ROSS’ RUSE

The commerce secretary has been fudging his net worth for years—and readers reveled in taking Wilbur to the woodshed. @ALEXBURNSNYT: “This is both a revealing story about Wilbur Ross and admirably honest on Forbes’ part about how they believe they were duped.” @JAYROSEN_NYU: “You can’t make this stuff up. Incredible story of Trump’s Commerce Secretary just making stuff up. Lies upon lies.” @SUSAN_HENNESSEY: “Imagine being the kind of person with $700 million and being compelled to lie about another $2 billion.” @GROSSDM: “Can’t imagine what would drive someone to lie about their wealth to get on the Forbes list. Maybe that’s why I’m only worth $2 billion.” @BRIANBEUTLER: “Trump has put the ethical culture of the rich under the world’s most powerful microscope, and wow is it diseased.” @DAVIDCORNDC: “Imagine a leader of government being a gigantic and audacious liar. Oh, wait . . . ” @NOLAN_MC: “Gotta think this is a firing offense. How can Trump tolerate having a fake billionaire in his cabinet?” @LEVINECARRIE: “So great to see how @DanAlexander21 is tapping into the data Forbes has been collecting for years. No one else could have done this.”