Donald Trump is President of the United States. Trump holds the unfortunate distinction of winning the Presidency through the Electoral College despite a thumping loss of 2.9 million votes (a 2.1% margin).[1] So far, Trump has been consistently setting records as the most unpopular President in the history of polling.[2] But hey - if you like him... congrats. He's your president, and ours too.
Childhood and Family
“ “He was a pretty rough fellow when he was small,” recalled his father, who packed off his obstreperous teen-age son to the New York Military Academy in Cornwall-on-Hudson for his high school education. According to some of his peers in the industry, Donald Trump has not really changed much from those boyhood days. (New York Times, August 7, 1983) ”
“ Donald Trump, the new president-elect of the United States, once said he punched a teacher in the face when he was in the second grade. So did he? Here's what he wrote in his 1987 book, "The Art of the Deal": “Even in elementary school, I was a very assertive, aggressive kid. In the second grade I actually gave a teacher a black eye. I punched my music teacher because I didn't think he knew anything about music and I almost got expelled. I'm not proud of that, but it's clear evidence that even early on I had a tendency to stand up and make my opinions known in a forceful way. The difference now is that I like to use my brain instead of my fists.” (Washington Post, November 13, 2016) ”
Fred C. Trump
Mary MacLeod
Education
Grade School (Queens)
“ The third of four children, Trump attended grade school in Queens and was then sent to Cornwall for high school. (Washington Post, November 15, 1984) ”
“ According to the book "Trump Revealed: An American Journey of Ambition, Ego, Money, and Power," by Washington Post reporters Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher, Trump attended the private Kew-Forest School in Forest Hills, N.Y., where he often got into trouble. He and his friends would disrupt class "with wisecracks and unruly behavior, such as throwing spitballs and playing racing chairs with desks." (Washington Post, November 13, 2016) ”
High School (Queens)
New York Military Academy
Wharton
“ Just about every profile ever written about Mr. Trump states that he graduated first in his class at Wharton in 1968. Although the school refused comment, the commencement program from 1968 does not list him as graduating with honors of any kind. (New York Times, April 8, 1984) ”
“ "I took a lot of finance courses at Wharton," says New York real estate tycoon Donald Trump," and first they taught you all the rules and regulations. Then they taught you that those rules and regulations are really meant to be broken; it's the person who can create new ideas who is really going to be the success." (Forbes, March 9, 1987) ”
Career Overview
Early Career
Manhattan Developer
Eighties Tycoon
Financial Collapse
Reemergence
Celebrity
Great Recession
Current Business
Romantic Affairs
Melania Knauss
Melania Trump
Marla Maples
Marla Maples
Ivana Trump
Ivana Trump
Karen McDougal
Karen McDougal
Rowanne Brewer
Rowanne Brewer
Carla Bruni?
Carla Bruni
Nancy O'Dell?
Nancy O'Dell
Parenting
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“ More Americans voted for Hillary Clinton than any other losing presidential candidate in US history. The Democrat outpaced President-elect Donald Trump by almost 2.9 million votes, with 65,844,954 (48.2%) to his 62,979,879 (46.1%), according to revised and certified final election results from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. ( CNN, December 22, 2016 ”
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“ Trump’s current rating is a low not just for Trump’s presidency so far, but also for this point in any recent presidency. We’re on day 69 of the Trump administration, and his net approval rating — -11.1 — is by far the lowest of any of the past 13 presidents at this point. ( Five Thirty Eight, March 29, 2017) ”
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