Subject: FW: TrackerBASE Report: Donald Trump on Larry King Show 1/1/1990
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Subject: TrackerBASE Report: Donald Trump on Larry King Show 1/1/1990

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Location: Larry King Show
Date: 1/1/1990

RE: Donald Trump on Larry King Show

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Event Details:

Donald Trump on Larry King Show - 1/1/1990

Audience/attendees:

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Summary of Event:

In this interview with Larry King, Trump talks about his divorce to Ivanna, the Taj Mahal, Japanese economy, media dishonesty, libel laws, and how much he loves marriage and hates divorce.

Key points:

0:00 Trump: with me it turns out to be 21 days of tabloids, i was surprised, I underestimated how big this would be - they put headlines and if it sells they do it again - no one controls the press - the press is very dishonest - i’ve been quoted in articles where they just make up a quote - they say we knew it wasn’t true but we needed that headline - they told that to a friend of mine - i can’t believe how dishonest they are

1:31 King: is this because they know you’re not going to sue? Trump: suing is very hard now because of libel laws - i do watch and i do look, i would love to grab some of these guys and i really want them to make a mistake - i would love to knock a couple of them out for the good of everybody - i respect Carol Burnett for going after national enquirer and she won

2:20 King: Let’s look at this story, it had a lot of other women involved? Trump: it had a lot of other women involved, whether it was Marla Maples - Peggy Fleming is a woman that ice skates at one of our hotels - I met her once or twice and she’s married - she’s a wonderful woman - only a madman would mess around with Robbin Gibbons, not even Mike Tyson - I don’t talk about relationships and the personal aspects of it, they go with lies to an extent I’ve never seen before

3:25 King: you could have diffused it when it came out by saying you had this relationship - Trump: I don’t talk about the personal - unfortunately this situation, divorce is a bad thing, i don’t like the concept - sometimes it becomes necessary - a lot of people should be doing it that aren’t

4:07 King: also the amount of money involved yes? If you’re the editor you’d run it? Trump: what happened is overreaction

5:03 King: your wife continues to run Plaza Hotel - why? Trump: I thought it was a nice thing to do - I will always be friendly with Ivanna - she’s the mother of my 3 children - lawyers say you should get her out but how do you do that on a human basis - i don’t think it’s appropriate or nice - i have the greatest hotel managers in the world who want to run it for me - it’s the ultimate thing - they all called - they see a problem and they all call looking for a job - but i thought it was not a nice thing - she does a good job - if she didn’t do a good job she’d be gone - management is an interesting thing - there are a lot of people who can manage - it’s easy to get people to run the Plaza - everybody wants to do it - it’s good and it’s easy to get people to run it, but i thought it would be not nice to take Ivanna out of it

7:06 King: and with children you’re going to see each other anyway? Trump: I would like to see something civil happen - we have 3 wonderful children - King: are you trying to avoid contested divorce? Trump: no one has filed for divorce - i have a prenuptial agreement and it’s ironclad - it’s been updated 4 times - she’s a competent business woman - she looked at it and studied it and she signed it and now she wants to contest it - she said she doesn’t want to divorce - I want it to be friendly situation if possible

8:28 King: will you marry again? Trump: marriage is an incredible institution - i hate the concept of divorce and everything it stands for - when you see headlines saying trump wants to be a playboy it’s crap - marriage is a great, great institution

9:31 King: What will that do to the kids? Trump: they don’t watch the news or read papers so they don’t see all the lies - they’re really strong and well-adjusted children, they’re great children and I give ivanna a lot of credit for that

10:11 King: People who see how much money you have may say what’s the big deal - Trump: it’s a prenuptial agreement, it’s a signed agreement between a sophisticated woman and a sophisticated man - they’re traumatic to sign - the reason these are good is you can settle things in friendly terms - thousands of people sign them especially in New York where they’re totally honored - can you imagine having all of these divorce actions without prenups? The courts would be backed up for years - they’d go to trial in front of competent judges that wouldn’t be able to do anything

11:10 King: and the only thing that could throw them out is if you signed with the intention to withhold? Trump: a friend of mine is the head of a major company and he said he was the best in school, etc. he never made 25 million dollars - it’s very unfair - you always want to have certainty

11:55 King: you’ve made other business deals, obviously there’s some anger here? Trump: no anger King: on her part? Trump: perhaps there’s some anger on her part - a lot of people sue when prenuptial agreements because they think they have nothing to lose but they do - Ivanna went to a lot of lawyers who turned her down because they said she’d lose - she got a friend of hers to take the case - it’s very unfair

13:09 King: we’re at Taj Mahal, it’s beautiful - why did the negative publicity result in increased business? Trump: I don’t know what it is, it’s sick, perverse - when taj mahal opened we had 2400 press credentials - it was unbelievable - the level of coverage of this building i don’t know

14:32 King: why would people come here to play blackjack if they’re looking for another angle? Trump: people love this building - i spent a lot of time - promotion is a funny thing - you can promote but if it’s not like that when people get here they’ll leave

15:40 King: what about the slot machines? Trump: the slots are so hot - we’ve never seen people play that hard and that fast - coin machines were wiped out in two hours and they were supposed to last for 8 hours - there were 3 people at every slot machine - every table we have tremendous numbers of high rollers coming to Atlantic City - they blew apart - they were virtually on fire - we had people playing so hard and so fast you couldn’t count the money coming in - you couldn’t get through the crowds to put the change in

