That's funny.
July 3, 1987 — Trump’s first trip to Soviet Union — Trump traveled to the Soviet Union with his then-wife Ivana Zelnickova Winklmayr, a Czech model, to explore a hotel deal.
July 14, 1987 — Trump says Soviets “wanted the feeling of Trump Tower” in Moscow — In a phone interview from Moscow, Trump told The Journal of Commerce that the Soviets wanted a Trump Tower of their own. “They really wanted the feeling of Trump Tower in New York,” Trump said. He said that it would be a joint venture with the Soviets.
Dec. 9, 1987 — Trump talks with Gorbachev at State Department lunch — Donald Trump attended a State Department lunch with Gorbachev. In the receiving line, Gorbachev asked Trump to build a hotel in Moscow, Trump told reporters.
Sure Gorby did.
March 29, 1989 — Trump announces deal to stage Soviet boxing match — Trump announced that he would make an offer for exclusive rights to stage a boxing match between the Soviet Union’s best fighters — the first time such an event happened in the United States. Two Toronto-based businessmen — Boris Gitman and Roman Reydman — traveled to Moscow to make the deal.
1996 — Trump begins to seek trademarks in Russia for company names — From 1996 to 2008, Trump filed for at least eight trademark applications in Russia.
November 1996 — Trump travels to Moscow to visit potential Trump Tower sites — Trump travels to Moscow with businessman and investor Howard Lorber, president and CEO of the Vector Group, a holding company with various business interests in Russia.
Jan, 22, 1997 — Russian general eyeing presidency meets with Trump — Alexsandr I. Lebed, a retired Russian general who aspired to be president of Russia, came to the United States and met with Donald Trump. Their hour-long meeting at Trump Tower was off-limits to the press. Trump told reporters that he talked about his intentions to build “something major” in Russia.
Russians buy up millions in Trump-branded Florida real estate — Millions of dollars of Trump-branded real estate were bought by Russians. In an interview with the Financial Times, Russian real estate broker Ilya Reznik told the paper that Russian could be heard everywhere in the Trump properties on the Florida coast.
Nothing to see here, move along.
Trump lies so much it would be difficult to believe all his public announcements and press releases. Last number I saw was that he owed $300 million to Deutsche Bank.