Donald Trump first tested the waters to run for president in 1988 — three decades before his election to the White House — according to his then-pollster.
“The first time I realized that Donald Trump had a political future was when I saw him at his casinos in Atlantic City. The casinos. Yet when he arrived, people would rush toward him to shake his hand or just to touch him, as they would a religious figure,” Schoen writes.
Donald Trump is making a third run for the White House, after winning the presidency in 2016 but losing re-election in 2020.“This frenzied reaction was a function of the fame he had achieved for his gold-plated lifestyle in the New York gossip columns. It was the type of publicity that meant regular Joes saw a connection to him as aspirational. Even in his own casinos, where the house never loses, punters treated him as a talisman of good luck.
On the negative, Schoen learned firsthand about Trump’s notorious reputation as a cheapskate — after having to chase him down to collect an overdue $80,000 consultant fee. Real estate mogul Donald Trump shakes hands with President Ronald Reagan in 1987 as he reportedly weighed his own run for the White House.Trump only paid up when Schoen said he showed up announced to his office in Trump Tower, and the mogul agreed to write an $80,000 check.
When Trump initially demurred, Schoen recalled saying, “But, Donald, I only need one check.’ Without fuss, he said, `That’s OK.’ He wrote out a check and handed it to me, and I went straight out to the bank.”“The encounter did not generate any ill-will at all,” said Schoen.
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