Author Michael Wolff describes him as an “uncompromising, unscrupulous, amoral man”. As someone whose descendants “suffered for a long time and did everything to gain their father’s recognition”. Not all of them succeeded. The eldest son failed and drank himself to death. His brother fled to another life. Things went better for the sisters: one became a manager at a large bank, the other a judge. Only the youngest son most closely met the pitiless expectations of the patriarch Fred Trump: Donald.
The Trumps come from Kallstadt, Germany
from whom the first sentence comes, has repeatedly looked over this New York family, whose mostly dubious fame began in the 1930s. Fred Trump, the offspring of the German immigrant Friedrich Trump, became a multimillionaire by building countless social housing projects. His son Donald inherited a real estate empire, which he expanded to include skyscrapers, casinos and golf courses.
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But Donald wanted more. In the 1980s he became famous, first in New York and later nationwide, for all sorts of private and business escapades; his name became a brand and, for some Trumps, a burden. But few family members lack self-confidence and so his children and now their children are also looking for their place in the public spotlight.
The terribly tough family at a glance:
Source: Stern
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