So like many times in his life, you could say Trump went 'Back To Zero'.
Back in the late 1980s, the Rolling Stones called off their hiatus and did a massive tour, netting about $100 million. Not bad! To cap it off, they wanted to do a pay-per-view show at a large venue, so their manager, Michael Cohl, thought of Donald Trump and his essential dictatorship in Atlantic City.
The problem was that no one in the Stones wanted anything to do with Trump, even in 1989.
They set up a contract that barred Trump from attending the concert or promoting it at all. Trump is all about publicity and always has been, so of course he didn’t actually stick to the script, or lack thereof. When the big night arrived, they found Trump hosting a press conference.
After asking him not to continue speaking to the press, Cohl walked away and Trump got back on his pulpit to address the reporters. Twice. After the third time Keith Richards pulled out a knife and prepared to go to the press room for a confrontation, so Cohl threatened to cancel the entire pay-per-view performance and told Trump to leave, prompting the future presidential candidate to start screaming. Cont.
Full interview here.
Story from - Mediaite
Image from - Glacomo Bettlol - Flickr
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