Just how awful can one billionaire be?
Barbara Res, who led construction at the Trump Organization for years, and probably knows how Donald Trump operates better than any other human being, writes in The New York Daily News that Trump ordered an architect not to include braille in Trump Tower elevator panels because “no blind people” would live in his building.
That’s illegal. And sadly, it’s not very surprising when it comes to Trump.
Res writes in an op-ed:
On this particular day, the architect had come to Donald Trump’s office to show him what the interior of the residential elevator cabs would look like.
Trump looked at the panels where the buttons you push to reach a floor were located. He noticed that next to each number were some little dots.
“What’s this?” Trump asked.
“Braille,” the architect replied.
Trump told the architect to take it off, get rid of it.
“We can’t,” the architect said, “It’s the law.”
“Get rid of the fucking braille. No blind people are going to live in Trump Tower. Just do it,” Trump yelled back, calling him weak.
The more the architect protested, the angrier Trump got. Donald liked to pick on this guy. As a general rule, Trump thought architects and engineers were weak as compared to construction people. And he loved to torment weak people.
Res goes on to blast the anonymous writer who exposed how the White House staff is operating in the Trump administration.
“Trump is really not all that different now, but the stakes are higher. And there aren’t many order refusers anymore either. Off the record, staffers tell reporters that Trump is out of control.
But what have they done to try to control him? Steal a memo off his desk so he will forget to sign it?
How about not preparing the memo in the first place? And who refuses to lie for him when he makes his outrageous claims?
They are not saying something silly like Princess Diana is buying an apartment in Trump Tower; they are misleading and deceiving the American public on matters of great importance.”