TRUMPED: The Donald, The Widow and Eminent Domain
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- Did you know that the Institute for Justice tangled with Donald Trump in the 1990s when he was working with a government agency to take away a widow's home through eminent domain for his private gain?
www.ij.org/1002
emminent domain is overused to help private developers, not for the public good.
I don't know how so many people can support this man when he's clearly used a Soviet-esque system.
You are ignorant Johnathon ... USSC said in The Keto Case this was totally Constitutional the institute for idiocy lost this case in the Supreme Court.
Vera Coking with the help of IFJ won against your dear leader. The Kelo case was against Pfizer in New London
Trumpism is a cult.
I love the look of that house...it may not be that special to you, but it was a beautiful house!
Its her house, Trump Plaza is an ugly piece of shit full of ugly people
In 2006 the "leaders" here in NJ used eminent domain to close the Pennsauken Mart so a minor league hockey rink could be built. Eight years later the giant lot is still empty. Disgraceful!
I love the fact that this showed up in my recommended feed in October 2019.
My thoughts exactly! Ditto here.
1/2021
love the old Stossel bit
And now that horrific hotel is toast, all these years later. I walked through it last May, before it closed, and it was cheesy, run-down and poorly maintained. Good riddance.
Well we did have Hurricane Sandy hit NJ a few years back....
+j.denino57 If it had been a profitable business it would have been rebuilt. It wasn't and it wasn't.
cartman1492 it was profitable till all the surrounding states built casinos in their states.
j.denino57 Another thing, Atlantic City is 80% minority with a per capita income of around $23,000. The state of NJ should have improved the surrounding neighborhood. There is a beautiful beach right there, I could never understand why the state did not encourage more economic activity in A.C. there are other beach towns,where the housing market is very high such as in Point Pleasant or Long Beach Island, NJ.
+j.denino57 key word is minority! where ever they go is like a cancer! everything goes bust! just like America will when they become the majority!
This is something that right, left, and moderate middle all really ought to agree on.
Whatever you think of eminent domain when legitimately applied (and I understand there are some sound arguments against it -- though I'd point out that it's right there in the Constitution), we should all be able to agree that ABUSE of the eminent domain process for private profit is an obscenity -- unprincipled, unAmerican, and indefensible.
If anyone can show me where I'm wrong on this, I'd appreciate it.
But if not, can we agree this is something we should all be condemning (as it were)?
Until you see how ugly that house looked in front of that multi-million dollar investment Trump made in Atlantic City New Jersey.
@@TheIntriguingii Not your house. Not your business!
Exactly Thrash. Three cheers to Ms Coker for standing up to the Oompa Loompa! Hooray!
@@TheIntriguingii You shut up
I think that house is a lot more beautiful than that hotel-casino.
That cigar factory looking house cost Atlantic City billions by now.
@@TheIntriguingii oh shut up
@@TheIntriguingiishut up
He did exactly the same in Scotland regarding his golf course. He wanted four nearby homes demolished, because in his words "they were ugly". Not nice for his rich golfing chums to see while they were playing golf. He offered them loads of money but they refused, so he tried the same trick, but the home owners fought him and won! He described one man's home as "a mess" and said "he lives like a pig! He's a selfish bullying bastard!
He is the lowest form of life on this planet.You should see him on the sterns show what a pig.
He is the lowest form of life on this planet.You should see him on the sterns show what a pig.
Good for those homeowners. God bless them and their bravery. They fought eminent domain and won fare and square
I can not in good faith back the developer on this one. Eminent domain is to be used for the good of the citizens, not the developer.
Not according to the USSC in the Keto decision. It is entirely Constitutional for cities to take private property for development, public or private.
@@CH-pv2rz First of all, it is Kelo not Keto. Second, what happened with the land that was taken for "development" in Kelo's case? Nothing. That land now sits empty. Pfizer, for whom the land was taken and given, closed the facility in New London as soon as the tax breaks given by city were expired. The city went over heels to appease the company, but as soon as the tax breaks expired they left. This is just like Robinhood but in reverse- you take from the poor and give it to the rich. This is why Eminent Domain, atleast for private use, needs to end.
