Buying a Trump Property, or So They Thought (New York Times)

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By: Michael Barbaro
May 13, 2011

For many middle-class Americans, it is the most coveted brand in real estate, synonymous with sky-piercing luxury and can’t-miss quality: Donald J. Trump.

Far from the New York City towers that bear his name, in cities like Tampa, Fla., and Philadelphia, house hunters clamor to buy into his developments, sometimes exhausting credit lines and wiping out savings for a chance to own a piece of his gilded empire.

But as Mr. Trump, who is weighing a bid for the White House, has zealously sought to cash in on his name, he has entered into arrangements that home buyers describe as deliberately deceptive — designed, they said, to exploit the very thing that drew them to his buildings: their faith in him.

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Is Donald Trump Done? (New York Magazine)

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A month ago, a PPP poll found Donald Trump easily leading the GOP field with 26 percent of the vote — by far his best showing in a poll this year. In the latest PPP poll out today, Trump ties for fifth with Ron Paul at 8 percent. So have we already witnessed the rapid rise and even more rapid collapse of Candidate Trump? 

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Trump Undecided About What Stupid Shit to Say Next (Borowitz Report)

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by Andy Borowitz
May 2, 2011

NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) – With the public’s attention focused on the death of Osama bin Laden, billionaire Donald Trump huddled with advisors for the second straight day to try to decide what stupid shit to say next.

“The bin Laden thing has definitely stolen the headlines from Donald,” said close associate and advisor Tracy Klugian.  “The only way he can grab them back is by doing what he does best: saying something really fucked up.”

Trump’s two-day hiatus from spewing messed up shit is the longest on record, experts say, adding to the pressure on the billionaire to break his silence with something truly craptastic.

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Obama's Donald Trump Jokes Helped by 'Daily Show' Writer (Hollywood Reporter)

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by Kimberly Nordyke
5/3/2011 

President Obama has been praised for the jokes he made at Saturday's White House Correspondents Association dinner, during which he poked fun at Donald Trump and Matt Damon, among others.


It turns out that a writer on the Daily Show With Jon Stewart is one of those whom Obama should be thanking.

Kevin Bleyer was one of the writers who helped Obama with his jokes, Comedy Central confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter late Monday. Bleyer apparently took the job independent of Daily Show and was the show's only writer who had a hand in Obama's script.

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Osama Bin Laden's death is huge political victory for President Obama, and great moment for U.S. (New York Daily News)

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May 3rd 2011

WASHINGTON - President Obama didn't secure his reelection by taking out the No. 1 terrorist, but even Republicans admit he had a smashingly successful week of work.

First Donald Trump, then Osama Bin Laden.

Trump was a silly sideshow, a mere nuisance.

Eliminating the worst evildoer on the planet, mastermind of the twin towers horror, is one of those accomplishments so resounding on its face that Obama and his political handlers have no need to gloat.

It's more than just a singular achievement in the decade-long war against the scourge of terrorism. It's a psychological victory for a country in desperate need of good news.

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Donald Trump Calls Seth Meyers a 'Stutterer' After White House Correspondents Dinner (Hollywood Reporter)

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5/1/2011  

Donald Trump has broken his silence on the skewering he received from President Obama and Seth Meyers at Saturday night's White House Correspondents Dinner.

New York Magazine reports that Trump -- who sat stone-faced throughout the crowd's raucous laughter over attacks on his hair, credentials and accent -- had little to say immediately following the event.

When asked if he had enjoyed the jokes, he replied shortly, "Not really. Some were fun, but not the greatest."

Speaking to "Fox and Friends" the morning after the gala, however, the Republican presidential candidate hopeful fought back against the blitz that had left him at a loss for words the night before.

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Seth Myers On MTP: Trump Running For President Is Excellent For SNL, Not Good For Anyone Else (Mediaite)

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May 1st, 2011

The star of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Saturday Night Live comedian Seth Myers, taped an appearance on Meet the Press where he explained to David Gregory what his preparation for the big comedic speech entailed. Myers joked that sometimes it might be hard to find comedic material, but when Donald Trump is in the news, he “brings it with a bow on it and leaves it at the front door.”

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Revenge! Barack Obama Thumps Trump at White House Correspondents Dinner (TheWrap.com)

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By Dylan Stableford
April 30, 2011

Donald Trump heard some boos when he arrived on red carpet at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on Saturday -- but that was nothing compared to what he faced inside the ballroom at the Washington Hilton.

Barack Obama got his revenge on Trump and the birther movement during his speech, skewering the reality star and would-be opponent in 2012 with jokes aimed directly at the absurdness of the birther issue and, more specifically, Trump's candidacy.


Opening with a video montage set to the Hulk Hogan theme “Real American,” Obama began his speech saying, “My fellow Americans” (emphasis his).

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Who Said It’s Over? Fox’s Eric Bolling Questions Authenticity Of Birth Certificate (Mediaite)

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April 28th, 2011

To answer the question of why some stories will never ever die, last night on Follow the Money, host Eric Bolling invited political activist and “Birther” crusader Pamela Geller on to analyze the authenticity of the long-form birth certificate released yesterday by President Obama. Geller not only thanked Donald Trump and bemoaned “how the media protects [Obama],” but she also thought there was a possibility that this document was altered. Here we go again.

