She lived in Trump Tower and was on the board of trustees - knew Trump though was not best friends with him. Was very fond of him. Trump has also cited Ayn I think as his favorite, definitely one of his most influential authors.
Many many great conservatives are not fans of Ayn's, it's kind of a subgroup it seems to me that think 'yeah, she nailed it - almost everyting' ... although I've heard crazy Ann Barnhardt (sp?) say 'She was so so so so close' (Ayn being an atheist. (I like Ann too) ... but I digress ...
... almost ANYONE who truly loves Ayn ... it's like Mark Twain with people who love cats ... I really don't need to know anything else about them. You can't like Ayn and not have certain things so close to your heart that you're virtually predictable ... assuming you don't just like her to be fashonable or because you misunderstood what she meant by the virtue of being selfish.
Love Roarke! Love him!!!!!!!!!! Never saw a single building ... but I know what he would have built.
So there are a couple reasons why, from the very beginning ... connection to Ayn and also the respect of someone I had a lot of respect for who knew him well enough to judge him ... that with all the bombast ... underneath that ... very very very steady man of integrity. Don't really need to tell US that ... but ... there is more than just intuition to why I trust him to be what he says he is.
I loved both her books...but it was hard to wade through some of the long speeches. I knew what she was trying to tell us, though, and I agree with most of it...except the God part. I know HE is the GREAT architect!
I need to see that movie with Gary Cooper again. It’s been a very long time.