Donald John Trump, Sr. was born in Queens, New York, in June 1946. He is the chairman and president of The Trump Organization and the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts.
He is the son of Fred Trump, a wealthy New York City real-estate developer, and is now probably the best known real estate entrepreneur in the United States.
Our LifeDaily team has chosen some quotes which exemplify Donald Trump’s extravagant lifestyle and outspoken manner.
Trump was known in his earlier years as a business magnate, author and investor, but In 2003, he was persuaded to move into Television becoming the executive producer and host of the NBC reality show, The Apprentice. The show features a group of people competing for a high-level management job in one of Trump’s commercial enterprises. Contestants are successively eliminated from the game by Trump telling them “You’re fired.” In 2004, Donald Trump filed a trademark application for the catchphrase.
In 2010, Trump showed an interest in becoming a candidate for President of the United States in the 2012 election, and spent over $1 million to research a possible run. However, in May 2011, he announced he would not stand. At that time, Trump was No. 17 on the 2011 Forbes Celebrity 100 list.
Browse our selection of quotes from “The Donald” to understand his way of thinking:
- You have to think anyway, so why not think big?
- When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough.
- It’s always good to be underestimated.
- Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.
- The point is that you can’t be too greedy.
- I could never have imagined that firing 67 people on national television would actually make me more popular, especially with the younger generation.
- One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don’t go into government.
- Everything in life is luck.
- A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn’t exactly been one of moderation.
- I think Ronald Reagan was one of the great presidents, period, not just recently. I thought he had the demeanor. I thought he had the bearing. I thought he had the thought process.
- Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken.
- That’s one of the nice things. I mean, part of the beauty of me is that I’m very rich. So if I need $600 million, I can put $600 million myself. That’s a huge advantage. I must tell you, that’s a huge advantage over the other candidates.
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