During depositions for the case, Trump told attorneys in December 2007, "My net worth fluctuates, and it goes up and down with markets and with attitudes and with feelings, even my own feelings." Trump clarified, "Yes, even my own feelings as to where the world is, where the world is going, and that can change rapidly from day to day. Then you have a September 11th, and you don't feel so good about yourself and you don't feel so good about the world and you don't feel so good about New York City. Then you have a year later, and the city is as hot as a pistol. Even months after that it was a different feeling. So yeah, even my own feelings affect my value to myself."