This year Forbes pegs Trump’s wealth at $4.1 billion, which, while less than half the $9 billion Trump claims, indeed makes him rich. Much of that wealth comes from the Trump brand rather than deal-making per se. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who spent more than five years as a prisoner during the Vietnam War.
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Trump gave extensive interviews to Pulitzer Prize-winnng reporter Michael D’Antonio for a new biography, “Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success”, to be released September 22.
According to the book, Mr. Trump attended the New York Military Academy after years of rowdy and rebellious behavior at Kew-Forest, a more traditional prep school in Queens.
Now he’s inflated that into military service, which is not exactly humping through the jungle looking for Charlie.
While at the Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York campus, Trump wore a uniform, participated in marching drills, and was expected to conform to a hierarchy imposed by instructors, “some of whom had served in the military”.
“I always felt I was in the military”.
“My quantity was so unimaginable and it was a really excessive draft quantity”, he says. Trump added that his high lottery number, 356 out of 366, was fortunate.
Bill Huey is president of Strategic Communications, a corporate and marketing communication consultancy, and the author of “The Gookville Murders” (Kindle, 2015).
The book also includes comments from Trump’s ex-wives about the businessman’s persona.
“The little boy that also needs consideration”, spouse No. 2 Marla Maples says, in accordance with the Occasions. “Anyway so I by no means had to try this, however I felt that I used to be within the army within the true sense as a result of I handled these individuals”.
But the book includes glimpse’s of Trump’s generosity, as well.
GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump likens his time at a military academy to serving in the armed forces – and gets a few licks from two ex-wives – in an upcoming biography, the New York Times reports.
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When the wife of his chauffeur had a baby, Trump surprised them with a auto seat delivered to the hospital.
