Donald Trump is a businessman, television personality, author, and now the 45th President of the United States of America. He has managed to astound and astonish the world at large and Forbes listed him in 500 billionaires of the world. No doubt his political views received considerable media attention.
Let's take a look at some interesting facts about Donald Trump.
He is not only a politician but also a celebrity. Donald Trump has his own star on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame. He produced host a reality show “The Apprentice”. And he received a star in 2003 on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to the tv.
In 1999 trump said that he has a plan to wipe off all national debt of the united states as if government impose a 14.25% one-time tax on individuals with a net worth more than $10 million. Which helps to collect approximately $5.7 trillion, which can wipe out the national debt. He also said that this tax will be effected on only 1%most wealthy Americans.
Trump's hair style is also a key factor of media attention and many peoples ask him what he does to his heirs. His reply that he just wash them read the newspaper while it dries, comb it and spray it. He also explains that he doesn’t expose himself to outside environment that’s why his hair is so neat and clean.And men think he revealed that his wife Melania gives him a haircut.
Many people can't imagine that he was a registered member of the democrat party between and 2001 to 2009. In August 2001, he becomes a Democrat, because he has many friends who are in the Democratic party. But in 2009, he switched to being a Republican stating that the Republican Party is where his heart is.
In 1990 the SPY Magazine once sent some of the world’s richest person checks of 13 cents as a prank to see who would cash them. The only people to do so were Donald Trump and Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi.
Trump is a celebrity associated with many TV shows. A reality TV show called “The Apprentice” which allow contestants to take part in challenges to get a chance to work under American billionaires. In this show, Trump dismisses many contestants using the word You’re fired!. He also used these words in his casinos. According to US Trademark website, he even filed a trademark application for the phrase.
Trump is one of the least charitable billionaires in the whole world and gives only $3.7 million to his own charity in a period of 20 years, compared to many other billionaires who spend billions of dollars to charity. In 2007 World wrestling entertainment donates $5 million to his charity in 2007 against his $1 million.
In 2009 Donald Trump tried to file a sue for, $5,000,000,000 against the author of the book “Trump Nation”. Because in book author called trump a millionaire instead of a billionaire. However, the court rejects the case.
It’s not only the hands of other people that Trump dislike to touch but everything that is touched or used by anyone else. He even unlike to push the ground floor elevator button because it would have been pushed my many people.
In the movie, “he Back to the future of the trilogy”a character of Biff Tannen was based on Donald Trump. You can see Biff Tanned as a towering, violent and selfish bully who intimidates and cheats to get what he wants.
In 1990, a stock broker firm Janney Montgomery Scott conducts an analysis on Trump Taj Mehal. After competing for analysis with Marvin Roffman he said Trump Taj Mahal would fail. In the reaction, Donald Trump threatens to sue the company and demands that analyst is fired three days after the release of journal company fired the analyst. Later the same year Taj Mahal declared bankruptcy.
Four bankruptcies filed were belonged to Trump’s hotel and casino properties in Atlantic City operated under the name Trump Entertainment Resorts, during the years 1991, 1992, 2004 and 2009.
In the movie, there is a scene in which the character Kevin McCallister walks around the Plaza Hotel and then asks Trump where the front desk was.
Trump uses his financial powers to oppose a project of a wind turbine. because it ruins his $750 million golf resort views. He even threatens to stop the development work on his second 18-hole golf course at the resort because the wind farm would decrease the financial viability of his resort.
Trump banned Glenfiddich whiskey company in 2012 just because it sponsored the Top Scot award, which was given to his critic and neighbor, Michael Forbes. Who refused to give his land to make way for Trump’s golf course.
He owned part or all beauty pageants Between the years1996 to 2015. Trump was also involved in some scandals of the pageants. When in 2006 winner of Miss USA was tested positive for cocaine, he let her keep the crown for the sake of giving her a second chance.
In Atlantic City, once Donald Trump tried to take the home of a retired woman to the domain so that he could build a parking lot for the limousine. He later lost in court.
In last three decades, Trump has been sued 3,500 times by his business partners, contractors, clients, employees, and banks. Of which 1,900 were against Trump or one of his companies and in 1,450 of them he is defending.
