“He inherited his real estate empire,”
The ACTUAL facts are that he started with nothing from his parents except an education, an understanding that hard work was necessary to succeed, and the good genes to be quite intelligent. Oh, and a loan for $1 million. He turned all of that into a business empire worth over $1 billion (including repaying the loan, plus interest) by the time his father died in the late 1990s. Yes, THEN he inherited a tidy sum - but he was already on the Forbes 400 BEFORE that event. There were many times when he could have missed out on deals, or the deals could have gone bad, but his knowledge and character, combined with a bit of luck to be in the right place at the right time, allowed him to be incredibly successful. Oh, and he did fail a few times - like almost every entrepreneur out there...but he dusted himself off and got back on the horse again.
If you don’t like the guy, that’s fine with me - we all have the right to our opinions. But we DON’T have a right to our own facts. Maybe, before you cite a reason to disparage someone, you should become a bit better informed and VERIFY that your first impression was correct - and, if not, then adjust accordingly.
The reality is that Fred Trump built an empire of 29,000 housing units in NYC. He took Donald on board and eventually gave him control of the empire. Housing in NYC is some of the most valuable real estate on Earth. But he's self made.
I guess you each focused on that bit of minutiae and ignored the rest of my post because you're finally starting to realize that we're right about the phony you've decided to worship. It must feel like you're coming out of a coma.