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Donald Trump Accuracy Roulette: “Will Our Hero Release His Tax Returns?” Edition (Vanity Fair)

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April 27, 2011

Welcome one and all to Trump Entertainment’s Trump Taj Mahal Hotel & Bar Accuracy Roulette, a recurring game in which we provide context for the factually liberal statements of conservative icon Donald J. Trump, chairman and C.E.O. of the Trump Organization and founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts. Let’s play!
 
Trump: “Maybe I’m gonna [release] the tax returns when Obama does his birth certificate.”

Accuracy Roulette odds: Zero percent.

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BREAKING: White House releases Obama's birth certificate (CNN)

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(CNN) – The White House released President Obama's original birth certificate Wednesday.

The surprise release follows recent and sustained remarks by businessman Donald Trump, among others, that raised doubts as to whether the president was born in the United States.

Obama's birth certificate [PDF]

"This whole birther debate has been really bad for the Republican Party," White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer said.  But the discussion is "crowding out the debate" on more important issues and is a distraction, he added.

The so-called "birther" debate is "good politics" but "bad for the country," said Pfeiffer.

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Karl Rove: Birther Issue Turned Donald Trump Into A ‘Joke Candidate’ (Mediaite)

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by Frances Martel
April 16th, 2011

Reality TV and real estate personality Donald Trump may be as far as nine points ahead in the latest GOP 2012 polls, but that doesn’t mean the Republican establishment is ready to embrace him with open arms. On last night’s On the Record, Karl Rove did his best to distance the party from the Donald, telling Greta Van Susteren that his “weird conspiracy theories” about President Obama’s birth certificate made him a “joke candidate.”


After a lengthy discussion about the current budget battle in Congress in which Rove claimed Republicans had attained victory, if only because the federal government’s budget authority had been reduced by $60 billion, Van Susteren questioned Rove on Trump’s impact on the Republican Party. Rove refused to answer whether Trump “hurt” the Party, noting instead that his obsession with President Obama’s birth certificate “hurts Donald Trump.” “He was an interested candidate who had a business background and could have contributed to dialogue,” Rove lamented, adding that making the birth certificate a centerpiece of his campaign delegitimized him. “He’s off there in the nutty right, and is not an inconsequential candidate,” Rove concluded, adding that “the guy is smarter than this” and he was “sorry to see it happen.” He also denounced claims that President Obama didn’t go to school, citing a friend who was a classmate of the President’s, and the conspiracy theory about the newspaper reports in Hawaii.

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The New York Observer’s Trump Problem (Gawker.com)

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Pouty fathead Donald Trump is a tailor-made character for the New York Observer, which purports to monitor Manhattan's smug oligarchy with a gimlet-eyed detachment. And his semi-coherent presidential grumblings, which count as news just about everywhere else, make ideal grist for the Observer's mill. Too bad he's the owner's father-in-law.


Here's a sentence that someone ought to write about Trump: "The Donald's incredible bullshit machine keeps churning up the landscape, spewing forth a plume of chutzpah that might have made even P.T. Barnum a bit queasy."

Actually, that was written about Trump, and published in the Observer, 13 years ago.

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Donald Trump: ‘I’ve Always Had a Great Relationship With The Blacks’ (Mediaite)

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by Colby Hall
April 14th, 2011

Donald Trump recently granted an interview with NY Post editor Fred Dicker in which he most notably denied reports that he’d be announcing his presidential plans during the season finale of his reality show Celebrity Apprentice. But perhaps the other noteworthy bon mot to come from the lengthy and candid interview was Trump’s assertion that he’s always enjoyed a great relationship with “the blacks.” Efforts to confirm Trump’s statement were fruitless as we could not find one individual who could speak on behalf of “the blacks.”

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“Best Wishes, Donald Trump”: A Future President’s Letter to Vanity Fair (Vanity Fair)

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April 11, 2011 

 

It was with great delight and a sense of kinship that we at Vanity Fair read Donald Trump’s letter to the editor of The New York Times. Writing in response to Gail Collins’s April 2 column, “Donald Trump Gets Weirder,” the petty casino fauxgul and insincere 2012 presidential contender took a few grammatically daring swipes at the columnist (“Her storytelling ability and word usage [coming from me, who has written many best-sellers] is not at a very high level”) and repeated his latest cri de coeur, Birtherism.

We, too, are recent beneficiaries of Trump’s editorial suggestions. On March 24, Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter received a packet of documents from Trump containing a print-out of a VF Daily blog post from the week prior (shown below), several articles from blogs and newspapers concerning the ratings of Celebrity Apprentice and Trump’s presidential aspirations, and a debossed “DONALD J. TRUMP” note card of surprisingly thin paper stock.

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Donald Trump on Today: I Have People in Hawaii Researching Obama’s Birth (New York Magazine)

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Just when you thought Donald Trump couldn't ramp up his birtherism any more, this morning on the Today show he announced he has "people who have been studying it, and they cannot believe what they are finding." Startled, interviewer Meredith Vieira asked if Trump meant he had researchers on the ground in Hawaii, and he responded, "Absolutely." The Donald, apparently, is not a believer in fellow potential GOP candidate Mike Huckabee's philosophy, which is that if there was something to find in Hawaii, Hillary Clinton's people would have found it. (That sounds about right to us.)

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