@@San_Deep2501 That case is a disgrace.
How dare you Mr Trump!
One day, you will answer for your actions!
+BAK
Not quite sure how that means Trump "won."
It was her kid's choice to sell, they weren't forced to do so -- and Trump's casino is out of business.
+David Topchiev Get back on your meds and nose out of the DNC talking points, moron.
S: "You're bullying these people out-"
T: "That's wrong… This is a government case."
'Cause as everyone knows, if you get the government to do it for you, it's no longer bullying!
Look where it got them. Trump was right and the crappy house in front of his hundred million dollar investment was a slap in the face and the beginning of the end of the Atlantic City dream. No wonder Trump pulled out without paying anyone. The courts brought it on themselves by not appreciating the major investment he made in their community and voted against him.
@@TheIntriguingii The courts should have SO much gratitude for a big investor like Trump, they should just cancel some homeowner's property rights because she's standing in Trump's way. That's how you think this should work? LOL. As messed up as America is, it's not China yet. Sorry bud.
Eminent domain for a recreational lake, was uses to steal my family property.. and then an unknown org claimed the oil rights. We never sold our mineral rights and yet the oil is being pumped away.
you should sue
I never heard this term until I got addicted to Yellowstone...great show about similar feud on Peacock! Did you ever get your situation resolved?
No resolution expected. The system is based on plunder because pirates are in charge.
The takings clause of the fifth amendment says that the taking must be for public use. There is no mention of public benefit or private gain anywhere in the takings clause. That means that the taking can only be for direct public use and for no other reason. Dire military need in wartime is public use. A park is public use. A public school is public use. A highway is public use. A railroad is public use. Malls, apartment complexes, company headquarters, and other private development is never public use, even if there is the potential for public gain or benefit. The framers of our constitution chose their words carefully and meant literally what they said. If the framers had meant public gain or public benefit, they would have said public gain or public benefit and not public use.
Our courts, including the SCOTUS, have done an excellent job twisting the letter and meaning of the constitution around to suit the demands of the wealthy and the corrupt. It is time we straighten these bad decisions by reversing them to suit the original intent and meaning of the founders and the constitution they wrote to protect us from this sort of tyranny. Eminent domain was never meant to be used to force transfer of title of land from one private owner to another just to satisfy the greed and unwillingness of a developer to pay a private owner what the current owner wants for their property. Under Kelo, Trump would have won. This must be forced to never happen again.
Agreed. This is reverse Robinhood- you take from the poor and give it to the rich
That is a pretty nice home!
Spread this video everywhere.
He respected her right not to sell. So he didn't buy. She ended up selling it for way less than he offered. End of story
that is so so so so far from the truth, no HE LOST in the supreme court, but he fought her over and over up through the system, trying to make her run out of money, he did not respect her at all, he was quite ugly in his remarks about her, and praised other millionaires who won their cases, and stole ppl's houses. IN THE END SHE WON HER FREEDOM TO CHOOSE, TO LIVE THEIR AS LONG AS SHE WANTED, AS IT SHOULD BE IN AMERICA, END OF STORY. Except the fact she lost a huge amount of money having to defend her right of freedom for something the law was clearly written, that law NEVER pertained to some rich prick who wanted to build a parking lot of a casino.
I've known about this since when it was happening , and I've been educating Trump's supporters about this incident using a link to the IJ website.
This was 28 years ago. Trump went through hard times himself, filled bankruptcy and learned some hard lessons. Everyone deserves a second chance. He loves this Country and is fighting for it. And our freedom of religion.
@@bjh1 And he was a hell of a president. Best one for the good of this country in my lifetime, by a long shot. And I go back to Truman.
I really don't like this thing he tried to pull here, and I'm glad he lost this particular round. But I think the Trump of today would be more likely to side with the lady. He was a Democrat when he held the views he voices here...Like Don Ameche said, "Thingsa change."
Respectfully, this is just one incident of years and years of this behavior; it gives a great example of the way Trump rose to the top by continuously stepping on the backs of others, none too small. He never stopped doing this.
