Real estate tycoon Donald Trump is a fascist and a multiple bankrupt and a racist and a crook and a sexist pig; the really sad part is that Trump was the best that the Republican Party could come up with to run for President of the U.S.A. And then a large number of racist, xenophobic, reality-averse dimwits elected the man President!
If Donald Trump was a legitimate official under the U.S. Constitution, this would be the page for him as U.S. President. But things as they are require a split: this page covers Trump the tycoon, the second page is for Emperor Trump and his fascist administration.
Donald Trump is proof that you don't have to be poor to be white trash — popular meme on Twitter & Pinterest & Whisper
“If I talked like Donald Trump, I’d get sent to the principal’s office immediately.” — Alexis Fridman, a third-grader who co-founded a Kids Against Trump group
“What a hypocrite! If Trump wants to ‘fix’ trade he can start by making his products in the U.S., not low-wage countries abroad.” — Sen. Bernie Sanders
“Donald Trump is a unique threat to American democracy. He is unfit for the presidency and cannot be endorsed. A Trump presidency would be dangerous for the nation and the world.” — Washington Post Editorial Board, 22 July 2016
“Donald Trump [is] the worst presidential candidate in the modern history of our country.” — Sen. Bernie Sanders, July 2016
“Trump [is] never wrong, never sorry, never responsible.” — journalist Karen Tumulty
“Trump [is] a fascist. Not in the sense of an all-purpose bad guy, but in the sense of somebody who sincerely believes that the toxic combination of strong government and strong corporations should run the nation and the world.” — columnist Michael Kinsley, Dec 2016
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the first Trump-for-President trial balloon in 1987,
numbskull Donald Trump almost ran again in 2011 for the 2012 race. (The domain www.impeachTrump.com was registered in January 2011; the minimum bid for auction in 2017 is $10,000.)
listed among the Top Thirty Dirtbags of the One Percent in 2011
Donald Trump’s charity violated federal rules in 2013 with a $25,000 contribution to a group connected to Attorney General Pam Bondi, who was then considering whether to open a fraud investigation against Trump University. -- revealed 2016
“So the people have spoken, giving the finger to the Washington Consensus and electing an admitted sexual predator and proven prevaricator so lacking in impulse control that he spent the early morning hours of one day cyberbullying a beauty pageant contestant he had once humiliated in person. Strike up 'Hail To The Chief'.” — journalist Lou Dubose
Business History
Donald Trump made an estimated $300M building rental apartment villages in outer New York City in the 1960s. In 1971, he began a project to replace the crumbling Commodore Hotel [built 1919] atop Grand Central Station in Manhattan with the Grand Hyatt Hotel, which was completed in 1980 and further renovated in 1996 and 2011. He used those profits to finance Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue; construction began in 1979 and tenants were brought in from February to November 1983; the building is the current residence of himself and members of his family, and also company headquarters and headquarters for Trump's presidential campaign.
Trump purchased the Barbizon Plaza Hotel and the adjacent 100 Central Park East in 1981 for $13 million and renamed them Trump Parc and Trump Park East; both buildings were converted to condominiums in 1988. Trump Palace in Upper East Side Manhattan is 54 stories tall and was completed in 1991. Trump purchased the 71-story commercial building at 40 Wall Street [built 1930] in 1995 and renamed it The Trump Building; Trump owes a $50M mortgage on the property. Trump World Tower in Manhattan was constructed from 1999 to 2001; it is 72 stories tall and stands across the street from United Nations headquarters. Trump purchased the former Hotel Delmonico [built 1929] in 2002 for $115M and renamed it Trump Park Avenue, reopening as condominium units in 2004. In late 2003, the Trump siblings sold their late father's real estate empire to a group of investors, reportedly for $600 million; Donald Trump's one-third share was $200 million, which he used to expand Trump Casino & Resorts. The 98-story Trump International Hotel & Tower in downtown Chicago, Illinois opened in January 2008 and was completed in January 2009.
