宾夕法尼亚小姐

    唐纳德•特朗普最常说的话是“你被炒了。”不过，当前宾夕法尼亚小姐希娜•曼宁爆料称，她坚信特朗普举办的美国小姐选美大赛（Miss USA Competition）存在舞弊行为时，特朗普很快用另外一句最口头禅进行了还击：“我要告你！”

    在此次选拔中，曼宁未能进入16强，她声称在实况转播公布结果之前，佛罗里达小姐卡琳娜•布利兹就看见了内定的比赛前五强名单。特朗普是环球小姐组织（Miss Universe Organization）的老板之一【另一个东家是美国国家广播环球公司（NBC Universal）】，他指责曼宁是个输不起的人，声称她在撒谎。还说曼宁拒绝道歉，特朗普随后以诽谤名义要求她支付经济赔偿。但曼宁表示，她会继续爆料。

    Miss Pennsylvania

    The phrase most commonly associated with Donald Trump may be "You're fired." But when former Miss Pennsylvania Sheena Monnin announced that she believed Trump's Miss USA Competition was rigged, Trump promptly responded with his other favorite comeback: "I'll sue you!"

    Monnin, who did not make the contest's Top 16, claimed that Miss Florida, Karina Brez, had seen the list of the top five finalists before they were announced on the live show. Trump, who co-owns the Miss Universe Organization with NBC Universal, accused Monnin of being a sore loser and a liar, demanding monetary damages for defamation when she refused to apologize. Monnin has said she remains committed to exposing the truth.  

    特朗普国际酒店大厦

    2008年，特朗普起诉德意志银行（Deutsche Bank）。德意志银行是特朗普大型建筑项目的主要贷款方，而特朗普起诉的原因是德意志银行竟然敢要求他偿付一笔金额为4,000万美元的贷款。特朗普的理由是，金融危机触发了贷款协议中的“不可抗力”条款（其中包括骚乱、洪水和不受借款方控制的其他事件）。

    特朗普认为，这一条款免除了他立即偿付芝加哥特朗普国际酒店大厦（Trump International Hotel and Tower）施工项目所欠贷款的义务。这位地产大亨坚持认为，贷款方损害了他的信誉和项目声誉，因此应该支付300万美元赔偿。最终，这起诉讼由双方在庭外达成解决。

    Trump International Hotel and Tower

    In 2008, Trump sued Deutsche Bank, lead lender on one of his massive building projects, for having the audacity to ask him to return a $40 million loan. Trump reasoned that the financial crisis activated a "force majeure" clause in their agreement (covering riots, floods, and other events outside the borrower's control).

    That clause, Trump argued, relieved him of his obligation to immediately pay back the sum he owed on the construction of the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago. The real estate mogul insisted that the lenders should pay him $3 million for damaging his reputation and the project. The lawsuit was eventually settled out of court.

    《特朗普国度：成为特朗普的艺术》

    身兼《学徒》（The Apprentice）节目主持人的特朗普以贬低其身价为由，指控《特朗普国度：成为特朗普的艺术》（TrumpNation: The Art of Being The Donald）一书的作者提莫西•L•奥布莱恩诽谤（并指控出版商“引述信息失实”）。特朗普声称，他的身家高达数十亿美元，而不是像曾在《纽约时报》（New York Times）周日商业版担任编辑的奥布莱恩在书中所说的那样，只有可怜的1.5亿至2.5亿美元。2009年，新泽西高等法院法官米歇尔•福克斯以证据不足为由，驳回了他的诉讼请求。

    TrumpNation: The Art of Being The Donald

    The Apprentice host filed a defamation lawsuit against author Timothy L. O' Brien (and his "vicariously liable" publisher) for undervaluing his wealth in the 2005 bookTrumpNation: The Art of Being The Donald. Trump alleged that he was worth billions, not the paltry $150 million-$250 million figure that O'Brien, the former editor of the New York Times's Sunday Business section, gave in his book.

