Bankrupt, Blacklisted, and Bought: The Foreign Fortune That Rescued Trump

Long before the presidency, Donald Trump’s empire was a house built on borrowed billions. When U.S. banks shut their doors in the wake of his 1990s bankruptcies, the money didn’t stop—it just changed hands. From family-funded towers to foreign-funded deals, “From Park Slope to Park Avenue” unpacks how Trump’s real estate brand became a magnet for anonymous cash, opaque shell companies, and foreign buyers—especially from post-Soviet Russia. With deep dives into property records, tax filings, and international licensing webs, this exposé traces the shadowy financial lifelines that kept the Trump name alive—and asks who really owned the keys to the empire..