2005: TRUMP THREATENED TO SUE ABC IF A BIOPIC ON HIS LIFE CONTAINED INACCURACIES Trump Threatened To Sue ABC If Its Biopicture Of Him Contained Inaccuracies. KING: “ABC has a Trump biopicture coming, called ‘Trump Unauthorized,’ scheduled May 24th. You said you'll sue if there are inaccuracies.” TRUMP: “Correct, yeah, I'll sue. I mean, if it's inaccurate... I'm not worried. Hey, look, it's going to go on, it's going to go off, nobody is going to remember it. Who cares. But I'm going to -- you know, I let them know, I'm very honored that they're doing it. It's a great honor. You know, they're doing a two-hour movie on me on national network television. And so I'm honored in one way. In another way, I want it to be accurate. So if it's not accurate, I will sue.”[Larry King Live, CNN, 5/17/05] 2007: TRUMP SAID HE FILED A $25 MILLION SUIT AGAINST PALM BEACH AFTER THE TOWN FINED HIM FOR RAISING AN AMERICAN FLAG WITHOUT THE PROPER PERMIT Trump Filed A $25 Million Suit Against Palm Beach For Fining Him For Putting Up A Large American Flag Without A Permit. TRUMP: “Well, to me, that's a very interesting one because the town of Palm Beach, which is the richest town in the United States, they want me to rip down the American flag. They want me to take it down. They want me to disrespect the country and the flag by taking it down. I put the flag. They say I put it up without permits. They want me to put up a little tiny flag that wouldn't look -- this is a huge property, the largest estate in Palm Beach by far. It's bigger than the White House, as an example, and we have a flag that's perfectly proportioned for the size of the estate, done by total professionals at flag-making and flagpoles. And they want me to rip down the American flag, and I say I'm not going to do it. They fined me $1,200 a day, $1,250 a day, to be exact. And what I did, Greta, is I filed a $25 million suit against the town of Palm Beach with all -- any and all winnings from the suit to go to the returning Iraqi American soldiers that are injured. And I hope there's going to be a lot of money that they can divvy up. I get nothing. But any money that is gotten by me goes to the returning injured soldiers.”[On The Record With Greta Van Susteren, Fox News, 2/5/07] CITING THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN AS AN “ACT OF GOD,” TRUMP FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST DEUTSCHE BANK TO AVOID PAYMENT ON A $40 MILLION CONSTRUCTION LOAN After Economic Downturn, Trump Filed A Lawsuit To Avoid Paying On A $40 Million Construction Loan, But Said The Same Principle Did Not Apply To His Condo Buyers. CHETRY: “Let me ask about some headlines of your own that you made. A lawsuit you filed to avoid paying on a $40 million construction loan to Deutsche Bank, claiming that the severe downturn in the economy is akin to an act of God… And he asked you if remorseful condominium buyers in a similar position could sort of walk away and you said no. Why didn't it apply to them?” TRUMP: “First of all it's a great building and we're closing units literally as we speak. We're closing units by the dozens and it's doing very nicely. It's a great, great building. The condo market is not very good and certainly the condo market in Chicago isn't. But it will change. But the difference is that they don't have a clause and the other difference is that most of them want to close. I mean they are not even approaching us about it. We're closing tens of millions dollars worth of units every month.”[American Morning, CNN, 12/18/08] Confidential Page 74
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