and Trump: Julius Lowenthal, “Who Is America’s Cheapest Zillionaire?,” Spy, July 1990.
“Actually, quite short”: Graydon Carter, “Why Donald Trump Will Always Be a ‘Short-Fingered Vulgarian,’ ” Vanity Fair, March 8, 2016, http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/10/graydon-carter-donald-trump.
“business tycoon”: Digiacamo, “Gossip behind the Gossip.”
berating the publisher: Interview with anonymous source by Will Hobson, Washington Post, April 2016.
rumored trouble in the marriage: Lou Colasuonno interview with Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, March 2016.
family anniversaries: Smith, “I Think I Invented the Trumps, Part I.”
wasn’t ready to go public: Liz Smith, “I Think I Invented the Trumps, Part II,” New York Social Diary, August 25, 2015, http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/guest-diary/2015/liz-smith-i-think-i-invented-the-trumps-part-ii.
“he’s going to kill her—or me”: Ibid.
“Love on the Rocks”: Liz Smith, “Love on the Rocks,” New York Daily News, February 11, 1990.
“there are no tabloids”: Liz Smith, “I Think I Invented the Trumps, Part III,” New York Social Diary, August 26, 2015, http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/guest-diary/2015/liz-smith-i-think-i-invented-the-trumps-part-iii.
“I like Ivana”: Esther Pessin, “War of the Trump$,” New York Post, February 12, 1990, 4.
“They Met in Church”: Front page, New York Post, February 15, 1990.
“SEPARATE BEDS”: Front page, New York Post, February 19, 1990.
cardboard cutouts: “Need Your Help,” New York Daily News, February 17, 1990, 4.
“Tale of the Tape”: Esther Pessin, Jill Brooke, and Sonia Reyes, “The Donald: She’s Marla-Vous,” New York Post, February 14, 1990, 4–5.
George and Barbara Bush: William Norwich, “Choosing Up Sides,” New York Daily News, February 15, 1990, 3.
“Fire Liz Smith”: Bill Hoffman, “Trump: Fire Liz Smith,” New York Post, February 19, 1990, 14.
code name “the Baron”: John R. O’Donnell and James Rutherford, Trumped! The Inside Story of the Real Donald Trump—His Cunning Rise and Spectacular Fall (New York: Crossroad Press, 1991), 185.
from Trump’s publicist: Sue Carswell, “Trump Says Goodbye Marla, Hello Carla,” People, July 8, 1991.
“every hot woman”: Sue Carswell interview with Will Hobson, Washington Post, April 2016.
“anonymous tipster”: Linda Stasi interview with Will Hobson, Washington Post, April 2016.
“three other girlfriends”: Recording of call from John Miller to Sue Carswell, obtained by Washington Post, May 2016.
“the greatest thing”: Interview with Res.
Donald’s mistress: Barrett, Trump, 13.
“a feeding frenzy”: Interview with Trump Jr.
“irresistible macho guy”: Interview with Taylor.
“one-day wonder”: John Taylor, “Trump: The Soap,” New York, March 5, 1990, https://books.google.com/books?id=bdF9SYJ7hsQC&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=john+taylor,+trump+the+soap,+new+york+mag&source=bl&ots=HK2eN9mbQh&sig=yU_YGhMQcdwsQ7wAh1Br-A6HyHU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwic77zD3LzMAhWI7CYKHftQDZwQ6AEIJTAC#v=onepage&q=john%20taylor%2C%20trump%20the%20soap%2C%20new%20york%20mag&f=false.
“positive effect”: Neil Barsky and Pauline Yoshihashi, “Trump Is Betting That Taj Mahal Casino Will Hit Golden Jackpot in Atlantic City,” Wall Street Journal, March 20, 1990, B1.
CHAPTER 7: ALL IN
millions of dollars in profits: Phillip H. Wiggins, “Casino Operators’ Profit Soars in Third Quarter,” New York Times, November 10, 1978.
bags stashed: Steven Perskie interview with Shawn Boburg and Robert O’Harrow, Washington Post, April 2016.
City dwellers flocked: Vicki Golf Levi and Lee Eisenberg, Atlantic City: 125 Years of Ocean Madness (Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 1979), 15.
Atlantic City’s population: New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, US Censuses of Population and Housing. http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/1990/poptrd6.htm.
thirty-six corporations: O’Brien, TrumpNation, 116.
As Trump pondered: Rutgers University, Atlantic City Timeline, December 1980, http://governors.rutgers.edu/on-governors/nj-governors/governor-brendan-t-byrne-administration/governor-brendan-t-byrne-issues-atlantic-city/atlantic-city-timeline-1614-2010-2/.
