Rita Santos - Donald Trump: Businessman and President

Rita Santos

Rita Santos

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contestant A person who takes part in a contest. discipline The control that helps a person to follow a s et of rules. discriminate T o treat a person or group unfairly . economics The study of how things are made, bought, a nd sold.

Electoral College People from each state who choose the next president based on who the people in each state vote for . immigrant A person who comes from another country . real estate The buying and selling of buildings. reality television A TV show that doesnt have a script a nd is meant to show real life. secr etar y of state The person in the government who w orks with leaders of other countries.

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C hapter 1

Growing Up ........................

Chapter 2 Militar y School ...................

Chapter 3 Big Business, Big Screen! .... Chapter 4 The Winning Candidate ......

Timeline .........................

L earn More

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Index ..............................

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G roWinG U p

It was 1963. A militar y student named Donald T rump was marching in the Columbus Day parade in New Y ork City . He looked up at the tall buildings all around him. He wanted to do great things in real estate just like his father . But he also had dreams of becoming a famous actor . No matter what goal Donald had, one thing was always the same: Everything had to be big.

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Donald John T rump was born on June 14, 1946, in Queens, which is a part of

Growi ng up, Donal d was good at ma ny sport s, especia lly footbal l, ba seba ll, and so ccer.

New Y ork City . His father , Fred, worked in real estate. He was very successful. He mostly built apartment buildings in New Y ork.

His mother , Mar y , was a Scottish immigrant who came to America with little money . Fred and Mar y were married in 1936 and had ve children. Donald is the second of three sons and has two older sisters.

Donald grew up in this house in Queens, New Y or k.

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A s an adolescent, I was mostly inte rested in cr eating mischief .

Donal d Says:

Donald like d to visit Central Park ( right ) in New Y or k City when he was y oung.

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As a child, Donald had lots of energy . He often got in trouble in school for talking when he should have been listening. Some classmates have stated their opinion that he was mean to other students. He hated to lose at games.

In middle school Donald would sneak away from his parents and ride the train into Manhattan on weekends. He explored Central Park with his friends. His father was very strict. He thought Donalds behavior needed to change.

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m ilitary s Chool

When Donald was thirteen, his father sent him to New Yor k Military Academy to teach him discipline . In military school, Donald wore a uniform. He learned to march and follow orders. He became a captain when he was seventeen, which put him in charge of other students. Donal d Tr ump s nick name is the Donal d.

Donald is seen here wearing his unif orm in his 1964 yearbook picture from military school.

As an adult, Donald found that his time in military school was good for him. But as a teenager , he knew the military life was not for him. Donald told his friends that it was his dream to go to lm school. But he also wanted to follow in his fathers footsteps.

C olleGe d ays

After he graduated from military school, Donald went to Fordham University in New Y ork. Even though he already

m ilitary s Chool

Y ou have t o think anyway , so why not think big?

Donal d Says:

Donald learned a lot about business when he went to the Wharton School in Philadelphia.

had a job at his father s company , Donald knew it was important to learn as much as he could. After two years, Donald changed schools and went to the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He studied economics

instead of lm, but that wasnt the end of his movie star dreams.

m ilitary s Chool

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B iG B Usiness , B iG s Creen !

Donald worked hard at his father s company . He had lots of ideas about how to make it better . In 1971, he became the head of the company . It was a bumpy start. In 1973, the government said he had discriminated against African Americans by not renting houses to them. Donald agreed to make sure anyone who wanted to live in his buildings would be allowed to.

Donald had a lot of success in real estate. He bought buildings and made lots of money . In 1979 he bought the property that would become T rump T ower . It is on the same block where he had marched in the Columbus Day parade when he was young.

T rump T ower is one of the most famous buildings in New Y ork. Donald s buildings are easy to recognize because he likes to put his name on them in gold letters.

l iFe as the d UChess oF C amBriGe

Donald stands by pictures of his companys buildings in 1980.