The birthplace of Donald John Trump is the city of Queens, which is located in the state of New York, United States of America. It was there that the 45th American President was born on June 14, 1946. Donald Trump is an authority figure in business, a writer, public person who frequently appears on radio and television. He heads the Trump Organization, a large construction firm. He is the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts, which controls casinos and hotels in different countries peace.

Education and first steps in business

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The training of the future businessman began at the Kew Forest School in Forest Hills. He was a difficult child who did not succumb to the influence of relatives and teachers. As a result, when Donald was 13 years old, the family decided to send him to military academy in NYC.

He graduated with honors from the academy in 1964 and continued his studies at Fordham University. However, he only studied there for 4 semesters before moving on to business school at the University of Pennsylvania.

In 1968, Trump graduated from business school with a bachelor's degree in finance. He became involved in the family business, showing a particular interest in real estate. In the future, Donald wanted to become the successor of his father and increase the profits from the business.

In 1971, he made the decision to move to Manhattan. He immediately considered the financial opportunities that opened up before him in this city. Particularly promising was the direction of the construction business, which could bring good profits from architectural design. The development of this direction helped the novice businessman to achieve public recognition.

The ups and downs of a businessman

In the early 90s. Trump's net worth was about $1 billion. He was the owner of many casinos, hotels, residential skyscrapers, his own airline, the New Jersey Generals football team and an incredible number of small businesses, the exact number of which even the businessman himself did not know. But over time, Donald began to lose control of his vast business empire.

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Financing of new projects was carried out through loans that Trump took from large banks and investment companies. These measures did not justify themselves. After some time, the businessman was on the verge of ruin. His business profits grew, but so did his debts.

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According to American TV channel ABC, US President-elect Donald Trump demanded that US intelligence agencies hold a special briefing for his son-in-law,. This means that Trump intends to bring him into his own administration.

What position the 35-year-old graduate, a brilliant businessman who has been a trustee for several years, will be appointed to, is not yet clear. However, many American media were interested in another fact: Kushner is an Orthodox Jew who strictly observes traditions.

This fact surprised many of Trump's critics, who accused him of targeting American white nationalists. For example, recently another appointment to the future Trump team, which will come to the White House in January 2017, caused a scandal.

Helpful Anti-Semites

The president-elect of the United States has appointed Steve a, the former head of the conservative tabloid Breitbart News, as his chief adviser. Bannon's candidacy was strongly opposed by the Anti-Defamation League, which is engaged in the fight against racist and anti-Semitic organizations.

Representatives of the organization said that Bannon's appointment is "a sad day for the United States", as he headed an Internet resource, which, among other things, focuses on representatives of right-wing nationalist groups, anti-Semites and racists.

Bannon, meanwhile, was defended by a number of representatives of the American Jewish diaspora. True, most of them work in the structures that Bannon finances. “Steve is a friend of the Jews, he supports Israel, and at the same time he is a devoted patriot of America and a great leader,” said Orthodox Jew Joe Pollak, one of the leading editors of Breitbart News, in an interview.

In the election, Trump was supported by a large number of white nationalists and representatives of far-right groups, although their support was not decisive. Nevertheless, the association of the President-elect of the United States with such groups is largely a political fashion, reflecting an extremely tight election race. Trump's rival, a Democrat and former US Secretary of State, has done a lot to demonize the Republican competitor's image.

Trump's allies point out that he has never shared anti-Semitic views, having worked alongside Jews in business for many years. This was confirmed in an interview with Gazeta.Ru by the Israeli political scientist Benny, ex-adviser to the Prime Minister of Israel and former executive director of the Russian Jewish Congress. Briskin himself knows many of the Jewish business people who have worked with Trump.

So far, Trump's decisions fit into the logic of a pragmatic populist who seeks to use all the levers of influence that contribute to his popularity. In this sense, the politician focuses on white nationalists no less and no more than on the Jewish diaspora.

