Trump: The Art Of the Threat

By DAVID ELLIS

Who else but Donald Trump could come up with a way to attract attention in Palm Beach, Fla., in the midst of the Kennedy rape scandal? The downsized duke of debt wants to subdivide Mar-a-Lago, the historic oceanside estate he bought in 1985. Trump plans to slice the property into nine parcels that could bring him a total of $30 million. But some locals oppose the plan, prompting the town's landmarks commission to postpone for a month its decision on Trump's application. He has warned that if the board turns him down, he will sell the mansion to the Unification Church. The prospect of Moonies hawking flowers on the streets of Palm Beach is expected to have a powerful effect on the panel.

With reporting by Sidney Urquhart