When Trump Met Kwek

Shing Huei Peh

Chapter 10 in Strictly Business:The Kwek Leng Beng Story, 2023, pp 101-112 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Long before Donald Trump descended the golden escalator of his eponymous tower in New York in 2015 to launch an audacious and improbable bid for the United States presidency, he had a far deeper desire that was more posh than political. Since he was seven years old, he had been fascinated by the Plaza Hotel, nursing a desire that would at once lead him to one of his biggest successes, yet also signpost a humiliating defeat. “I just remember the feeling of opulence,” he said of his first visit to the hotel. “There’s something very haunting and magical about the Plaza”…

Keywords: Kwek Leng Beng; Hong Leong Group; Hong Leong; Singapore; Millennium Hotel; Millenium Hotel; 9/11; The Plaza; authorised biography; CDL; City Development Ltd; Donald Trump (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L2 L21 L26 L85 M1 M13 M16 R3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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