I don’t think that people realize Trump has been running for President for more than 30 years. He has developed relationships over those years that seem to be paying off dividends. He also travels all over the world for his business empire.
I guess no one thought that a property developer who travels around the world doesn’t talk to people about local, regional, international politics and how that affects the properties he will be building on.
And in NY, Trump deals with thousands of people, from the union steel worker to the heads of the financial world. Things come out, rumors are told, information bought and sold. If anyone should have known about this it should have been the NY Times.
I believe they absolutely did know about this and didn't care until the public found out.
All these people attacking think Trump is like them. Shallow, vacuous, empty headed. He has learned at all levels to pay attention to his surroundings, observe, then act. It is so funny and satisfying to see the losers lose each and every time against him.
I am not sure Trump was “running” for all those thirty years. He wasn’t campaigning but he was preparing the ground
The nyt did know about this. It's part of their mission to hush up things like this.