OK, so you’re not a fan of Donald Trump’s new role as spokesman for the birther movement.
Or maybe you are.
Here’s the first mention of the real estate magnate/casino tycoon/reality-television star in the JTA Archive: "Orthodox Child with Rare Ailment is Rescued Aboard Tycoon’s Jet"
The private Boeing 727 of real estate tycoon Donald Trump arrived from Los Angeles at LaGuardia Airport Tuesday morning, carrying aboard an Orthodox Jewish child with a rare and still undiagnosed breathing illness.
The child, Andrew Ten, age 3, arrived with his parents — accompanied by three nurses who attend to him around the clock — to try to seek medical help in the New York area.
Trump made his plane available for the special trip to New York after the boy’s parents, Judy and Harold Ten, called Trump and told him of their plight.
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