(Baonghean.vn) - US President Donald Trump is visiting Vietnam from November 11-12. Here are some interesting facts about him.
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| Donald John Trump was born on June 14, 1946. His father was Fred Trump, the son of a German immigrant. His mother was Mary, from the village of Tong on the island of Lewis in Scotland. Trump's paternal grandfather came to America in 1885. |
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| Trump was born into wealth. He had a rather energetic and somewhat rebellious and unruly personality. Therefore, when Trump was 13 years old, his parents sent him to a military academy hoping their mischievous son would be disciplined. And perhaps this was a wise decision, because after entering the academy, Trump proved to be serious about his training, achieved good results, and was consistently elected as a student council leader. |
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| In 1964, he graduated with the rank of cadet captain and attended Fordham University. Despite his good academic record, Trump chose the less prestigious university simply because it was the most convenient location, being relatively close to his home. When the Vietnam War broke out, Trump was a student and therefore granted a deferment from military service. In 1968, after leaving university, Trump was again granted a deferment due to health reasons. |
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| In 1968, after graduating from college, Trump worked for his father's company. By 1971, he took over the management and renamed the company The Trump Organization. Donald Trump also oversaw the shift in the company's focus from developing affordable housing projects in suburban New York to managing large-scale renovation projects in other areas of the city. |
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| Donald Trump's father made a fortune building affordable homes in suburban New York. When Fred died in 1999, his after-tax net worth was estimated at $250-$400 million. Donald Trump is believed to have inherited between $40-$200 million from his father, although he once claimed to have started his career with a small loan of $1 million. Pictured: Donald Trump and his father at Wollman Rink, New York, in 1987. |
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| Donald Trump has always been ambitious, wanting his name to appear everywhere, from the Trump World Tower and Trump Square to the Trump International Hotel. Beyond the US, Trump Towers have also appeared in Türkiye, India, and the Philippines. Trump has also invested heavily in casinos and golf courses. |
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| Donald Trump has always avoided cigarettes, alcohol, and coffee.."I have an older brother, Fred. A very handsome man, a wonderful man, much better than me. But he had a problem with alcohol, and he told me, 'Don't drink, absolutely don't drink.' He was older than me, I listened to him and respected him," the US President recounted while speaking at the White House on October 26, 2016. |
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| Mr. Trump dislikes shaking hands. He says he doesn't want to touch anyone's hand because he always thinks they've touched other things before. Whenever he's forced to shake hands, he usually avoids it by pulling the other person close and patting them on the shoulder. |
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| From 1996 to 2015, Donald Trump owned a stake in or was the owner of many major beauty pageants such as Miss Universe, Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA. |
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| There are many estimates of Donald Trump's net worth after taxes. According to the prestigious Forbes magazine, Donald Trump's net worth is $4.15 billion. However, Donald Trump boasts that his net worth is as high as $10 billion. In 1988 alone, Trump quadrupled his total assets, from $1 billion to $4 billion. |
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| Mr. Trump has six children with three wives. With his first wife, Ivana, he has Donald Jr., Eric, and Ivanka. With his second wife, Marla Maples, he has a daughter, Tiffany. With his current wife, Melania, he has a son, Baron. Donald Jr., Eric, and Ivanka currently work for The Trump Organization. |
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| Donald Trump's hair is a "means of identification" that he is very proud of. He has always maintained that it is real hair despite much public controversy. During his campaign, he even asked a stranger to check it by grabbing and pulling it to prove it was "real." |
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| The fact that Trump funded his campaign was one of the reasons American voters supported him. However, Trump's campaign was the least expensive of any Republican candidate in the past 16 years. This was partly due to his bombastic pronouncements attracting media attention, which saved him money on television advertising. |
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| Trump is a man of "overconfidence." In a 2004 interview with The Daily News, he once said: "All the women on The Apprentice flirted with me, whether intentionally or unintentionally. And that's perfectly normal." |
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