Wer ist besser clinton oder trump

Novartis, Roche und UBS: Die Basler Weltkonzerne wollen, dass Donald Trump der nächste US-Präsident wird. Wer wäre für die Schweiz besser? Clinton oder Trump? Über dies und weitere Themen diskutieren SP-Nationalrätin Susanne Leutenegger-Oberholzer (BL), SVP-Nationalrat Andreas Glarner (AG) und der Basler Anwalt Jascha Schneider im Telebasel Sonntags-Talk vom 6. November 2016.

The ad declared the building “the most exciting and sophisticated architectural experience of all time” with a “collection of the World’s Greatest Merchants” — a roster that included the French jeweler and watchmaker Cartier, the British luxury goods store Asprey, high-end retailer Bonwit Teller, Spanish fashion brand Loewe and the Italian stationary store Pineider.

It was December 1982, and readers of The New York Times encountered full-page ads drumming up interest in a glamorous new location soon to open at Fifth Avenue and 56th Street — Trump Tower. One ad listed the high-end retailers that would reside in the building. Another showed a fashion model leaning against the imposing, glass facade. Other ads called it “the most talked about” and “the most successful” retail space.

Opening in 1983, the striking, angular building would become Donald Trump’s signature accomplishment. Trump Tower would not only reflect his penchant for opulence; it secured his place in the Manhattan real estate landscape after years spent working for his father’s housing empire in Brooklyn and Queens.

“Trump Tower put Donald on the map,” Barbara Res, who managed construction of Trump Tower, told FRONTLINE. “It put him right at the heart of everything. It was a phenomenally successful project.”

One key to that success, said Res, was the press that Trump generated for the project, both through eye-catching advertisements and an early mastery of self-promotion.

“Donald built up the press for the project by himself,” Res said. “He talked about who was going to come there — sometimes not necessarily true, like Princess Diana. But he got the press interested in Trump Tower right from the very beginning.”

“The shops were so spectacular, celebrities came to see them,” Res said. “And that generated more press.”

Behind the glitz and glamour of the opening, Trump Tower would also help solidify the perception of Trump as a dealmaker.

“He’s willing to shoot for the moon and not take no for an answer,” Tony Schwartz, who co-wrote “The Art of the Deal” with Trump, told FRONTLINE. “…His ability to project confidence was a huge factor in his being able to do deals that real estate people of much greater experience not only didn’t do, but probably didn’t even imagine trying to do.”

One factor that gave Trump an edge was the political connections of his father, Fred, as well as those of Roy Cohn, Trump’s influential lawyer. Before construction began, Trump used those ties to secure a tax abatement for Trump Tower.

At the time, such abatements were rare. Trump’s first successful Manhattan project, the 1980 renovation of the Grand Hyatt, marked the first time a commercial property had ever received such a tax break. With Trump Tower, the abatements would help Trump save millions during construction, and became a selling point for high-priced units in the building.

“The tax abatement made all the difference in the world in terms of what you could charge for apartments,” Wayne Barrett, author of “Trump: The Deals and the Downfall” told FRONTLINE. “Even after the project was built and open and operating for years,” he noted, “he was able to get a full tax abatement on the commercial space.”

The construction of Trump Tower included other controversies. The demolition of the Bonwit Teller building, which stood on the site the Trump Tower would occupy, used undocumented Polish workers — who were allegedly underpaid and worked in unsafe conditions. Friezes from the building that had been promised to the Metropolitan Museum of Art were instead destroyed.

Trump’s success in building Trump Tower made him attractive to banks offering credit. After 1983, he would open the Trump Plaza, Trump Castle, and the $1 billion Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City. Trump would also purchase an airline shuttle, a professional football team, the Plaza Hotel in New York, a sprawling estate in Florida and more.

Around this time, Barrett noted, Trump started thinking he was invincible. “Everything he does turns to gold. So he can’t imagine making a bad decision,” Barrett said. “So when this period of ‘87, ‘88 peaks … it’s just a succession of one horrendous decision after another.” Barrett added, “The banks will not say no to him.”

By 1990, Trump’s spending spree had left his empire on the brink of collapse, with him and his company owing billions to around 70 banks. “Like a major bank in the middle of the financial crisis, he’s considered too big to fail,” Tim O’Brien, author of “TrumpNation” explained.

Trump and the banks came to an agreement that would save Trump from personally declaring bankruptcy, while negotiating for loan forgiveness. The banks put Trump on a monthly allowance starting at $450,000.

Ben Berzin, who represented Midlantic Bank at the time of the negotiations, said, “It was at a time when we were all trying to figure out, is it better off this guy being alive financially? Or is it better off having him dead financially?” The banks decided they needed Trump — and his name — alive.

More than a decade later, during the introduction of his TV series “The Apprentice” — which was filmed on a boardroom set in Trump Tower — Trump would describe the episode like this: “I was billions of dollars in debt, but I fought back and I won, big league. I used my brain, and I used my negotiating skills and I worked it all out.”

Last year, Trump descended the golden escalator to the lobby of Trump Tower to announce that he was running for president.