"a maggot, a cockroach and a crumb."

[Totally Tunsie]

The time Donald Trump’s empire took on a stubborn widow — and lost.

This is an old story, but perhaps one of my favorites, concerning a very early resister to the charms of the businessmen Bob Guccione and donald tRump. It's a classic and well worth retelling.

I'm hoping Vera will be alive long enough to witness the downfall of #45 in his current position much as she watched the demise of his tRump Plaza in Atlantic City.

[link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-time-donald-trumps-empire-took-on-a-stubborn-widow--and-lost/2015/09/09/f9cb287e-5660-11e5-b8c9-944725fcd3b9_story.html?utm_term=.3029e2cbbede|

...in the long melodrama that is Trump’s business career, the house in Atlantic City is the place where all the billionaire’s money and all the billionaire’s men couldn’t keep a 5-foot-3 widow from whupping him.
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Trump wanted Coking’s house — not to live in, but as a place to park limousines for his casino next door. But Coking wouldn’t let him have it. No way. No how. Never.
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In Coking’s telling, Trump first tried to charm her, then tried to stomp her.

“He’d come over to the house, probably thinking, ‘If I butter her up now, I’ll get her house for a good price,’?” Coking told the New York Daily News in 1998. “Once, he gave me Neil Diamond tickets. I didn’t even know who Neil Diamond was.”

[Rhiannon12866]

1. K&R! Great story! Thanks for posting!

Reminds me of the movie "Up!"