[miss marmelstein]

The Reagan revolution hit NYC just like it did the rest of the country. But NYC was still immersed in the disastrous last terms of Ed Koch. All you may remember is the Wall Street boom and lunches at Ruth Chris but I remember the street crime, the subway crime, graffiti, City Hall corruption (Donald Manes), Bernard Goetz, Korean delis constantly under siege, Jewish neighborhoods constantly under siege and a myriad of other disasters. There was never a time that Donald Trump didn't speak out about all these messes culminating in his outrage over the Central Park Jogger case. And during all this time, when he could have pulled up stakes, he kept on building, kept on being a part of the social makeup of NYC. He didn't like being a social swan or drake but he was dragged into it by sister-in-law Blaine and eventually he ditched that part of his New York persona. But he never forgot his dream to build. His transformation of the west side near the highway cannot be compared to other builders of the boxlike apartments I lived in for 30 years - the ones that were hilariously excoriated by Tom Wolfe in “Bonfire of the Vanities.”

He is and always will be a booster of NYC and an American patriot. He is a fighter and not a quitter. He will bring all of this to the White House if he is lucky enough to serve. Go Trump!

[nopardons]

BRAVA !

I do hope that what we both posted opens so eye to the actual FACTS; though I doubt that the HOLIER THAN THOU PURISTS care.

[poconopundit]

Good post.   And thanks for the sincere testimonies on what Trump has done for New York City.   It's inspiring.

In the Navy, I remember the Executive Officer on my destroyer had a sign above his cabin desk that said, "One hundred attaboys are wiped out by one aw' sh*t."

Sad but true.   But on FR, I think one personal testimony of praise about a man negates 100 jeers from the bleachers.

Rather than dissing Trump's good deeds, maybe the fans of other candidates can submit similar FR posts on the accomplishments and heroic acts of their own candidates.   Maybe they already have.

Please send me a link and I promise to read them for my education.  I will not sneer at them.