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Under Oath, Donald Trump Shows His Raw Side
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jul 29, 2015 11:45am |
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| Category | Profile |
| Author | MICHAEL BARBARO and STEVE EDER |
| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Tuesday, July 28, 2015 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Donald J. Trump seemed irritated. He had been grilled for two hours in a lawsuit over a failed Florida real estate project, and he told the lawyer that her questions were “very stupid.”
When the lawyer, Elizabeth Beck, asked for a medical break, Mr. Trump and his lawyers objected, demanding that the deposition continue. Ms. Beck said it was urgent — she needed to pump breast milk for her 3-month-old daughter, and she took the pump out to make her point.
Mr. Trump erupted.
“You’re disgusting,” he told Ms. Beck, in a remark that is not disputed by either side. He then walked out of the room, ending the testimony for the day.
In the Beck deposition, he said that home buyers who had forfeited their down payments in a building bearing his name were “very lucky” that the project failed because, he asserted, they would have lost more had the project proceeded after the financial crisis of 2008.
In words that echo now that he is a candidate, Mr. Trump compared his own inclination toward blurring the facts to a strategy he learned from America’s elected officials.
“I’m no different from a politician running for office,” he said. “You always want to put the best foot forward.”
For a candidate who says he is an authority on modern business, Mr. Trump is slow to adopt technology. In 2007, he said he had no home or office computer.
“Does your secretary send emails on your behalf?” he was asked.
His secretary generally typed letters, Mr. Trump said. “I don’t do the email thing.” |
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