Original sentence: Although he shored up his businesses with additional loans and postponed interest payments, by 1991, increasing debt brought Trump to business bankruptcy.Banks and bond holders had lost hundreds of millions of dollars, but opted to restructure the debt.He also sold his financially-challenged Trump Shuttle airline and his 282-foot megayacht, the Trump Princess.In 1988, Trump acquired the Taj Mahal Casino in a transaction with Merv Griffin and Resorts International, which led to mounting debt, and by 1989, Trump was unable to meet loan payments.The will of Trump's father, who died in 1999, divided an estate estimated at $250–$300 million equally among his four surviving children
Edited sentence: Although he shored up his businesses with additional loans and postponed interest payments, by 1991, increasing debt brought Trump to business bankruptcy and to the brink of personal bankruptcy.Banks and bond holders had lost hundreds of millions of dollars, but opted to restructure his debt to avoid the risk of losing more money in court.By 1989, poor business decisions left Trump unable to meet loan payments.In 1988, Trump acquired the Taj Mahal Casino in a transaction with Merv Griffin and Resorts International.The will of Trump's father, who died in 1999, divided an estate estimated at $250–$300 million equally among his four surviving children (although the will was disputed by heirs of Trump's late brother).This expansion, both personal and business, led to mounting debt.Trump financed the construction of his third casino, the $1 billion Taj Mahal, primarily with high-interest junk bonds.Trump later told the New York Daily News that, during a walk with his then-girlfriend Marla Maples, "I pointed to a homeless man and said, This guy is worth $900 million more than me" (a reference to his debt).Trump parted with his financially-challenged Trump Shuttle airline and his 282-foot megayacht, the Trump Princess, which had been previously owned by Saudi businessman Adnan Khashoggi and the Sultan of Brunei