trump declared a $916 million loss on his income taxes in 1995. and, yet, by 2005, he had managed to build his net worth up to $2.6 billion, making it back on to the forbe's list. trump would have needed big money to fund his comeback. but as the wall street journal has reported, most wall street banks were not offering credit to the famous debtor. trump and his companies repeatedly turned to wealthy russians, many of whom are alleged to have ties to organized crime. as trump himself said in 2013 after a meeting with potential investors in mos kau, i have a great relationship with many russians and almost all of the olagarks with the room. david johnson and roan derell