The New York Times reported that the real estate mogul’s businesses lost more than $1bn (£765m) between 1985 and 1994. The news came as Mr Trump’s treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, refused to release his boss’s tax returns for the last five years, setting up a legal battle with Democrats.
And late on Tuesday the president’s leading Democratic challenger in the 2020 election race, Joe Biden, pledged a “battle for the soul of the country” as he accused Mr Trump of “demonising” immigrants at a rally in Nevada. He also claimed that “our alliances will crumble” around the world if Mr Trump continued in office.
Samson Oyedeyi