This got me thinking that Leona Helmsley was the female Donald Trump and part of why I formed an opinion of the Real Estate Rich of New York. theguardian.com/books/2020/feb…
The late Helmsley was the "Queen of Mean" and filled tabloids with colorful tales of abuse, criminality and greed. But the take away for Donald was that little people and the IRS can take you down. forbes.com/sites/robertwo…
1989: In a sign of things to come, they had a leasing dispute and Trump was a dick towards her and even in her flagging health took great pains to insult her using the media as his accomplice. Have a read: washingtonpost.com/archive/lifest…
Of course Donald was friends with Leona for many years as he sucked up to her husband Harry in order to be accepted in NY real estate. Perhaps a glimpse of things to come. playboy.com/read/playboy-i… 
Harry once owned the Empire State Building and a Tits Up Trump had to go through Leona to get control. The then failed Presidential candidate for the Reform Party just wanted to be remembered for something famous. So he shit talked Leona until she died. crainsnewyork.com/article/201604…
Leona won (she called Trump a “sick, sick, sick, sick boy”) and a busted flat Trump made no money on the final deal. But Trump used the media to make it look like he won.
Realizing what a dick he looked like, Trump then pretended to be friends with Leona wsj.com/articles/SB103…
Realizing what a dick he looked like, Trump then pretended to be friends with Leona wsj.com/articles/SB103…
So its 2020 and Trump is President and the list of used, abused, insulted, and defamed grows every day. How did American politics become 80's New York real estate hotel trash? And why don't rock stars trash hotel rooms anymore? theguardian.com/music/2010/jun…
Clinton: "he’s paid nothing in federal taxes...he had to turn (his tax returns) over to state authorities when he was trying to get a casino license, and they showed he didn’t pay any federal income tax.”
Trump: “That makes me smart,” forbes.com/sites/robertwo…
Trump: “That makes me smart,” forbes.com/sites/robertwo…
To this day, mostly thanks to Trump, the late Helmsley is viewed as a tight fisted, criminally minded, mean spirited tax cheat while Donald who was equally criminal, mean and cheap is President.
er..sorry "King"
