>>54744617what, did he not follow the script you guys discussed on reddit?
He saved large parts of Manhattan from financial and cultural ruin in the late 70s/early 80s at a time when no one else wanted to build (as the government money had dried up)
There were articles at the time written about new york straight up going bankrupt, and Trump with a handfull of the others completely revitalized the city and contributed to the second new york reanisance, bringing wealth and interest back to the city.
He did so by being a smart (and sometimes slick) businessman, making connection with people socially and professionally out of his league and using his leverage to get banks stuck within the city to give him loans (in addition to tax breaks, one that would last for 40-on the commodore)
90% of all of his funding for early projects came from investors and the city, the money he loaned was only used to put down payments for an exclusivity cause
If you ever read anything by Fred Trump, he was notoriously against handouts.