Trump branched out to build or buy casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Trump Plaza opened in 1984 and closed in 2014. Trump's Castle opened in 1985, was renamed Trump Marina in 1997, and was sold to Landry's in 2011 and renamed Golden Nugget. When Trump Taj Mahal opened in 1990 it drew customers away from the earlier two; the Trump casinos filed Chapter 11 four times (1991, 2004, 2009, 2014), cheating investors each time. Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts was founded in 1995; properties included the three Jersey casinos and the floating Trump Casino & Hotel in Gary, Indiana (opened in 1996, sold in 2005 and renamed the Majestic Casino), and Trump World's Fair Casino (opened 1996, closed 1999). T.H.C.R. took over management of the tribal-owned Spotlight 29 Casino near Palm Springs, California in 2000; the Indians bought out the contract in 2006. T.H.C.R. was reorganized as Trump Entertainment Resorts in 2004; bankruptcy court approved a reorganization/takeover by hedge fund Avenue Capital Management. T.E.R. closed Trump Plaza in 2014 and bankruptcy court approved a reorganization/takeover by Carl Icahn in February 2016; at that time, the only remaining property was the Taj Mahal Casino, which was shut down in October 2016.
Trump branched out again to build or buy or operate 17 golf resorts around the world; eleven locations are in the United States (Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles, California; 5 courses at Doral, Florida; Jupiter, Florida; West Palm Beach, Florida; Bedminster, New Jersey; Colts Neck, New Jersey; Briarcliff Manor, Westchester, New York; Ferry Point, Bronx, New York; Hopewell, Hudson Valley, New York; Charlotte, NC; Philadelphia, PA; and Potomac Falls {DC area}, Virginia); international golf facilities include: 2 sites in Dubai; Doonbeg, Ireland; Aberdeen, Scotland; and three courses at Turnberry, Scotland.
Other past Trump Organization business interests include:
The Miss Universe Pageant: founded in 1952, sold to Trump in 1996; joint venture with NBC in 2002; after Trump's inflamatory anti-immigrant campaign remarks in September 2015, NBC and Univision cancelled plans to broadcast the 2015 pageant; Trump bought NBC's 50% share and three days later sold the organization to talent agancy W.M.E./I.M.G.
defunct Trump Mortgage LLC: founded in April 2006, headed by E.J. Ridings; folded in 2007, name sold to First Meridian Mortgage; renamed Trump Financial; folded 'several years later'. The company is liable for unpaid tax leins and unpaid court settlements (2016).
Trump University LLC: a for-profit real estate training program founded in 2004; the company was shut down in 2010 after losing several consumer lawsuits; Trump University was forced to shut down all operations in Texas; criminal cases are still pending in New York State court and in New York federal court. The separate company Trump Institute produced real estate seminars in over 30 cities from 2006 to 2009; Trump Institute has recently been accused of plagiarism.
Trump Winery: Donald Trump purchased the Kluge Winery in Virginia in 2011 and gave (or sold) it to middle son Eric Trump; the property includes the Albemarle House luxury B&B and is no longer part of the Trump Organization.
defunct New Jersey Generals football team: franchise founded by Donald Trump in 1983, who soon sold out 'to concentrate on real estate'; the team played three seasons and the U.S. Football league folded in 1986.
defunct GoTrump.com travel website [2006-2007]
defunct Trump Airlines [1989-1992]
Other present Trump Organization business interests include:
a line of coffee drinks, a line of men’s wear (made by slave labor in foreign countries), a line of fragrances
Trump Restaurants (in his buildings)
Trump Ice brand natural spring water: formerly sold at national food stores, currently available only at Trump business locations.
Trump Steaks launched in the Sharper Image catalog in 2007
daughter Ivanka Trump's lines of clothing, jewelry, and fragrances
Donald Trump may still own stock in Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners, the builder of both the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, and if so then he was in violation of his Oath of Office (U.S. Constitution Emoluments clauses) the minute that he was sworn in as President. News reports state that he owned between $500,000,000 and $1 million in E.T.P. stock in mid-2015, which had been reduced to $25,000 to $50,000 after the election. Trump also owns between $100,000 and $250,000 in stock in Phillips 66, one of the primary partners in E.T.P.
Since Donald Trump has failed to divest himself of conflict-of-interest assets by February 2017, the following retail businesses have ceased offering Trump family products or other connections: Uber, Nordstrom, Macy's, Shoes.com in Canada, Neiman Marcus, Wayfair home decor, and Bellacor home decor.
"" [] by Donald J. TRUMP & SCHWARTZ, Tony
https://www.amazon.com/Trump-Donald-SCHWARTZ-Tony-TRUMP/dp/0712623329/
“Art of the Deal” ghostwriter rips Trump in New Yorker interview:
“I put lipstick on a pig. I feel a deep sense of remorse that I contributed to presenting Trump in a way that brought him wider attention and made him more appealing than he is … I genuinely believe that if Trump wins and gets the nuclear codes there is an excellent possibility it will lead to the end of civilization.”
