Actress reveals impression of Trump in 1992 interview at Trump Tower
Bruna Lombardi recalls in detail the meeting he had with Donald Trump 34 years ago, when the businessman still had no political ambitions. The actress interviewed the tycoon in 1992 on Trump Tower, on Nova York, for the program “Gente de expression”, on the now extinct TV Manchete, and never forgot the impressions she gathered that day.
At the time, Trump was presented as having a fortune of 3 billion dollars and was involved in gossip related to the end of his marriage with Ivana Trump. Durante During the meeting, Lombardi noticed something that left a deep impression on her about the future American president.
Immediate perception of power
“The first impression was that he already loved power and felt like he was in charge of the situation”, stated Bruna in an interview with the program “Provoca”, led by Marcelo Tás. The actress conducted the interview in a professional and polite manner, but made it clear that her questions came more from her current intuitions than from a pre-established script.
“I immediately had that impression. Fui was polite because she had to do the interview. Eu would never be the opposite of that. Fui asked the questions based on what I was feeling, not on what I had written down”, explained the actress about her method of approach during the meeting.
The question that would become prophetic
One of the most memorable moments of the conversation involved a question that Bruna considered “absurd” at the time. Ela directly asked the businessman if he would like to be president of Estados Unidos. Trump’s response was categorical: he stated that he had never thought about it and denied any interest in the position.
Anos later, Bruna Lombardi laughed as he recalled this exchange of lines. “I remember an absurd question I asked him: ‘Would you like to be president of Estados Unidos?’. Ele replied: ‘No, I never thought about that. Meus friends still call me to this day to say: ‘What a great idea you gave him'”, said the actress, joking about how the question became ironic after Trump won the presidential elections in 2016.
Carreira from renowned interviewer
Throughout the seasons of “Gente de expression”, Bruna Lombardi has accumulated an impressive list of interviewed personalities. Seu work on TV Manchete ranged from international celebrities to renowned names in Brazilian culture:
- Meryl Streep (American actress)
- Harrison Ford (Hollywood actor)
- Paulo Coelho (Brazilian writer and philosopher)
- Fernanda Torres (Brazilian actress)
- Donald Trump (American businessman)
The complete collection of interviews, including the conversation with the future president, is available on Bruna Lombardi’s YouTube channel for viewing by viewers and researchers interested in documenting these historic moments in Brazilian television.
The 1992 interview remains a singular record: a dialogue between a perceptive Brazilian journalist and a New York businessman who, decades later, would reach the highest office in the American nation. The meeting, despite its modest proportions at the time, acquired a special dimension in the retrospective of Trump’s public career.
