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W HEN Y OUR W ARDROBE M ALFUNCTIONS

with a camera crew, who would be filming the speech for
footage on The Apprentice. Just as we were ready to take off, my
jet stopped. My pilot said there was something wrong with the
brakes, and he didn’t think it was safe to proceed. So we tried to
get a commercial flight—but there weren’t any that could
accommodate the large group we had. I started to wonder if I
might have to cancel the speech. However, when I give my word
that I’ll be somewhere, I do my best. So what I did was to call all
my friends and ask if anyone had a private jet we could borrow.
Sure enough, someone had a jet at LaGuardia that wasn’t being
used. So we all piled out of my jet and into another jet, and
finally took off for Dayton. I figured it would all go well from
then on.

THE LOW POINT

When we landed in Dayton, it was pouring, just pouring buck-
ets of rain, plus it was rush hour. It was such a mess that they
arranged a full police escort for me and my entourage to get
from the airport to the arena where I’d be speaking. It still took
a long time. This was beginning to seem like a trip to China,
not Ohio. To top it off, it was also Melania’s birthday, and I had
planned to get back to New York City in time to take her out for
dinner and to celebrate. Unless she was ready for some midnight
supper at a local deli, those plans were about to be scrapped, too.
The audience had the worst of it. They had been waiting
patiently for several hours at this point.
When I finally arrived, I told the patient folks in Dayton
that they’d had their own reality show that day. They were
impressed that I had finally made it there despite several major
deterrents, and we all had a great time despite the delays, the

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