Timothy L. O'Brien, Columnist

My Joyride in Trump's Ferrari

Tooling around in a jazzy car seems to loosen lips. Maybe the president should take Xi Jinping for a ride.

April 5, 2017 at 12:00 PM UTC

Timothy L. O'Brien is senior executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion. A former editor and reporter for the New York Times, he is author of “TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald.”

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Donald Trump's fire-engine red, 2007 Ferrari F430 F1 Coupe went on the auction block on Saturday and traded hands for $270,000. That was below the top price of $350,000 it was expected to fetch, but well above the $180,000 or so the car probably cost when it was new.

Reading about the president and his cars always brings a smile to my face because we spent the better part of a spring afternoon in 2005 together driving around Palm Beach in one of his earlier Ferraris. It was fun.