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Wow, very, very interesting.  Much of this I didn't know. Good reading...see especially the last line...

                            Specifications: 
   *   Donald John  Trump, was born June 14, 1946.   
   *   He will be 70  years old on election day.    
   *   From the  Internet, he is 6'2" or 6'3' and weighs between 195 and 
200  lbs.   
   *   He has a full  head of blond/brown hair (which is long and 
elaborately combed) and blue  eyes.   
   *   The Internet  tells us he wears a size 12 shoe. 
   *   Donald Trump  was born the fourth of five children who were born 
over eleven  years.   
   *   The oldest,  Mary Ann, was born in 1937 and is currently a Federal  
Judge.    
   *   His older  brother, Fred Jr, died in early adulthood as a result of 
complications from  alcoholism.   
   *   He has another  older sister, Elizabeth and a younger brother,  
Robert.    
   *   Donald Trump  has been married three times.   
   *   Trump's first  wife, Ivana, was an immigrant from Czechoslovakia 
and a divorcee who has  been married 4 times in her life. She is a lifelong 
avid skier and worked in design at the Trump  Organization.   
   *   Marla Maples,  Trump's second wife is an actress and model   
   *   Trump's third  wife, Melania is an immigrant from Slovenia (born in 
Yugoslavia) and has been a super model.    
   *   Two of Trump's children, Donald Jr and Ivanka, have gone to Penn. 
Son Eric, went to Georgetown.   
   *   Donald Trump tells us that he is Presbyterian.    
   *   Donald  Trump does not appear to have had any interest in occults, 
mysticism  or exotic mythologies.   
   *   Donald Trump's oldest daughter, Ivanka, and her three children are 
Jewish.   
   *   Trump's oldest  daughter, Ivanka, is married to Jared Kushner who 
is, among other things, a newspaper publisher. The Kushner family is very 
successful in New York City area real estate.   
   *   Donald's  grandmother, mother, first wife, and third wife are all  
immigrants. 
   *   Donald Trump  was born and raised in Queens NY.   
   *   Though his family was very wealthy, Trump's boyhood home in the 
Jamaica Estates section of Queens was not a grand mansion. The Trump home was 
a  larger version of the homes Fred Trump was building for his tenants.   
   *   There are no  indications that the Trump family lived among the 
wealthy elites on vacations or country clubs.   
   *   Queens is the largest of New York's five boroughs and the most 
ethnically diverse.   
   *   Trump attended  a local private day school, the Kew Forrest School, 
in Queens until about 8th grade.   
   *   His secondary schooling was at New York Military Academy which is 
about 60 miles north of NYC in Cornwall on the Hudson. He was the class of 
1964.   
   *   Trump was never  a "Preppie".   
   *   Trump never embraced any aspect of the "Hippie" movement of the  
time.   
   *   Trump was  a very good high school athlete - football, soccer, and 
especially baseball.  He had potential to become a professional baseball  
player.   
   *   Even in high  school - Trump liked women and women liked him.   
   *   Trump was  generally popular in high school.   
   *   Trump's  boarding school room mate liked him.   
   *   He attended  Fordham University in NYC for two years and 
transferred to the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.   
   *   At that time, the Wharton School offered a rare program for Real 
Estate Business.    
   *   Though he was of age, Donald Trump did not serve in Vietnam.   
   *   He was not drafted due to bone spurs in his heels (4F) and also 
student deferments.   
   *   Ultimately, in the draft lottery, he drew a high number. 
   *   By all we know, Donald Trump does not smoke, drink or use 
recreational drugs. He'll be the first President in more than 25 years who hasn't 
smoked weed.   
   *   BTW: Trump's  children don't smoke or drink.   
   *   Trump makes it well known that he enjoys sexual interaction with  
women.   
   *   I am unaware that Donald Trump is a recreational gambler.   
   *   His doctor publicly announced Donald to be in excellent health.
I  think that to really know Donald Trump, you must know his family  
background.  The Trump family story is a very American story.

Trump  family history - concise version. 
   *   Donald Trump's  grandparents immigrated to the U.S. from Alsace 
(Kallstadt, Germany) which throughout history has been alternately French and 
German. The Trumps are German, originally speaking the same German dialect 
as the Amish of  Lancaster County, PA.   
   *   His maternal grandparents lived in Scotland.    
   *   Freiderich (Drumph) Trump made a small but respectable fortune in 
the late 19th Century in the mining boom towns of the American Northwest.   
   *   He returned to Germany to marry his childhood neighbor, Elizabeth  
Christ.   
   *  The newly married Trumps resettled in the Borough of Queens NY.    
   *   Freidrich was establishing a real estate business in Queens when 
he died suddenly at age 49 (1918).   
   *   In 1920, at the  age of 15, Fred Trump (Freiderich's son and 
Donald's father), started a  business partnership with his widowed mother called 
Elizabeth Trump &  Son.   
   *   This business was built upon the real estate holdings that his 
father, Frederich, had amassed (worth about $500,000.00 in today's dollars). 
This is the original  "seed money" of the current Trump organization.   
   *   Elizabeth &  Fred remained close business partners her entire life 
(she died in 1966).   
   *   In 1936 Fred Trump (age 31) married Mary Ann MacLeod (age 24) of 
Stoneaway Scotland.   
   *   During the depression, Fred Trump built and successfully operated 
a supermarket (a new concept at the time) which was sold to King Kullen Co. 
and operates this day.   
   *   Fred Trump made  a lot of money building housing for the military 
during WWII.    
   *   Fred Trump was investigated by the Justice Department for making 
"excessive profits" from  government contracts.   
   *   All (or nearly all) of the building of Elizabeth Trump &  Son's 
non-government building was residential property in Queens.   
   *   Fred Trump died  in 1999 (age 94) - beloved and worth between $250 
million and $300 million.  His wife died a year later.

