Donald Trump Facts For Kids – Interesting Facts About Donald Trump

♦ Donald Trump was born on June 14th in 1946.

♦ His full name is Donald John Trump and his most popular nick name is “The Donald”

Donald Trump as a young man.

♦ He was born in Queens, New York.

♦ Before becoming president of the U.S. he was an American businessman and reality television personality.

♦ Donald Trump is affiliated with the Republican political party. Although he ruffled some feathers and found himself lacking Republican support. He still was elected as a Republican.

♦ Donald Trump attended the Kew-Forest School then later attended the New York Military Academy. He was a student at Fordham University for a couple years before attending the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. It was there that he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics.

♦ He began his career at Elizabeth Trump & Son, which was his fathers company.

♦ He joined his father’s business after attempting to make a run in show business. He used a $70,000 investment to get his foot in the business, it never worked out.

♦ The business his father was in was mainly middle class rental housing in boroughs of Queens, Staten Island and Brooklyn.

Trump Tower, Built in 1983.

♦ Very early in Donald Trump’s career, he was accused by the Justice Department for violating the Fair Housing Act in 1971. He would eventually settle the case outside of court.

♦ In 1983, he completed Trump Tower.

♦ Donald Trump was able to create the Trump Organization. In 1991 he ended up going bankrupt after several costly business decisions went bad. He went deep into debt with the banks and bondholders. He was eventually able to emerge from his financial difficulties by giving bondholders 50% ownership and they gave him a lower rate on his remaining debt.

♦ In 1992 tow of his Casino’s file for bankruptcy in order to restructure debts.

♦  In 1996 he buys out the Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants, becoming the executive producer.

♦ “The Apprentice” premiered on NBC in 2004. The

The Apprentice

Apprentice was a reality game show that judges the business skills of a group of contestants. It has run with celebrities and regular business people.

♦ In 2004 Donald Trump re-released a board game titled “Trump, the Game”. This was an updated version of the game he released with the same title back in 1983.

Trump: The Game

♦ Donald Trump files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy again in 2004 this time for Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts Inc.

♦ In 2007 he received the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

♦ The Apprentice returns, but now re-branded as “Celebrity Apprentice” in 2008.

♦ In May of 2011, Donald Trump announces he will run for President of the United States. He did not win this election.

♦ Donald Trump made a speech in March of 2013 at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), and says that the country is “a total and complete mess.”

♦ On June 1st 2015 he tells the world he will make a major announcement on June 16th at Trump Tower according to his official Instagram Account.

♦ Donald Trump along with 13 others are ranked number 324 on Forbes’ lost of the world’s billionaires with a net worth of $4.5 billion.

♦ May 26, 2016 Donald Trump did what was originally thought impossible. He secured enough delegates to become the Republican Party nomination.

♦ Mike Pence was officially revealed to be Donald Trump’s running mate in July of 2016.

♦ November 8, 2016 Donald Trump is elected president of the United States.

♦ Check out this list of Donald Trump controversial quotes. Please, if you are a parent, go over these quotes first. It’s important for our youth to see these quotes, but in some instances they may not be completely appropriate.

Controversial Quotes From Donald Trump

♦ There are lots of great reasons why Donald Trump could make a great President of the United States. Check out the article below to see some of the reasons.

8 Reasons Donald Trump Will Make a Great President

♦ The Donald had a brother Fred who was an alcoholic, and eventually lost his life due to his addition. Donald Trump has never smoked cigarettes, drank alcohol or done drugs.

♦ Donald Trumps incredible hair is achieved through a process of blow drying his hair forward then combing it

Donald Trump and his signature hair look.

backward.

♦ The Donald is the 2,327th celebrity to receive a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2007.

♦ Donald Trump was an important and active member of the “birther” movement that questioned Obama’s birthplace. Obama later publicly released his birth certificate in 2014. Trump later referred to the birth certificate as “so-called birth certificate, or whatever it was.”

♦ Donald Trump dislikes shaking hands. He is actually a germaphobe. When he is forced to shake hands, he vigorously pulls the other person close

to his body.

♦ In 2007 Donald decided to try his hand in the drama of the WWE. He made a bet with Chairman Vince McMahon. They both chose a pro wrestler to fight on their behalf, the loser would get to shave the others head. Donald won this bet and helped shave Vince McMahon’s head.

WWE chairman Vince McMahon (C) has his head shaved by Donald Trump (L) and Bobby Lashley (R) after losing a bet in the Battle of the Billionaires at the 2007 World Wrestling Entertainment’s Wrestlemania in Detroit, Michigan.