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<li><b>July, 1984: Donald Trump attended a party for visiting Soviet journalists held on Malcolm Forbes’ yacht during the Fourth of July.</b> “Fireworks over the East River have always been a magnet for Malcolm S. Forbes and his sumptuous 126-foot yacht, the Highlander. The tradition continued Wednesday night, when Mr. Forbes treated 111 guests, including a group of visiting Soviet journalists, to a cruise around lower Manhattan and ringside seats for the annual July 4 sky show. […] Among the guests, who boarded the yacht to the sound of ''Yankee Doodle'' played on a bagpipe, were […] Donald and Ivana Trump, and three generations of Forbeses. ‘It's a very capitalistic crowd,’” Kay Meehan said". (<i>New York Times</i>, July 6, 1984) | <li><b>July, 1984: Donald Trump attended a party for visiting Soviet journalists held on Malcolm Forbes’ yacht during the Fourth of July.</b> “Fireworks over the East River have always been a magnet for Malcolm S. Forbes and his sumptuous 126-foot yacht, the Highlander. The tradition continued Wednesday night, when Mr. Forbes treated 111 guests, including a group of visiting Soviet journalists, to a cruise around lower Manhattan and ringside seats for the annual July 4 sky show. […] Among the guests, who boarded the yacht to the sound of ''Yankee Doodle'' played on a bagpipe, were […] Donald and Ivana Trump, and three generations of Forbeses. ‘It's a very capitalistic crowd,’” Kay Meehan said". (<i>New York Times</i>, July 6, 1984) | ||
<li><b>November, 1984: Donald Trump declared that he should be appointed as an American arms control negotiator, citing the encouragement of Roy Cohn as his rationale:</b> “This morning, Trump has a new idea. He wants to talk about the threat of nuclear war. He wants to talk about how the United States should negotiate with the Soviets. He wants to be the negotiator. He says he has never acted on his nuclear concern. But he says that his good friend Roy Cohn, the flamboyant Republican lawyer, has told him this interview is a perfect time to start.” (<i>Washington Post</i>, November 15, 1984) | <li><b>November, 1984: Donald Trump declared that he should be appointed as an American arms control negotiator, citing the encouragement of Roy Cohn as his rationale:</b> “This morning, Trump has a new idea. He wants to talk about the threat of nuclear war. He wants to talk about how the United States should negotiate with the Soviets. He wants to be the negotiator. He says he has never acted on his nuclear concern. But he says that his good friend Roy Cohn, the flamboyant Republican lawyer, has told him this interview is a perfect time to start.” (<i>Washington Post</i>, November 15, 1984) | ||
| + | <li><b>November, 1984: Donald Trump boasted that he could learn “everything there is to learn about missiles” in an hour and a half, making him qualified to negotiate arms control with the Soviets:</b> “This morning, Trump has a new idea. He wants to talk about the threat of nuclear war. He wants to talk about how the United States should negotiate with the Soviets. He wants to be the negotiator. […] ‘It's something that somebody should do that knows how to negotiate and not the kind of representatives that I have seen in the past.’ He could learn about missiles, quickly, he says. ‘It would take an hour-and-a-half to learn everything there is to learn about missiles ... I think I know most of it anyway. You're talking about just getting updated on a situation ... You know who really wants me to do this? Roy ... I'd do it in a second.’” (<i>Washington Post</i>, November 15, 1984) | ||
| + | <li><b>1985: The Associated Press falsely reported that Donald Trump had graduated first in his class from Wharton: </b>“Anything is possible in Donald Trump's world. For what Donald Trump wants, Donald Trump gets, going after it with a single-mindedness that borders on fanaticism. […] Now, this graduate of the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce (first in his class) at the University of Pennsylvania, who started with his father's cushion of $40 million in real estate and has multiplied it ten or twentyfold, would like to get down to the serious business of world peace.” (<i>Associated Press</i>, February 24, 1985) | ||
| + | <li><b>February 1985: Trump argued that he should be appointed to negotiate an arms control treaty with the Soviet Union that would entail cooperation between the USA and the USSR to prevent other countries from developing nuclear weapons:</b> “Trump has said he would like to be the U.S. negotiator in arms talks with the Soviets. ‘Some people have an ability to negotiate,’ he says. ‘It's an art you're basically born with. Either you have it or you don't.’ ‘I feel for the first time in many years we're in a position to negotiate a really good treaty. I've been involved in studying the issue for years. I feel very knowledgeable about the issues.’ And the issue, he says, is not so much the United States vs. the Soviet Union as it is both superpowers against a Third World country which gains nuclear capability.” (<i>Associated Press</i>, February 24, 1985) | ||