    New Jersey Superior Court judge Michele Fox disagreed and dismissed the lawsuit in 2009 due to insufficient evidence.

    泰姬陵赌场

    1990年，费城证券公司詹尼蒙哥马利斯科特（Janney Montgomery Scott）的分析师马文•罗夫曼，对特朗普当时正在建设的泰姬陵赌场（Taj Mahal Casino）的盈利能力表示质疑，让特朗普大为光火。他威胁詹尼蒙哥马利斯科特公司，罗夫曼要么道歉（要么走人），否则他就起诉这家公司。最后，这家经纪公司确实辞退了罗夫曼，不过公司对外宣称，辞退罗夫曼的决定与特朗普的威胁没有任何关系。

    后来，罗夫曼奋起反击，控告特朗普诽谤，并用不正当手段干涉他的就业。同时他还提出200万美元的索赔，诉讼一直持续到第二年方告结束。此外，罗夫曼还要求纽约证交所（New York Stock Exchange）仲裁委员会强制经纪公司补偿因诽谤、非法解雇等造成的损失，以及其他由于此事造成的损失。最终结果是，詹尼蒙哥马利斯科特公司向罗夫曼支付了750,000美元。

    Taj Mahal Casino

    When Marvin Roffman, an analyst at Philadelphia brokerage Janney Montgomery Scott, questioned the profitability of Trump's then-under-construction Taj Mahal casino in 1990, The Donald was furious. He told Janney Montgomery Scott that if Roffman didn't apologize (or lose his job), he would sue the firm. The brokerage did end up firing Roffman -- though it claimed that the decision had nothing to do with Trump's threat.

    The analyst later fired back, suing Trump for defamation and wrongful interference with his employment -- the $2 million suit was settled the following year. He also asked a New York Stock Exchange arbitration panel to order the brokerage to compensate him for defamation, wrongful discharge, and his trouble. The firm paid Roffman $750,000.

    罗西•欧唐纳

    在特朗普的经历中，与宾夕法尼亚小姐的官司并不是是首个与选美比赛有关的诉讼。早在2006年，这位商业大亨就曾和脱口秀主持人罗西•欧唐纳大打口水仗。欧唐纳形容特朗普是“江湖骗子”，起因是美国小姐塔拉•康内尔声称自己滥用药物后，特朗普仍然不愿意取消她的美国小姐称号。

    而特朗普则形容欧唐纳是“彻头彻尾的失败者”。听闻欧唐纳对他的财物安全表示怀疑时，他威胁要起诉欧唐纳。在接受《人物》杂志（People）采访时，特朗普表示：“人不能说假话”，并声称“罗西会为她说过的话后悔的。”

    不过他一直没有提起诉讼。

    Rosie O'Donnell

    The Miss Pennsylvania lawsuit wasn't the first time that Trump had experienced drama related to a beauty contest. In 2006, a vitriolic exchange erupted between the business magnate and talk show host Rosie O'Donnell, who likened Trump to a "snake-oil salesman" after he declined to dismiss Miss USA Tara Conner for her alleged substance abuse.

    When Trump heard that O'Donnell -- whom he's dubbed "a real loser" -- had called his financial security into question, he threatened to sue her. Trump told People magazine: "You can't make false statements" and "Rosie will rue the words she said."

    He never sued.

