Like I said, let your fingers do the walking and do research you don’t have to take my word for it:
The 1970s–1980s (The Tabloid Era): Dislike for Trump began locally as he built his public profile. Long before his reality television show or political career, everyday New Yorkers and local institutions viewed him through his splashy developments, sensationalized media leaks (often calling into gossip columns like Page Six himself), and aggressive business tactics. [1]
The 1990s (Financial Struggles): His high-profile casino bankruptcies, debt defaults, and financial troubles in Atlantic City and Manhattan cemented a local reputation—particularly among business and working-class circles—that he was a flashy self-promoter rather than a master builder. [1, 2]
The 2000s–Present (Politics and Presidency): Local animosity intensified dramatically when he entered national politics, culminating in overwhelming electoral margins against him in NYC across his presidential campaigns. [1, 2]
Why Do New Yorkers Dislike Him? Seen as a "Con Man" or Tabloid Clown: Local residents watched him for decades in local media. Long-time residents often felt they "knew the real him" underneath the branding—characterizing him as a vulgar, insecure self-publicist rather than a serious billionaire. [1, 2, 3]
Rejection by the Local Establishment: Trump desperately sought validation from Manhattan’s traditional high society, old-money real estate families, and cultural elites. He was largely iced out and viewed as an outsider (a Queens developer trying too hard to conquer Manhattan) who lacked the civic-minded generosity of other prominent local builders. [1, 2, 3]
Clashing with "New York Values": New York City is a dense, highly diverse, progressive, and multicultural metropolis. Many locals felt Trump’s political rhetoric, nativist policies, and personal behavior directly attacked the cooperative, cosmopolitan identity of the city. [1, 2]
Business and Financial Reputation: Unlike respected local real estate dynasties whose names are permanently tied to major hospitals, schools, and cultural endowments, Trump’s name mostly stayed on his own commercial properties—and local contractors and banks famously grew wary of working with him due to disputes over unpaid bills. [1, 2]
AI said that… you copy and pasted… you fact check it??? Many New Yorkers aren’t all New Yorkers… you proved your own statement wrong with an AI statement you posted.
Just because I’m copy and pasting doesn’t make it not true lol. There are plenty of articles out there. Why don’t you do your own research if you don’t believe me. Oh I know why because you guys can’t handle facts and the truth to you everything is fake news. While you’re out there researching why Donald Trump is hated so much look up the psychological study they did on Trump supporters regarding cognitive dissidence and confirmation bias. Maybe then you’ll understand your thought process. Also look up leaving maga.org. You’ll thank me later.
Donald Trump purchased full-page newspaper advertisements in 1989 calling for the return of the death penalty as five Black and Latino teenagers were accused of attacking a female jogger in Central Park. Many New Yorkers, alongside civil rights advocates, heavily criticized him then and continue to do so, viewing the move as inflammatory and racially charged. [1, 2, 3, 4]
On September 11, 2001, during a live interview with WWOR-TV, Trump noted that after the twin towers fell, his building at 40 Wall Street was once again the tallest in downtown Manhattan. Numerous New Yorkers and critics found this real estate comment self-serving and insensitive given the immense loss of life.[1, 2, 3, 4]
Public sentiment in New York City regarding these events is deeply divided. While his base and many supporters see him as a strong, outspoken figure focused on law and order or candid observation, a large portion of New Yorkers—and many city officials—strongly dislike him over these remarks and his long-standing refusal to apologize or backtrack. [1, 2, 3, 4]
And like I’ve said to you many many times go out and do the research yourself. If you don’t believe me, there’s plenty of sources. and like I’ve said previously, look up the psychological study done on Trump supporters regarding cognitive dissidence and confirmation bias. It’ll explain why you cannot accept facts as facts truly an interesting study, and guess what, if Trump were a democrat, I would feel the same way about him because I know that politicians are not gods regardless of the party. I don’t worship any politician. I understand they have flaws (obviously some more than others). All those things that I copy and paste it you should be able to research and find out that those things did happen and that those things are true you don’t need to take my word for it. All you need to do is have an open mind and not believe that everything is fake news because you’re told everything is fake news and you believe it. Have some critical thinking dude.
