The real meaning of the NYT story isn’t that Trump uses the system and puts the burden of supporting government on ordinary citizens; everyone knew that, and he actually takes pride in it. No, the significance of the story is that the supposedly omniscient businessman lost a billion dollars in a year. That’s billion, with a b.
Of course, Trump would say that it wasn’t his fault, and that he just got involved with Atlantic City casinos at the wrong time, but the evidence shows that the other casinos didn’t do as poorly as his did, and in any event, why couldn’t he foresee that if he is as brilliant as he says?
The equivalent to losing a billion dollars as President would be starting and losing a nuclear war. That’s a risk no reasonable person should be prepared to take.