
Quote from nutmeg:
There were people with more money, better connections who never had the vision of building luxury apts at the time he built Trump Tower. He created "branding" in the real estate biz.
Quote from zdreg:
even with 1 million gift in your pocket you could not replicate his success.
could you duplicate his personality?
Quote from OneLeggedJane:
Trumps reputation is in shreds in NYC, he has always been a cheat, untrustworthy, greedy beyond words. He has had to go to Hong Kong to line up financing for his projects. I know a litigator at a very large Manhattan firm who had many stories of representing clients who got fucked by Trump. He embodies the worst of the worst in American business. The only surprise is that no one has bumped him off yet.
Quote from Covert:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122523704293478077.html
Same thing in Chicago- about3 months ago, he hadn't paid his contractors for the prior 120 days. He couldn't get bonded to build in Chicago if he wanted to.
To anyone who goes into business with this charlatan or takes advice from him, you deserve what you get...