Interesting point, about Trump dealing with mafia types in the New York construction business. Trump had to be tough to deal with some of those guys. Maybe by comparison, dealing with Washington politicians isn’t as tough.
I had a vending machine route with machines in Brooklyn, Staten Island and Manhattan in the 90s.
So we’re talking about THOUSANDS on the line, not millions.
And to hold onto my spots I had to do such things as drag another guy’s (connected guy) vending machine out of a bowling alley and smash it with a baseball bat to get the news out that you don’t MESS with my spots.
Trump HAD to prove he was not to be messed with, in order to build that kind of empire.
D’s will not know what hit them.