penguinrandomhouse, which published a book about […]
The defendants named in the suit were The #NewYorkTimes Company & #SusanneCraig [who won a Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 2019 for her reporting on Trump’s finances], #RussBuettner, #PeterBaker & #M...
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September 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The defendants named in the suit were The #NewYorkTimes Company & #SusanneCraig [who won a Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 2019 for her reporting on Trump’s finances], #RussBuettner, #PeterBaker & #M...
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👉 Vote 'em Out!
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Back in the news, the Trump Org's crack at final stage capitalism—
All County Building Supply & Maintenance!
@russbuettner for @nytimes
https://nyti.ms/36IWELz
All County Building Supply & Maintenance!
@russbuettner for @nytimes
https://nyti.ms/36IWELz
nytimes.com
nyti.ms
April 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Back in the news, the Trump Org's crack at final stage capitalism—
All County Building Supply & Maintenance!
@russbuettner for @nytimes
https://nyti.ms/36IWELz
All County Building Supply & Maintenance!
@russbuettner for @nytimes
https://nyti.ms/36IWELz
@maggieNYT: Trump made $300,000 off the Bible edition he produced with Lee Greenwood, but listed liabilities from his two civil judgments in NY on his latest personal disclosure form @ShaneGoldmacher @russbuettner me
Main link in OG tweet
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/us/politics/trump-financial-disclosure-bibles-liabilities.html
www.nytimes.com
August 16, 2024 at 1:31 AM
@maggieNYT: Trump made $300,000 off the Bible edition he produced with Lee Greenwood, but listed liabilities from his two civil judgments in NY on his latest personal disclosure form @ShaneGoldmacher @russbuettner me