Donald Trump in 100 Facts

Ruth Ann Monti

• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781445678542
• Subtopic: Political Biographies
• Index: History

Love him or loathe him, everybody is interested in the phenomenon that is Donald Trump. In the 100 facts contained within, Ruth Ann Monti brings us up close to the man and the brand. Even seasoned Trump watchers will find things they never knew. Did you know that Trump's children aren't allowed to keep pets? That he has been married more times than any other president? How many businesses bearing his name have gone under? Did you know he once proposed a tax on the 'superwealthy' to wipe out the national debt? How about the theory that The Donald is descended from a 'werewolf ' –or at least from his lover? Whether you approach this book as a dip-in fact file or a straight read, your jaw will hit the floor.

Table of contents

• Cover
• 1. Donald Trump Is a Middle Child
• 2. Trump May Be Descended from a Werewolf or His Lover
• 3. Trump’s Mother Emigrated from Scotland at Eighteen on a Ship Called Transylvania
• 4. Donald’s Father, Frederick Christ Trump, Started out Building Affordable Housing
• 5. Trump’s Paternal Grandfather Left Germany Illegally and Made His Fortune in Canada
• 6. As a Child, Trump Was a Troublemaker Inside and Outside School
• 7. Trump’s Father Sent Him to Military School to Straighten up and Fly Right
• 8. Freddy Trump Jr Provided a Cautionary Tale to Donald
• 9. Most of Trump’s University Classmates Don’t Remember Him
• 10. Donald Trump Did Not Serve in the Military and Used All Deferments Necessary to Avoid It
• 11. Trump Has Been Married More Than Any Other President but Started as a Second Husband
• 12. Trump’s Affair with Marla Maples Went on for a Couple of Years Before Ivana Could No Longer Ignore It
• 13. Trump’s Second Wife, Marla Maples, Left New York to Raise Their Daughter Alone
• 14. Melania Trump Is the Second First Lady to Be Born Outside the US and the First from a Communist Country
• 15. Trump Is the Only President to Have Children with Three Different Wives
• 16. Other Trump Relatives Include a Decorated Engineer, a Ketchup Magnate, and a High-ranking Judge
• 17. A Feud with Fred Trump III Led Donald to Cut off Medical Support for a Sick Great-nephew
• 18. Trump’s Obsession with Models, Hollywood, and Real Estate May Have Driven His Older Children’s Choice of Marriage Partners
• 19. The Trumps Have a History of Racism
• 20. Woody Guthrie Wrote a Song about Fred Trump
• 21. A ‘Mr Barron’ Existed Long Before Trump’s Youngest Child
• 22. Trump Children Are Not Allowed to Have Pets
• 23. Trump Used to Be Pretty Articulate
• 24. Don’t Muss with Me: Trump, Like All Politicians, Is Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
• 25. Trump Is Overweight
• 26. Trump Is Mr Mysophobia
• 27. Trump Insisted He Owns a Renoir; He Might Still Think It’s Genuine
• 28. Trump Had a Crush on Princess Diana
• 29. Trump Really Is Sensitive about His Fingers: Blame Spy
• 30. Roy Cohn, One of the Most Infamous Americans in Modern History, Was Trump’s Other Mentor
• 31. Trump Used to Be Very Fond of the Media!
• 32. Trump Inspires Some Pretty Clever Comments from Comedians and Journalists
• 33. Trump Has Changed American English Like No One Before
• 34. Trump Nicknames Opponents and People He Doesn’t Like
• 35. Trump Has Belonged to Three Different Political Parties over the Years
• 36. Trump Promises Donations to Whomever or Whatever Has His Attention
• 37. The ‘Lying Media’ Often Forces Trump to Honor His Charity Pledges
• 38. Trump Is the ‘Least Racist’ Person You’ll Meet
• 39. Trump Advocated the Death Penalty for Defendants Later Found Innocent
• 40. Hate Crimes in the US Grew with Trump’s Popularity
• 41. In Case You Haven’t Heard, Trump Had A Very, Very Popular Television Show
• 42. Trump Has Been as Obsessed with a Comedienne as He Has with Hillary
