1988 US Presidential Campaign

• 1988: Donald Trump was interviewed on air by Chris Wallace and Larry King while attending the Republican National Convention in New Orleans. “Dan Quayle ran the triathlon yesterday: ABC, CBS and NBC. And CNN, for good measure. He submitted to ordeal by anchor. He underwent trial by booth. Interrogating Quayle, George Bush's choice for running mate, was the big preoccupation of the networks on the third night of the Republican National Convention in New Orleans. […] Having clearly run out of people to interview, some reporters stooped to Donald Trump, the pudgy and publicity-hungry millionaire. Chris Wallace on NBC, who has something of a fixation about conspicuous materialism, questioned Trump about the gold sinks in his yacht. Yeah -- what about those gold sinks, Trump? However, Larry King, ever-puckered celebrity-smoocher, made Wallace look great with his Trump interview on CNN earlier in the night. This was not a phone-in but a fawn-in: a marafawn. Trump ended it ickily by gushing, ‘And by the way, Ted Turner is great!’ Turner owns CNN.” (Washington Post, August 18, 1988) </ul>