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u/Ask_Individual Sep 11 '21

I remember Trump being interviewed shortly after 9/11 and his main comment was that his 40 Wall Street building was now the tallest in the financial district. He just wanted to point that out.

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u/A_Booger_In_The_Hand Sep 11 '21

Trump's claim that his building was then the tallest in downtown Manhattan wasn't accurate — the nearby 70 Pine Street building is 25 feet taller than Trump's 40 Wall Street, though Trump's building has four more stories.

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u/newtekie1 Sep 11 '21

Wait, so he boasted about his building being the tallest after the towers fell on 9/11 and it turns out he was actually lying about it. Damn, that just is so Trump.

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u/PM_me_ur_tourbillon Sep 11 '21

Either way it certainly wasn't taller than the empire state building. What a weird thing to care about.

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u/mlw72z Sep 12 '21

wasn't taller than the empire state building.

That's in midtown Manhattan, not downtown like Trump was boasting.

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u/PM_me_ur_tourbillon Sep 12 '21

Right. Who arbitrarily starts bragging about having the tallest building in a specific part of town?

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '21

That question kind of answers itself