Trump toured: Paul Rubeli interview with Robert O’Harrow, Washington Post, December 2015.
millions in commissions: Barrett, Trump, 156.
At thirty-four years old: New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement report to the Casino Control Commission, October 16, 1981, 29–31.
Trump told regulators: Ibid., 17.
Trump initially neglected: Ibid., 85.
When Governor: Donald Linsky, New Jersey Governor Brendan T. Byrne: The Man Who Couldn’t Be Bought (Teaneck, NJ: Farleigh Dickinson University Press, 2014), 188.
A review by: State of New Jersey Commission on Investigation, “Incursion of Organized Crime into Certain Legitimate Businesses in Atlantic City,” December 1977, ii.
a violent organization: Joseph F. Sullivan, “U.S. Lawsuit Says Mob Controls Union in Atlantic City Casinos,” New York Times, December 19, 1990.
financier for Scarfo: New Jersey State Commission of Investigation report on organized crime, 1992, 33–57.
with Daniel Sullivan: New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement report, October 16, 1981, 92–95.
FBI informant: Sullivan obituary, Philadelphia Inquirer, October 18, 1993.
In July: New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement report, October 16, 1981, 92.
Trump arranged: Ibid., 94–95.
He considered them: O’Brien, TrumpNation, 118.
“I don’t think”: Ibid.
“organized crime elements”: FBI memo from Supervisor Damon T. Taylor, September 22, 1981, http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/donald-trump-worried-about-oc-ac-0#lightbox-popup-1.
Trump paid: New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement report, October 16, 1981, 92; Albert M. Greenfield and Co. v. SSG Enterprises et al., 213 NJ Super. 1 (1986), 516 A.2d 250, decided October 2, 1986; and Barrett, Trump, 232.
thirty-nine stories: Donald Janson, “10th and Largest Casino Opens in Atlantic City,” New York Times, May 15, 1984.
“People were excited”: Carl Zeitz interview with Shawn Boburg, Washington Post, 2016.
less than two: Donald Janson, “Trump Assured Casino License,” New York Times, March 16, 1982.
gambling mecca: “Profits at Casinos Increase after Atlantic City Slump,” New York Times, August 30, 1982.
“history of the world”: Trump and Schwartz, Art of the Deal (1987), 143.
“The [Harrah’s] board”: Ibid., 215.
Three weeks later: Donald Janson, “Trump and Harrah’s Feud over Name,” New York Times, August 13, 1985.
“look at him”: Frank Lundy III interview with Shawn Boburg, Washington Post, May 12, 2016.
his first casino, Harrah’s: Trump and Schwartz, Art of the Deal (1987), 217; and Janson, “10th and Largest Casino Opens.”
“I gave them a Lamborghini”: Janson, “Trump and Harrah’s Feud”; Janson, “10th and Largest Casino Opens”; and John O’Donnell interview with Michael Kranish, Washington Post, May 2, 2016.
reputed mob lawyer: Al Delugach, “New Jersey Regulators Cite Ties with Korshak,” Los Angeles Times, March 1, 1985.
That spring: Barrett, Trump, 254.
“lost my mind”: Trump and Schwartz, Art of the Deal (1987), 239–40.
bright lights: Barrett, Trump, 254.
“natural manager”: O’Donnell and Rutherford, Trumped!, 29–30.
intracorporate competition: Ibid., 81.
“I can be a screamer”: Trump and Schwartz, Art of the Deal (1987), 242.
cursing him out: O’Donnell and Rutherford, Trumped!, 30–31, 34; and interview with John O’Donnell.
“very sharp”: Trump and Schwartz, Art of the Deal (1987), 220.
tight inner circle: Interview with John O’Donnell.
“truly trusted”: O’Donnell and Rutherford, Trumped!, 56–57, 77.
borrowed money: Barrett, Trump, 408.
He spent $70 million: New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement report, Trump Plaza Renewal, April 7, 1987, 33.
he spent about $62 million: Ibid., 38.
Trump backed off: Ibid., 40–50.
At an April: New Jersey Casino Control Commission hearing transcript, April 20, 1987, vol. 1, 52, 123–24.
accused the Trump organization: Casino Control Commission hearing transcript, Plaza license renewal, April 22, 1987, 240–42.
agreed to settle: United States v. Donald J. Trump, Civil Action No. 88-0929, Final Judgment, April 11, 1988.
Over the previous: Lenny Glynn, “Trump’s Taj—Open at Last, with a Scary Appetite,” New York Times, April 8, 1990.
argued against: Blair, Trumps, 389.
worth $700 million: Ibid., 362–63.
