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Billionaire Donald Trump’s road to the White House
(Dan Tri) – Coming from a tycoon family, starting a real estate business, making his mark through a series of business projects and being a complete outsider in the political arena, billionaire Donald Trump has
Donald Trump was born on June 14, 1946 in Queens, New York and is the fourth child in a family of five siblings.
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Donald Trump (far left) has two brothers, Fred Jr and Robert, and two sisters, Maryanne and Elizabeth.
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As a teenager, Donald Trump was an active and stubborn boy, so his parents sent him to a military boarding school to help their son grow up.
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After graduating from college, Mr. Trump began participating in the family business and took his first steps into a real estate business.
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As soon as he started his real estate business, Mr. Trump set his sights on the Manhattan area, instead of just hanging around his hometown of Queens.
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Mr. Trump married his first wife, Ivana, in 1977. The couple had three children together, Donald Jr, Ivanka and Eric, before divorcing in 1990. (Photo: Getty)
Mr. Trump sat working in the office of the building named after Mr. Trump Tower in 1987 (Photo: Getty)
In 1987, Donald Trump published a memoir called `The Art of Negotiation`, contributing to building the image of a successful and brave businessman.
In 1990, Mr. Trump opened the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
King of pop Michael Jackson attended the opening ceremony of billionaire Trump’s Trump Taj Mahal (Photo: WireImage)
In 1991, Mr. Trump first filed for bankruptcy because of business losses at the Trump Taj Mahal casino, just 1 year after its opening.
In 1993, Mr. Trump married his second wife, Marla Maples.
Donald Trump and girlfriend Melania Knauss at a New Year’s party in 2000. The two met in 1998 and married in 2005. The couple has a son named Barron.
Mr. Trump took photos with Miss America contestants.
In 2004, Mr. Trump first appeared to the public as a powerful host in the popular reality TV show `The Apprentice`.
Mr. Trump was present at the opening ceremony of a new golf course project in the US in 2011 (Photo: Guardian)
On June 16, 2015, Mr. Trump officially announced his candidacy for president of the United States.
Mr. Trump has gradually won the race to win the ticket to represent the Republican Party running for president.
In May 2016, Mr. Trump was the last person standing in the race to win the ticket to represent the Republican Party in the election alongside opponents from the remaining parties after Senator Ted Cruz announced he was stopping the campaign.
During his election campaign, billionaire Trump caused public opinion to `stir up` many times because of his controversial statements.
On July 21, 2016, Mr. Donald Trump officially received the Republican Party’s nomination as the party’s candidate to run for president of the United States (Photo: NYT)
Trump’s entire family and close associates congratulated the Republican presidential candidate on stage at the Republican national convention in Cleveland (Photo: Reuters)
He announced that he had chosen Indiana governor Mike Pence as his running mate (Photo: Reuters)
After Hillary Clinton became the candidate representing the Democratic Party for president, the two went through three fierce direct debates.
Just a few hours before the national general election officially took place, the Republican candidate still went to campaign sites in undecided states to enlist the support of voters.
Mr. Donald Trump and his wife voted in New York state on November 8 (Photo: Reuters)
On November 8, Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the final general election and became the 45th president of the United States.
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