I agree they used him, but he wasn't 'respected' by them.
Trump was (and is) a Billionaire, I think they used each other in that scenario
yes, sure trump benefited from mafia aid... In the early 1980s, the american cosa nostra inflated the price of cement and blocked construction sites that did not pay bribes with strikes, the concrete continued to arrive in large quantities and without delay only at donald trump's yards
