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I lived in New York when he was just a local joke.
I can do 20 minutes of material just on his feud with Spy Magazine. The called him a 'short fingered vulgarian' and he objected to having his hands called small.
I'd love to hear it! Any sources of related entertaining reading?
Here's a run of the magazine.
https://archive.org/details/SpyMagazine/Spy%20Magazine%201986-1998/1986/1986-10-OCT/
This story isn't from Spy, but it's is my favorite, because Trump had a chance to get in good with the real Manhattan elites, and threw it away because he was a complete asshat.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaellisicky/2020/10/03/how-donald-trump-took-down-bonwit-teller-a-fifth-avenue-landmark/