Jared Kushner, husband of Ivanka Trump, daughter of the President-elect of the United States, is the son of one of the leaders of the New York Jewish diaspora, Charles Kushner. Kushner Sr., like the president-elect of the United States, worked in the construction business, and Jared participated in the Trump campaign, overseeing the direction of digital media. According to ABC, the key to Kushner's appointment to the White House is that Trump has worked with him for a long time and trusts him.

Jewish channels of the Kremlin

As Gazeta.Ru was told by a high-ranking and informed source, in search of channels of communication with Trump, the Kremlin representatives used representatives of Russian Jewish business circles who have contacts with the Kushner family and have influence on Ivanka Trump.

The President of the Russian Jewish Congress (RJC) said in an interview with Gazeta.Ru that he could neither confirm nor deny the information that the Kremlin was trying to establish contact with Trump through representatives of Jewish business.

“In general, attempts to use representatives of international business, including Jewish business, are absolutely normal in this situation. I am sure that not only representatives of the Russian leadership are looking for contacts with Donald Trump, ”he said.

According to Kanner, after Trump's victory in the US elections, traditional political and diplomatic channels ceased to be relevant for a while: the elected American leader is a businessman and was not involved in politics before the start of the election campaign.

Kanner confirmed that Trump is connected to the Jewish diaspora through his daughter Ivanka. “She accepted conversion, and orthodox,” said the interlocutor of Gazeta.Ru. - That is, it is strict Judaism, with a large number of mandatory prohibitions. And Ivanka observes all this, she has a strict, serious approach. Be sure to observe Shabbat."

Yuri Kanner recalled that the daughter of Hillary Clinton, Trump's rival in the US elections, also converted to Judaism, but is much less strict about religious traditions. The elder Clinton's ties to the Jewish diaspora don't seem to be as close either.

“About seven years ago, when I just started working as the President of the RJC, we had a a big problem. The singer, a very important figure in the Russian Jewish diaspora, had problems obtaining a visa to the United States, ”recalls Kanner.

“Then I contacted the President of the World Jewish Congress, Ron Om, a Republican representative of a very respected American Jewish family. I asked him to help. Ron promised to talk about it with Hillary Clinton, who at that time was the US Secretary of State,” said the head of the RJC.

Only a month later, Lauder received a response from Clinton, the source told Gazeta.Ru.

“It was an absolutely boorish reply in its form, which advised Kobzon to contact the American consulate at the place of residence,” Kanner added. - After that, I decided to look into this issue in detail, I spent a lot of effort on it. In the end, it turned out that the question is really complex. But the Clinton representatives certainly could have shown more respect.”

Diaspora split

In the circles of the Russian-speaking diaspora, Trump enjoys much more support than in the American Jewish community. Benny Briskin explains this by the fact that the majority of immigrants from the USSR perceive the “left-liberal ideas” of the Democrats with hostility. Some of them also hope for an improvement in US relations with Russia.

"They think that good relationship between Israel, Russia and the US are good for the global climate. In addition, many Russian-speaking Jews believe that the main watershed today is not the relationship between Russia and Ukraine, but the conflict between the Judeo-Christian and Islamic civilizations,” says Briskin.

However, according to the data opinion polls, the majority of representatives of Jewish organizations supported the candidacy of Democrat Hillary Clinton. A GBA Strategies poll among American Jews showed that 68% of them were going to vote for Hillary and only 28% for Trump.

During the 2012 presidential campaign, the spread of the vote was about the same: 68% for Obama and 31% for his Republican rival. Only then did he win, and this time it was Trump, contrary to all opinion polls.

During the campaign, some disgruntled Republicans tried to persuade Jewish groups not to support him.

Last September, on the sidelines of the congress, a Gazeta.Ru correspondent accidentally heard a snippet of a conversation: one of the congressmen urged his interlocutor to “turn the guys from AIPAC against Trump.”

