Donald Trump Told Kim Jong Un He Envisions 'Great Condos' in North Korea: 'Boy, Look at That View' (2018)
people.com

... He may be the president now, but when Donald Trump met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in Singapore, the mogul couldn't resist returning to his real estate roots.

While many Americans at home were still asleep in their beds in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Trump, 71, reflected on the historic summit " and North Korea's real estate potential " in a press conference in Singapore.

"North Korea has great beaches," Trump told reporters. "You see that whenever they're exploding cannons into the ocean. I said, Boy, look at that view. Wouldn't that make a great condo?' " ...

Trump Saved This Vietnamese Real Estate Mogul's Fortune. Now They Are Opening A Golf Resort Together (2025)
www.forbes.com

... In May, Donald Trump's son Eric, the executive vice president of the Trump Organization, traveled to Vietnam to unveil a new Trump-branded real estate project: the $1.5 billion Trump International Hung Yen. The sprawling project is set to feature a 5-star hotel, luxury villas and two golf courses designed by two-time U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau on nearly 2,500 acres of land.

The groundbreaking ceremony, set in a white tent with rows of tables and plastic chairs in a field 37 miles south of the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi, was much less glamorous than the sleek Middle Eastern offices Eric had visited to cut a similar deal in Qatar just three weeks earlier.

But to this Southeast Asian country and Dang Thanh Tam, the Vietnamese entrepreneur behind this deal, it is a huge win. Sandwiched between Eric and Vietnam's prime minister Pham Minh Chinh, Dang, 61, beamed for the cameras as golden confetti rained onto the stage. ...

... and, miraculously, Pres Trump's approach to tariffs on Vietnam goods seemed to have changed.