Yes, the West Miami-Dade golf club and
The resort generated $131,892,107 in revenue in the past year. That's up from the $49 million Trump said the club made in the previous filing.
Apparently, Trump's bombastic campaign rhetoric and feud with both the resort's residential and corporate neighbors couldn't keep golfers away from the famous courses like the Blue Monster.
Of course, Trump is running a campaign based on his supposed business acumen and famed dealmaking tactics, so maybe
In fact, it's his daughter Ivanka Trump who is publicly credited with pursuing the purchase and renovation of the former Doral Golf Resort & Spa.
“It was her deal,” Trump told Forbes in 2013.
"The Doral deal also marks a growing role in the company by Mr. Trump's daughter Ivanka, one of his five children," the Wall Street Journal reported in 2011. "She was one of the lead negotiators with Paulson and Winthrop, according to people familiar with the matter."
The club was originally opened in 1963 by developer Alfred
“I’m not sure Donald appreciates her enough,” a person with experience in negotiating with both Trumps told Forbes. “He’s kind of an old-school, seat-of-the-pants type of dealmaker. She’s the opposite: She’s done the work and put in the time. When she asks for something, she has all the research to back it up.”
In fact, the story goes that Ivanka negotiated the deal while nine months pregnant and closed it just five days after giving birth.
Sure, Donald Trump has made millions of deals of his own. That's something he certainly boasts about on the campaign trail, but perhaps