On the stand for a landmark fraud trial... Mr Trump bragged: "I became president because of my brand."

And in response to questions about his golf course in Scotland, Mr Trump reverted to his political opposition to windfarms... "I'm not a windmill person," he said.

Mr Trump tried to hammer home a defence that … Trump Tower, his Fifth Avenue skyscraper, occupied the "best location in New York".

Trump's plea bargain may turn on tax credits from turning his 5th Avenue pad into a rotating skyscraper urban turbine wind farm:

Using Trump Properties' proprietary real estate valuation algorithms , accountants for the defense calculate that Trump Power Towers Trust should produce over ten gigawatts of renewable energy at a 24/7 load factor of 144% , earning the former First Defendant a $7,000,000,000 a year smart grid rebate, a 51% interest in the Central Park polar bear zoo, and time off for good behavior.