It was about one of the largest Jewish lobbying groups AIPAC (American-Israeli Public Relations Committee). Representatives of this organization during the election campaign really sharply opposed Trump. In March, they even had to apologize for Trump's speech at AIPAC, where he once again blasted the policies of US President Barack Obama.

“The Jewish community is very diverse. For example, one of prominent representatives American Jewry is a senator from the state of Vermont, who also ran for president of the United States in these elections and received strong support, - added the interlocutor of Gazeta.Ru. “He represents a completely different, largely left-wing, ideology and is unlikely to be an ally of the president-elect.”

There is no single Jewish community in the United States, Ariel Cohen, a leading expert at the Atlantic Council, told Gazeta.Ru. “Most Jews vote for Democrats traditionally, but the Republican Jewish coalition managed to do a lot for Trump’s victory, and he has a couple of powerful Jewish donors, including the legendary one,” the expert said.

Adelson, who has been called the "King of the Casino", is close to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is Trump's biggest donor and has given more than $30 million to his campaign.

Republican Jews have a lot of hopes for Trump. Moreover, many Middle Eastern publicists expect him to .

Trump's "Israelization"

During the campaign, Trump promised to move the US embassy to Jerusalem, the status of which is disputed by the delegations of the vast majority of Islamic countries.

If the politician keeps his promise, this will be a very powerful signal of US support for Israel.

Trump's support for Israel, the main US ally in the Middle East, has caused a great rush of emotions in this country. Israeli leader Netanyahu has already expressed hope that US-Israel relations will improve under Trump. Despite the fact that the allied ties are quite strong, the personal relationship between Obama and Netanyahu did not work out.

“Now it seems that few American leaders have been as bad for Israeli-American relations as Obama,” said Yuri Kanner. According to him, the Middle East remembered very well how positively the first term of the outgoing American president began - and on what note his reign ends.

Obama delivered an ambitious speech at Cairo University calling for the opening of new page in relations between the United States and the Islamic world.

However, over the past eight years of Obama's rule, the wars in the region have not ended, many conflicts have escalated, and the terrorist "Islamic State" has appeared (banned in the Russian Federation). The situation in the Middle East for Israel has not become safer even despite the nuclear deal with Iran, which froze the nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions.

The US President has repeatedly demonstrated his displeasure with Netanyahu's conservative policies. Obama didn't even grant him an audience when the Israeli prime minister came to Washington at the invitation of Republican Speaker of Congress John Boehner in March 2015.

Now, as Benny Briskin explains to Gazeta.Ru, a more favorable situation has developed for Netanyahu.

“If earlier his tenure coincided with the Democratic one, with which he never had any luck, today the situation is different,” he said. “Everyone who supports Netanyahu is happy with Trump’s election.”

As a leading expert at Gulf State Analytics in Washington notes, both Trump and Netanyahu converge on two critical points: the legitimacy of Israeli settlements in West Bank and the risk posed by the nuclear deal with Iran.

The expert also noted that Trump surrounds himself with figures that symbolize "a clear break with the policies of the Obama administration." “This is perceived as a positive change,” says Karasik.

And the last thing for today is about Donald Fredovich Trump.

Due to the fact that among the Ukroscotts, the disappointment from the defeat of the possessed lesbian Clinton was replaced by intense licking by Trump, including in such an exotic way:

I would like to briefly talk about the origin of Trump.

So, what does the English-language Wikipedia tell us with links to sources.

Trump is of German ancestry on his father's side and Scottish ancestry on his mother's side; all four of his grandparents were born in Europe. His father Fred Trump (1905-1999) was born in Queens to parents from Kallstadt, Germany. His mother, Mary Trump (née MacLeod, 1912-2000), was born in Tong, Lewis, Scotland.

Drumpf, the family "s ancestral name, evolved to Trump during the Thirty Years" War in the 17th century. Trump has said that he is proud of his German heritage; he served as grand marshal of the 1999 German-American Steuben Parade in New York City.

