Hello Cinnabar,
It's his M.O. Dirty Tricks.
Get some kind of leverage and use it to force his way.
Just like when he bought Mar-A-Lago.
He bought the property between Mar-A-Lago and the ocean, then threatened to put up large buildings to obscure the view. The price of Mar-A-Lago plummeted; and he ended up getting it for a fraction.
That example is representative of Trump's entire life of business dealings. He is dead inside...no heart, no soul, no conscience, no empathy, no integrity, no respect, no hindsight or foresight, no connection to the deeper meaning or philosophical aspects of anything. Dead inside.
The Trump Files: When Donald Destroyed Historic Art to Build Trump Tower
The Historic Building Donald Trump Demolished to Build Trump Tower
The president has advocated for the preservation of Confederate monuments, but he had no trouble tearing down artifacts that he'd promised to the Met.
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a12030857/donald-trump-bonwit-teller/