The tall tale of President Trump’s Cincinnati ‘success’

The following article by Meg Kelly was posted on the Washington Post website February 28, 2018:

The president has a habit of telling tales based on a kernel of truth. His history with Cincinnati is no different. (Meg Kelly/The Washington Post)

“I’m here in the beautiful Cincinnati. I’ll tell you, you know I was here — I worked here for a long time. People don’t know; most people don’t know. Swifton Village, long time ago. Really? Oh, you know Swifton. … Came here a long time ago. I had a great success with my father. I was a young success. And, you know, if I didn’t have a success, maybe I would have gone and just done something else. Who knows? But I spent a lot of time in this state and a lot of time in Cincinnati, and I love it. … I worked here. I was here. I lived here. I mean, it was great.”

— President Trump, in remarks on tax restructuring, Feb. 5, 2018

President Trump’s emphatic references to his time in Ohio and his “great success” there caught our ear — after all, the Trump name is synonymous with New York, but Ohio? Continue reading “The tall tale of President Trump’s Cincinnati ‘success’”