In the beginning, he talks about condemnation as if it were an everyday occurrence.
It is you bonehead.
He says that eminent domain is a necessary thing. Necessary for who? For you, Mister Trump? For him to say that the house is terrible looking is, to my way of thinking, an attempt to justify his wanting to remove it from the landscape and replace it with a limousine parking lot. In his eyes, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." and to him, the house was ugly looking. Thankfully he lost his case. This was just another example of his narcissism and putting profits ahead of property what he calls "The Greater Good."
I remember this piece on 20/20 back when I was in my late teens early 20s, I decided then I didn’t like Trump, I just turned 50 this month. My feelings haven’t changed
So you didn't like him when he was a Democrat and you don't like him as a Republican either.
Wow! I too saw this back at about the same time/ same age! I too could not stand him after this; I thought he was just disgusting. Too funny. Small world.
@@TruckTaxiMoveIt The clown suite doesn’t make the man.
You people are idiots. Its obvious you are paycheck to paycheck workers or all on unemployment now because none of you have an inkling of how development is done. This is an everyday occurrence in every country. How do you think downtown areas are redeveloped? Dimwits.
@@CH-pv2rz you think shaming people for being working class would bring them to your side or buy your argument? You seem to be very passionate about defending Eminent Domain. Hope one day your house will taken from you using Eminent domain by the city under the name of "development" and a decade after your house is bulldozed you see, the land be sitting empty, populated only by feral cats and not being used for anything like the houses that were taken by the city of New London in Kelo's case.
Beautiful story
Go Stossel
Anyone who thinks a reality TV show star, connected to insider politics, and being marketed on the establishment press is going to help America....you need you head examined. Don't be fooled again.
Forlornguild
And who do you think better to lead America?
my choice would be Rand Paul, or better yet, his father if he could be talked into running. Most people have no idea the level of deception they live under 24/7...perpetrated by the conglomerate of corporate "news and entertainment". Enjoy the show I you like, but be warned...its but another ruse on the news.
+myjeevie Ted Cruz, A REAL leader, totally committed to a stronger America.
+Brandon S You should stop drinking the Trumplican Kool-Ade.
+Tom Wright
I would vote for him if I thought he could win. He is an extremely admirable person.
hahah john stossel keepin it real for years!
He could have taken a much more civil approach with Vera Coking by offering to mover her house to a lot of her choosing and free of charge.
park a few RV's there
property is ill gotten through eminent domain and this is for PUBLIC use
Yes! This abuse needs to end.
No! USSC said it was Constitutional in the Keto Decision.
@@CH-pv2rz Who gives a shit. It's still unconstitutional in MY book
@@CH-pv2rz first of all, it is Kelo not keto. Second, Supreme Court got it wrong. "Back in New London, where the Kelo case originated, the condemned property-on which fifteen homes once stood-remains empty, used only by feral cats. The economic development project for which the homes were taken was a dubious proposition to begin with, and eventually fell apart. Despite a variety of proposals since then, the City of New London still has not been able to find a productive use for the land."
This is the state of affairs in 2020. The court got it wrong back then. That was why 45 states enacted Eminent Domain reform laws after the judgment. Eminent domain is abuse of power. Period.
Being done every day - wish someone would make me a deal like that for my home. It could have been a win-win but no one advised her properly.
this is a must see report
Why isn't anyone talking about eminent domain? Look up "demagogue" in the dictionary and you'll find a picture of Donald Trump.
Thankfully in my country there is not such a thing, even with a court order a police officer can not enter if the home's doow is not opened to them (kinda like with the fictional vampires i quess).
Lord, help us if Trump is elected President! It will b like jumping out of the frying pan into the fire!
Donald Trump was right when he said that cities have the right to condemn for the greater good of a city, but this was attempted for his greater good, not Atlantic City. He spoke of that women's house as being terrible looking, he only says that because he wanted that property so that he could build a limousine parking lot for his casino across the street. This was all done for his benefit, not for Atlantic City. Kudos to Vera Coking.
good for her.
"It's not bullying, this is a government case."
As if that excuses it.
The government can be bullies too...and often is. I like Donald on some issues but on this he is clearly wrong.
