From love to hate: how the relationship between Trump and New York developed

Once he saved city objects, but now in the hometown of the 45th President of the United States he is not greatly favored, although islands of his supporters have survived in the metropolis. From insults and intimidation to litigation and mutual contempt, Donald Trump has a difficult time with his native New York. The edition told in more detail "Voice of America".

In 2016, the city preferred Hillary Clinton to him, in 2020 - Joe Biden, but the name of Donald Trump in New York still sparkles with gold, although there are fewer and fewer buildings with this inscription.

Two years ago, they erased Trump's name from the skyscrapers on the Hudson, a year later - from the ice rink, which Trump once saved from devastation. And because of the events near the Capitol in Washington, DC, relations between the president and his hometown became completely icy.

Everyone learned that New York turned its back on the president from Twitter. Everyone except Trump himself, whom Twitter had previously blocked forever.

“We do not do business with the rebels,” New York Mayor Bill de Blasio wrote in his microblog, after which the city broke off all business contracts with Trump.

Two ice rinks in Central Park, a carousel and a golf course on the outskirts of the metropolis - now all this will be done by other people. City breaks contracts for the operation of Trump Organization facilities. Trump, according to the New York administration, bears personal responsibility for inciting an uprising in the US capital.

“I would call it an avalanche. Business groups, enterprises, organizations will refuse to do business with the president when he leaves office. I can't say that it surprises me, the events in Washington have accelerated everything, ”says Timothy Hoover, head of the Criminal Lawyers' Association.

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Donald Trump changed his permanent registration on New York's Fifth Avenue to Florida more than a year ago. The area in front of his house has become the site of protests for racial equality, and yet a penthouse in a skyscraper in Manhattan is ready to shelter the owner at any time.

“He has a special elevator that goes straight from his apartment to his office. Unlike many other projects, he built this house for himself and there is a fairly high probability that he will return here, ”says real estate agent Dmitry Stasyuk.

If desired, Trump can return to his father's house, although he must first be bought from the current owner - an organization called the Trump Birth House.

A modest five-room mansion was resold several times, rented out to tourists, put up for auction. But for $ 3 million, which is three times more expensive than the surrounding houses, no one needs it.

The intermediary agents offered to buy the house together and donate to President Trump or donate to charity - of his choice.

“There are a lot of donations for $ 5, but not a little, and from $ 100 to $ 500. I’m even surprised, it’s obvious that people are eager and ready to invest, ”says Misha Khagani, a spokesman for Paramaount Reality USA.

The figures on the donation site suggest the opposite, the process froze at a very modest amount (about $ 7).

Trump Island

Letisha Remarque ran for Staten Island's top management post. Of the several islands of loyalty to Trump in New York, this is the most solid island, also an administrative district. Donald Trump himself calls it "Trump Country."

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Letisha don’t mind the money for the president’s father’s house. And he proposes to build the presidential library in his republican district, since not everyone could appreciate such an initiative.

“Each president builds his own presidential library at the end of his term. New York is the place where he was born, Queens is his home area. They didn't vote for him, and our Staten Island did. And it seems logical to me to build his presidential library here, ”says Letisha.

On the site of the supposed future Trump library - rickety warehouses and rusty rubbish, it is not known whether rebuilding will ever begin here.

“He was a good president, but he doesn’t keep his mouth shut, and that’s why he’s in trouble,” says one Staten Island resident.

Another republican stronghold within the metropolitan area is Trump Village. It is named after the father of 45th President Fred Trump, a well-known typical housing developer. Donald studied with his father, but built richer.

“I would like him to come back to New York, I would like him to take over the development of our area,” says teacher Annom Viola.

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The main local electorate awaits him here with special reverence.

“Biden won by cheating. We all voted for Trump, ”says a resident of the Trump village.