“I like to hire people that I've seen in action. I often hire people that were on the opposing side of a deal that I respect.”

— Donald J. Trump

The Washington Post (23 September 1989), as quoted in The World According to Trump (2005) by Ken Lawrence, p. 25
1980s

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