Donald Trump just wants to make D.C. dining great again

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Donald Trump won't be eating out too often if he ends up moving to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. While in the process of constructing the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., Trump had two restaurants planned for the building pull out due to his comments on immigrants. Trump sued, and restaurateurs José Andrés and Geoffrey Zakarian countersued.

Since, Trump has tried to keep the whole deposition under wraps. "The judge in the restaurant dispute — D.C. Superior Court Judge Brian Holeman [...] already turned down Trump's request to seal the video and, in so doing, may be providing fodder for Hillary Clinton's campaign and other foes eager to exploit the footage for attack ads," Politico wrote.

In the transcript of the deposition originally obtained by Politico, Trump rants about "Zakarian's foolish decision," as might be expected. But then he throws in the entirely unnecessary insult that D.C. doesn't have any good food:

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As for whether liberal patrons would make a point not to patronize Trump's properties, Trump says he thinks they would — if it was a great restaurant. Then, he takes a bit of a shot at D.C.'s dining scene: "They want to go to a great restaurant … There aren't that many in Washington, believe me. There aren't that many in Washington, as you know.""That may be something we can agree on," [Zakarian's attorney Deborah] Baum says. [The Washingtonian]

Okay, but who really can fault Trump? He just wanted to make D.C. dining great again.

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Jeva Lange

Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.