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Graydon Carter

πŸ‘€ Speaker
756 total appearances

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Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

And then we wait for them to come back and then 25 of them signed the 32 cent check.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

And we thought, I wonder if we can get them to sign an even smaller check.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

So we sent out checks for 13 cents and we waited because you have to wait for the checks to be endorsed and people have to write for deposit only and sign their signature.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

And after about a month, a box comes back.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

We all gather around to open it.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

There's two checks.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

Two people had signed and deposited the 13-cent checks.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

One was Adnan Khashoggi, who was then the...

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

He was like the biggest arm trader in the world at the time, and the other was Donald Trump.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

And it's just, I thought, that is almost a perfect ending.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

At the Waverly Inn, a restaurant we're part owners of down in the village, at the top, we've had it for the last 20 years, it's a quote, it says, Waverly Inn, worst food in the city, Donald J. Trump.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

And it's been at the top of our menu.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

It's been great for business.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

He's got the charm of a salesperson.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

So he'll use your name, Giles, every three or four sentences, which creates an intimacy between the two of you.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

He's not without his charm.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

I don't recognize the man in the White House.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

He's not the sort of loose charmer that he was before this.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

Oh, you're both?

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

Just to rile an ally.