There were grudge matches and sycophancy in equal measure at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner. “Isn’t it just exciting, what’s going on,” Donald Trump said.
Donald J. Trump and the assorted fat cats to whom he was speaking seemed to be processing many complicated emotions all at once.
“You think this is easy?” the former and perhaps future president asked. “Standing up here in front of half a room that hates my guts, and the other half loves me?”
There he stood, […]
Trump Among New York's Elites at the Al Smith Dinner: It Got Awkward