Trump magazine, the Donald's custom quarterly, is on the verge of a financial meltdown, Radar reports. The title "will likely go on hiatus unless Trump or some other backer comes to the rescue with additional financing. 'Will Donald come in and help reinvigorate it with some personal funds?'"

FishbowlNY tracked down former Trump magazine editorial director Aaron Sigmond — also the co-founder and former editor of Smoke — in Italy, and asked him what the deal was. Here's his response:

-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Sigmond
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 7:50 AM
To: Dylan Stableford
Subject: Re: trump mag

In italy, yet 10 people sent this to me...yes, I'm gone out of PPG, yes I wish MJ [Premiere CEO Michael Jacobson] and PPG [Premiere Publishing Group, which publishes Trump] well. Rest I can not comment on, but one has to assume things don't appear out of thin air for no reason...

Tall (sic) when back,
Sig
Aaron Sigmond
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