I'm sure that had a lot to do with getting his NY real estate projects through the maze of permits and approvals. The point I was making was that when the Dems thought he was one of them, they didn't have the knives out. As soon as he declared to be running for the Presidency, his Dem "friends" did a 180-degree turn.
Trump even said that at some Catholic Roast Dinner that he appeared at. I can't remember if it was the same dinner Hillary attended before the election. He specifically said that plenty of the Democrats at the dinner had no problem taking his money when he was a registered Democrat.