Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Thursday, August 27, 2026

Vanity Fair: "Robert Kiyosaki, who built an empire on the idea of getting rich, now says he's deeply in debt. Vanity Fair visits the author and friend of Trump at home in Arizona to understand the distance between the gospel of his books and his own bleeding balance sheet."

More

Alternate links: Google News | Twitter

FTA: "I went to visit Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad"one of the best-selling personal-finance books of all time"not long after he declared that he was $1.2 billion in debt. It was an irresistible hook: the money guru going broke, the polite cousin of schadenfreude-inducing stories like the Moral Majority congressman being caught in the men's room stall or the swami failing to stop sleeping with his followers. The satisfaction lies in finding out these people are exactly who we think they are."

Comments

Admin's note: Participants in this discussion must follow the site's moderation policy. Profanity will be filtered. Abusive conduct is not allowed.

Before you start griping, yes it's subscriber only, no I've not read the whole thing, maybe some other outlet will follow up with accessible details.

But there's enough to go on for now.

#1 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-08-27 10:45 AM | Reply

Funny part is he's still giving financial advice:

www.thestreet.com

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2026-08-27 12:45 PM | Reply

Wait, he wasn't on the inside of Pedo47's market manipulation schemes?

I would not be too quick to follow the investment advice of someone going broke.

Might as well follow MikePillow for financial tips.

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-08-27 12:49 PM | Reply

Haha. "Rich" dumbass has to live in Arizona. Haha.

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-08-27 01:10 PM | Reply

I thought this OP was about Irwin Shaw's 1969 novel Rich Man, Poor Man.

Linked is the archived article: Free version

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-08-27 03:45 PM | Reply

Meanwhile, back at the ranch the dem party is in debt, because:

Have you noticed now that President Trump shut down USAID and its self-confessed left-wing slush fund the shadow government can no longer fund leftist violence

#6 | Posted by MSgt at 2026-08-27 03:51 PM | Reply

The following HTML tags are allowed in comments: a href, b, i, p, br, ul, ol, li and blockquote. Others will be stripped out. Participants in this discussion must follow the site's moderation policy. Profanity will be filtered. Abusive conduct is not allowed.

Anyone can join this site and make comments. To post this comment, you must sign it with your Drudge Retort username. If you can't remember your username or password, use the lost password form to request it.
Username:
Password:

Home | Breaking News | Comments | User Blogs | Stats | Back Page | RSS Feed | RSS Spec | DMCA Compliance | Privacy

Drudge Retort