If you aren't free to keep your property then you're not really free.
I think the Trump of today would agree with everything you've posted.
@@TheRealDrJoey No he's the same now as he was then
@@justinratcliffe947 You do know that he was a Democrat, right? Some people wake up and improve themselves.
@@TheRealDrJoey He still supports eminent domain. He hasn't changed in that regard
the Slumlord Billionaire Paper Lion
So she got to keep her home? I do not see a problem. I understand sentimental value outweighed the 3x value of the home, moving is a chore as well.
So what? People lose stuff to eminent domain all the time. He lost the case. The lady sold her home for 1/5th of what she could have gotten 10 years earlier. He made a really good offer to the lady.
For a home that was originally purchased for $20,000/ $5mil is a good offer. She got 500k selling it 10 years later.
+James Love Yup.
She eventually sold it for much less.
+James Love yes she did but she did it on her terms. Her house her terms no matter what money was involved. She was not going to allow someone bully her into selling a home she bought and paid for and grew old in with her late husband. Her and her husband planned on buying that house growing old in THAT house and retiring in it. The old American dream you know. But I guess the American dream should include "until someone richer and more powerful comes along" She also moved into an old age care facility due to her age and medical problems. she stayed as long as she possibly could to finish up her American dream in her house.
not long after it was sold,... for the right price.
+MisterSoul99 "not long after" - 15-20 years later, you mean when she moved away and could no longer live there. At the time of Trump's shenanigans it was not for sale at any price.
You can't just use Eminent domain to takes someone's house for private use, it has to be for public uses. No your being unfavor by using the government to try and steal a person's house for yourself.
I wouldn't let my property be taken not even for public use. Fuck the public
Looks like it inspired UP.
And a herbie movie too 😂
I know this is 8 years later but i'm glad they won. Had they failed that old lady would have had no choice but to defend her property with her 2nd amendment and we shouldn't be forcing anyone to do that.
28 years later
@@bjh1 8 years to the video posting date bud. Though even were it an error in reference to the event my viewpoint would be the same.
Hope your doing well.
Surprised Trump would stoop so low.
According to the woman, 5 millions is nothing compared to 700k....
So silly...
Stossel was saying the truth here. ^^
Hilary vs. Trump, doesn't matters who win, we lose. :-/ That year was depressing.
I have voted Republican for years but I won't vote for Trump is he is the nominee.
vote for the commie Bernie. good idea.
Trump is a commie too.
+dvferyance Vote Libertarian.
+dvferyance Then you'll be no different than this stupid woman who didn't take the initial good offer when it was available. You can be emotional and foolish, or you can be rational and smart. Besides, Trump doesn't need your support. He's got plenty already and is going to win!
Caroline Sarian Trump could lose all 50 states polling shows him even losing Utah he would do even worse than I had thought.
This was interesting, thanks for sharing. Apparently, he's not running for Pres anymore.
That comment didn’t age well 💀
What if the government wants to bulldoze Mar-A-Lago in Florida
"to be calling good public servants cronies is unfair", says Trump the Don...Oh the tears....I can't control myself, I have to cry for all the good public servants ...America your fired, King Trump shall rule the Land!
Not that hard to beat him now
He decided Not to do,The government Gave her way less and Knocked it Down.
Trump is correct here. You can tear down a block that houses a 100 and build a skyscraper than houses 5000 the private sector should be able to take the land if they give her an apartment or good price.
+pirucreek Anone that believes in private property in land is sick.
+pirucreek Why stop with land. Why not just eliminate all private property?
Of course, I think that's been tried before. Perhaps someone should investigate how that worked out.
+pirucreek "Anone that believes in private property in land is sick." Well I guess you are a fit Trump supporter, aren't you?
If only the Press had gone over every bit of Obama's past as they are doing to Trump's, the entire world and especially America would now be better off.
The media is biased against anyone who is not a neo-lib.
+myjeevie If only the "press" would tell the complete truth about (T)Rump!
