Outside his workplace, Trump has sought a similar allegiance by lauding key players and trashing any who step out of line. In 1990, as he was about to open the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, he phoned Marvin B. Roffman, a well-respected casino analyst, and said he was "one of the best guys on the street." But after Roffman gave the Taj a well-deserved negative report (the casino went bankrupt a year later), Trump raged to Roffman's employer, demanding an apology and threatening to sue, and Roffman soon found himself without a job.