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{{Quotation|That quick meet yesterday at a State Department luncheon in Gorbachev's honor was just one of the almost surreal encounters in the Soviet leader's all-out attempt to reach beyond official Washington to the country at large. [...] The guests included industrialists H. Ross Perot and Donald Trump, ABC journalist Barbara Walters, artist Andrew Wyeth (who sat next to Raisa Gorbachev), Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci, Sens. Pete V. Domenici (R-N.M.) and Albert Gore (D-Tenn.), Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-Ind.), Dobrynin and House Majority Leader Tom Foley (D-Wash.). (''Washington Post'', December 10, 1987) }} | {{Quotation|That quick meet yesterday at a State Department luncheon in Gorbachev's honor was just one of the almost surreal encounters in the Soviet leader's all-out attempt to reach beyond official Washington to the country at large. [...] The guests included industrialists H. Ross Perot and Donald Trump, ABC journalist Barbara Walters, artist Andrew Wyeth (who sat next to Raisa Gorbachev), Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci, Sens. Pete V. Domenici (R-N.M.) and Albert Gore (D-Tenn.), Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-Ind.), Dobrynin and House Majority Leader Tom Foley (D-Wash.). (''Washington Post'', December 10, 1987) }} | ||
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+ | == 1988: Gorbachev Visit to New York City == | ||
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+ | === Trump Excitedly Anticipates Gorbachev Visit to Trump Tower === | ||
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+ | {{Quotation|Mikhail S. Gorbachev is tentatively scheduled to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Trump Tower during his trip to New York next week, the Soviet Mission to the United Nations said yesterday, and Donald Trump plans to show Mr. Gorbachev a swimming pool inside a $19 million apartment. (''New York Times'', December 1, 1988)}} | ||
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+ | === Soviet Officials Deny Plan To Visit Trump Tower === | ||
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+ | {{Quotation|Academician Georgi Arbatov, who is a member of Gorbachev's delegation to New York and of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party, told a news conference that the appeal for new momentum will be the theme of Gorbachev's speech, which is expected to be his major public statement during a three-day visit that begins with his arrival at Kennedy International Airport at 3 p.m. Tuesday. [...] Arbatov said that Gorbachev has no plans to visit the lavish Trump Tower headquarters of New York real estate developer Donald J. Trump. "I think that's a misunderstanding," said Arbatov. "I don't think that was on the program." (''Washington Post'', December 6, 1988)}} | ||
== 1999: Trump Denounced Boris Yeltsin == | == 1999: Trump Denounced Boris Yeltsin == |
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1985: Trump Volunteers to Negotiate Arms Treaty with USSR
Trump Wanted to Negotiate Nuclear Alliance with USSR
“ 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 knowledgable 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've never actually recommended myself as a negotiator," Trump says, "but I think what we need is someone who really knows the issues and knows how to negotiate." (Associated Press, February 24, 1985) ”Credited Roy Cohn for Idea
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