Trump is of German descent on his father's side and Scottish descent on his mother's side. All four of his grandfathers were born in Europe. His father Fred Trump (1905-1999) was born in Queens (a suburb of New York) from parents originally from the city of Kallstadt (now part of Rhineland-Palatinate).
Mother, Mary Trump nee McLeod (McLeod) (1912-2000) was born in the village of Tong on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland.

The family name of the Trumps initially took the form of Drumpf, the ancestors of Donald Fredovich are known from written sources dating back to the time of the Thirty Years' War and earlier. The first Drumpf named Hans, a lawyer by profession, settled in Kallstadt in 1608.

Trump says he is very proud of his German roots. Donald Fredovich was even commander-in-chief in 1999 at the annual von Steuben Day parade (a holiday in honor of the German general Friedrich von Steuben, an associate of George Washington).

Trump’s ancestors did not contain dirty Polish serfs (cattle, two-legged cattle), now called Ukrainians.

As usual, this is just my opinion based on private research.
Readers begged me to find out who Trump was. But I don't think that's what they expected or wanted to know.
Many were fooled by him. I have no other opinion about this clown actor other than to say that he was a test of the credulity of the American public. They passed this test. Everything turned out the way it should.

They want you to think they are Scottish. Then click on her father - Malcolm
McLeod. Then click on his mother: Ann McLeod. She is the wife of Alexander MacLeod, so this is her husband's surname. What is her maiden name? Oops, she's MacLeod too, because her father is also named Alexander MacLeod. So that? Her father and her husband have the same first and last names?!

Did she marry her own father? In addition, her subject was given in 1833. Note 33.
It can't be true, can it? So let's check out other bloodlines. Second search option: it's in About.com

But there is no information about it. The search stops at the problem of Ann McLeod.
But he gives us one interesting fact: Both of Trump's parents died at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center."

To celebrate Donald Trump's inauguration day, Ivanka and Jared Kushner received special permission from a rabbi to violate Jewish laws that ban the use of like cars during Shabbat. Photo: TMZ/Getty

Trump is the first Jew to lead the United States

Many people in Israel think so and hope for his help.

US President Donald Trump. Photo: REUTERS

The transformation of a Yankee with German-Scottish roots into a Jew was vividly described on the website of the Global Jewish Online Center by publicist Peter Lukimson.

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“Now, serious battles have unfolded on social networks between Israelis and Americans, who continue to discuss the results of the US elections in different languages ​​and whether they are good for the Jews. Among the representatives of the left camp, who do not call Trump a fascist, there is obvious despondency - for the third month there has been crying for Barack Obama as brother. However, most Israelis are again in clear euphoria, remembering the old adage: "A Jew is not one with a Jewish dad, but one with Jewish grandchildren." From their point of view, it turns out that for the first time a Jew won the elections in the USA. Now this president will move the American embassy to Jerusalem in no time, will not interfere with the expansion of Jewish settlements, and then - what the hell is not joking! – support the annexation of Judea and Samaria!”

Necessary explanation about grandchildren. Ivanka, Trump's daughter from his first wife, Czech model Ivana, married Jared Kushner in 2009. His parents - Orthodox Jews, very influential in the Jewish community of New York, were against this marriage. They could not allow future grandchildren to cease to be Jews. But love won. Before the wedding, Ivanka converted to Judaism, performed a complex ceremony of turning a non-Jew into a Jew - giyur, received the ancient Hebrew name Yael ("mountain goat"). The couple belongs to the Orthodox branch of Judaism, observes its laws more strictly than most young American Jews. Ivanka herself is an activist in the Chabad women's movement. They already have three children - Arabella Rose, Joseph Frederick and Theodore James Kushner.

So with the Jewish grandchildren, the new US president has everything in order.

