Trump has many influencing moments.
Per his unauthorized biography,
Young Trump and his father were sitting with the architect who designed the Verazanno Narrows Bridge. It was the Grand Opening ceremony and the Mayor of New York City, The governors of New York and New Jersey were present for the ceremony.
Not once did they mention the architect’s name during the ceremony. He was furious.
This so impacted 21 year old Trump that he decided to put his name on everything he built.
Young Trump and his father were sitting with the architect who designed the Verazanno Narrows Bridge. It was the Grand Opening ceremony and the Mayor of New York City, The governors of New York and New Jersey were present for the ceremony.
Not once did they mention the architect’s name during the ceremony. He was furious.
This so impacted 21 year old Trump that he decided to put his name on everything he built.
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People, he thought, were as hungry for a sight of joy as he had always been—for a moment’s relief from that gray load of suffering which seemed so inexplicable and unnecessary. He had never been able to understand why men should be unhappy.
The dark road had risen imperceptibly to the top of the hill. He stopped and turned. The red glow was a narrow strip, far to the west. Above it, small at a distance of miles, the words of a neon sign stood written on the blackness of the sky: REARDEN STEEL.
He stood straight, as if before a bench of judgment. He thought that in the darkness of this night other signs were lighted over the country: Rearden Ore—Rearden Coal—Rearden Limestone. He thought of the days behind him. He wished it were possible to light a neon sign above them, saying: Rearden Life.
He turned sharply and walked on.
(Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand)
AWESOME
From the NYT
https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/16/nyregion/city-lore-new-york-s-other-master-bridge-builder.html
CITY LORE; New York’s Other Master Bridge Builder
By Bernard Stamler
April 16, 2000
His works soar above the water, spanning the city’s rivers and connecting New York to the rest of the country. But who has heard of Othmar H. Ammann?
Donald Trump hadn’t, at least not back in 1964 when he was a high school student and his father took him to the dedication ceremony for the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. ‘’It was a sad experience,’’ Mr. Trump recalled. ‘’For years, various politicians had fought the bridge. Now that it was built, I watched as these same people all got up and took credit for it, congratulating themselves and introducing one another. The only one not introduced was the man who made the bridge, Othmar Ammann.
‘’I had to ask who he was,’’ Mr. Trump said. ‘’I didn’t know who he was, either.’’
Did not know that - thanks.