The Art of the Deal - Chapter 5: The Move to Manhattan (1987)

The Art of the Deal - Chapter 5: The Move to Manhattan (1987)

Author: realDJTwisdom August 10, 2026 Duration: 18:01

"I worried about the future of New York City too, but I can't say it kept me up at nights. I'm basically an optimist, and frankly, I saw the city's trouble as a great opportunity for me. Because I grew up in Queens, I believed, perhaps to an irrational degree, that Manhattan was always going to be the best place to live -- the center of the world. Whatever troubles the city might be having in the short term, there was no doubt in my mind that things had to turn around ultimately. What other city was going to take New York's place?" - Donald J. Trump


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