Hey Donald Trump, Can You Get Me a Timeshare Deal?
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
It is probably fair to say that people don’t often get the best of Donald Trump.
But if you have been following the saga of Trump’s attempt to build world class golf courses, a hotel and timeshare resort near Aberdeen, Scotland, you know Trump has faced a number of delays in getting approval for the project. Among them has been a Scottish farmer, Michael Forbes, who refuses to sell his farmland to the Trump Organization. Forbes’ land is centrally located in the planned golf and timeshare resort area and while Trump says he could and would build around the Forbes’ property if necessary, it has been obvious that Trump has been somewhat stumped by Forbes’ resistance to sell his family farm.
So last week when radio DJ Robin Galloway telephoned Donald Trump, pretending to be a real estate agent representing Michael Forbes, the Trump Organization was eager to talk to the man, who they thought might be bringing them a solution to the stalemate.
According to The Daily Record, Galloway told Donald Trump, “Forbes was willing to ‘stand aside’ and give up his land in return for an annual, two-week trip to New York for two.
Galloway went on to ask, “Is there any chance of doing a timeshare?”
Trump’s reply was, “I could do something like that. I’d look after him.”
Before hanging up, Galloway confessed to Trump that the call was a prank. Reportedly, even Donald Trump saw the humor in the hoax, recognizing the irony in the idea that a Scottish farmer who refuses to sell his land so that a timeshare resort can be built, would ever be offering to trade that land for two weeks in a New York timeshare.
Use this link to Scotland Real Radio to hear the entire phone call with Donald Trump.