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"The UN may look like a dwarf next to your tower, Mr. Trump, but its role for our future is gigantic. Your tall, dark and handsome tower, as you call it, is something of a symbol of the unparalleled economic growth that your country is now experiencing. At the same time, it casts a shadow over the UN, given the huge debt that your country owes to the UN." "
—The Age. Sweden's ambassador to the United Nations, Pierre Schori, writes to developer Donald Trump, seeking his input on the declining physical state of the UN buildings in New York City.'