26. Trump Tower Opening
Here is Trump and his friend and lawyer, Roy Cohn, at the opening of Trump Tower in 1983. Cohn and Trump have a long and interesting history together. First, Cohn represented Trump in a federal lawsuit against the Justice Department where Trump was accused of violating the Fair Housing Act at 39 of his properties by quoting different rental terms, conditions, and making false “no vacancy” statements to African American tenants in efforts to keep them from renting at his properties. Cohn’s countersuit against the DoJ was unsuccessful and Trump settled the charges out of court in 1975. Trump would be back in court again in 1978 for violating terms of the 1975 settlement.
But it was wasn’t only legal aid that Trump sought from Cohn. It’s been said that Trump emulates Cohn’s brash public “counterattacks.” That might explain why Trump loves to provide comments to the press, both positive and negative, of his perceived opponents.
