Trump offers to buy site of controversial center
CNN Wires Staff
[cnn-photo-caption image=http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/US/09/09/new.york.trump.community.center/story.donald.trump.gi.jpg caption="Donald Trump said he wants to buy the space 'because it will end a ... highly divisive situation.'" width=300 height=169]
(CNN) - Real estate mogul Donald Trump has offered to buy the lower Manhattan site where a Muslim group plans to build an Islamic community center for 25 percent more than the current owners paid for it.
Trump made the offer Thursday in a letter to Hisham Elzanaty, an investor in the Islamic center site.
"I am making this offer as a resident of New York and 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," he wrote.
|
|
Filed under: 360° Radar • Islam |
About this Show:
Anderson Cooper goes beyond the headlines to tell stories from many points of view, so you can make up your own mind about the news. Tune in weeknights at 8 and 10 ET on CNN.
Questions or comments? Send an email
Want to know more? Go behind the scenes with AC361°
Subscribe to the podcast
On Twitter
Search the AC360 blog
I applaud Donald Trump for this offer – the property does not seem to be one to enrich him yet he is willing to buy it to put an end to all this divisiveness and at a 25% profit to the owners with an immediate cash closing. It;s truly an amazing offer and I hope it is taken. Thank you Donald Trump!
I think it's probably the best thing for a third party to step in albeit its gotten out of hand already.