Lee Iacocca

• 1986: Donald Trump attended a Yankees game with Lee Iacocca as a personal guest of George Steinbrenner. “If Lou Piniella does nothing else in his Yankee managerial career, he at least came through for the boss today. With Lee Iacocca and Donald Trump at Fort Lauderdale Stadium as guests of George Steinbrenner, Piniella directed the Yankees to a 4-1 opening-exhibition victory over the Baltimore Orioles.” (New York Times, March 9, 1986) Lee Iacocca / George Steinbrenner
• 1986: A profile story on Trump in Palm Beach Life magazine noted that Lee Iacocca was wandering around Trump's home at Mar-a-Lago looking for a route to the beach during an interview. “Speaking of Donald Trump, his baby face adorns the cover of July's Palm Beach Life magazine. Quite an unusual sight. You can count on two hands the number of ‘cover fellows,’ as managing editor Kathleen Hansen Moran calls them, who have made the cover in the past 20 years. Trump shares that honor with Lord Lichfield, Frank McMahon, Cliff Robertson (with wife Dina Merrill), Mort Sachs (with wife Rose) and Gov. Bob Graham. Inside the mag, the New York developer tells writer Nancy Beth Jackson about his purchase of Mar-a-Lago, saying, ‘I thought I was buying a museum. I never thought it was going to be a particularly comfortable place ... it has turned out not only to be a museum, but also a very comfortable home.’ As she interviewed Trump in the 118-room Palm Beach mansion, Jackson notes, Lee Iacocca passed by every few minutes. He was searching for a tunnel to the beach.” (Miami Herald, June 30, 1986)