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Donald Trump’s secret sauce - he just gets very lucky

From The Apprentice to Hillary Clinton’s email scandal, something always seems to turn up for Trump. But every gambler knows his luck will run out.

Pamela PaulUS columnist
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There are lists of Donald Trump’s lies and lists of his alleged crimes. But the catalogue of all the good things that have happened to the former president is equally unnerving.

Every dog has its day, but Trump – no fan of dogs, by the way – has had far more good luck than the average mutt.

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