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To: michael97123 who wrote (413179)	9/3/2008 3:47:49 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 1576180

ARTHUR "Pinch" Sulzberger is being dragged kicking and screaming into the messy defamation lawsuit Donald Trump has filed against New York Times Sunday business editor Timothy O'Brien. A Manhattan judge has ordered the baby-faced publisher to submit to a deposition by Trump's lawyers, who believe he'll bolster their case that O'Brien slimed Trump in "TrumpNation: The Art of Being The Donald." In his 2005 book, O'Brien asserted Trump was worth just $150 million to $250 million. Trump insists he's worth billions and says O'Brien hurt his reputation. Sulzberger, who fought the deposition, will now have to discuss his chats with O'Brien about Trump. In one e-mail exchange, first reported in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Sulzberger praises the book, and the author responds: "Donald is easy to lampoon, but harder to portray accurately (and deep down inside he's really sort of likable - in the way that endearing but out of control 8-year-olds are likable)." In another 2005 message, O'Brien predicts Trump will "go ballistic" over portions of the book, but adds: "He did see the cover art . . . and called to tell me: 'I loooovvve this. I look like some kind of superhero. Like a Marvel superhero.' " A source close to Trump told Page Six: "They are dying to settle, but Trump doesn't want to. They know the numbers are closer to $10 billion and they've got a lot of inaccuracies in the book." The source said the O'Brien-Sulzberger e-mails will embarrass both men. "O'Brien ridicules Sulzberger," our insider said. "O'Brien sends him a copy of his book anonymously and Sulzberger gets in touch and says, 'Hey I got your book . . . and I read it!' And O'Brien goes, 'Whoa! I can't believe you got it. You're a genius! How did you get it?' He thinks Sulzberger is a dummy." Trump is not suing the Times, even though the paper excerpted the book. O'Brien had no comment. A rep for Sulzberger didn't get back to us.