Donald Trump has been overstating his wealth by more than $7 billion

Donald Trump loves to brag that he's worth more than $10 billion. But the math begs to differ. The GOP presidential frontrunner's actual net worth is 29 percent of the figure Trump has been boasting, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index reports, totaling $2.9 billion. That figure is pulled from an analysis by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index of Trump's 92-page personal financial disclosure, which went public last week.
Despite Trump's $7 billion miscalculation, he definitely still has a lot of dough. Bloomberg reports that Trump's portfolio is "dominated by skyscrapers and golf courses." Trump owns some prime real estate in Manhattan, resorts including Doral and Mar-A-Lago in Florida, and golf courses in Scotland and Ireland.
A Trump spokeswoman declined to comment to Bloomberg on the wealth calculation discrepancies.
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