The way I understand it, Trump wanted to build something someplace and attempted to obtain the land in question. The landowner refused the offer so Trump availed himself of the court system. Maybe he succeeded, maybe he didn't. I don't profess to know how the situation turned out. But it was up to the courts to determine whether or not the project Trump was attempting to develop was a valid case of "public use" or not.
Can't fault a businessman for pursuing all legal avenues to achieve an objective. We all remember this past summer when Trump wanted to take his helicopter to the Iowa State Fair so he could give free rides to children. The Iowa State Fair denied him permission to land his helicopter on their grounds so Trump made a deal with an adjacent landowner. We all cheered Trump for finding a legal way to get what he wanted and we all said that this is the kind of can-do spirit we need in Washington.
“Can’t fault a businessman for pursuing all legal avenues to achieve an objective. “
So the attitude of that businessman — who later runs for President — about property rights is acceptable? You do know Trump supports the Kelo decision, right? That was soundly and universally condemned here in FR. Interesting how things change...
Trumps’ not perfect ... therefore we must all get behind Senator Cruz, who can’t poll past Governor Bush in most polls, and lose another presidential election. Folks we don’t have any other place to go (Bush, Rubio, Fiorinia, Kasich blah blah dee frickin blah etc) - it be time to prioritize. Need to have a land to have land to worry about.
There's no excuse for a Freeper to be ignorant in 2015. You could have tried Google:
TRUMPED: The Donald, The Widow and Eminent Domain
Sneak preview, the property owner won. And yes, I CAN fault a businessman for taking "all legal avenues" when those avenues are unjust and wrong.