Ivanka and Jared were part of the leadership of his campaign headquarters, played a big role in the victory over Hillary Clinton. After all, it is solely thanks to them that Trump began to enjoy the support of the US Jewish community. In the election, more than 90% of the very influential Hasidic community voted for him, including in New York, which voted overwhelmingly for Clinton. Although before the daughter's marriage, the billionaire had big claims regarding anti-Semitism.

When the media called one of the Republican candidate's tweets "anti-Semitic" before the election, Kushner openly defended his father-in-law: "Donald Trump is not a racist or an anti-Semite. I learned this from personal experience while caring for his daughter.” And he recalled his Jewish grandmother, who fled from the ghetto of the Nazi-occupied Belarusian town of Novogrudok to the partisans. In the partisan detachment, she met her grandfather Jared.

Jared is now a senior aide to his father-in-law, the President of the United States. Observers note that he became the conductor of Trump's plans in the Middle East. In any case, he had a hand in the appointment of his old acquaintance David Friedman as the new US Ambassador to Israel.

UNJUSTIFIED DELIGHTS

But let's get back to Peter Lukimson's article "The Great Trumpiad". It gives reason to think not only for the Israelis, but also for us in Russia.

“I am equally unacceptable to both sobs over Obama and delights (I almost wrote “pig squeals”) about Donald Trump. However, the latter can still be understood. Worse than Barack Obama, the American president for Israel still will not be. He took an openly anti-Israeli, and if you call a spade a spade, anti-Semitic position. He became the first American president who not only violated an agreement with Israel to protect its interests, but also prepared and passed through the UN Security Council one of the most dangerous anti-Israeli resolutions. And Obama's latest decision was to transfer $221 million to the Palestinians, another blow to Israel that encourages opponents of the Jewish state. (Trump managed to “freeze” this tranche allocated by the outgoing US president to “support democratic reforms and humanitarian aid» Palestine. - Auth.) So, when Barack Obama said that if Iran has an atomic bomb, then his name should be written on it - he was not joking. Trump will definitely not be worse than Obama for Israel. And that's good for once.

However, with regards to the hopes placed on him, here I would not be in a hurry - my deja vu never deceives me. First, read the biography of Donald Trump, and you will understand how versatile this person is, how balanced and thought out all his decisions are. All his extravagance is nothing more than a mask for fans of his TV show.

Therefore, one should not expect any stunning steps either in relation to Israel or in relation to Russia from Trump - at least in order not to be disappointed later. Most likely, there will be no transfer of the US embassy to Jerusalem. As well as the supported annexation of Judea and Samaria and everything else. But if Trump returns US support to Israel at the UN, allows it to quietly develop existing Jewish settlements, and also reconsiders the decision that those born in Jerusalem are not considered born in Israel in the United States, it will not be so small.

The skepticism of the wise Lukimson begins to be justified.

On February 15, Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister B. Netanyahu for the first time in Washington. Jared Kushner also took part in the talks. The problems of bilateral relations, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Iranian nuclear threat, fight against terrorism. And although Netanyahu said at a joint press conference that “a new day has begun” in relations between the United States and Israel, the administration of the new president made it clear: Trump, although he agrees to help his Middle Eastern partner, but not on all points, Tatiana Karasova commented on the results of the visit, head Department of Israel, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences. It seems that one should not expect too much from Trump - he is aware that his pro-Israeli sympathies have objective limits.

And among Russian politicians, who also recently rejoiced violently, like the Israelis, at Trump's victory, and disappointment with Donald sets in. The latest statements by the new US president and his inner circle about Russia are very upsetting. And are they caused only by objective restrictions on the part of the US Congress?

WATCH THE FILM TO THE END

However, Trump himself will also have a hard time, writes Lukimson. They won't leave him alone. “We are still waiting for loud journalistic investigations and attempts to arrange a new "Watergate". And of course, no one will allow Trump what Clinton and Monica Lewinsky were allowed to do.

