Libby Handros - Trump - what's the deal?
Nov 2, 2023

Trump: What's the Deal? is an American documentary film about Donald Trump's business projects, finances, and relationships. The documentary film was made for television, but was never broadcast. It was screened in 1991 and released online in 2015.

In 1988, work on the documentary film started. It was intended as the first part of a television series about rich and famous Americans.

In 1989, the producers were unable to find a TV station that would broadcast the documentary film after syndicator LBS Communications pulled out.Executive producer Ned Schnurman claimed this happened under pressure of Trump, which both Trump and Henry Siegel of LBS denied.[2][1]

On July 5, 1991, Trump: What's the Deal? was screened twice in the Bridgehampton Community House in Bridgehampton, New York.

In 2015, after Donald Trump announced he would run for president of the United States, TV stations would still not broadcast the documentary. The 80-minute documentary film was then released online with the tagline "The new Trump. The old Trump. The same Trump."

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