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Diamond award. My properties have received several of them. Joe is a
high-spirited and generous man, but he’s difficult to please and discerning
when it comes to giving out awards. He’s just returned from Sardinia and
mentions that he still thinks the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach is the

most beautiful resort he’s ever seen, worldwide. Coming from him, that’s
saying something. I always liked Joe, and now I like him even more.
I return Regis Philbin’s call. He and his wife, Joy, are among my
closest friends, and he’s even more fun off-screen than on-screen, if you
can imagine that. I always look forward to spending time with them—they
are both solid-gold people. We’re on for dinner at Jean-Georges
Restaurant, which is in the Trump International Hotel & Tower and is

considered to be one of the finest restaurants in the world. With Jean-
Georges Vongerichten in charge, how could it not be?
I take a call from Mark Burnett, the brilliant creator and producer of
the reality show calledSurvivor. It was his idea to doThe Apprentice, and
we are busy working on the details.
11:30A.M. I take a call from Sony; they’d asked me to be a sponsor

for the 150th celebration of Central Park in July, featuring rising opera
stars Salvatore Licitra and Marcello Alvarez. The event was a huge
success, with many thousands of New Yorkers turning out to hear some
magnificent singing on a perfect night under the stars in the park. On
nights like that, you have to thank your own lucky stars just to be alive.
We were all proud of how successful the evening was, and I was equally
proud to be a sponsor.

Mike Donovan, my trusted pilot, calls in to update me on the checkup
of my 727 jet. I have both a helicopter and a jet, and they get a workout
throughout the year. With my schedule, they aren’t luxury items, but
necessities. Turns out the jet will be ready in two weeks.
Norma comes in to go over the media requests of the morning thus far,

which include two from Holland, three from Germany, two from Canada,
one from France, one from England, and seven from the United States.
Handling media requests alone can require negotiation skills, and we do
our best to accommodate them.
11:45A.M. I have a meeting with Charlie Reiss, Jill Cremer, Russell
Flicker, and Don Jr.—my development team. We are busy with a building
in Chicago, and Don Jr. has been working very effectively and in many
capacities on Trump Park Avenue. We have a lot on our plates already at