Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Donald John Trumpis an American businessman, television personality, author, politician, and the Republican Party nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election. He is chairman of The Trump Organization, which is the principal holding company for his real estate ventures and other business interests...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth14 June 1946
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
The nice part about being wealthy is I can do what I want to do. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work. But I have to be honest.
That's one of the reasons I'm successful, I do tend to do the right thing.
The biggest problem that the world has is nuclear weapons. Global warming is not our big problem. Our big problem is the maniacs that are controlling weaponry that has never been like it is today.
A lot of people want me to run for things, for a lot of high offices. The polls always show that I win any election that I'm in. But I don't have any real interest in running for office. I'm more interested in supporting people.
I have never fired anyone or kept anyone because of ratings or because of entertainment. I keep the people that I think are the best.
First of all, you have to born with a brain. I mean, you can't be a dummy and say I'm going to become a multi-billionaire some day. But, more than anything else, you have to love what you do, and beyond that, you can't ever give up.
It's very important to make nuclear deals but you have to make them from strength, not from weakness.
I don't like to sit back and gloat, because the world is fragile. Life is fragile, so I never really gloat.
All my life I've dealt with politicians. I know politicians better than anybody. And honestly, if you can't deal with a politician, there's something wrong with you.
Somebody's got to do it [being Donald Trump]. It's different. It's difficult. There are a lot of wonderful things about it, but always being under scrutiny isn't one of them.
My father built low- and moderate-income housing in Queens and Brooklyn. I learned a lot from him. But I went in a different direction. I built Trump Tower in Manhattan, the most luxurious building in the world. It's not going to be easy for my son, but maybe it shouldn't be easy. Life is, after all, a test.
Life is actually a series of tests. It's a social test, a happiness test, a business success test. You'd like to get A's in all of them.
I've never once in my life known a person who was successful who didn't have a big ego. Ego's not a bad thing.
New York is eating young geniuses [businessmen] up alive. It's eating them up alive, Stone. And it's showing the beauty of the city, but it's showing the toughness and the viciousness of the city.