Trump and Sharpton: the long-term friendship of a pair of opportunists

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Trump's pal Al

Trump’s relationship with Sharpton began as a pragmatic business choice. By the late 1980s, Atlantic City’s slow rot had begun to stink. Beyond the neon glimmer of casinos lay a ramshackle city beset by corruption, crime, poverty, and racial tensions. In contrast, Las Vegas was thriving; between 1982 and 1988, its visitors increased by nearly 50 percent, drawn by the glitzier casinos, a safer city, and the bigger attractions, even as the approval of gambling and lotteries in other states created more competition.

Trump, who had bet big on Atlantic City, knew he needed a fresh lure to draw tourists away from the Nevada deserts and toward the New Jersey boardwalk. The man who could deliver star boxers to Trump and his casinos was Don King, the famed promoter.

King was also close with Sharpton, and he decided to introduce him to Trump, both King and Sharpton say.

The relationship worked, King says, because Sharpton and Trump shared core values, among them commitment to the rights of women and minorities. But other sources have suggested that Trump was more calculating: Supporting Sharpton would cement his relationship with King, which would allow Trump to continue booking major stars for Atlantic City events.

Trump’s campaign did not respond to repeated inquiries by NR about the candidate’s relationship with Sharpton.
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Yeah, this will go over well with the GOP faithful.



Trump was listed as donor to Sharpton's National Youth Movement, in a 67-count indictment of Sharpton for fraud in fund-raising irregularities for the organization. Trump may have helped him raise some $70,000 -- only $4,500 of which went to the NYM -- by purchasing $300 seats to an event in Philadelphia. Trump also used his influence with the resident board at Trump Tower to get Sharpton's alleged mistress into the building -- at a half-million dollars price tag -- when she had no income, no investments, no property, no nothing.

So it's not exactly Benghazi or Hillary/emailgate. Still, all you folks who think he's so "refreshingly non-political?

Think again!
 
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Hmm, something we agree on. Though me thinking if the GOP faithful will not be swayed by Trump's connections to the Clintons that they will probably not be swayed by this. It's a marathon, not a sprint, just got to outlast him.
 
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