NEW YORK CITY-“You don’t trust each other,” remarked Donald J.Trump, to the roughly 160 head audience at the Real Estate LendersAssociation breakfast. He noted that it was nearly impossible toget lending for big buildings and that “none of you are gettingalong” as a result of some deals that went south during therecession.

The breakfast was held at the Yale Club on the 20^thfloor of 50 Vanderbilt Ave., overlooking Grand Central Station. Thelush backdrop of midtown’s skyscrapers suited the chairman and CEOof the Trump Organization well, although he noted that he was moreconfident facing some of the lenders today, regardless of theeconomy’s woes.

“I recognize a lot of people,” he explained. “Thankfully I don’towe any of you money. In 1990 I would be shaking, but now I don’tgive a crap.” Although known for his failures as much as hissuccesses in the construction arena, he noted that his company wasin a strong cash position and had not been building as muchrecently, which helped in not having as much trouble during therecession. This was in part, he joked, thanks to being too involvedin making his NBC reality show, “The Apprentice.”