Before putting labels and dogs on Trump, it's better to just watch this movie to the end and only then judge how good or bad this American president was for the world and for the Jews. Screenwriter and main director this film, judging by its previous productions, has a good sense of humor and unpredictable fantasy. So we still have a lot of exciting twists and turns, and perhaps the main villain will not be the one you first thought.

Donald John Trump is an American businessman, billionaire, construction magnate, owner of a large chain of hotels and casinos. Author of an impressive number of books on business and self-development. Member of the Republican Party. On November 8, 2016, Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States.

Childhood

In 1930, 18-year-old native of the Scottish village Mary MacLeod came to New York for the holidays. There, fate brought her together with 25-year-old Fred Trump, the son of German immigrants, who already owned his own construction company at such a young age.

In 1936, the couple got married; the couple bought a cottage in a respectable area of ​​Queens, the father of the family continued to engage in the construction business, and Mary devoted herself entirely to motherhood. Donald Trump was the fourth child in the family, but, having inherited a tough and assertive character from his father, he was not going to get used to the role of a younger brother. Neither parents nor school teachers could cope with the unbearable Donald, so at the age of 13 the boy was faced with a fact: he went to the New York Military Academy.

As a cadet, Trump proved to be a disciplined student who boasted both good grades and high social skills and athletic success. Parents could not get enough of their son, who sharply took up his mind, and even began to set him as an example to other children.

First steps towards success

In 1964, Trump graduated from the military academy with honors and entered Fordham University. After studying there for 4 semesters, he transferred to the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1968, he received a bachelor's degree in economics, after which his father accepted his son into family business. Donald became seriously interested in real estate, hoping in the future to become the heir to the Trump construction empire and multiply his father's fortune many times over.

The first project entrusted to Donald was the grandiose residential complex Swifton Village in Ohio, designed for 1200 apartments for the "middle class". Under the leadership of the younger Trump, the company was able to complete the project within a year, spending $6 million to build and $12 million from the sale of the apartments.

Double income is more than a great start to a career, but Trump was not going to stop there. The construction of apartments in Ohio was funded by the state, but Donald understood what financial support for more serious projects, it is worth contacting not government organizations, but strong of the world this: bankers, top managers, oil tycoons. In 1971, Donald rented an apartment in the heart of New York - on Manhattan Island. Here his circle of acquaintances quickly replenished with influential people.

Rise of an empire

In 1974, with the help of new connections, Trump won a tender to restore the dilapidated Commodore Hotel. Since many of the buildings near the hotel were also in a deplorable state and needed financial injection, as well as the city itself, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, Donald managed to get tax incentives for a period of 40 years. Moreover, the largest banks in New York gave him a mortgage loan totaling $70 million. There was only one condition - Trump had to put the area in order.

Donald's firm hit the ground running, and six years later, Manhattan residents were able to see the 25-story glass-and-steel monolith that replaced the dreary yellow building surrounded by new, functional, and livable neighborhoods. Much later, in October 1996, one of the largest hotel chains Hyatt bought half of the rights to the hotel, increasing Trump's fortune by $142 million.

In 1979, Donald had his eye on a piece of land on 5th Avenue across from Tiffany & Co. When the businessman was asked what made him buy this particular place, he replied: “The wealthiest people in New York are always spinning at Tiffany’s stores.” By 1983, the 58-story skyscraper Trump Tower had grown on this site, surpassing all city buildings in height.

The house instantly gained fame as an elite complex: the windows of the apartments overlooked Central Park, a series of boutiques and restaurants were located below, the floor was tiled with pink marble, and a three-meter fountain beat in the hall. All apartments were bought up within a few months, and Trump became richer by $ 200 million.

When in 1977 New Jersey legalized gambling, Trump realized that in front of him was a tidbit that should never be missed. In 1980, he purchased a piece of land in Atlantic City, entrusting his brother Robert with obtaining a gambling license. In 1982, the grandiose hotel and entertainment complex Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino was opened at a cost of $250 million. In 1986, Donald bought the city's Hilton hotel and built the $320 million Trump's Castle in its place. In parallel, he began construction of the Taj Mahal, the largest hotel-casino in the world, which opened its doors to visitors in 1990.