| + | <li><b>June, 1987: Trump announced he would travel to Moscow to discuss building a luxury hotel in the Soviet Union.</b> “Real Estate tycoon Donald Trump said Thursday he will travel in July to Moscow, where he hopes to build a luxury hotel. The announcement follows verbal sparring between Trump and New York Mayor Ed Koch over the developer's plan for keeping NBC from moving to New Jersey.” (<i>Miami Herald</i>, June 5, 1987) | ||
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Revision as of 20:17, 17 September 2019
- July, 1984: Donald Trump attended a party for visiting Soviet journalists held on Malcolm Forbes’ yacht during the Fourth of July. “Fireworks over the East River have always been a magnet for Malcolm S. Forbes and his sumptuous 126-foot yacht, the Highlander. The tradition continued Wednesday night, when Mr. Forbes treated 111 guests, including a group of visiting Soviet journalists, to a cruise around lower Manhattan and ringside seats for the annual July 4 sky show. […] Among the guests, who boarded the yacht to the sound of Yankee Doodle played on a bagpipe, were […] Donald and Ivana Trump, and three generations of Forbeses. ‘It's a very capitalistic crowd,’” Kay Meehan said". (New York Times, July 6, 1984)
- November, 1984: Donald Trump declared that he should be appointed as an American arms control negotiator, citing the encouragement of Roy Cohn as his rationale: “This morning, Trump has a new idea. He wants to talk about the threat of nuclear war. He wants to talk about how the United States should negotiate with the Soviets. He wants to be the negotiator. He says he has never acted on his nuclear concern. But he says that his good friend Roy Cohn, the flamboyant Republican lawyer, has told him this interview is a perfect time to start.” (Washington Post, November 15, 1984)
- November, 1984: Donald Trump boasted that he could learn “everything there is to learn about missiles” in an hour and a half, making him qualified to negotiate arms control with the Soviets: “This morning, Trump has a new idea. He wants to talk about the threat of nuclear war. He wants to talk about how the United States should negotiate with the Soviets. He wants to be the negotiator. […] ‘It's something that somebody should do that knows how to negotiate and not the kind of representatives that I have seen in the past.’ He could learn about missiles, quickly, he says. ‘It would take an hour-and-a-half to learn everything there is to learn about missiles ... I think I know most of it anyway. You're talking about just getting updated on a situation ... You know who really wants me to do this? Roy ... I'd do it in a second.’” (Washington Post, November 15, 1984)
- 1985: The Associated Press falsely reported that Donald Trump had graduated first in his class from Wharton: “Anything is possible in Donald Trump's world. For what Donald Trump wants, Donald Trump gets, going after it with a single-mindedness that borders on fanaticism. […] Now, this graduate of the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce (first in his class) at the University of Pennsylvania, who started with his father's cushion of $40 million in real estate and has multiplied it ten or twentyfold, would like to get down to the serious business of world peace.” (Associated Press, February 24, 1985)
- February 1985: Trump argued that he should be appointed to negotiate an arms control treaty with the Soviet Union that would entail cooperation between the USA and the USSR to prevent other countries from developing nuclear weapons: “Trump has said he would like to be the U.S. negotiator in arms talks with the Soviets. ‘Some people have an ability to negotiate,’ he says. ‘It's an art you're basically born with. Either you have it or you don't.’ ‘I feel for the first time in many years we're in a position to negotiate a really good treaty. I've been involved in studying the issue for years. I feel very knowledgeable about the issues.’ And the issue, he says, is not so much the United States vs. the Soviet Union as it is both superpowers against a Third World country which gains nuclear capability.” (Associated Press, February 24, 1985)
- June, 1987: Trump announced he would travel to Moscow to discuss building a luxury hotel in the Soviet Union. “Real Estate tycoon Donald Trump said Thursday he will travel in July to Moscow, where he hopes to build a luxury hotel. The announcement follows verbal sparring between Trump and New York Mayor Ed Koch over the developer's plan for keeping NBC from moving to New Jersey.” (Miami Herald, June 5, 1987)
