Trumped Up
SNOPES.com.... PROBABLY FALSE
http://www.snopes.com/luck/trump.asp
Eyebrows should be raised by this tale: It is a recognized urban legend told about many other celebrities. Casting doubt on the notion that it subsequently became true is the lack of checkable details provided by Trump’s people.
Moreover, Donald Trump has a long reputation for being less than truthful, as this excerpt from a 1997 New Yorker article illustrates:
Alair Townsend, a former deputy mayor in the Koch administration, once quipped, “I wouldn’t believe Donald Trump if his tongue were notarized.” In time, this bon mot became misattributed to Leona Helmsley, who was only too happy to claim authorship. Last fall [1996] after Evander Holyfield upset Mike Tyson in a heavyweight title fight, Trump snookered the News into reporting that he’d collected twenty million bucks by betting a million on the underdog. This prompted the Post to make calls to some Las Vegas bookies who confirmed — shockingly! — that nobody had been handling that kind of action or laying odds close to 20-1. Trump never blinked, just moved on to the next bright idea.
GO TRUMP!!!
BTW, how long will it take for a Trump Toady to come along and diss Snopes for publishing such rubbish? That way they can completely ignore the story. It's what they do, you know. ;)