Politics strain Trump’s friendship with Jorge Pérez

The Miami-based developer reportedly rejected two offers to join the Trump administration

Jorge Pérez and Donald Trump
Jorge Pérez and Donald Trump

From the South Florida website: Political differences have strained the long friendship of President Donald Trump and Miami-based real estate developer and art philanthropist Jorge Pérez.

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Since Pérez called Trump’s plan to build a Mexican-border wall “idiotic” in a Jan. 31 Bloomberg News article, the president has stopped responding to emails from the top executive of Miami-based Related Group, the New York Times reported. [more]