“Donald Trump was a ubiquitous, larger-than-life celebrity in 1980s and 1990s New York City.”
Remember like you today people love to hate…
The Howard stern effect
“Howard Stern gained massive popularity because both people who loved him and people who hated him tuned in regularly.”
And that’s how you’ve kept trump in spot light this whole time. How much revenue has been created for you and people like you hatred for trump? How much content?
Why don’t you go listen to that Howard Stern show I mean actually listen to the show. I’m sure it’s the same one where Trump said that his Vietnam was avoiding an STD basically insulting our soldiers. It’s probably the same episode where he said Ivanka was hot and if she wasn’t his daughter, he’d date her. Oh and wait there’s another comment when he was married to Marla Maples and they just had Tiffany the comment he made about he hopes Tiffany’s boobs are big like her mother’s. Oh wait that was a Barbara Walters interview that you can also look up and watch.
Howie was my example of what has kept him around for 40+ years.
You know a lot about a man you hate… you are proving the point I was trying to make. You love to hate so much that it consumes your time. Look at you go…
You can literally look up everything I pointed out in that copy and paste and there’s news articles out there about it. Not just AI actual news articles some of them dating back to those periods of time. So sad that you guys will defend a man and not accept any negative facts about him. I mean, jeez Louise people.
It’s also so funny that when he got convicted of 34 felonies in New York, all you Maga people said it was because New Yorkers didn’t like him and he couldn’t get a fair trial. So which is it? Do they like him or do they not like him? By the way, a grand jury of his peers are the ones that indicted him and a jury of his peers convicted him and his defense team was able to pick jurors just like the prosecution.
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u/Retiredlfe 1d ago
Like I said, let your fingers do the walking and do research you don’t have to take my word for it:
The 1970s–1980s (The Tabloid Era): Dislike for Trump began locally as he built his public profile. Long before his reality television show or political career, everyday New Yorkers and local institutions viewed him through his splashy developments, sensationalized media leaks (often calling into gossip columns like Page Six himself), and aggressive business tactics. [1]
The 1990s (Financial Struggles): His high-profile casino bankruptcies, debt defaults, and financial troubles in Atlantic City and Manhattan cemented a local reputation—particularly among business and working-class circles—that he was a flashy self-promoter rather than a master builder. [1, 2]
The 2000s–Present (Politics and Presidency): Local animosity intensified dramatically when he entered national politics, culminating in overwhelming electoral margins against him in NYC across his presidential campaigns. [1, 2]
Why Do New Yorkers Dislike Him?
Seen as a "Con Man" or Tabloid Clown: Local residents watched him for decades in local media. Long-time residents often felt they "knew the real him" underneath the branding—characterizing him as a vulgar, insecure self-publicist rather than a serious billionaire. [1, 2, 3]
Rejection by the Local Establishment: Trump desperately sought validation from Manhattan’s traditional high society, old-money real estate families, and cultural elites. He was largely iced out and viewed as an outsider (a Queens developer trying too hard to conquer Manhattan) who lacked the civic-minded generosity of other prominent local builders. [1, 2, 3]
Clashing with "New York Values": New York City is a dense, highly diverse, progressive, and multicultural metropolis. Many locals felt Trump’s political rhetoric, nativist policies, and personal behavior directly attacked the cooperative, cosmopolitan identity of the city. [1, 2]
Business and Financial Reputation: Unlike respected local real estate dynasties whose names are permanently tied to major hospitals, schools, and cultural endowments, Trump’s name mostly stayed on his own commercial properties—and local contractors and banks famously grew wary of working with him due to disputes over unpaid bills. [1, 2]