In 1986, Trump joined several other prominent Americans, such as Rosa Parks and Muhammad Ali, as recipients of an “Ellis Island Award.” The Ellis Island Medals of Honor embody the spirit of America in their celebration of patriotism, tolerance, brotherhood and diversity. They recognize individuals who have made it their mission to share with those less fortunate their wealth of knowledge, indomitable courage, boundless compassion, unique talents and selfless generosity; all while maintaining the traditions of their ethnic heritage as they uphold the ideals and spirit of America.
Friendship between the outspoken boxer and the flashy, wealthy businessman extended more than 30 years. Ali attended Trump’s second wedding in 2005. Trump brought in $350,000 for an Ali fundraiser to fight Parkinson’s disease. Ali presented Trump with an award at his “Celebrity Fight Night XIII” in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2007.
“Donald Trump has been a friend not only to me but boxing itself,” he observes. “Somewhere deep down you pull for him to win. It would be good for politics to have some newcomer on the scene. I would have fun for the next four years. I’ve voted for lots of guys. Some lose, some win. But I’d have fun with Donald Trump being president.
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Trump made an appearance at the Wall Street Project’s 1999 annual conference, where Jesse Jackson thanked Donald Trump and praised his efforts to achieve “diversity” and for being “inclusive.” “I do want to thank you, Donald Trump, for being with us tonight,” Jackson said in the speech. “We need your building skills, your gusto for people on Wall Street to represent diversity.”
Jackson went on to state that Trump’s success is “beyond argument,” although, he noted, “one can miss his seriousness and his commitment.”
“When we opened this Wall Street project … he gave us space at 40 Wall Street, which was to make a statement about our having a presence there,” Jackson said.
“Beyond that, in terms of being inclusive, he’s done that too,” he added.
Model, Kara Young, who dated US President, Donald J. Trump for two years before he married, Melania Trump
“I never heard him say a disparaging comment towards any race of people,”
Trump filed a lawsuit 20 years ago against the city of Palm Beach, Florida, accusing the town of discriminating against his recently purchased Mar-a-Lago resort club because it was open to Jews and blacks alike, according to a piece published in The Wall Street Journal a year later.
Moreover, the piece quoted the Anti-Defamation League’s then-Director Abraham Foxman as having said this about Trump’s suit: “He put the light on Palm Beach — not on the beauty and the glitter, but on its seamier side of discrimination.”
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