# So Trump Tower is on fire. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 7, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-trump-tower-is-on-fire/812003 "2018-04-07T22:45:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-trump-tower-is-on-fire/812003/21 "2018-04-09T13:56:49Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > There are reportedly no sprinklers on the residential floors. Unclear if they were required by code when the building was built. Or if it was built well enough for the contractors to get paid. According to the Votemaster today, Trump lobbied hard to have older buildings excluded from the requirement of having sprinklers. So it was legal, just shady. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-trump-tower-is-on-fire/812003/22 "2018-04-09T17:25:29Z")
[So Donald called the victim a “crazy Jew” in the past.](https://www.politicususa.com/2018/04/09/trump-allegedly-once-called-victim-of-his-buildings-fire-a-crazy-jew.html) Could that be why he chose to ignore mentioning the victim? > [@](#): > > The incident allegedly happened in 1996 when Goldsmith was exiting Trump Tower after visiting his friend, who resided in the building. Apparently angry at Goldsmith for looking at his small hands, Trump asked the doorman who he was. The doorman explained he was a guest of Brassner’s, to which Trump responded, “Oh, that crazy Jew?” ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-trump-tower-is-on-fire/812003/23 "2018-04-09T22:50:41Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > According to the Votemaster today, Trump lobbied hard to have older buildings excluded from the requirement of having sprinklers. So it was legal, just shady. I wonder if Trump bothered putting a sprinkler system in his own penthouse. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-trump-tower-is-on-fire/812003/24 "2018-04-28T15:45:22Z")
[So _another_ Trump Tower is on fire](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5668653/Trump-Tower-fire-Azerbaijan-capital-Baku.html). ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-trump-tower-is-on-fire/812003/25 "2018-04-28T15:51:42Z")
The building is _still_ under construction after ten years and the Trump brand doesn’t quite have the appeal it had a decade ago… Sounds like they were fortunate enough to have good insurance! ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-trump-tower-is-on-fire/812003/26 "2018-04-28T16:53:05Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > The building is _still_ under construction after ten years and the Trump brand doesn’t quite have the appeal it had a decade ago… Sounds like they were fortunate enough to have good insurance! Raises a question given that much of Trump’s real net worth has been predicated on the value of the brand. Anyone know a reasoned and impartial analysis of how that value has fared since he became president? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-trump-tower-is-on-fire/812003.md?page=1)