Donald Trump Personality

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Because of Donald Trump’s privileged but disciplined experiences growing up and success at becoming a real estate mogul, he developed an ambitious attitude that led to being elected as president of the United States.

Donald Trump’s privileged but disciplined life growing up as the son of a successful business man and in a military academy gave him the structure he needed to be successful later on in his life. Donald Trump was born to wealthy building developer Fred Trump in 1946 (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Due to his father’s wealth, Donald Trump was able to grow up with a privileged life. Donald Trump’s early childhood consisted of living in his large house and hanging out with friends. Trump’s early schooling was at Kew-Forest, a private …show more content…

After finishing his schooling, Trump joined up with his father and started to work for his company (Biography.com). Trump made an immediate impact in the company by helping to expand it. At first business was tough because of the high level of competition, but once Trump became the head of the company in 1971 business started to boom. He began to make a lot of purchases and renovations in Manhattan that proved to be a success and showed his intelligence in the industry. After these successes, Trump began to make more purchases outside of new York by building hotels in places such as Las Vegas and Palm Beach. The profits made in his Manhattan purchases also allowed him to keep growing his business and even start to take part in other areas industries (Encyclopaedia Britannica). A decline in real estate in the late 80’s hurt Trump severely but that did not stop him. Trump began to enter other fields which included his purchase of the Miss Universe Organization, his participation in reality T.V, and the making of a number of books. This entrepreneurship helped Trump to earn back some and add to what he lost in real estate decline. These expansions helped add to Trump’s reputation and set him up for more success in the …show more content…

Trump made the announcement that he was running for president in 2015 (Encyclopaedia Britannica). In prior years, Trump had been vocal about his political opinions leaving some to believe he might run, but it would not be until 2015 that he ran for president. Trump shocked much of the U.S with his controversial campaign style in which he seemed to just say whatever came to mind. This style offended many people and pushed them away while also attracting others who liked a style that challenged the norm. At first many people saw Trump’s campaign as a joke but he continued to build up steam until he was named the Republican Party’s presidential nominee. This meant Trump would now be running solely against the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Trump was seen as a huge underdog to the experienced Clinton, but that did not deter him in his fight for president. Trump was hit hard as many people brought up past comments and attacked him for his lack of political experience. As an attempt to counter this, Trump started to attack Clinton stating all of her wrongdoings. In the end, Trump had lost the popular vote to Clinton but was voted in as president with more electoral

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