"The  Donald's" career: 
Donald  Trump is the greatest career achiever of the "baby boomer"  
generation. 

Donald  Trump has reached the zenith in his careers as book author, TV 
entertainer, sports entertainer, real estate developer, and currently  
politician.  
   *   Donald Trump  has authored more than 18 books. At least one of 
them, "The Art of the Deal" was a top seller.   
   *   Donald says that the Holy Bible is his favorite book. "The Art of 
the Deal" is his 2nd favorite book. And "The Power of Positive Thinking" by 
Norman Vincent Peale is his third favorite  book.   
   *   He likes golf.  Donald Trump has developed more than 11 golf 
courses which bear his  name.   
   *   Donald Trump has twice been nominated for an Emmy Award   
   *   Donald Trump has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.   
   *   Donald Trump has been inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall 
of  Fame.   
   *   Donald Trump  has appeared in more than a dozen movies such as "Home 
Alone 2", "Zoolander", and "Little Rascals".    
   *   Donald Trump  has been a guest actor in more than 6 TV shows such  
as "Fresh Prince of  Bel Aire", "Days of Our Lives", "Sex and the City", and  
others.   
   *   Trump has been the executive producer of 7 TV shows.   
   *   Trump has been the guest host of 5 TV shows such as Extra, Larry 
King Live, Saturday Night Live and more.   
   *   Donald Trump  has been co-producer of the longest running reality 
TV  show.   
   *   Donald Trump  performed in several WWE wrestling shows.   
   *   Donald performed in Wrestlemania 23 which set attendance records 
and revenue records up til that time.    
   *   In his first candidacy for public office, Donald Trump received 
the most popular votes for the President of the United States out of a field 
of experienced and successful politicians. And in most cases, he achieved 
this with less  money than any of his opponents.

Keeping in mind that 90% of start up businesses fail, Trump's record of 
enterprise is  nothing short of amazing.  Trump has enjoyed success in at least 11 very different 
enterprises:  Professional football, ice skating rinks, fragrance, ice, steaks, wines,  
model management, airline, blenders, men's wear, bicycle races, world class 
beauty contests, and many others. In some of these, such as model 
management, his firm has risen to the top of that particular industry.  
   *   There are 31 buildings that bear his name.   
   *   The largest private real estate development in New York is Trump 
        Riverside. Drive down the Henry Hudson Blvd. - you can't miss them.   
   *   There are at  least 12 Trump Towers   
   *   There are at  least 6 Trump Plazas.   
   *   There are at  least 11 Trump Golf Course developments.    
   *   And much, much, more in real estate.   
   *   Trump  Entertainment, Casinos and Resorts was recently sold to Carl 
Ichan.   
   *   Donald Trump's  personal managing of the Wollman Ice Skating Rink 
project in the early  1980's is the quintessential case study for MBA 
students in Wharton,  Harvard, and other business schools. His performance there 
was  phenomenal.   
   *   Donald Trump's  privately held businesses have employed more than 
200,000  people.   
   *   In the casino  business in Atlantic City, Trump had to do business 
with known mobsters -  and he stayed "clean" and alive.   
   *   Aside from his  personal investments, Donald Trump has never been a 
Wall Street  "player".
The  Political Trump: 
about  1967 - 1987 - Democrat (he was a supporter of Ronald  Reagan) 
1987  - 1999 - Republican 
1999  - 2001 - Reform Party (he supported Ross Perot) 
2001  - 2009 - Democrat 
2009  - 2011 - Republican 
2011  - 2012 - Independent 
2012  - Present - Republican 
Donald  Trump was openly supportive of Mitt Romney's candidacy. 
Donald  Trump does not seem to hold political party organizations in high regard. 
For  the most part, his political involvement has been for practical reasons. 
Donald  Trump does not appear to be held to political  ideology. 

Some of my take aways: 
   *   Trump has an  extraordinarily energetic central nervous system much 
like Teddy Roosevelt but more targeted to industry and enterprise.   
   *   Trump's  presidency will be very energetic, transparent, and  
communicative.   
   *   Trump will be a  very hard working President.   
   *   His interaction  with his older brother (who everybody loved) tells 
me that he thinks that  everybody is like him - or wants to be - or should be.   
   *   His  relationship with his older brother was a hard lesson in 
tolerance for him.   
   *   Trump is the Babe Ruth of career achievements.    
   *   He is dumb like a fox. When you think he just said something 
stupid - he didn't. It's just that you were not his target audience.   
   *   Trump knows the people - the folk.   
   *   His son, Donald Jr. is right. Trump is a "Blue Collar  
Billionaire".   
   *   More than anything, his TV show, The  Apprentice, was his passion. 
He wants all Americans to have  confidence (like he does) to venture.   
   *   Donald Trump is attracted to and marries smart, high achieving  
women.   
   *   The highest levels of a Trump Administration is certain to have 
many women - and they will be bright and assertive.   
   *   Donald Trump's children are very important to him. And it shows.