You’ve got to give it to Keith Olbermann, he is a man of his word.
A month after vowing in a scathing op-ed to sell his Donald Trump-managed New York City condo in protest of Trump’s presidential candidacy, the commentator has followed through, listing the apartment for $3.9 million.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Olbermann is taking a loss on the condo, which he bought for $4.2 million in 2007, feeling that clearing his conscience is worth a few hundred thousand dollars. Via WSJ:
He said he bought it at around the height of the market and would be disappointed to lose money on the sale, but added he feels it is worth it. “I feel 20 pounds lighter since I left,” said Mr. Olbermann
Olbermann wrote in March that he was “getting out because of the degree to which the very name ‘Trump’ has degraded the public discourse and the nation itself.”
A former MSNBC and ESPN commentator, Olbermann’s political views are famously liberal, and his style is famously combative toward those he disagrees with, so feud with Trump is certainly on brand.
And speaking of combative people, obviously Trump wasn’t just going to let Olbermann’s attack go answered. That would require poise and maturity. From WSJ:
Mr. Trump said in an email that Mr. Olbermann “is just trying to use ‘Trump’ to get publicity and stay relevant. The prices of Trump apartments are today, the highest they’ve been. When people find out he is leaving Trump Palace, prices will probably go up.”
Meanwhile, Olbermann’s condo sounds awfully nice. It’s on the 40th floor of a 55-story building, has two bedrooms and three balconies and features views of the Empire State Building, Central Park and the George Washington Bridge. Olbermann seems pretty insistent that the move is entirely about the name on the front of the building.
Mr. Olbermann said his unit is “a great apartment,” but leaving the building made him feel “less morally icky.” He added that if it wasn’t a Trump building, he never would have moved. “If they had changed the name of it to something more positive like Ebola Palace I would have happily stayed,” he said. He said he has found another home in Manhattan, but declined to identify which building.
But Ebola Palace sounds pleasant too!
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