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwriter-tells-all
"The Playboy Interviews: Movers and Shakers" [2007] Edited by Stephen Randall
M Press 9x6 hardcover [2/2007] out of print/used interviewees include Jeff Bezos of Amazon (2/2000), Sergey Brin & Larry Page of Google (9/2004), Barry Diller (7/1989), Larry Ellison of Oracle (9/2002), Malcolm Forbes (4/1979), Bill Gates of Microsoft (7/1994), Hugh M. Hefner (1/74 & 1/2000), Leona Helmsley (11/1990), Steven Jobs of Apple, Inc. (2/1985), Calvin Klein (5/1984), Vince McMahon, Jr. (2/2001), Donald Trump (3/1990 & 10/2004), and Ted Turner (8/1978 & 8/1983)
"Trump: Surviving at the Top" [8/1990] by Donald J. Trump and Charles Leerhsen
https://www.amazon.com/Trump-Surviving-Donald-Leerhsen-Charles/dp/B002C0MLXK/
"Trump: How to Get Rich" [3/2004] by Donald J. Trump, with Meredith McIver
https://www.amazon.com/Trump-How-Rich-Donald-J/dp/1400063272/
"Trump: Think Like a Billionaire: Everything You Need to Know About Success, Real Estate, and Life" [9/2005]
by Donald J. Trump, with Meredith McIver
https://www.amazon.com/Trump-Billionaire-Everything-Success-Estate/dp/1400063558/
"While in politics it is often smart to send out false messages . . ." — Trump tweet on 1 November 2015
"Our taxes are too high. Our wages are too high. We have to compete with other countries." — in November 2015
"Sometimes your best investments are the ones [that] you don't make."
"If you are going to think, you might as well think BIG!"
"Hillary wants to abolish, essentially abolish the Second Amendment. If [Hillary Clinton] gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although, the Second Amendment people, maybe there is. I don't know." — Donald Trump, during his speech at a rally at North Carolina University on 9 August 2016
"Larry King Live" TV series [14 times from 1987 to 2010] /tt0088550/
Episode dated 2 September 1987 (1987)
Episode dated 21 April 2004 (2004) Interviewee (voice, as Donald Trump)
Episode dated 24 November 2004 (2004)
Episode dated 2 December 2005 (2005)
Episode dated 19 December 2005 (2005)
Episode dated 25 December 2005 (2005)
Donald Trump/George Clooney/Britney Spears/Angelina Jolie (2007)
Donald Trump (2008)
Episode dated 15 April 2009 (2009)
What Next for Kids? (2009)
Judge Sides with Michael Jackson! (2009)
Donald and Melania Trump! (2010)
Trump Turns the Tables on Larry King (2010)
The Mogul in the Middle of the Islamic Community Center Fight! (2010)
"Episode #19.44" [P.B.S. Jan 1988]
of the "Sesame Street" TV series [1969-2015]
Grouchy builder Ronald Grump {Martin P. Robinson} comes to build Grump Tower on Oscar's property.
episode credits at IMDb at IMDb
"Trump Card" TV game show [Warner Bros. TV Sept 1990] /tt0413612/
"Donald Trump: What’s The Deal?" documentary [suppressed July 1991]
The film was commissioned in 1988 by Leonard Stern; there were two screenings in July 1991 before Donald Trump announced that he would sue any distributor or exhibitor; the film was not shown or broadcast anywhere else until 2015, when it was released on iTunes and on Amazon Instant Video. Co-produced by Al Levin & Ned Schnurman; co-produced & directed by Libby Handros; written by Jesse Kornbluth; featuring Jonathan Alter, Jimmy Breslin, Graydon Carter, Vincent DeSimone, Ned Eichler, Brendan Gill, Paul Goldberger, Richard Greenfield, Peter Hadhazy, Verina Hixon, Charles Kimball, John Leo, Mick Madigan, Jackie Mason, Ross McTaggart, John Moore, Steve Norton, Morris Orens, Roxanne Pulitzer, Christopher Reeve, Carmel Reingold, Marvin Roffman, David Rozenholc, Sydney Schanberg, Tony Schwartz, Der Scutt, Jim Spence, Henry Stern, Daniel Sullivan, John Szabo, Jose Torres, Robert Wexler, and Hermine Wiener, with archive footage of Tony Gliedman, Larry King, Walter Read, Nicky Scarfo, Donald Trump, Fred Trump, Ivana Trump, Mary Trump, Mike Tyson, and Roberta Weintraub
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available •
Amazon Instant Video [2015] rental $2.99, purchase $7.99 full credits at IMDb •
official movie website • no entry at Wikipedia
watch 5/2016 official trailer [1:53] online at YouTube
"The Little Rascals" feature film [Amblin'/Universal Aug 1994]
"Mischief loves company!" Spanky and the boys of the 'He-Man Woman Haters Club' catch Alfalfa mooning over a girl!, cutie Darla. So they convince Darla that Alfalfa is ashamed of her, and she turns her attention toward Waldo, the new rich kid. The clubhouse burns down, their entry in the Soap Box Derby is stolen by baddies Butch & Woim, the boys build a second go-kart, and Spanky & Alfalfa reconcile in time to win the race.
