Junior
Posted on December 11, 2006 - Filed Under Business |
It was the return address that caught my eye.
Park Avenue
Suite 1130
New York, NY 10169
Park Avenue? The blue-blood district of New York City. Who lives on Park Avenue and would send me a letter?
I picked the letter up off the floor, flipping it over. Spelled out in big gold letters was ‘Donald Trump’. Curiosity forced my fingers to tear the envelope open. Questions such as "How did Donald get my address?" and "Why is he writing me?" flooded my mind.
Mr. Trump has seen fit to invite me to be his personal guest and hear his story on wealth creation. To back up this claim, two "Special Guest Tickets" fell into my hand. But the reason for having two tickets instead of one was quickly explained: I’m not just a personal guest but a special VIP guest.
I’m not sure what I did to deserve this honor. Maybe he reads my blog. Maybe he read my story regarding seminars and book purchases. He does have the time. In between those shots of flying in a helicopter on the "Apprentice", he has to do something. Something besides file for bankruptcy. Like many other Americans, he probably sits around his home, watching the Price is Right, wondering who will replace Bob Barker.
I digress.
The following quotation is directly from the special invitation
"Please be my personal guest to hear my real Trump story on wealth creation from my son, Donald Trump Jr., and be trained by "4" self-made multi-millionaire experts in America."
The blinders were lifted from my eyes. Donald Trumps real story (as oppose to the fake story) would be told by his son. I’ll be honest: it escaped my attention that Donald had male off-spring. Only his gorgeous wives seem to be making headlines, not his kids. The photo of Junior does reveal one trait father and son share: a passion for bad ties.
The ending of the aforementioned sentence gave me pause. First, why is the number four in quotes? Is that "4" as in the metaphysical sense? Maybe two speakers will be present yet the other two are there in spirit? That does count as "4", doesn’t it? After all this is California so maybe "4" could be considered that way.
Decidedly, I am relieved the training takes place "in America". I probably would have went if it was "in France". But "in Sudan", "in Madagascar" or "in Iraq" would have been a stretch.
Looking over the tickets, I wondered what their value would be on eBay.
But all is not lost. If I go, Junior will give me a complimentary edition of "TRUMP - Think Like a Billionaire". After seeing "76" reviewers on Amazon.com gave it "2" stars, I imagine he has a few spare copies laying around.
The invitation almost found its way into the trash can. But I hesitated. This could be a unique opportunity to circulate among many other people, maybe making some contacts. At the very minimum, some interesting articles on my blog could be found.
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Cliff
An excellent post! I think that Trump, et al., need to give us (the public) a break from the constant promotion.
It’s amazing to me that he (The Donald) still finds people willing to put his name on their new buildings.
Does anyone feel that the Trump name represents anything other that gauche conspicuous consumption?
Toss the tickets. I did. Oh yeah, I got the same thing in the mail. It even had Donald Junior’s mug on the brochure. My guess is, it’s just a high end version of the Marshall Reddick revival. It might be interesting to see the Donald’s son just from a celeb gazing standpoint, but that’s not my thing either.
Bruce, Thanks for the feedback.
I think Trump has done an excellent job getting his name out there. Yet there’s a part of me that doesn’t believe he’s a true billionaire. That pesky logic center of my brain just can’t rectify the image he portrays.
Engineer, there’s a part of me that’s dying of curiousity to find out what this seminar is about. But my question: does Junior really qualify as a celeb?
I’ve always had a problem with Trump. He’s sold himself as a REAL ESTATE GENIUS. I think if my dad left me 10 mil and an apartment building in Manhattan, even I could have created an empire.
Couple that with several bankruptcy/restructuring attempts, threats and actuals when the empire building scheme took a nose dive, you have no one special.
What you do have is a genius at working the system. And marketing.
Anyone can get rich, if you start off that way.
You have to wonder what it is that Junior is trying to sell…