He promised to use his vast connections to open doors and build and operate a “first-class” casino in Palm Springs, according to a statement by the then-tribal chairman. “He’s always operated this way.”Įlection 2016 | Live coverage on Trail Guide | Sign up for the newsletterĮarly in 1993, before his Capitol Hill attack on the Pequots, who had opened a casino in Connecticut, Trump visited the offices of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. “It’s just these wild charges nothing has changed,” said Bill Richardson, the Democrat who chaired the subcommittee that took Trump’s testimony about the Pequots and who went on to serve as governor of New Mexico.