+Tom Wright
Tom, the press is relentlessly trying to destroy Trump now. Just the way they relentlessly tried to get Obama elected. I'm against that bias either way. ...No American should be flippant about eminent domain and it has led to some heartbreaking scenarios. However, the US is in trouble now with Obama and Democrats giving Iran billions of dollars in the recent nuclear arms deal. Eminent domain is of little importance if you don't even have a planet to live on which could occur if Iran continues to pursue destruction of the US and Israel. I don't see anyone else speaking out against that deal as strikingly as he....so this issue is small peanuts in comparison to some of the other pressing matters on the table.....
such as how Obama doubled the National debt, decreased the military strength of the US, and how there is a breakdown of communities because of increased racial tensions ...by the way, please look at any city or state run by Dems exclusively in the past years and tell me how they're looking....San Francisco? Chicago? Baltimore? Philadelphia? New Orleans? not good.
***** your reply to me makes no sense. I never said Trump doesn't have enough press. My point is that it is a shame the press never dissected Obama's every utterance when he campaigned the way they do Trump's. Most of our leaders on Capital Hill, let alone the American populace do not know the most powerful players among the Kuds. (not Kurds) and the media made e a big thing of it. However, when Obama said he had just visited "57 states with two more to go" the media gave him a pass. Seriously, you are critical of a candidate who didn't know one of the names of the Kuds leader but supported the guy who thought the US has 59 states?
And not even sure why you wrote: "If you don't see anyone else speaking out it is because you are too stupid and uninformed to realize every GOP candidate spoke out against the Iran deal" Why do you leap to the fallacious assumption that I "don't see anyone else speaking out"? Your comments don't add up.
So your theory is that the members of the liberal Press trying to build him up so as to make him lose?
eminent domain is necessary, however maybe not in the particular case
My city is growing into a metropolis. I fear emminent domain may befall my neighborhoood since our University is growing. Perhaps investing in the pulic education of IT may help so we can learn from home and prevent relocating families. Maybe hold classes in buildings that are not being used such as a Church . Since they tend to be used only a couple days a week for their sermons. Save our gardens. Save our planet.
Bush reamed Donald good in the debate last night on the issue of eminent domain. Trump is a slime.
Turns out he won that nomination then went on to win the election and here we are four years later and he seems to be at a new beginning a major series of losses financially socially and politically
Where is that full interview with Donald Trump? It's nowhere to be found.
OMG...Trump made me dislike John Stossel a little less.
for the good of the people! Just like sanders says...
@rumco Isn't it also a demonstration of how the separation of powers works to protect individual liberties? You're seeing only the bad here, and not acknowledging the good... the lady got to keep her home, didn't she?
Where’s Stossel now? The crooks & corporations got rid of this type of reporting -
He has retired from mainstream news reporting. Now, he has a youtube channel with hundreds of thousands of subscribers. He still putting up the good fight, not at same level as before though.
Yes well done,.
At least in my little country we have CPO Compulsery Purchase Order where the state is the only organ that can with Highcourt approvel take your home for an appropiat fee normall 3 times the going Market value so a house in the way of alight rail way wanted 20 ' of the fron garden of 10 homes they had to pay €500,000:00 to each home owner
Irish Citizen
No wonder Donald Trump is such a big fan of Putin! And no wonder Putin is such a big fan of Trump!
One thing I totally dissagree with him on. I do not agree with eminent domain at all.
It obviously was government kissing corporate butt. Why does politics corrupt so badly.
+conservativetothecor Is this really the "one thing"? Look up him attacking conservatives on the campaign trail.
+Observer2The Hes a tyrant...plain and simple
$21 trillion in debt. That's not going to pay itself back. America needs to do some massive wealth creation or the flow of borrowed money will be cut off, and that's not something anyone wants.
So whats worse, a little old lady moving into a new house, or the country going to war over it's debts?
eddie 7000 Dude, Trump will INCREASE debt even more than Hillary! You're a victim of conman Trump. See article. blogs.wsj.com/economics/2016/09/26/donald-trump-would-boost-debt-more-than-hillary-clinton-report-says/?mg=id-wsj&mg=id-wsj&mg=id-wsj
Tijo Jose
You need some serious history lessons on how capitalism works. Trump is the wealth creator. He's the job creator. That never increases the debt. In fact it's the only way possible to pay off the debt, other than war to steel another nations wealth.
