That time Trump lied about Prince Charles and Lady Di joining his club
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He manipulated the press, which fell for it.
According to the stories from the time, Trump handled the paperwork for the royal couple personally. “Anything with public names was handled personally by Mr. Trump,” Debra Tornaben, the resort’s special events director, said. “The prince and princess are members — I know Donald handled it personally.”
Trump was bold enough to talk to the paper of record about the membership. “I handled the applications myself,” Trump told the New York Times. “More than 250 memberships have been sold, even before the start of the campaign.”
“We are raising the initiation fee to $75,000 and shortly thereafter to $100,000,” he added in Times report.
Buckingham Palace slammed the report as “complete and utter rubbish.”
“It’s complete nonsense, they haven’t joined the club,” declared a spokesperson for Buckingham Palace a week later.
“Complete and utter rubbish,” Buckingham Palace added further.
“The prince and princess have not paid any money to join,” the palace said again. “If Mr. Trump has made them honorary members then that’s up to him.
Trump, confronted by New York Magazine about the story, backtracked. “I didn’t say they signed,” he told the magazine. “I said they were members.”
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