Co-written & directed by Penelope Spheeris; music by William Ross; starring Travis Tedford {as Spanky}, Ross Bagley {as Buckwheat}, Bug Hall {as Alfalfa}, Brittany Ashton Holmes {as Darla}, Kevin Jamal Woods {as Stymie}, Jordan Warkol {as Froggy}, Zachary Mabry {as Porky}, Sam Saletta {as Butch}, Blake Jeremy Collins {as Woim}, Blake McIver Ewing {as Waldo}, Juliette Brewer {as Mary} & Heather Karasek {as Jane} with cameos by Mel Brooks, Whoopi Goldberg, Daryl Hannah, Reba McEntire, Ashley & Mary-Kate Olsen, and Donald Trump Universal widescreen color DVD [1/2004] for $7.42 Universal color VHS [8/96] out of prodn/used soundtrack CD by William Ross [1998] 13 tracks - out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb •
movie entry at Wikipedia
"The Apprentice" TV franchise [2003-2017?]
In 2003, Trump became the executive producer and host of the NBC-TV pseudo-reality show; he hosted the first 14 seasons; co-hosts included Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., George Ross, and Carolyn Kepcher.
full credits at IMDb •
series entry at Wikipedia
"The Apprentice" TV series [2004-2007]
The original show format ran for six seasons, then came back for Season 10.
"The Apprentice: Martha Stewart" 13-episode spinoff series [2005]
full credits at IMDb
"The New Celebrity Apprentice" Season 15? [MGM/NBC-TV Jan 2017]
starring Arnold Schwarzenegger; possibly cancelled due to Donald Trump's insulting political remarks.
"Grouch Apprentice" episode [P.B.S. Sept 2005] of the "Sesame Street" TV series [1969-2015]
Grouchy builder Ronald Grump {Martin P. Robinson} needs a new apprentice; Oscar, Grungetta, Omagrossa, Swampy, and Elmo apply for the job. Featuring voices of Pam Arciero, Fran Brill, Kevin Clash, Joey Mazzarino & Caroll Spinney, with archive footage of Larry King
episode credits at IMDb
"Donald Trump" [2013] /tt5831850/ episode on the "PoliticKING with Larry King" TV series
"The Making of Trump" TV special [Peacock/History Channel Nov 2015] 2-hour doumentary special that fills in the details behind Donald Trump's legendary rise, fall, and comeback. Narrated by Jon Seltzer; featuring Alfonse D'Amato, Michael D'Antonio, Donny Deutsch, Mark Halperin, Robin Leach, Dr. Robi Ludwig, Omarosa Manigault, Stephanie Ruhle, Liz Smith, Linda Stasi, Charley Steiner, Mike Tyson, and Jim Whelan; with archive footage of Rona Barrett, Tom Brokaw, Pat Buchanan, George H.W. Bush, Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Katie Couric, Phil Donahue, Robin Givens, Chris Hayes, Michael Jordan, Megyn Kelly, Don King, Ed Koch, Matt Lauer, David Letterman, Marla Maples, Barack Obama, Clarence Page, Rand Paul, Jane Pauley, Norman Vincent Peale, Ross Perot, Rick Perry, Danielle Pletka, Dan Quayle, Nancy Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Mitt Romney, Tim Russert, Michael Spinks, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Ivana Trump, Ivanka Trump, Melania Trump, Tiffany Trump, Jesse Ventura, Herschel Walker, and Chris Wallace
A&E Home Video widescreen color DVD [3/2016] for $9.29 full credits at IMDb •
watch full movie [1:44:06] online at YouTube
"Donald Trump and Ed Schultz" [2016] /tt6130910/ episode on the "PoliticKING with Larry King" TV series
"Donald Trump's The Art of The Deal: The Movie" [Funny or Die Feb 2016] 50-minute episode from the "Funny or Die" channel; released for free on the 'Funny or Die' website on 10 February 2016 to coincide with Trump's real-life victory at the 2016 New Hampshire primaries; the release was so secretive that most news outlets did not know it existed until the day it was released. The film was taken down from the website on February 21 for undisclosed reasons; 'Funny or Die' promised to bring it back shortly, and the film became available on Netflix on August First. The film's title song is an original work written specifically for the film by Kenny Loggins. Directed by Jeremy Konner; written by Joe Randazzo; starring Johnny Depp {as Donald Trump}, Ron Howard, Alfred Molina, Robert Morse, Patton Oswalt {as Merv Griffin}, Jack McBrayer, Michaela Watkins, Henry Winkler {as Ed Koch}, Stephen Merchant, Christopher Lloyd, Kristen Schaal, Andy Richter, Paul Scheer, Rob Huebel, Jason Mantzoukas, Tymberlee Hill, Joe Randazzo, Alex Scordelis; Emjay Anthony, Albert Tsai, Sayeed Shahidi, Jacob Tremblay {as Kids 1-4}; Paul & Linda Fusco {as Alf}
