I watched the video. He was misleading—notice how he kept minimizing the amount of land taken in eminent domain as a “little corner of land” or somesuch? That’s not always the case. Very often it’s peoples entire homes, entire plots of land that are taken. Just ask Vera Coking.
He was also dead wrong on the facts. Eminent domain is often (and constitutionally) used for public uses—infrastructure projects, etc. But what the Kelo decision said (and what Trump has tried to do in his business life) is that it can also be used to obtain land for private developments, as long as the development would increase tax revenue. How any conservative could even think of supporting that is absolutely incredible.
Trump had nothing to do with Kelo which turned into a disaster. He offered 2 million dollars to the woman in AC. What other developer would do that? I was involved in eminent domain fights at the Jersey Shore in the early 2000s and they were offering PEANUTS (to use a Trumpism) to the poor folks who were losing their beachfront houses. Once the developers had secured that land, it would accelerate in value beyond belief. Happily, in one case, we fought them off. There are many really bad developers. I don’t believe Trump is one of them.
When did Trump do that? Where?
Are you really holding something like that against Trump??
He never bought the property, he was out of Atlantic city when it finally sold at an auction.
Vera Coking turned down $1,000,000 in the 70s and finally sold it at auction for $580,000 in 2014.
Not what I would call smart.