2) Trump insisted he didn't.
3) Turns out, in 1994, Trump actively advocated against casinos in Florida.
End of story.
I guess we have to wait till Snopes investigates this... it won’t look too good for Bush if it turns out that what he thought he remembered as Trump was some other casino representative.
For what it’s worth — Trump personally hasn’t had a lot of “luck” in the casino biz. Most of his construction/remodeling ventures have been great successes, but his one casino was an albatross that almost didn’t get built at all and when built was a far less deluxe outfit than he had envisioned. Almost as though God were saying “Donald, don’t do this” even though Donald’s pride was the only thing to which He could appeal at the time.