Wake up before it's too late.
@@eddie-sf7hn shut up. Trump sucks and so does eminent domain
How in the world do you think our country constructed the Rail Roads, or the Interstate Highway System???? Or like Donald Trump has said, the Pipe Line??? Somebody has to give it up, they will get paid for it to move else where.... that's how progress works. It's life in the fast lane.... so to speak.
The point they are trying to make is eminent domain ABUSE. The government should have to PROVE a pressing need before they should be allowed to exercise eminent domain. Building a park and limo parking for some rich guy and his friends is not a "pressing need".
@@jaythrash8804 It's literally not abuse though. "Pressing need" is literally not even written in the Constitution, you just made that up on the spot. The supreme court has been clear that the government can take any property or likewise give permission to any private entity to do so without reason provided the property is paid with fair market value which essentially is based on your property taxes.
@@DaveSmith-cp5kj Then whats stopping him from buying property from the market? Nothing.
@@jaythrash8804 I don't think you quite understand what this situation is about. lol Next time you should watch the video you comment on rather than making up legal citations on the spot.
Hey everyone! Say:
President Trump
Hard mode: Don't laugh/throw up
This ages badly
What a snake Trump is. Money isn't everything .
+USAF VetForAmerica To him it is.
+USAF VetForAmerica "Money isn't everything."
But it buys most things.
And -- cliche tho it may be -- thank you for what you did for our country and for all of us; I am in your debt, as are we all.
+smartalek180
God bless you.
It's just as well that he lost his case against Vera Coking since his Atlantic City casino went other, so he lost twice over. Trump is good at deflecting attention away from the central issue by focussing on something irrelevant such as mentioning living in a city where you cannot build schools, churches, roads, highways, and have access to hospitals. He's a deceitful man whether he chooses to admit it or not.
I'm sorry, but you can't take someone's home for private business, it has to be for the public benefit, not personal gain.
But your property CAN be seized for personal gain under the guise of public benefit. These people do that ALL THE TIME. Trump isn't the exception to the rule. He IS the rule.
IDK why commenters keep saying it has to be public benefit, that's literally not true. The Supreme Court has been clear that property can be seized for ANY purpose the government chooses. The only requirement is that the government has to pay the fair market value (which essentially is tax related value the property owner previously reported).
This is the problem when people don't know the law, they get outraged that the law is enforced. The complexity of the law is to blame however.
Screw the public too
At his pace in the polls..........he may just be the next President.
Now the house if its still there is probably worth half ...dumb
She bought it with her own hard earned money, and wasn't interested in selling. Move on.
@shamgar001 And that's the price he offered.
I bet she's lived there since a house on Boardwalk was only $200.
There's his tower. There's her house. And he just wanted it gone.
'It wouldn't be fair to the people. They're staring at this house instead of staring at beautiful fountains and beautiful other things that would be good.'
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hah a ha ha ha!
This comment is coming years after the post. Sorry. I just saw it. Eminent domain is crazy in some aspects. I agree that it is necessary at times, but this wasn't one of them. I'm a conservative, but I can't stand some asshole trying to take a person's lifelong home for limousine parking. Trump has always been an ass and always will be, but I am still glad we didn't get Hillary.
There staring at the bankrupt Trump plaza , sorry Donald if you want her place you must pay her price
In reading more on this, I see she wanted 5 million from Trump and Trump refused, as the property was so bad it could be condemned, and was likely worth under $100,000. But it was worth a lot more to Trump. I would have thought 5 million to Trump would have been peanuts. Surprised he wanted to seize it cheaper and get all that bad publicity.
+RJ Walker You don't become a good businessman by making bad deals.
+Dave Smith ....Yes, I think you have a point.. Only taking someone's home who is not selling, to me isn't really making a deal. If he's going to do stuff like that, he should dish out the dough. I read some place he offered her 1 million which was a lot for that home, but to him it's nothing. He's given more than that to politicians.
+Dave Smith He's not a good business man, he's a corrupt crony-capitalist.
