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Mysterious Disappearance Of Donald Trump’s Cement Handprints
http://www.vocativ.com/296340/donald-trump-handprints/
On September 24, 2008, Donald J. Trump pressed his hands into a plate of wet cement, creating a permanent record of their size at a public event attended by press and photographers. Now, less than six years later and deep into the strangest presidential season in memory, those prints seem to have disappeared.
The 2008 event took place nine days after Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, plunging America into the Great Recession. Trump stood on the 16th floor terrace of the the nearly completed Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago—then the tallest American skyscraper erected since the Twin Towers collapsed—and spoke of the state of the nation. “This country has never been at such a low point, maybe during the Vietnam war, I’m not sure,” Trump said during a press conference at the event. “But certainly, this country from a financial standpoint and a respect standpoint has never been at this low ebb.”
Then he and three of his children walked over to a row of plates filled with wet cement. “This is a real mess. Only for you people would I do this. You ready?” Donald Trump said before pressing his hands into the goop. “I don’t want to tell you what that feels like.” The family signed their names under the impressions. Earlier in the event, attendees had been informed that Trump’s handprints would be incorporated into the structure of the flagship Trump Tower.
Trump has battled accusations around his hand size since 1987 when Spy magazine first referred to Trump as a “short-fingered vulgarian.” Now that the mogul is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination, the issue has again flared up. Comments from Marco Rubio put Trump on the defensive earlier this year, and inspired activists to create a PAC dedicated to uncovering Trump’s true hand measurements (and led to an unfortunate national conversation about what Trump’s allegedly small fingers might also indicate). These cement handprints could provide objective proof and settle the issue once and for all. However, they are seemingly nowhere to be found.
http://www.vocativ.com/296340/donald-trump-handprints/
On September 24, 2008, Donald J. Trump pressed his hands into a plate of wet cement, creating a permanent record of their size at a public event attended by press and photographers. Now, less than six years later and deep into the strangest presidential season in memory, those prints seem to have disappeared.
The 2008 event took place nine days after Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, plunging America into the Great Recession. Trump stood on the 16th floor terrace of the the nearly completed Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago—then the tallest American skyscraper erected since the Twin Towers collapsed—and spoke of the state of the nation. “This country has never been at such a low point, maybe during the Vietnam war, I’m not sure,” Trump said during a press conference at the event. “But certainly, this country from a financial standpoint and a respect standpoint has never been at this low ebb.”
Then he and three of his children walked over to a row of plates filled with wet cement. “This is a real mess. Only for you people would I do this. You ready?” Donald Trump said before pressing his hands into the goop. “I don’t want to tell you what that feels like.” The family signed their names under the impressions. Earlier in the event, attendees had been informed that Trump’s handprints would be incorporated into the structure of the flagship Trump Tower.
Trump has battled accusations around his hand size since 1987 when Spy magazine first referred to Trump as a “short-fingered vulgarian.” Now that the mogul is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination, the issue has again flared up. Comments from Marco Rubio put Trump on the defensive earlier this year, and inspired activists to create a PAC dedicated to uncovering Trump’s true hand measurements (and led to an unfortunate national conversation about what Trump’s allegedly small fingers might also indicate). These cement handprints could provide objective proof and settle the issue once and for all. However, they are seemingly nowhere to be found.
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