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Donald Trump Has Been Lying About The Size Of His Penthouse in Trump Tower … Big Time

Back during the presidential election, Donald Trump took Forbes magazine on a tour of his gaudy three-story Trump Tower penthouse, and boasted that it was 33,000 square feet, worth at least $200 million, and was literally the “best apartment ever built.”

However, Forbes now reports that the president’s New York City penthouse is actually way smaller than that, and worth a lot less.

Trump reportedly told Forbes that he owns the top three floors of Trump Tower, but the magazine recently “dug up” New York City records that prove otherwise. According to Forbes, Trump actually shares those three floors with a neighbor. Trump reportedly initially acquired a 6,096-square-foot triplex apartment that occupied portions of floors 66 through 68 (but not the entire floors).

He later merged parts of two neighboring apartments into his home, Forbes reports, turning his penthouse into a 10,966-square-foot residence. The magazine estimates that the residence is actually worth $64 million, not the $200 million figure Trump claimed.

Now 10,966 is still freaking huge, and way more space than three people will ever need, but it’s no 33,000 square feet.

Forbes notes that “no records filed with the city indicate that he has added or shed square footage in the years since.” Per Forbes:

So where does Trump’s 33,000 square feet figure come from? It’s hard to tell. No one else lives on those floors, according to city records. Instead “common elements” — things like hallways and elevators — and mechanical space appear to take up the rest of the area Trump claims to live in.

Can you imagine 33,000 square feet of this?

And it’s important to remember, that of those three floors in Trump Tower, once floor is strictly Barron’s.

In an interview with Parenting, Melania Trump revealed that Barron’s Trump Tower digs are so sweet, he actually has an entire floor to himself, complete with his own personal flourishes like the incorporation of “planes and helicopters” into the decor of the rest of the house. Not only that, but it was no big deal if he wanted to draw all over the walls, because “we can paint it over,” she said. No wonder that they weren’t in a rush to move him into the White House.

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