“I loathed every miserable second of it”: Playing Trump: The Game

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Trump: The Game has a tagline: “It takes brains to make millions. It takes Trump to make billions.”

And if you plan on playing, you’d better enjoy trying to become Donald Trump. Though the underlying gameplay is simply about auctioning off properties and trying to make more money than other players, this is one of those board games where you have to at least not dislike the theme—because Trump’s gold-plated presence is everywhere.