Have you worked for him?
My understanding is he drives a hard bargain, but once it’s agreed to he lives by it.
Haven’t worked for him, but plenty of my colleagues in my industry (NYC metropolitan area) have. One good friend of mine is owed $3,000,000 by Trump for roofing work three years ago, still fighting him for it. Trump’s deal is to drive the hard bargain after the work is complete. At that point the contractor has laid out the money for materials and labor, and needs the cash flow badly. He knows this and that’s when he goes in for the kill. Once thing I forgot to add, if you don’t accept his after the fact terms, he will not pay you the Half he is offering. A lot of guys just fold to keep the doors open. I have heard this story over and over again for the last 30 years when it comes to Trump. He is notorious for it in the New York area. The reason I have not worked for him is that my company’s trading area is strictly north and central New Jersey, not NYC or South Jersey (Atlantic City). Our paths have not crossed to be fair, but if they did I would decline, for the reasons given.