“This was a model Trump would use for the rest of his career, telling a lie so cosmic that people believed that some kernel of it had to be real. The tactic landed him a place he hadn’t earned on the Forbes list — and led to future accolades, press coverage and deals. It eventually paved a path toward the presidency.” Jonathan Greenberg in WaPo: Trump lied to me about his wealth to get onto the Forbes 400. Here are the tapes. (I’ve heard similar tales of Trump’s calls to Forbes about this very topic. And from what I understand, he’s the only potential listee ever to call the magazine about his ranking…)