When PDJT (then DJT) got it working, it was sensational. Even some of Trump's political enemies (of whom there were many) had to admit — when asked by reporters who pursued them down the street — that Donald Trump had done something wonderful that all New Yorkers could enjoy. Their admiration, though grudging, seemed sincere at the time.
I knew about Donald Trump, of course; he was building a big casino in Atlantic City, and was a well known personality in NYC. Nightly TV tabloid show A Current Affair hired a lip reader to figure out what Marla Maples was saying when she was using the house phone on the ground floor of Trump Tower (the key phrase was "OK, Champ").
But the Wollman rink thing really changed my perception of Donald Trump. I remember thinking he was a bit like one of Ayn Rand's characters.
I did not even know most of what you told me to be honest. I did not follow it that closely. But I could see how that could change one’s opinion of him.
for you it was that. For me it was his vision of the world trade center. And I’m sure there are other things he did that made people think maybe this guy could be a great leader.
But a Conservative Christian? I think I would have doubled over laughing if someone told me he would ever be that.
Ironically I should have known what he was doing because I did it on interviews and with higher up bosses myself several times.
you agree with idiotic left-of-center ideas. You nod. You say yeah that could work. Because you need a job and you need to hold that job and hopefully advance.
But once I had enough time and higher ups behind me I would speak the truth.
it’s terrible that game has to be played but I guess politics is a game played everywhere