RJ Walker Trump offered her 1/4 of what another investor had offered her 15 years prior. The house was worth at least $1,000,000 in 1978 and Trump offered her $251,000 in 1993. Trump offered far below market value. Either way, taking someone's property by force is theft.
I agree with you it would be like stealing, and it says something about Donald Trump , that he tried to take a property that way from an old lady.
The Donald is a thorn in the side of both parties. He has no desire or chance to win, he is promoting himself by saying what people want to hear. He could conceivably help to close the border by forcing politicians to deal with thousands of citizens who have found their voice by way of the Donald.
Regannomics
This is what we'd have with Trump as prez. Taking people's houses to build on to his casino. And saying it's for the public good.
My fist memory of Donald Trump was watching him on action news in Philadelphia in the late 80s early 90s trying to steal a elderly woman’s house in Atlantic City.
Lying sack you were not even around then.
Mob Boss attitude, give me what I want... or we strong arm you out of your personal property
He is trully a despicable man!
If someone will want build something and give jobs to many people and my house will be in the way if they will find me house that is even better like was that mine somewhere near my location I will move so I don't have a problem with that.
+Erika Talnagi
And that's your decision to make.
Are you really all right with the power of the state being used to force someone else who doesn't think that way about the home she's lived in for decades to behave as you would choose of your own free will?
+smartalek180 No one was FORCED to do anything! stop spreading lies. she was offered triple what her house was worth and the idiot declined. She ended up moving 15 years later - I sure hope it was worth all the money she could have left her children - she's an idiot if you ask me.
I know and understand that we have rights to own our home. This Lady should not have had to sell.
but When building cities neighborhoods and busniess parks and such, If you understand how inflation works and how western countires need to see growth even to remain the same, I see what Trump meant by a necessary evil.
Most wont, but that kind of thing happens everywhere. when you have a neighborhood or bussniness park with this odd old home smack dab in the middle, the city planners always look to uograde over time which change neighborhoods and areas vastly. They were trying to offer her money, was it a good deal? idk, but this all is a reality, I think people need to learn to work together.
TRUMP 2024!!!
NE vs. LN
@eagleeye1975 The lady was bullied and got lucky. Many other people weren't so lucky because they did not have enough media attention when the State took their property.
There is no separation of power. There is State (legislative branch, executive branch, judicial branch) vs everyone else. Anyone who thinks that judges are independent is delusional.
The point is that she justly acquired the property and such right should be absolute, not up to the State to decide whether she can keep it.
@WelcomeToPlanetEarth - Just a house!? Really, that's what you'd say if it were you, right? And neither eminent domain nor Donald Trump were going to pay the fair market value for that home. I doubt she was offered even half of what the home was worth. Compensation isn't worth shit if the compensation doesn't amount to the value of the home.
The land under the house is worth more than the house on the land.
Nevertheless she was likely offered more than the market value by the developer, through eminent domain she's likely to get only market value from State or City
What Vera wanted to see was the Five Million dollar she thought her home was worth; it wasn't worth that much to him, so now she has her home and can sell it to the highest bidder. She is likely hoping for someone else to offer that cool million; so far, no takers. SOL, Vera. Nice bid for sympathy, though.
Kathy swigert Lies! Trump offered her 1/4 of what another investor had offered her 15 years prior. The house was worth at least $1,000,000 in 1978 and Trump offered her $251,000 in 1993.
He didn't even take her house. what is the big deal here? if it wasn't for eminent domain we wouldn't have buildings and roads. this is a non issue lol. He didn't even tear the house down!
+imaStonesFan well considering his power is completely at the will of Congress and the people - it's just a theory but I think he would only be doing what every other president was able to do within the confines of our bill of rights and constitution you stupid dimwit.
+imaStonesFan pull your panties up - the stones aren't here lmao.
+imaStonesFan - HE WILL TEAR DOWN THE MOSQUES OF ISLAM - Do I hear an AMEN??
+stagefright2012 "HE WILL TEAR DOWN THE MOSQUES OF ISLAM - Do I hear an AMEN??"
