US : On June 14, 1946, Trump was born in the borough of Queens in New York City. He was the fourth of five children born to Fred Trump, who would go on to become one of the biggest developers and landlords in the city, and his wife. Fred Trump was the one who instilled in Donald the importance of self-promotion and the ability to kill.
Trump acknowledged that he was not an easy child. In the eighth grade, his parents sent him to the New York Military Academy in the hopes of teaching him the necessary discipline.
Trump would never serve in the US military because of student and medical deferments during the Vietnam War. However, he claimed that the school provided him with “more training militarily than a lot of the guys who go into the military.”
Trump worked for his father’s business after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania. The company owned approximately 15,000 apartments and concentrated on the outer boroughs of Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island.
Before settling with the US government, the Trumps were accused of racial bias in their rental practices in 1973.
Since his older brother, Fred, decided to become a pilot, he was favored to succeed his father because he had a degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Fred Trump died at the age of 43 from alcoholism, which, according to Trump, led him to never drink alcohol or smoke.
Trump started his own business in Manhattan with a $1 million loan from his father. He became a regular at some of the city’s most exclusive clubs and earned a reputation as a ladies’ man there.
Developing a brand After Trump took office, the family business moved from building homes in Brooklyn and Queens to flashy projects in Manhattan.
He secured the construction of the Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue and rebranded the Commodore Hotel as the Grand Hyatt.
The Trump Tower in New York City, courtesy of Reuters. His meteoric rise to fame continued into the entertainment industry, first as the owner of the beauty pageants Miss Universe, Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA, and then as the creator and host of the NBC reality show The Apprentice.
From Atlantic City, Chicago, and Las Vegas to India, Turkey, and the Philippines, casinos, condominiums, golf courses, and hotels all came up under the Trump brand name.
The family life of Donald Trump has been extensively covered by the media. Ivana Zelnickova, a Czech model and athlete, was his first wife. Before getting divorced in 1990, the couple had three children: Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric.
During Ivana Trump’s funeral in New York City on July 20, 2022, former President Donald Trump, his wife Melania, his sons Barron, Eric, and Donald Jr., his daughter Ivanka, her husband Jared Kushner, and his granddaughter Kai Madison leave St. Vincent Ferrer Church. Reuters Their divorce trial made the tabloid front page despite allegations of domestic abuse from his first wife. She later played down those allegations, but they are also mentioned in a new film about Trump’s life.
After that, in 1993, he got married to actress Marla Maples, who became his second wife two months after their only child, Tiffany, was born. The couple eventually got divorced in 1999 after six years of marriage.
President Donald Trump watches the solar eclipse with his wife Melania and son Barron at the White House in Washington, D.C., on August 21, 2017, without his protective glasses on. Reuters Melania Knauss is his third and current wife. She is a Slovenian former model. Barron William Trump, who is now 18 years old, is the result of their 2005 wedding.
Trump as president brought unprecedented drama to the job from the very beginning, frequently making official announcements on Twitter (now X) and clashing openly with foreign leaders.
The United States withdrew from significant climate and trade agreements during his presidency, including the Paris Agreement, and made decisions like recognizing Juraselum as Israel’s capital that were criticized even by allies.
Greta Thunberg, a Swedish environmental activist, is seen in this still image from a video that was shot in New York City on September 23, 2019, as President Donald Trump enters the United Nations to speak with reporters. — Reuters He also imposed strict immigration restrictions, banned travel to seven countries with a large Muslim population, fundamentally altered his relationship with many Middle Eastern nations, implemented record tax cuts, and started a trade war with China.
When a special counsel looked into alleged collusion between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia for nearly two years, 34 people were charged with crimes like computer hacking and financial crimes. However, the investigation was unable to establish criminal collusion with Trump.
Soon after, Trump was accused of putting pressure on a foreign government to uncover information about Democratic opponent Joe Biden, making him the third president of the United States to be removed from office in history. He was impeached by a House of Representatives led by Democrats, but he was cleared by a Senate led by Republicans.
— On January 15, 2020, House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving and House Clerk Cheryl Johnson lead a procession of the seven House impeachment managers through the Rotunda of the US Capitol to the US Senate in Washington. They are carrying two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. Reuters The coronavirus pandemic became the most significant news story for his 2020 election year.
His handling of the pandemic, during which the United States led the world in deaths and infections, was widely panned. Additionally, he made controversial remarks, such as recommending research into whether disinfectants could be injected into the body to treat Covid.
On the campaign trail, he received his own diagnosis of Covid-19, necessitating a break.
As a result, after Joe Biden defeated him in the 2020 election, he exacerbated allegations of widespread electoral fraud, which were rebutted in more than 60 court cases.
On January 6, Trump held a rally for his supporters in Washington, urging them to gather at the Capitol as Biden’s victory was to be officially declared by Congress.
