How he fared in Atlantic City suggests a businessman savvy enough to build a temporary empire but one whose bankruptcies and eventual exit caused considerable pain for many people. Today, Trump is running for president, he says, to make people rich. 'And I made a lot of money in Atlantic City, and I'm very proud of it.' 'I had the good sense, and I've gotten a lot of credit in the financial pages-seven years ago, I left Atlantic City before it totally cratered,' he boasted in the first GOP primary debate.
Trump has been vigorously spinning his companies' bankruptcies as evidence of his business acumen.