On the brink of bankruptcy

By the beginning of the 90s, Donald's fortune was estimated at $1 billion. In addition to a chain of hotels, casinos and luxury residential skyscrapers, the Trump empire was listed as Trump Shuttle Airline, football team New Jersey Generals and a huge number of small businesses that Donald himself lost count of. Gradually, he began to lose control over the business that had grown to incredible proportions.

New projects were financed with borrowed funds, which was quite risky. Trump's creditors were large banks and investment companies: Citicorp, Merrill Lynch, Chase Manhattan. The businessman's debts were growing rapidly, the threat of bankruptcy was exacerbated by the crisis brewing in the real estate sector. In the early 90s, debts to creditors reached $9.8 billion, of which Trump had to pay $900 million out of his own pocket. On the verge of bankruptcy, the businessman was forced to lay the Trump Tower skyscraper. The press added fuel to the fire, criticizing Donald's every move.

Thanks to innate perseverance, Donald managed to get out of the debt hole. Income from the gambling business covered most debts; by 1997, the tycoon had paid off his debts in full and started working on new projects. In 2001, Trump's company, together with the Korean company Daewoo, completed the construction of the 72-story Trump World Tower. The 262-meter skyscraper has grown exactly opposite the UN headquarters in Manhattan.

Financial crisis 2008 was a new shock for Trump's building empire. Due to falling sales, he was unable to pay the $40 million loan on time. Although the billionaire could easily pay off the debt with his own funds, he filed for bankruptcy, claiming that the crisis was a force majeure. On February 17, 2009, Trump announced his decision to leave the Board of Directors of his own company.

Television appearances

In 2002, Trump launched the prime-time reality show The Candidate. The participants had to compete among themselves for the right to become a top manager in Trump's company. Unsuccessful contestants were waiting for the businessman’s signature phrase: “You are fired!” (In 2004, he even applied for the trademark "You are fired!"). For each episode of the first season, Donald received about $50,000, but with the start of the second season, the cost of one episode rose to $3 million - so Trump became one of the highest paid presenters on television.

In 2006, Trump, together with NBC, bought out the Miss Universe Organization, which organized the Miss Universe and Miss America beauty pageants.

The construction magnate also appeared with cameos in several films and TV series, for example, in the comedy Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, he explained to young Macaulay Culkin how to get into the hall.

Donald Trump cameo in Home Alone 2

In 2007, Trump got his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which the businessman received for creating the reality show The Candidate.

In October of the same year, Donald was invited to the studio of Larry King, where he abruptly walked through foreign policy George Bush Jr. and Angelina Jolie's appearance. Many remembered other words uttered on the evening air: then Trump said that in the next elections he would certainly support Rudolph Giuliani and Hillary Clintonif they put forward their candidacies for the presidency. This speech was remembered to him in 2013, when Trump was again visiting the host.

Donald Trump visiting Larry King

Political career of Donald Trump. Most Influential Republican

Trump has been predicted for the presidency of the United States since the 80s, but at that time the needle of Donald's political compass was constantly rushing between the right and left poles. By 2009, he was more or less determined in his own views and joined the Republican Party. They tried to nominate Donald, an outstanding economist and manager, to participate in the presidential elections back in 2011, but the businessman said he was not ready to leave the private sector.

On June 16, 2015, Trump made it clear to the people of the United States that he had changed his mind, announcing his readiness to fight for the presidency. Trump's presidential campaign was strictly thought out: first of all, he visited the state of New Hampshire, traditionally considered a stronghold of the Republicans, then toured Nevada and California, states that had previously received a solid financial injection from Donald. Also, Trump has repeatedly held rallies in his support for the entertainment of the electorate.

