
Donald Trump spent more than 20 years in the Atlantic City casino business, employing a large number of local residents and millions that are generating tax revenue for the state. Dating back to the early 1980s when he first entered the academized.me resort industry, Trump operated and owned three casinos on the Boardwalk in the thing that was then considered the gambling mecca of this East Coast.
In 1990, Donald Trump went all-in on Atlantic City, but today his business dealings are increasingly being criticized by some whom hold the billionaire partially responsible for the gambling destination’s dismal present fiscal state. (Image: Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)
Fast-forward to 2016, and the Republican frontrunner for the presidential general election is currently dealing with backlash, perhaps not only for the ultimate fate of their Atlantic City casinos, but in addition for what role he perhaps played in the region’s current and downturn that is ongoing.
A former 2016 GOP candidate who has since endorsed Trump, defended the billionaire on Tuesday, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
‘He is a honorable person, and I don’t believe he’s ever been an office-holder in Atlantic City,’ Christie told reporters. ‘ I do not remember Donald mayor that is being’ he added, an apparent dig at current AC Mayor Don Guardian, for whom the Governor has no love lost.
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