The art of Trump's trials: Courtroom artist turns legal battles into works of art
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"We have the Mona Lisas of properties," said former president Donald Trump, in a newly released video of an April 2023 deposition obtained by CBS News. "I have some of the greatest pieces of property in the world."
"I say they're 'paintings,'" he continued. "You put a painting on the wall. It doesn't throw off your cash flow, but you can sell certain paintings for a tremendous amount of money. That's what I have."
The comparison of real estate to artworks continued throughout the deposition, which centered on the "iconic" properties at issue in his New York civil fraud case, including Trump Towers, 40 Wall Street, Mar-a-Lago, Seven Springs, and the Turnberry golf course in Scotland.
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