Princess to the Castle: Harry Hurt III, Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump (London: Orion Books, 1994), 228; and David Johnston and Michael Schurman, “Trump’s Ship Comes In—to Cheers,” Philadelphia Inquirer, July 10, 1988.
Northeastern shuttle service: David Segal, “What Donald Trump’s Plaza Deal Reveals about His White House Bid,” New York Times, January 16, 2016.
“ ‘too big to fail’ ”: Interview with Perskie.
In 1986: Marvin B. Roffman, “Casino Gambling in Atlantic City,” June 11, 1987.
Marvin Roffman saw: Marvin B. Roffman with Michael J. Schwager, Take Charge of Your Financial Future: Straight Talk on Managing Your Money from the Financial Analyst Who Defied Donald Trump (New York: Carol Publishing Group, 1994), vi–xxiii.
In July 1987: Casino Control Commission, “In the Matter of the Sale of Certain Shares of Class B Stock of Resorts International, Inc.,” October 20, 1987, 2.
eight thousand: O’Donnell and Rutherford, Trumped!, 42.
decline in the price: Marvin Roffman interview with Robert O’Harrow, Washington Post, December 2015.
“Only with”: Donald Janson, “Trump Appears before Casino Panel,” New York Times, February 14, 1988.
Trump replied: Trump testimony before Casino Control Commission, hearing transcript, February 8, 1988, 273–74.
“Can go wrong”: Ibid., 300–301.
“Don’t people”: Ibid., 346.
“I mean”: Ibid., 347.
Trump later: Ibid., 362–64.
reflective exterior glass: Marty Rosenberg interview with Shawn Boburg, Washington Post, April 12, 2016.
“What’s wrong?”: O’Donnell and Rutherford, Trumped!, 121.
One reason was: Ibid., 74.
Ivana resented having: Interview with John O’Donnell.
felt sympathy for Ivana: O’Donnell and Rutherford, Trumped!, 73–91.
“some woman crying”: Ibid., 74, 111, 121, 124.
“resulted from happenstance”: New Jersey Casino Control Commission hearing transcript, February 18, 1988, 469–70.
backing Trump: Donald Janson, “Trump’s Promise Wins Relicensing for Casino,” New York Times, February 25, 1988.
$245 million: Andrea Adelson, “The Underestimated Merv Griffin,” New York Times, April 9, 1988.
In May: Nina J. Easton, “Merv Griffin’s Outrageous Fortune: When Millionaire Griffin Took on Billionaire Trump, They Said It Was a Mismatch. They Were Wrong,” Los Angeles Times, July 24, 1988.
“Our compromise”: Donald J. Trump with Kate Bohner, Trump: The Art of the Comeback (New York: Random House, 1997), 33.
“ ‘I’ll take it’ ”: Donald Trump interview with Marc Fisher and Michael Kranish, Washington Post, April 21, 2016.
$675 million: “Trump Taj Mahal Funding in Mortgage Bond Offering,” New York Times, November 9, 1988.
debt from his other: New Jersey Casino Control Commission hearing transcript, February 8, 1988, 345–47.
“The Taj was going”: Paul Rubeli interview with Robert O’Harrow, Washington Post, December 2015.
and employ about 5,800: Casino Control Commission, New Jersey Casino Facility Statistics, 1978–2004.
“The Taj itself”: Marvin B. Roffman, “Casino Gaming in Atlantic City: A Crisis Ahead,” Industry Update, Janney Montgomery Scott, June 2, 1989, 2.
“This is going”: Interview with Roffman.
CHAPTER 8: COLD WINDS
“It’s not going”: O’Donnell and Rutherford, Trumped!, 189.
stress of the work: Ibid., 190–91.
Nazi concentration camp: Joshua Benanav obituary, http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hartfordcourant/obituary.aspx?n=joshua-benanav&pid=86966479.
bought his girlfriend an engagement ring: O’Donnell and Rutherford, Trumped!, 190.
1:00 p.m. flight: Ibid., 193.
two-inch scrape: National Transportation Safety Board report, NYC90MA009, Accident, October 10, 1989, Lacey Township, NJ.
“terrible news”: Interview with unnamed Trump aide by Michael Kranish, Washington Post, May 4, 2016.
“the response was, like, horrible”: Donald Trump interview with Michael Kranish, Washington Post, May 19, 2016.
would feel guilty: Interview with John O’Donnell.
“I heard fear and uncertainty”: O’Donnell and Rutherford, Trumped!, 194–95.
“wiped out”: Trump interview with Kranish.
