Trump: I'll Buy Ground Zero Mosque Site

Trump: I'll Buy Ground Zero Mosque Site

Published : Thursday, 09 Sep 2010, 3:11 PM MDT
By Dan Mangan

(New York Post) - New York real estate mogul Donald Trump on Thursday offered to buy the proposed site of a mosque near Ground Zero, seeking to end what has become a nationwide controversy.

Trump's all-cash offer would put an end to any effort to building an Islamic community center containing a mosque at the Park Place site -- which is two blocks from the World Trade Center site.

Trump's offer is for the amount Egyptian businessman Hisham Elzanaty originally paid for the two-building site and related lease rights last year, plus a 25 percent premium. That would make the offer worth more than $6 million.

The offer also contains one key condition -- that any mosque built by the backers elsewhere "would be located at least five blocks further from the World Trade Center site," the mogul wrote in a letter to Elzanaty.

But Trump's low-ball offer might not quash the mosque brouhaha. Elzanaty said Wednesday he was willing to sell the site and related lease rights for $18 million or $20 million.

Elzanaty, who provided the majority of the $4.85 million financing used to acquire the site in 2009, said he has already received offers for three times that amount from other bidders.

In his letter to Elzanaty, Trump wrote, "I am making this offer as a resident of New York and a citizen of the United States, not because I think the location is a spectacular one (because it is not), but because it will end a very serious, inflammatory and highly divisive situation that is destined, in my opinion, to only get worse."

A source close to Trump said the mogul already has spoken to Elzanaty's representatives, who are considering the bid.

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I've never been a big fan of Donald Trump, but he just made me a fan by attempting to do this as an AMERICAN. WAY TO GO DONALD!!!

It still doesn't change anything...it just will defuse the present situation the mind set of these people hasn't changed. They want to destroy and take over our Country....and kill anyone who doesn't practice what they believe.

If they sell to Trump great but do we really believe there won't be another issue to come up.....I don't. We need to continue to be vigilant in their motives and practices. Promote peace..it is very interesting how they do that.


Kathyet

PS

On a side note my rant:

Now remember they still plan on stoning a women to death for adultery.....Now while I don't condone adultery does it require the death penalty...and what about our so called leaders who are in essence sanctioning this behavior by not condemning it.

Following that line of thinking what should our justification be towards our own leaders they very same who in essence are, stealing, raping and pilfering our Country, Constitution, Oaths of Office, and Citizenry....