out of her Atlantic City rooming house to make way for a Trump Plaza Hotel parking lot and limo waiting area. She refused to sell, even when the magnate offered her $1 million, and Trump spent several years working with local government to pry away the property. In 1998, he lost when a court threw out the case. Sixteen years later, the hotel permanently closed its doors.” [The Daily Beast, 10/8/15] The Daily Beast: Donald Trump Sought Help From The State Of Connecticut To Condemn Five Private Bridgeport Businesses So That He Could Build An Amusement Park. “In the early ’90s, Trump sought the help of the state of Connecticut to condemn five private Bridgeport-area businesses so that he could build a $350 million complex that included an amusement park (with the ‘world’s biggest roller coaster,’ of course), a shipping terminal, a seaport village, and an office complex. ‘It’s going to be a great thing,’ Trump promised during a press event that, according to The Hartford Courant, included repeated references to the ‘world class’ nature of the proposal. It eventually fell through.” [The Daily Beast, 10/8/15] Club For Growth: Trump’s Support Of Eminent Domain Is Proof That Trump Is Not A Conservative. “‘At least there’s a crucial issue that Trump hasn’t flip-flopped on,’ said Doug Sachtleben, spokesman for the Club for Growth, the conservative group Trump has been warring with for months. ‘Trump hasn’t wavered in his support of the terrible Kelo decision, and he still applauds the idea of developers getting rich while private property owners are forced out of their homes and businesses. It’s just continued proof that Trump is not a conservative.’” [The Atlantic, 10/7/15] NEGOTIATIONS Trump: “I Don't Bill Myself As A Top Negotiator.” TRUMP: “Well, first of all, I don't bill myself as a top negotiator. You're calling me, I don't call you, you know what I mean? I don't know if I'm a good negotiator or not, but I never billed myself as a great negotiator. I don't like to talk that way.” [Newsroom, CNN, 8/1/11] RELIANCE ON CHINESE GOODS TRUMP SOLD GOODS THAT WERE NOT MADE IN AMERICA HEADLINE: “Donald Trump Sells Chinese Goods Despite Accusing China of Stealing US Jobs.” [ABC News, 6/17/15] • ABC News: “In His Campaign Kickoff On Tuesday, Donald Trump Blasted Cheap Chinese Goods — But He Has No Problem Putting His Name On Them And Selling Them.” “In his campaign kickoff on Tuesday, Donald Trump blasted cheap Chinese goods — but he has no problem putting his name on them and selling them. The day after his tirade, the Trump Store inside the Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in New York boasted an array of imported goods, including teddy bears and T-shirts from China alongside products from Haiti, Nicaragua and Lesotho. Trump mentioned China two-dozen times in the opener to his 2016 presidential bid, accusing that country and Mexico of putting Americans out of work. ‘They can’t get jobs, because there are no jobs, because China has our jobs and Mexico has our jobs,’ Trump said.” [ABC News, 6/17/15] TRUMP SAID HE PROCURED HIS BUILDING MATERIALS FROM CHINA Confidential Page 76