He was born into a NYC real estate empire, his father gave him the Manhattan portion, and then they put it under management. He was practically a billionaire since birth.
Donald Trump’s most successful individual venture was his media career, but a lot of people are really tuned in to media so that was probably a good thing. I’m not sure an ordinary GOP candidate could have won, even though both Rubio and Kasich way out-polled him in the contest against the Clinton machine.
I agree that he was better in his presentation in the 80s. I’m from NYC (Upper West Side!) and people liked him when he came out and did things like the Wollman Rink and criticized the dysfunctional Mayor and city government.
He always sounded quite rational and business-like. He ran or started to run for Mayor a few years ago - I don’t recall whether it was the first or the second De Blasio term - but he dropped it when there was opposition. And that was my other worry.
But everything seems to be okay now!
Nonsense.
His father was a respectable builder in Brooklyn and Queens and was against Donald's move into Manhattan.
Trump (Donald) borrowed and repaid a $1 mil loan to start building the Grand Hyatt in Manhattan.
The rest is history.
Fred Trump thought it was lunacy to go into Manhattan and strongly opposed it. That’s about as far from “giving the Manhattan portion” to Donald Trump as you can possibly get, since it didn’t exist.
You are from ‘upper west side’ NYC and you are clueless about Trump’s real life?
His grandmother was widowed with three children. The oldest was eleven. He was Donald’s father Fred. Mom sent Fred to trade school (when he was legally to young to attend.) he graduated from high school and trade school he same year.
Mom would buy the houses. Fred would hire a friend or two fix the property up and then mom sold it. She was able to put the two younger children through college with the money she and son made. He became wealthy by building homes for the veterans returning from WWII He is also responsible for adding an attached garage to the modest homes he built
The need for single bedroom apartment were in process before the government gave the OK to build them He saw the need !
Uncle John is responsible for the development of radiation you use in medical treatment. and worked with the Btitish to develop the radar that saved Them during WWII. He was a lot more than just a professor at MIT
It is because of the family work ethic that the family grew from poor immigrant to billionaire in three generations. It’s the American Dream on Steroids.
I suggest you do your own research and not rely on the pabulum the MSM feed you!
De Blasio has not yet completed his first term.
I thought he started with either 1 or 4 million from his dad.