Lol:
“Many people consider Trump Doral to be unmatched from a gaming perspective — at 700 acres, properties just don’t exist of that size and quality in South Florida, let alone in the heart of Miami,” Eric Trump said in an email. He did not respond to a request for comment this week.
Yes, he is “unmatched from a gaming perspective”, for sure. No one else on earth can bankrupt casinos as efficiently as he does.
Poor little Eric was referring to this openly corrupt move by Trump bootlicker Ron DeSantis:
Florida legislators approved a legislative package Wednesday that will dramatically expand gambling in the state and sets the stage for former president Donald Trump to pursue a casino license at his Doral golf resort.
The legislation includes a 30-year compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida, negotiated by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), a Trump ally. The compact includes a provision barring the tribe from interfering should the state issue a gambling license to a facility more than 15 miles “in a straight line” from the tribe’s Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood.
Trump’s Doral resort, which he purchased in 2012 and then spent an estimated $250 million renovating, is slightly more than 15 miles away.
Trump’s son Eric Trump, who has managed the company since Trump entered office in 2017, told The Washington Post in March that Doral would be a natural fit for a casino.
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Opponents of the legislation, which could dramatically increase sports and online gambling in Florida, called the compact too deferential to Trump’s Doral resort and another prospective casino site, the Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel, owned by developer Jeffrey Soffer. The tribe’s opposition has been a major obstacle to efforts to establish new casinos.
State Rep. Michael Grieco, a Democrat whose district includes Miami Beach, said he doesn’t know who put the 15-mile language in the compact.
“That line, I don’t know where it came from, but I know why it’s there,” Grieco said. “It removes one of the major hurdles that someone would need to jump in order to make a gaming license in Florida portable, and specifically for two or three people, including the owner of the Fontainebleau and our 45th president.”
They’re not even trying to hide it anymore. I would guess that part of DeSantis’s strategy is to entice Trump back into the business world so he can run for president. But it won’t work. Trump is driven by money to be sure. But nothing is more important to him right now than revenge. He’s fine with Eric pretending to know what he’s doing with the golf resorts. But he’s focused on vengeance.
Update: recall this grotesque moment:
In 1993, Donald Trump testified before a House subcommittee that the mafia was running rampant on Native American gaming casinos. Here, he bickers with members of Congress about taxes, the FBI and if certain tribes “look Indian.”