"But news reports show that it’s a bit of a mystery how much Trump inherited from his father, Fred Sr. When he died
in 1999, the New York Times reported that "his estate has been estimated by the family at $250 million to $300 million." The
New York Daily News reported at the time that the estate was worth $100 million to $300 million based on family estimates.
But how was it divvied up? That’s something that reporters have tried to sort out during the 2016 race.
The
New York Times reported Jan. 2 that
Fred Sr.’s will "divided the bulk of the inheritance, at least $20 million, among his children and their descendants, ‘other than my son Fred C. Trump Jr.’ "
Some of the grandchildren sued, and an "amicable" settlement was worked out.
But Donald Trump
received money from his father long before his death.
A National Journal writer, S.V. Dáte, estimated Trump started with $40 million in 1974 when he became president of his father’s real estate company. By one estimate, the firm was worth about $200 million. Divided among Donald Trump and his four siblings, each would have received $40 million.
But the company wasn’t liquidated that year, so Trump didn’t receive that as cash.
In 1982, after running his father’s firm for eight years, Forbes magazine estimated Trump’s worth at $200 million."
PolitiFact - Did Donald Trump inherit $100 million?
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It appears an impossibility that Trump inherited either $400M, or $200M.
