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<li><b>1981: Trump was interviewed by Rona Barrett for a television news special featuring six wealthy business figures.</b> “Also at 10 o'clock tonight, NBC-TV will present ‘Rona Barrett Looks at Today's Super Rich,’ in which the small but formidable gossip reporter confronts six self-made millionaires. Perhaps significantly, three are in the real-estate business - Donald Trump and Harry Helmsley, both of New York, and Trammel Crow of Dallas. […] Cuddling up on various on-location couches with her subjects, Miss Barrett disarms with flattery and candor. ‘Thirty-four!’ she says to the boyish Mr. Trump. ‘Donald, it's so young!’ Is he competitive? Mr. Trump theorizes that ‘the world is made up of those either with killer instincts or without killer instincts.’” (<i>New York Times</i>, July 24, 1981)
 
<li><b>1981: Trump was interviewed by Rona Barrett for a television news special featuring six wealthy business figures.</b> “Also at 10 o'clock tonight, NBC-TV will present ‘Rona Barrett Looks at Today's Super Rich,’ in which the small but formidable gossip reporter confronts six self-made millionaires. Perhaps significantly, three are in the real-estate business - Donald Trump and Harry Helmsley, both of New York, and Trammel Crow of Dallas. […] Cuddling up on various on-location couches with her subjects, Miss Barrett disarms with flattery and candor. ‘Thirty-four!’ she says to the boyish Mr. Trump. ‘Donald, it's so young!’ Is he competitive? Mr. Trump theorizes that ‘the world is made up of those either with killer instincts or without killer instincts.’” (<i>New York Times</i>, July 24, 1981)
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<li><b>c. 1983: Donald Trump was the subject of a segment on Robin Leach's "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.</b> “A syndicated program called ‘The Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous’ is expected to take to the airwaves on the weekend of March 30. In the tradition of so-called ‘entertainment journalism,’ as perfected on the highly successful ‘Entertainment Tonight,’ the new program will be something akin to a series of gossip-column videos. The hourlong weekly show will look at the lives, homes, clothes and idiosyncrasies of people with money, fame or both, Robin Leach, the program's host and executive producer, said. Mr. Leach was formerly a reporter for ‘Entertainment Tonight,’ the highly successful half-hour program that reports on developments in the entertainment industry. […] The program, which first appeared in the form of two two-hour specials that were broadcast on independent stations, has interviewed famous people such as Morgan Fairchild, Michael Landon, Robert Wagner, Donald Trump and Gerald R. Ford.” (<i>New York Times<i>, January 30, 1984)
 
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  • 1981: Trump was interviewed by Rona Barrett for a television news special featuring six wealthy business figures. “Also at 10 o'clock tonight, NBC-TV will present ‘Rona Barrett Looks at Today's Super Rich,’ in which the small but formidable gossip reporter confronts six self-made millionaires. Perhaps significantly, three are in the real-estate business - Donald Trump and Harry Helmsley, both of New York, and Trammel Crow of Dallas. […] Cuddling up on various on-location couches with her subjects, Miss Barrett disarms with flattery and candor. ‘Thirty-four!’ she says to the boyish Mr. Trump. ‘Donald, it's so young!’ Is he competitive? Mr. Trump theorizes that ‘the world is made up of those either with killer instincts or without killer instincts.’” (New York Times, July 24, 1981)
  • c. 1983: Donald Trump was the subject of a segment on Robin Leach's "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. “A syndicated program called ‘The Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous’ is expected to take to the airwaves on the weekend of March 30. In the tradition of so-called ‘entertainment journalism,’ as perfected on the highly successful ‘Entertainment Tonight,’ the new program will be something akin to a series of gossip-column videos. The hourlong weekly show will look at the lives, homes, clothes and idiosyncrasies of people with money, fame or both, Robin Leach, the program's host and executive producer, said. Mr. Leach was formerly a reporter for ‘Entertainment Tonight,’ the highly successful half-hour program that reports on developments in the entertainment industry. […] The program, which first appeared in the form of two two-hour specials that were broadcast on independent stations, has interviewed famous people such as Morgan Fairchild, Michael Landon, Robert Wagner, Donald Trump and Gerald R. Ford.” (New York Times<i>, January 30, 1984) </ul>