4/9/2019

CONGRESS/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “President Donald Trump revived a decades-old real estate battle with House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler on Tuesday [4-9-19], casting himself as a blameless victim of the New York congressman who prevailed in spite of Nadler’s opposition…The Washington Post reported on Monday [4-8-19] that Trump went on a tirade last month about Nadler (D-N.Y.), who is heading up a sweeping oversight investigation into the president, during a meeting with GOP lawmakers. Trump reportedly referenced his contentious history with the New York Democrat going back to the 1980s and also mocked Nadler’s weight. Nadler and Trump first clashed when the congressman was still in the New York State Assembly and Trump was a Manhattan real estate mogul. Trump in 1985 purchased a former railroad yard in Nadler’s district on Manhattan’s West Side, proposing a major residential and retail development surrounded by TV stations and anchored by a 150-story skyscraper. Nadler, who along with many in the community fiercely opposed the project, instead believed the rail system should have been reinvigorated, the Post reported, and he worked block the project even when he was sworn into Congress. Trump rained insults down on Nadler over the obstruction, but his opposition to Trump only raised his political profile.”

Caitlin Oprysko, “Trump rehashes 1980s real estate feud with Nadler,” Politico April 9, 2019 9:35 am