Not from me, and not from the majority of Americans.
Little thing called the First Amendment is just one reason why.
At least as important:
Islamist radicals are a small percentage of the followers of the Muslim faith. To blame all of them for the evil of a small slice is not just morally indefensible and unAmerican, it's foolish and counterproductive.
The number of American Muslims who support Daesh (ISIS) is very small -- tiny, compared to the numbers of their co-religionists in Europe.
The reason is that we've successfully assimilated most American Muslims, while Europe has always kept them apart and made it clear they're second-class guests at best.
Making American Muslims into the enemy plays directly into Daesh's hands -- your response is *exactly* what they say (in their "manifesto" and various communiques) they're looking to accomplish.
Congratulations, stagefright -- you're "objectively pro-Daesh."
+Animal Mother He did lose he lost to the NJ supreme court there was nothing he could do from there.
But hes the peoples savior! Q says so!
How about considering rephrasing your choice of words. The last photo you showed at the end of this video proves Trump was right and why that building needed to either be moved or torn down. Trump was trying to help the city grow and prosper but the way you are presenting it as Trump being the bad guy was used to win the case throwing Trump under the bus. When the reality was seeing that house in the middle of a commercial area is one of the reasons Atlantic City failed.
perhaps he should have built his casino elsewhere?
@@jaythrash8804 Or instead of putting crooked attorney's or gift of the gab politicians who have never ran a business let alone a huge corporation in the White House. Trump is an original and if he was a democrats you and the press would love him like they did when he was a democrat.
I am not a democrat. At the same time, I'm not going to support some asshole, buying off the government, just to have some private park, helipad, parking space built. That is not what eminent domain is supposed to be for. EVERYONE'S private property rights should be honored. NOT just for the rich and powerful!
"People coming into town see this terrible house". What about that ugly ass concrete and glass Casio?
How is this suprising took back on ?lol he still sound selfish..
Donald Trump speaks in an unrefined almost awkward style.
Primarily because he is unrefined and fundamentally uneducated but when it comes to business he is highly educated which is really really weird -- essentially reads at a 4th grade reading level but does business and a postgraduate level
Nice try. Is that all you have? Lets take a look at all of your personal lives and see what kind of life you are living when your doors are closed and no one is watching. He has more balls than most mortal men wish they had. I know, the truth hurts. Go ahead an continue live in your own reality.
395PRS While I understand the Donald is like a Mountain Dew in a cooler full of Pepsi and Coke, all of them will rot your teeth and are bad for you in the long run. While my personal life may not be the cleanest, I'm not running for the highest office in the nation and I never tried to pose as a republican while using government to steal someone's home, that's not how conservatives behave. Conservative is someone who conserves the use of government. Also, generally speaking, while balls do certainly help, they are not necessarily required to be an effective leader. While I don't know who to tell you to support (we're f**ked either way), I can tell you to prepare yourself and your family for very tough days to come, we have already passed the event horizon, it really is too late to fix this thing. This country has become just like a computer riddled with malware, spam and viruses. To manually remove them would take unwavering, unrelenting focus for generations upon generations, that ain't gonna happen. We are at the point where the system is so clogged ctrl+alt+del won't even work anymore. We need a leader who isn't afraid to tell the people to prepare while he holds down the power button for 4 seconds, restarts this thing, formats the hard drive, and re-installs the constitution/bill of rights, version 1.1 (I would have said version 1.0, but that kinda included slavery.)
+395PRS Nice try, what? This was posted in 2011 - not posted to influence the 2016 campaign.
Now how about defending the indefensible - the topic of this video and Trump's outrageous efforts to get government officials to take someone else's private property away and give it to him?
I'll give you 5 bucks for your car. Don't think that's fair? Tough, I'll make have the government make you sell it to me for that.
Cars move real-estate doesn't
Eh, he presented himself well. Don't really trust either of these women talking. Stossel's an ok guy though.
His argument was ridiculous. Eminent domain is not necessary for building schools or hospitals, and Trump wasn't trying to build either of those. He was trying to build another building for his own private business dealings. He isn't just a bully who doesn't respect property. He is also extremely dishonest.