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available •
full credits at IMDb •
official movie site •
episode entry at Wikipedia watch 2/2016 official trailer [1:08] at YouTube
"Trump Nation: On The Trail With The G.O.P. Frontrunner" [Business Insider May 2016] filmed on the campaign trail in November 2015, released as 21-minute pro-Trump video, sold on several Xian websites; not listed at IMDb Featuring Donald Trump, Henry Blodget, Brian Stelter, Michael D'Antonio DVD/Blu-ray not yet available •
Amazon Instant Video [5/2016] pricing unclear
"Donald Trump's Real Estate Tycoon!" video game for PC [2002]
Tagline: 'Take on the king' • Single-player game, battling for real estate dominance against Donald Trump; Amazon user complains that game is designed so that you cannot beat him {true?}.
Activision video game [10/2002] for $23.95
"Trumped!" [2004-2008]
Donald Trump's 90-second syndicated radio segments aired on over 400 radio stations around the United States via Clear Channel for roughly four years; each episode was a short opinion on all manner of topics spoken by Trump.
"Donald Trump, P.I.: The Case of The Missing Mexican Wall - A Crooked Parody" [2016] by Jason Pinter Architectural plans for the wall on the Mexican-U.S. border have gone missing from Trump's Mar-A-Lago estate . . . • "Many people say that DONALD TRUMP, P.I. is the greatest mystery parody ever written, believe me." • A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this story will go to benefit non-profit Reading is Fundamental, which helps distribute books to millions of disadvantaged children – because we can all help to MAKE AMERICA READ AGAIN!
30-page Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [8/2016] for 99¢
"The Conservative Case for Trump" [9/2016] by Phyllis Schlafly [1924-2016], Ed Martin & Brett M. Decker Schlafly's irrationality is well known, the propaganda content here has no basis in reality. While Trump may indeed be 'the true conservative [that] we’ve been waiting for', sentient beings will neither buy nor read this drivel.
Family & Friends Donald John Trump was born in Queens, New York City in June 1946; he made tentative runs for U.S. President in 1987, 2000, and 2011, and won the Republican Party nomination in July 2016, then the election in November, and will be inaugurated as President/Emperor in January 2017.
father Fred C. Trump {nee Drumpf} [1905-99]
mother Mary Anne MacLeod Trump [1912-2000] - married 1936, became U.S. citizen 1942, widowed in 1999
sister Judge Maryanne Trump Desmond Barry [b. 1937]
first husband David Desmond [] - married 1960, divorced 1980
Donald's nephew psychologist David William Desmond [b. 1960]
second husband lawyer John Joseph Barry [d. 4/2000] - married 1982-2000
brother Frederick Trump, Jr. [1938-81]
sister Elizabeth Trump [b. 1942]
{ Donald was born fourth }
brother Robert Trump [b. 1948] + (1987) wife Blaine
first wife Ivana Zelnícková Winklmayr Trump Mazzucchelli Rubicondi [b. 1949] - married 1977, divorced 1991
son Donald John Trump, Jr. [b. 1977] - credits [since 2000] at Internet Movie Database daughter Ivanka Marie Trump [b. 1981]
son Eric Fredrick Trump [b. 1984]
second wife Marla Ann Maples Trump [b. 1963] - married 1993, divorced 1999
daughter Tiffany Ariana Trump [b. 1993]
third wife Melania Knauss {nee Melanija Knavs in Slovenia} Trump [b. 1970] - married 2005
son Barron William Trump [b. 2006]
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