    劳伦斯•欧唐纳

    另外一位欧唐纳也是特朗普的诉讼目标。去年，特朗普与MSNBC财经频道The Last Word节目的主持人劳伦斯•欧唐纳吵得不可开交，劳伦斯批评特朗普的总统候选人身份和“血统主义思想”。10月26日，特朗普在Twitter（@realDonaldTrump）发布消息称：“我听说，由于节目烂到没人看，所以@劳伦斯昨晚针对我发表了一通不实言论。我是不是应该考虑起诉他？”而欧唐纳在节目中回击：“我有两个理由保证唐纳德•特朗普绝对不敢起诉我。首先，他根本没有办法证明我所说的事有哪怕一件事不是真的。其次，也是最重要的一点，我知道他的一个大秘密，可以说是个天大的秘密，对此他心知肚明，所以他肯定不会起诉我。唐纳德•特朗普承担不起起诉我的代价。他有自知之明。”

    到底是什么秘密让特朗普至今也没提出诉讼？我们还在静静等待。

    Lawrence O'Donnell

    Rosie isn't the only O'Donnell Trump has had in his crosshairs. Last year, he quarreled with MSNBC's The Last Wordanchor Lawrence O'Donnell, who criticized Trump's presidential candidacy and his "birtherism." On October 26, @realDonaldTrump tweeted: "I heard, because his show is unwatchable, that @Lawrence has made many false statements last night about me. Maybe I should sue him?"

    O'Donnell responded on the air: "Donald Trump is never going to sue me for two with reasons. First, he knows he could never prove that a single thing I've said about him is untrue. And second, and this is by far the most important one, Donald Trump will never sue me because I know his big secret, his biggest secret and he knows that I know it. Donald Trump cannot afford to sue me. And he knows it."

    We're still waiting to find out that secret. Trump hasn't sued.

    苏格兰

    即便大到一个国家，也难免受到唐纳德•特朗普的诉讼威胁。2008年，特朗普得到苏格兰政府批准（尽管遭到当地抗议），在阿伯丁郡一块受到保护的沙丘地带建一座高尔夫球场。他声称，之所以投资10亿英镑，是因为苏格兰第一大臣杰克•麦康纳和埃里克斯•萨尔蒙德曾经承诺，将终止在他所投资地块沿海修建风力发电机的计划。

    但现在，关于离岸开发的话题被重新提起，让特朗普很是恼火——他威胁要起诉苏格兰，同时停止了与高尔夫球场相邻的一家酒店的施工工作（预定7月份开业），直到苏格兰政府做出有关风力发电机的最终决定为止。

    Scotland

    Even countries aren't immune to the threats of Donald Trump. In 2008, Trump was given permission by the Scottish government (despite local protest) to build a golf course on protected dune land in Aberdeenshire. He says that his £1 billion investment was contingent on promises from Scottish first ministers Jack McConnell and Alex Salmond that plans to build a string of wind turbines off the coast of his land would not go forward.

    Now that talk of the offshore development has begun again, Trump is angry -- he's threatened to sue Scotland and has stalled the building of a hotel adjoining his golf course (set to open in July) until the government reaches a decision on the turbines.

    房地产开发商Irongate Wilshire

    2009年，墨西哥下加利福尼亚一系列豪华公寓项目惨遭失败，由此引发一系列诉讼，唐纳德•特朗普也受到牵连。起因是洛杉矶开发商Irongate Wilshire打着特朗普的旗号为项目做广告。但消费者后来发现，实际上特朗普并没有太多参地与项目的管理和开发，于是消费者起诉特朗普和Irongate，要求偿还3,200万美元预付款。

    虽然特朗普确实授予了开发商使用其姓名的权利，但在明白真相之后他仍大为震怒。他不仅从项目中撤资，还起诉Irongate，要求赔偿4,000万美元，声称此举是希望帮助消费者收回损失的投资。

    译者：刘进龙/汪皓

    Irongate Wilshire

    In 2009, Donald Trump was involved in a number of lawsuits surrounding the failed construction of a set of luxury condos in Baja California, Mexico. The Los Angeles developer Irongate Wilshire used Trump's name to advertise the project. When buyers found out that Trump wasn't actually playing a big role in managing and developing it, they sued him and Irongate for $32 million in down payments.

    Trump, who had sold the developer the right to use his name, was piqued when he found out what happened. He withdrew from the project and sued Irongate for $40 million, claiming he wanted to help buyers recover their lost investments.