16:58 King: where are we now? Trump: someone said Trump turned off the slot machines for publicity - King: did you fire anyone over this? Trump: i listened to other people when hiring and i knew this would happen - we had a type C personality running the hotel, i’ve never made money with a type C personality

17:38 King: What’s a type C personality? Trump: type C is low key - King: Type B is low key - Trump: Type C is very low key - he had 195 IQ but had type C personality so people tended to drowse away so i put the man who i wanted to run it and he’s done a great job - other people wanted this man so i went along with it and look what happened - he’s a good man, he’s a nice man but you need energy in addition to brains, brains is number 1 but you need energy - you need drive, enthusiasm, i know people who went to Wharton with me who have 195 IQ but they don’t have the energy level

18:40 King: suppose Wharton school assigned students to write about your divorce and publicity - is that a good management model? Trump: it wouldn’t be your typical management paper, it hasn’t been covered at Wharton - this whole chain of events has been amazing - there’s nothing like great promotion - I don’t want great promotion on the back of divorce

19:24 King: Helicopter accident - Trump: I have the best people working for me - I can’t do the all the things by myself - it affected me on a personal basis - showed me how fragile life is - they had the best marriages - 1 had 8 kids, 1 had 2, and 1 was just getting married - these were tremendous people - they were supposed to take my helicopter but they didn’t want to wait so they rented a helicopter from a company who probably didn’t know what they were doing - they called me and said they would be here in an hour - and then the police call and say Mr. Trump I’m sorry to inform you - it cheapened life to me a little bit because these were 3 incredible people - to die like this - young, attractive, wonderful - i was going to go but I said i was too busy - it was 50/50

21:55 King: How do you react to how you’re… Trump: It’s funny I get along great with people when I know them - a lot of people who don’t know me think he’s a maniac flame thrower, he rants and raves and all that - i hope i project that i don’t, i have an ego but all successful people have an ego - i don’t think it’s me but if it is i need to go for some help

22:40 King: Ivanna going into business with Japanese money? I read that and thought if that’s true Trump would say that’s the final blow, i don’t like Japanese money - Trump: I don’t know if that’s true, I don’t like Japanese money - she’s looking at different opportunities for herself - it’s made her a popular figure - I hope she does well - i have tremendous respect for the Japanese money - i’d be more bothered if she wasn’t doing well for herself because I want to see her do well

23:30 King: do you have Japanese money? Trump: we have Japanese financing for this building - they bought the bonds for this building - they know a good investment - i have great respect - when these people come over here and beat the hell out of our politicians and out smart them from day 1 - now the dollar is going up and the yen is going down so they’re building up their manufacturing - caterpillar will tell you it’s hard to sell tractors because the yen is lower the dollar - so they have called all the shots - they’re negotiators are smart, trained, tough guys - perhaps now we’re equipped to do something - i’ve watched this country being picked apart where we have 200 billion dollar deficits and japan is greatest money making machine - we circle our ships and defend them for nothing why? We’re a debtor nation, why are we defending Japan for nothing?

25:05 King: so you’re not knocking them, you’re knocking our politics? Trump: I take my hat off to them, i think it’s fantastic what they’ve been able to do - they sell their cars, their VCRs - try selling a car in Japan - first of all their people wouldn’t buy it because it’s american - they’re very nationalistic - Toys R Us is having problems opening stores in Japan - look at West Germany and Saudi Arabia - their middle class lives better than our wealthy

26:08 Trump: I think he’s doing a great job, I think he’ll be a great president - they talk about Reagan being the great communicator but I think George Bush will be the great communicator - it’s too early but he’s made some good moves

26:24 King: Gorbachev? Trump: i think Russia is going to break up - I think Gorbachev is going to be out and Russia will break up - i said that in a Playboy interview

26:50 King: Atlantic City up or down? Trump: I think it’s going to be dynamite, we have a great governor in NJ named Jim Florio and I think he’s going to turn Atlantic City around so you’ll see some real improvement - it was a slum 10 years ago

27:24 King: we keep reading about this impossible nut you have to meet - what do you have to take in a day? Trump: we have to take in a million dollars a day - Trump Plaza does so well - it’s not going to go down very much, Trump castle is a big success and will continue to be - i will do numbers here that will never be topped - there’s no building in vegas that can compete with Taj Mahal - i want to go to vegas and do something great there - i’m waiting for things to cool off there - i’ve been saying that for 5 years but i’m waiting for the right opportunity

29:29 King: How many people work for you? Trump: I’d say close to 30,000 people - we have 7500 in this building alone - it’s one of the things that makes me feel great - we bought out the [???] store in trump tower and we will lease them to tiffany or cartier or channel

30:54 King: airport? Trump: I believe under Jim Florio we will have a new airport - lots of people want to come here - we are so booked right now - all the convention rooms are booked and casinos are packed

31:48 King: how old are you? Trump: 43 - i’m not happy, i’m content - I’m satisfied with what i’ve achieved - i must go on to other things, that’s my personality

32:29: King: do you think we’ll have this whole divorce thing settled within the year? Trump: I hope so, Ivanna is special to me, she’s the mother of my children, the problem is attorneys get involved and they want to get their fees - thank you

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