Subject: FW: TrackerBASE Report: [OLD] Donald Trump- Rainbow PUSH Coalition Speech 1/14/1999
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Subject: TrackerBASE Report: [OLD] Donald Trump- Rainbow PUSH Coalition Speech 1/14/1999

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FROM: Colin J Smith

Location: Rainbow PUSH HQ, NY

Date: 1/14/99

RE: [OLD] Donald Trump- Rainbow PUSH Coalition Speech- 1999-01-14
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Event Details:  http://www.c-span.org/video/?118380-1/wall-street-project

Attendees/Audience: Trump, Jesse Jackson, Roger Ailes, and many other participants and attendees.

Press: C-Span

Summary of Event: Trump participated in a Rainbow PUSH Coalition event in 1999. After several speakers, including Roger Ailes, made their remarks without incident, the audio basically cuts moments into Trump’s remarks and doesn’t resolve for the rest of the event. The volume is so low and the ambient noise so high that you have to strain to hear it with speakers on full blast. I thought at first it was a problem with my recording but I went back to try again and it’s the same issue.

Key Points: Clip A:

0:00 Percy Sutton introduces Jesse Jackson

5:40 Jesse Jackson Speech

20:15 JJ: I asked Trump what is missing, being a successful businessman, why aren’t you building in certain areas of the city? He said there’s no problem, I said if there’s no problem then why? He said he gets better incentives and tax deals to build on one side of the island and not the other.  So if that’s it then we need to start the conversation about changing the incentives.

22:20 Roy Zuckerberg from Goldman Sachs speaks.

29:15 Jesse Jackson back on

31:30 Jay Fishman on.

39:30 Jackson back on, introduces Roger Ailes

44:30 Roger Ailes on. I got a call from Jackson that he was going to jail for Christmas, I thought he wanted bail, he just went there to tend to the prisoners. I have great respect for the Rev. I keep telling him I could get him elected president if he ran as a republican. He’s thinking about it too. I run Fox News, Murdoch asked me to make a news network, we just passed MSNBC in terms of viewership.  My inner circle is a Catholic, a Jew, a woman, an African American male, and a septuagenarian. I don’t know how it happened, I just like them. The African American guy I hired, I asked him if there’s discrimination, he says if a Polish guy, a Jewish guy and a black guy die and go to heaven. God tells them they have to pass a test, spell god. The Polish and Jewish guy do it and God asks the black guy to spell Chrysanthemum. There certainly has been discrimination in this country, we just try to present fair and balanced news, we all have bias, and we need to get a dialogue going between differing views. I’ve always respected Jackson for participating

49:20 I used to work at a place that made us go to diversity seminars, then I’d go to a board meeting and it would be all white guys. I’m no longer with that company. We have a recruiting process to recruit minorities, we’ll spend a little money to train people to get them up to speed, but they still have to perform. We’re committed to fair news coverage on the air, We have about 900 employees in NY and 24% are minorities.

51:30 Jackson back on, introduces Trump

54:40 Trump on. Jesse started by saying most of the wealth is in the hands of a few(audio cuts)

Clip B:

0:00 Jackson introducing Trump, he gave us space at 40 Wall St, he’s reached out and been inclusive. When others thought my campaign was laughable he treated us seriously and heard us out. He’s a serious person.

1:30 Trump on It’s an honor to be here. We had a real panel with questions so I’ll be brief so we can have questions. Last year Jesse said most of the wealth is in the hands of a few (audio cuts, the rest is basically inaudible on the recording.) “Is that a bad thing?” Jesse is a great negotiator he got the cheapest deal on Wall St out of me, he got the place for nothing. I want to recognize Percy, he’s a great guy. Also if you want to borrow money on Wall St you go see Roy. Now you’ve got President Clinton, and you like him very much right? I’m doing a huge job now on the West Side, it’s going to be the tallest residential tower in the world.

5:25 I will tell you a large number of people in our jobs are blacks and minorities. There are no better buildings in New York in no small part thanks to these people. Jackson back on.

Digitized Video File Label: 990114_cjs_370

Clip Labels: 990114_cjs_370_A

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