What Donald Trump Learned From Don King

“As much as any figure has in Mr. Trump’s grand, rampaging public life, Mr. King modeled what Mr. Trump considered to be success for a Black man in America. For the former president, Mr. King was both ally and example — a half-generation older and an avatar of unrepentant excess and streetwise bravado in Mr. Trump’s 1980s heyday in New York.”

this is embarrassing for the NYT

tfg is running for president, not “boxing promoter”

then again, the appeal is clear:
- king made his money grifting - stealing from boxers, including Ali.
- and he killed two men