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Peter de Savary lifts the lid on Donald Trump

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Entreprene­ur peter de Savary has no time for Donald trump after they fell out over the purchase of the Mar-aLago resort in Florida. now, the 73-year-old, who once owned Skibo Castle, where Madonna married Guy ritchie, has talked for the first time about his experience of doing business with the future u.S. president.

Having lost out to trump in trying to buy Mara-Lago in 1985, De Savary claims he was invited to lunch with him, during which a prospectiv­e partnershi­p was discussed. De Savary was accompanie­d by his third wife, Lana, while trump’s first wife, Ivana, was absent. they divorced in 1992 after his affair with actress Marla Maples.

‘I had the whole thing worked out, everything that I would do to the club: beautifull­y done, very tasteful, classy,’ de Savary tells me.

‘Halfway through the lunch he [trump] says: “excuse me, I’ve got a very important conference call to make,” and he disappears.

‘then, a minute later, Lana, my wife, says: “I need to go to the loo.” She comes back very rapidly, ashenfaced. I say: “What’s the matter?” She said: “I took the second on the left as you said, and the girl who was serving us lunch had her skirt up and trump was having sex with her in the corridor.”

‘So, anyway, he comes back and he says: “We gotta do this together, peter,” so naively, I gave him 100 per cent of my vision. He said: “I’ll be calling you shortly, we’ll go fifty-fifty.” ’

After a couple of months, De Savary called trump. ‘He said: “peter, I loved everything you said, absolutely fantastic — I’m doing it all myself.”

‘I said: “You b*****d.” He said: “You shouldn’t have talked so much, you convinced me.”

‘So, that’s the man you have as a president. takes “conference calls” and doesn’t respect a handshake.’

the White House has yet to respond to requests for comment.

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