I went to Trump Tower during the campaign, just to see it and get a MAGA Hat for my dad... when I was just wandering around, I asked the doorman the same type of question, and got the same type of answer.
He said that it wasn’t quite the same as it used to be, because now Mr. Trump has to go out the back way with a huge security detail, but before he ran for president, he would just walk out the door normally.
Apparently that is true! He was a simple celebrity. Now he’s a force of nature to be reckoned with. And, sadly, he has many enemies. Do you know that until that day I had never seen him? And I’m a lifelong Manhattanite although I also own a house in NJ.