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For one day, at least, Trump-world’s favorite defense — that it’s all just politics — sounded weaker than usual. A lawsuit alleging the family turned celebrity into a sales funnel is exactly the kind of thing that makes the “successful businessman” act look less like competence and more like a long-running confidence game.
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A federal lawsuit filed on October 29 accused Donald Trump, three of his adult children, and the Trump Organization of helping promote money-losing business schemes while allegedly taking secret payments. The case landed as a nasty reminder that the family brand has long been entangled with exactly the kind of sales pitch the president claims to despise.