Trump's popularity was influenced by his character: the newly minted politician is used to speaking openly, not veiling his speech with euphemisms. Because of this feature, he gained fame as an eccentric truth-seeker.

The main theses of the Trump campaign concerned the following areas of American society: immigration, health care, economics and domestic politics. The Republican was extremely cold towards the people of Mexico and the Middle East. If he wins the election, Trump threatened to build an analogue of the Great Wall of China on the border with Mexico. Trump has also repeatedly advocated the immediate elimination of ISIS military forces.

Donald Trump accuses Democrats of creating ISIS

Donald demanded the abolition of Barack Obama's medical program, saying that its provision is too expensive for the state, and that he would have no problem finding more effective and cheaper methods for taxpayers.

AT economic sector even Democrats listened to the billionaire; he argued about the need to return production to the United States, increasing duties on goods of American companies manufactured abroad, and also argued the need for a trade war with China.

Scandalous video of Donald trump with the participation of Vladimir Putin

In more detail, he stated his point of view in the book "America Shattered", published in 2015.

According to Forbes magazine, in 2016 Donald Trump's net worth crossed the $4 billion mark. It continued to increase, including through real estate licensing - developers themselves paid Trump to build and sell new projects on his behalf.

In March 2016, Donald Trump was named the most likely Republican presidential candidate, predicting that he would face Hillary Clinton in the final round of the election.

In Russia, Trump's nomination for the presidency was warmly received, as the billionaire has repeatedly promised to improve relations with the Kremlin.

The results of the election of the 45th President of the United States were unpredictable. A month before the final day, both candidates received a good portion of "black PR". Clinton was implicated in a scandal involving the FBI, Trump was accused of sexual harassment. Clinton confidently predicted victory, especially after the third, final debate. However, the results surprised everyone - Trump effortlessly beat his rival, gaining 306 electoral votes out of the 270 required for victory, thereby securing a seat in the Oval Office of the White House.

On December 19, 2016, the Electoral College confirmed the election results with 304 votes for Trump. Only two electors abandoned the original decision.

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The presidential inauguration took place on January 20, 2017. During inaugural address Trump called for “overcoming the split between the ruling elite, the corrupt establishment and American society”, radically changing the labor market by expelling all illegal migrants from the country, leaving political blocs that are disadvantageous to the United States, reaching an understanding with Russia, transferring all resources for the good of the country and destroy Islamist terrorists. Republican Michael Pence is Trump's right-hand man

Trump began dating his second wife, actress Marla Maples, back in 1989, and immediately after his divorce from Ivana, he proposed to her. She gave the billionaire daughter Tiffany. But the marriage did not last long - in 1999 they divorced. Tiffany grew up with her mother in California, but her father also took part in her upbringing.

In early 2005, Donald married another fashion model from of Eastern Europe- 34-year-old Melanie Knauss. Trump's third wife was from Slovenia, shone on the pages of glossy magazines, not embarrassed to act in a very frank manner. Trump and Melanie's wedding was on the list of the most expensive wedding ceremonies with a budget of $45 million. In 2006, their common son, Barron William Trump, was born.

Donald Trump now

By the spring of 2019, Trump signed many decrees aimed at economic and foreign policy reforms: he expanded the territory for oil and gas production at sites Gulf of Mexico and all oceans except the Indian; tightened measures to combat terrorist organizations; gave the order to put missile attack on Damascus - in response to the use of the Syrian President chemical weapons against the opposition; withdrew from the nuclear deal with Iran, under which the countries of the "six" received partial control over nuclear weapons Iran.

But inside America itself, Trump's repeated intention to build a wall between the US and Mexico to limit the influx of illegal immigrants has caused a particularly heated debate.

It was the wall on the border with the southern neighbor that caused the suspension of the US Government at the end of 2018. The Mexican Wall (or "Trump Wall") - one of the main points of the presidential election program - was estimated at almost six billion dollars.