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2009
Changed my mind and became Republican again
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2005
Started Trump University with Michael Sexton and Jonathan Spitalny: no grades,
certificates and other bureaucracy, but program offered courses in real estate,
asset
management entrepreneurship, and wealth creation. 98% students gave positive reviews
while studying, however some of these ungrateful gringos filed lawsuits against
Trump
University after the course. I had to pay $25 million to settle that...
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2002
Acquired the former Hotel Delmonico, which was renovated and reopened in 2004 as the
Trump Park Avenue. I sure do like my surname!
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2001
Completed Trump World Tower and joined the Democratic Party
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1999
Started buying golf courses. They are very cheap, I have 18 of them now in USA and
abroad! Also switched to the Reform Party that year
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1997
Began a multi-building development along the Hudson River, which was named Trump
Place.
Me and the other investors sold our shares for $1.8 billion and that was then the
biggest residential sale in the history of New York City
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1996
Acquired the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building, which was a vacant seventy-one story
skyscraper on Wall Street. After an extensive renovation, the high-rise was renamed
the
Trump Building
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1994
Refurbished the Gulf and Western Building on Columbus Circle, turned it into a
44-story
luxury property known as Trump International Hotel and Tower
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1989 ― 1992
Ran a second hand airline called Trump Shuttle. What a waste of money, I had to sell
it,
now it is American Airlines Shuttle, btw
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1989, 1990
Learned about Tour de France and decided to hold my very own Tour de Trump. Is
America
not great enough for that cycling competition?
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1988
Acquired the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan for $407 million, invested $50 million to
restore
the building and boosted it from three-star to four-star hotel (I called it "the
Mona
Lisa" and sold it for a lot of cash in 1995)
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1987
Registered as a Republican
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1985
I bought the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach and turned it into a private club.You
can
join if you pay $200K initiation fee (and there is another annual fee for members,
it is
very expensive to be rich). That year I also opened a casino called Trump Castle. My
wife Ivana became a manager, because she is another Trump!
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1983
I purchased New Jersey Generals, an American football team. I changed team's play
schedule and filed an antitrust lawsuit against United States Football League, so
NJG
are not doing so good now, but back then they were great!
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1980
Started developing the Trump Tower skyscraper in Manhattan, I payed a crew of
undocumented Polish workers to demolish the historic Bonwit Teller store, including
art
deco features. All this to make architectural critic Paul Goldberger say in 1983
that
the tower's atrium is "the most pleasant interior public space to be completed in
New
York in some years". At the same time I also started a repair job on the Wollman
Rink in
Central Park and completed the work in three months for $1.95 million, which was
$775,000 less than the initial budget!
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1978
Purchased a 50 percent stake in the derelict Commodore Hotel and turned it into the
Grand Hyatt Hotel in 2 years of remodeling
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1971
Was promoted to president of the company and renamed it The Trump Organization
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1968
Began my career at my father's real estate development company, Elizabeth Trump &
Son
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2011
Published a book "Time to Get Tough: Making America #1 Again" in coauthorship with
Wynton Hall, Peter Schweizer and Meredith McIver
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2011
Published a book "Midas Touch: Why Some Entrepreneurs Get Rich – And Why Most Don't"
in coauthorship with Robert Kiyosaki
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2011
Published a book "Trump Tower" in coauthorship with Jeffrey Robinson
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2009
Published a book "Think Like a Champion: An Informal Education in Business and Life"
in coauthorship with Meredith McIver
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2008
Published a book "Never Give Up: How I Turned My Biggest Challenges into Success" in
coauthorship with Meredith McIver
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2007
Published a book "Think Big and Kick Ass" in coauthorship with Bill Zanker
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2007
Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for being producer of Miss Universe
pageant
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2006
Published a book "Why We Want You to Be Rich" in coauthorship with Meredith McIver
and Robert Kiyosaki
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2006
Published a book "How to Build a Fortune: Your Plan for Success From the World's
Most Famous Businessman"
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2006
Published a book "The Best Real Estate Advice I Ever Received: 100 Top Experts Share
Their Strategies"
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2006
Published a book "Trump 101: The Way to Success" in coauthorship with Meredith
McIver
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2005
Published a book "The Best Golf Advice I Ever Received"
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2005
Performed a song with Megan Mullally at the 57th Primetime Emmy Awards
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2004 ― 2008
Ran short-form talk radio program "Trumped!" (one to two minutes on weekdays)
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2004
Published a book "Trump: How to Get Rich" in coauthorship with Meredith McIver
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2004
Published a book "The Way to the Top: The Best Business Advice I Ever Received"
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2004
Published a book "Think Like a Billionaire: Everything You Need to Know About
Success, Real Estate, and Life" in coauthorship with Meredith McIver
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2003 ― 2015
Produced NBC reality shows "The Apprentice" and "The Celebrity Apprentice"
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2000
Published a book "Trump: The America We Deserve" in coauthorship with Dave Shiflett
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1997
Published a book "Trump: The Art of the Comeback" in coauthorship with Kate Bohner
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1991
Was awarded Worst Supporting Actor at Golden Raspberry Awards for a part in "Ghosts
Can't Do It"
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1990
Published a book "Trump: Surviving at the Top" in coauthorship with Charles Leerhsen
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1987
Published a book "Trump: The Art of the Deal" in coauthorship with Tony Shwartz