ATLANTIC CITY – With the former Trump Plaza about to be demolished, this might seem like a good time to assess the legacy of the casino-hotel’s one-time operator.
“This is the fitting end of Trump’s era,” Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. said of the planned Wednesday implosion of Trump Plaza’s long-vacant hotel tower, which has even inspired nearby Caesar's to promote a“You can’t take away the fact that he invested his money and got a lot of jobs for people,” the mayor said of Trump. “But he stiffed a lot of people and was selfish.”
And while Trump boasted about his Atlantic City empire, critics note, his contractors often clamored — frequently, without success — for full payment. Similarly, Trump’s lenders saw his debts reduced in court without repayment, while investors saw prices plunge for his casino firm’s stock.“I think some people are going to be happy to see the Trump Plaza come down,," said David Spatz, a Linwood radio host who once covered the casinos as an entertainment reporter.
The casino operator could share a pleasant meal with a reporter — typically pouring ketchup on a steak "burnt to a crisp" — and then call later with an angry tirade over his coverage, said Spatz. Fencing surrounds the site of the former Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, NJ. The hotel tower of the former casino will be imploded on February 17, 2021.
Spatz noted Trump, who ran a helicopter service that flew in high rollers from Manhattan, celebrated some successful years in Atlantic City. The report also said Trump, who received a salary as the firm’s president and CEO, had been paid more than $8 million from 2001 through 2003. Trump held an unpaid role as the firm's chairman, it added.In a March 2004 press release, Trump declared his brand “is as strong as it’s ever been.”
The second reorganization came after the firm had spent heavily to expand the Taj Mahal, which originally offered 1,228 hotel rooms, with the 41-story, 782-room Chairman’s Tower. The hotel tower of Trump Plaza, now being prepared for implosion, looms over Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall, right. Trump used that declaration to obtain a $72.9 million tax refund, a payment now being scrutinized by the IRS, the Times story said.A lawyer for The Trump Organization, Alan Garten, summarized the Times’ findings by saying “most, if not all, of the facts appear to be inaccurate,” the story said.
I refuse to say that 'family' name again, I may slip, but I know I can't say it 3x, much like 'Bloody Mary', 'Beetlejuice' & 'Candyman'.
Good riddance. Seditious insurrectionist eye sore.
Trump seems to have a reverse Midas touch; all he touches turns into crap.
RT
hope he's there for the ground breaking
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