Donald Trump made his money through fraud. So it makes sense, then, that he thinks the quickest way out of the affordability crisis is to rely on the same carnival barker tactics he used for decades to trick banks and investors into giving him money.

The billionaire president was born into wealth and has coasted on his family’s name. But there can be no doubt of his talent as a con artist. As New York Attorney General Letitia James demonstrated in a civil trial, Trump’s company ran for decades on scams. (For instance, he claimed his 10,000-square foot apartment was actually 30,000-square feet.) Despite being so good at talking people out of their money, he still managed to go bankrupt multiple times. The scheme that saved his empire was a different flavor of fraud: Being falsely portrayed

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