“something just incredible”: O’Donnell and Rutherford, Trumped!, 195.
wondered aloud: Ibid., 197.
“manufacturing-induced scratch”: National Transportation Safety Board report, NYC90MA009.
“a fifty-fifty deal”: Donald Trump interview with Larry King, CNN, July 27, 1990.
shift attention: O’Donnell first made this assertion in Trumped! and repeated it in interviews with the Washington Post in May 2016. Trump, asked in a May 19, 2016, interview with the Washington Post whether he might have gone on the helicopter, responded, “I don’t want to go into it, about me potentially being on that helicopter, because people are going to say—so I don’t really want to get into it. But it was just one of those things.”
“Marla stood there petrified”: O’Donnell and Rutherford, Trumped!, 198–200.
“still standing”: Trump interview with Kranish.
“it’s his turn”: O’Donnell and Rutherford, Trumped!, 204–5.
“This is bullshit”: Ibid., 64–65.
“ugly and dreary”: Neil Barsky and Pauline Yoshihashi, “Trump Is Betting That Taj Mahal Casino Will Hit Golden Jackpot in Atlantic City,” Wall Street Journal, March 20, 1990.
“So this is what a billion dollars”: Roffman with Schwager, Take Charge of Your Financial Future, xiii.
“four-letter word”: Marvin Roffman interview with Robert O’Harrow, Washington Post, November 16, 2015. Roffman also recounted his experience in his memoir, Take Charge of Your Financial Future.
“sold immediately”: Interview with Roffman, November 16, 2015.
Roffman decided: Roffman with Schwager, Take Charge of Your Financial Future, xi–xxiii; and interview with Roffman, November 16, 2015.
“were totally inappropriate”: Robert O’Harrow, “Trump’s Bad Bet,” Washington Post, January 18, 2016; and interview with Roffman.
“Muslim art”: Taj Mahal, United Nations, World Heritage website, http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/252.
forty-two-story: O’Donnell and Rutherford, Trumped!, 289.
“fire all these assholes”: Ibid., 272–73.
“going on”: Ibid., 287–88.
$220,000 in missing tokens: Deno Marino interview with Amy Goldstein, Washington Post, April 2016.
“full of coin”: Interview with John O’Donnell.
“Overcome by Success”: Tim Golden, “Taj Mahal’s Slot Machines Halt, Overcome by Success,” New York Times, April 9, 1990.
“fire people”: O’Donnell and Rutherford, Trumped!, 279–83.
“colossal failure”: Ibid., 284.
“Hyde’s people are responsible”: Ibid., 287–89.
lash out: Interview with John O’Donnell. O’Donnell expressed similar feelings in his memoir.
“black guys counting my money”: O’Donnell and Rutherford, Trumped!, 148; and interview with John O’Donnell.
“ever interviewed”: Trump interview with Kranish; Trump interview with Fisher and Kranish, June 9, 2016.
Hordes crowded him: Interview with Perskie.
“Warriors”: O’Donnell and Rutherford, Trumped!, 298–99.
“he got on a helicopter”: Ibid., 293–94.
“never quit”: Trump interview with Kranish. Trump was asked in the interview to make his brother Robert Trump available to discuss O’Donnell’s recollection of this event. Donald Trump said he would not do so: “I could call up my brother, who I speak to all the time. But I don’t want to waste a lot of time in this thing. Does that make sense to you?”
“wildest expectations”: Daniel Heneghan and David J. Spatz, “Trump Opens Taj with Flourish,” Press of Atlantic City, April 6, 1990.
Merv Griffin predicted: Ibid.
“turning up aces!”: Robin Leach, host, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, April 1990, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGWjUYWatTo.
CHAPTER 9: THE CHASE
In the same queue: Ivana Trump interview, Primetime Live, ABC, May 10, 1991.
“I did pick [up] the phone in the living room”: Ibid. Ivana Trump and Marla Maples declined requests for interviews for this book.
“piece of ass”: Harry Hurt III, “Donald Trump Gets Small,” Esquire, May 1991.
“He’s in pursuit”: Louise Sunshine interview with Frances Stead Sellers, April 20, 2016.
“I create stars”: Trump interview with Nancy Collins, Primetime Live, ABC, March 10, 1994.
“If I told the real stories”: Trump with Bohner, Comeback, 116.
“have to have you now”: Ibid., 117.
“get screwed”: Ibid.
“women have one of the great acts”: Ibid., 117–18.
“I’m not bragging”: Donald Trump interview with David Hochman, Playboy, October 2004.
“represent the extremes”: Trump with Bohner, Comeback, 118.
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