New Bill Clinton Biography Says Trump Tried to Get Invite to ‘Prestigious Event’… Chelsea’s Wedding
We learn a lot about people by reading and rereading their biographies and it’s probably still true for forthcoming books. An upcoming biography of Bill Clinton is sure to spill some secrets.
One person whose dirty laundry could be seeing some air as a result of Joe Conason’s Man of the World: The Further Endeavors of Bill Clinton is Donald Trump, who just so happens to be running for President against Clinton’s wife. Here is an excerpt from the book, as noted by the Hill:
And finally there was Donald Trump, who had hosted a somewhat reluctant Bill and Hillary at his third wedding in 2005. The real estate mogul was the sort of person who, though not an actual friend, still aspired to attend Chelsea [Clinton]’s wedding, which he clearly considered a prestigious event. An avid reader of gossip columns, he had probably seen mentions of a guest list that was expected to include the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Barbra Streisand, Steven Spielberg, and Ted Turner (none of whom ultimately turned up).
And having given Bill Clinton free access to his northern Westchester golf club, Trump National, where he proudly hung photos of the former president — and had even cleared the links once for the Clintons to play on Bill’s birthday, Trump may well have felt they owed him. So when the wedding invitation didn’t arrive, he called Doug Band to try to invite himself.
‘I’m supposed to be at the wedding, Doug,’ said Trump briskly, ‘but I didn’t receive the invitation, and I need to know where to go.’ Band knew Trump wasn’t on the list, of course, and politely urged him to get in touch with Chelsea for directions. At that point, the would-be wedding crasher apparently gave up.
The wedding was a huge event and publications were clamoring to put out pictures the night it happened, but Trump, of course, appeared in none of them.
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