Imagine a Trump Tower standing tall at the heart American capital cities. The Trump Tower deal for Moscow reportedly included a gift to Vladimir Putin of a $40 million dollar penthouse apartment at the top of the building.
The recipients, like Putin, should have no real need for the gift—but demonstrate a good dose of chutzpah, the Yiddish word that best captures the Trump personality.
· Atlanta, Georgia—
o Ted Turner, media mogul, “Mouth from the South, ounder on CNN and revolutionized mass media on a global scale.
· Austin, Texas—
o Willie Nelson, country music star with IRS issues
· Birmingham, Alabama—
o George Wallace heirs, Alabama governor, ran for President despite reputation as racist
· Boston, Massachusetts—
o Big Papi David Ortiz, a “disruptor” who changed baseball by overcoming the Boston Red Sox curse with a 2004 World Series victory—an “unprecedented” achievement
· Cambridge, Massachusetts—
o Elizabeth Warren, Senator from Massachusetts, an Oklahoma native she claimed Native American ancestry and got branded as “Pocahontas” by Trump—himself an individual known to stretch the truth on occasion.
· Chicago, Illinois—
o Rod Blagojevich, 40thGovernor of Illinois until his impeachment and removal from office, contestant on 9thseason of Celebrity Apprentice in 2010, good TV hair
· Cincinnati, Ohio—
o Pete Rose, star baseball player for Cincinnati Red Sox, Hall of Fame entry has been denied due to gambling habit
· Dallas, Texas—
o Ross Perot, the feisty billionaire, made a 1992 run as an independent Presidential candidate
· Detroit, Michigan—
o Henry Ford heirs, created Ford Motor company, used assembly line to produce cars for middle class
· Houston, Texas—
o Roy Hofheinz heirs, developer with vision, create the Houston Colt .45s (AKA Houston Astros) baseball team and developed the Astrodome (Eighth Wonder of the World), the first domed stadium.
· Miami, Florida—
o Meyer Lansky heirs, Jewish mobster who reached across the aisle to the Italian Mob to build Las Vegas in the middle of Nevada desert
· Minneapolis, Minnesota—
o Al Franken, former Minnesota Senator and SNL comedy performer, the penthouse apartment is consolation for Al being kicked to the curb by #metoo movement
· Montpelier, Vermont—
o Bernie Sanders, the independent Senator from Vermont, like Trump recognized the frustration of working class Americansrecognized the frustration of working class Americans
· New Orleans, Louisiana—
o Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, trumpet player extraordinaire with gravel-toned voice and great phraseology
· Portland, Oregon—
o Phil Knight founder of Nike, advertising phrase “Just Do It” defines the Trump improvisational or “transactional” style of doing business
· Los Angeles, California—
o Arnold Schwarzenegger, bod builder and movie star turned an unlikely, unexpected, inexperienced politician who got elected despite the odds, failed host of The Celebrity Apprentice
· San Francisco, California—
o Stewart Brand, editor of the who anticipated Internet with Whole Earth Catalog, Brand insisted the Earth photo take from satellite in 1967 should be available to all
· Seattle, Washington—
o two penthouse apartments for: 1) Bill Gates (Microsoft), 2) Jeff Bezos (Amazon) real billionaires
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