“Shiver and say the words; Of every lie you’ve heard” [updated to fix a quote tagging issue]
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What does Orangeald tRump know about racehorses? He once owned one.The horse survived, barely.
In the spring of 1988, Steve Hyde, the chief executive of Trump’s casino business, was approached by a racehorse owner named Robert LiButti—who also happened to be a mob associate—who was selling a horse with an impressive pedigree and “Triple Crown potential,” according to former Trump employee John O’Donnell’s book Trumped!. The asking price for the racehorse, named Alibi
Something something fire the show writers and bring in the 100 monkeys working on Shakespeare.
was $500,000. Trump agreed to buy Alibi, on the condition that the horse be renamed DJ Trump.
Something something fire the show-writers into the sun.
Time suspiciously passed with no payment, and LiButti grew frustrated. Since Trump was convinced his name alone was worth $250,000, O’Donnell writes, Trump insisted on a discount on Alibi. LiButti reluctantly agreed, convinced by colleagues that a Trump investment in the racing industry would be good for business.
It’s criminal dunces all the way down. I wish there were a way to seal them in a pocket universe – or a small, sparsely decorated room – where they could spend their time ripping each other off.
It was then that the demands began. Trump insisted the horse be trained in vigorous workouts so that he could be delivered as soon as possible from Florida in racing shape.
But the workouts contributed to an unexpected outcome. The horse, wracked with a virus compounded by the training, became sick.
You can read what happened if you want, but suffice it to say the surgery performed to save Alibi left him unable to race. Afterwards the bigger horse’s ass backed out of the deal, leaving tRump without an alibi.
