Trump Tower penthouse of Donald Trump

Aronson of Architectural Digest that adjusting to living in the newly completed penthouse was "highly stressful and taking its toll" with the 'grand showcase living' of the space and that she and Donald would retreat back to their comfortable apartment in a Trump building on Third Avenue for a couple of nights a week.

[1] In a 1984 article in GQ magazine, Trump's first wife Ivana said the first floor of the penthouse had the living, dining, and entertainment rooms and kitchen; the second floor had their bedrooms and bathrooms as well as a balcony over the living room; and the third had bedrooms for the children, maids, and guests.

[10] When Trump and Melania's son Barron was born, Ellen DeGeneres gave the Trumps a gold baby carriage with a mini crystal chandelier, and other gifts in his nursery in the apartment included a large stuffed dog from Barbara Walters and a large stuffed green frog from Gayle King.

Trump told the Forbes reporter Dan Alexander that he "[didn't] show it to anybody" despite it having been previously visited by 60 Minutes, Architectural Digest and People magazine.

[1] Macdonald later said that "None of those working on the project really had any interaction with Donald Trump" and that Ivana was "a fantastic manager and wonderful client".

[1] Donghia's entrance hall to the apartment had lacquered walls with polished bronze railings and dark marble.

[15] Trump replied that "Numerous designers, architects and consultants were hurt" by Barie's letter and they were "overreaching in not granting Der Scutt, Angelo Donghia and others the credit which they so justly deserve".

[18] York wrote that "No matter how you looked at it, the main thing [Trump's] apartment said was, "I am tremendously rich and unthinkably powerful".

[19] York felt that Trump's style was diametrically opposed to the restrained neo-classicism of the architecture of Washington D.C. which "evoke stability and trustworthiness through their restraint" and seek to project "a message of simplicity, democracy and egalitarianism".

[19] The gold remodeling was reportedly ordered by Trump after he saw the more lavish house of Saudi businessman Adnan Khashoggi.

[12] Thomas Wells, who worked as a lawyer for Trump, noted that every story about the penthouse featured a different number of rooms, with 8, 16, 20 and 30 all printed.

[21] According to a later court filing by the AG, Trump's chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg "admitted that the apartment's value had been overstated by 'give or take' $200 million".