In the early 1980s, as Trump was building a public reputation as a developer and seeking to step out from his father’s shadow, he acquired a 15-story building at Central Park South and made plans to knock it down for a luxury high-rise condominium project. His problem? The people who already lived there.

As part of a growing empire, we need a bigger place. People keep coming here, especially Canadians, clogging up the aisles in Publix, ostentatiously ordering Molson beer in bars, bragging about how they don’t have to worry about going bankrupt paying for health care.