[OT] Behind Every Great Fortune, There Is a Great Crime

Actually, Honore de Balzac said:
The secret of grand fortunes without an apparent cause is a forgotten
crime, because it was managed respectably.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p6jkSf32kU

It's often mentioned that part of the secret of the fortune Trump's
fahter built up was how he evaded Fair Housing laws while trading in
real estate in New York.

But his father wouldn't have been able to dabble in real estate were
it not for being somewhat well-off to begin with, thanks to his
father. And that nest egg even had a Canadian connection... it turns
out that Fred Trump Sr. saw a better opportunity from the Klondike
Gold Rush than becoming one of the many seeking gold.

John Savard