'I have met on occasion a few of those people. They happen to be very nice people. You just don't want to owe them money. Don't owe them money.'
said that President Donald Trump had acted like a mob boss, comparing the commander-in-chief's July 25 phone call with the Ukrainian president to a"classic mafia-like shakedown.""Have you ever knowingly done business with what I like to call organized crime?" David Letterman asked Trump in 2013 when the future president appeared on CBS's"You know, growing up in New York and doing business in, I would say there might have been one of those characters along the way, but generally speaking I like to stay away from that group.
" He goes on, qualifying his earlier comments,"I have met on occasion a few of those people. They happen to be very nice people. You just don't want to owe them money. Don't owe them money." Questions have swirled about Trump's potential dealings with the Mafia since he emerged as the potential Republican presidential nominee in the 2016 race. The mafia was heavily involved in New York's construction industry when Trump was building his brand.controlled concrete, and organized crime groups were enmeshed in labor unions in New York.in 2015 that Trump worked with companies controlled by the mob, though it noted that working in the real estate industry at the time necessitated such interactions."There have been multiple media reports about Donald's business dealings with the mob, with the mafia," Cruz said in February 2016."Maybe his taxes show those business dealings are a lot more extensive than has been reported."
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