• 43. Trump Remained Obsessed with Rosie during the 2016 Campaign
• 44. Trump Likes Music by Musicians Who Want Nothing to Do with Him
• 45. He’s Doctor Trump, Loser!
• 46. Trump Has Some Weird Ideas about Disease
• 47. Trump Is Obsessed with Other People’s Weight
• 48. Trump Once Recommended a One-time ‘Massive’ Tax on the Rich to Wipe out the National Debt
• 49. Trump Is Disrespectful towards Women
• 50. Trump Donates His Presidential Salary
• 51. Trump Took the Ice Bucket Challenge
• 52. Trump Sent the Owner of the New York Jets to Be Ambassador to Britain
• 53. Trump Restored Central Park’s Languishing Wollman Rink
• 54. Trump Sympathized with a Young AIDS Patient at a Time When Many Shunned Those with HIV
• 55. Mar-A-Lago Was the First Club in Palm Beach to Welcome Blacks, Jews, and Gay People
• 56. Trump’s Developments Revived Dying Sections of Manhattan
• 57. Trump Once Professed a Startlingly Progressive Agenda
• 58. Trump Is Rich, but Probably Not as Rich as He Claims
• 59. Untrained Illegal Workers Worked on the Trump Tower Site
• 60. Trump Was Successfully Sued for Failing to Pay Union Pensions
• 61. The Trump Hotel in Washington, DC Was Built by Undocumented Construction Workers
• 62. Trump Owned a Modeling Agency That Employed Undocumented Models
• 63. At Least Six Trump Businesses Have Declared Bankruptcy
• 64. Trump Sold Personal Property, an Airline, and Business Interests to Settle Business Bankruptcies
• 65. Those Bankruptcies Made Trump Even Richer
• 66. Sportswise, The Donald Tends to Drop the Ball
• 67. Trump Was Inducted into the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame
• 68. Trump Once Produced a Broadway Show
• 69. Brother Freddy’s Struggle with Alcohol Didn’t Stop Trump from Starting a Vodka Brand
• 70. Trump Shops outside the USA to Make His Brands and Buy Construction Materials
• 71. Trump Owns 16 Golf Courses
• 72. Trump Has Published 12 Books, Mostly about Himself; at Least One Co-author Deeply Regrets His Role
• 73. Trump Has Appeared in at Least 13 Films and 19 Television Series
• 74. There Are Many, Many Lawsuits from The Suit
• 75. At Least 24 Women Have Accused Trump of Inappropriate Behavior
• 76. Trump Steaks Tanked While Reviews of Trump Steakhouses Are Mixed
• 77. Some Banks Stay Away from Trump
• 78. Three of Trump’s Top Atlantic City Employees Died in a Helicopter Crash
• 79. Trump Taj Mahal Had the Worst Opening Week Ever
• 80. Trump Was Obsessed with Barack Obama
• 81. Trump Set Presidential Precedents by Just Becoming President
• 82. Trump Breaks Records for Low Public Approval Ratings
• 83. Trump May Be Encouraging His Public Perception as Flaky
• 84. Trump Spent Much of His First Several Months in Office Lying about the Size of His Inauguration Crowd
• 85. Trump Expects Personal Loyalty over Sworn Oaths to Serve the Nation
• 86. Trump Doesn’t Understand the Difference between a Law and an Executive Order
• 87. Trump’s Cabinet and Advisors Are a Who’s Who of American Millionaires and Billionaires
• 88. Trump’s Cabinet Members and Top Advisors Say Disturbing Things
• 89. Under The Donald, We Have an Environmental Destruction Agency
• 90. Trump Made the Only Speech in UN History That Involved Actual Schoolyard Name-calling
• 91. Trump and His Staff Create ‘Alternative Facts’
• 92. Trump Told at Least One Lie Per Day during His First 40 Days in Office
• 93. America’s Political Divide Grew Markedly During Trump’s First Year in Office
• 94. Trump Is Stressing America Out
• 95. Therapists Have Devised Coping Mechanisms for Trump Stress Syndrome
• 96. White House Staff Turnover Is Considerable, but Not Record-breaking
• 97. Trump’s Speeches Often Veer off Topic
• 98. At Least Five World Leaders Are More Disliked in Their Countries Than Trump
• 99. Trump Uses Twitter for Everything from Attacking Enemies to Announcing New Policies
• 100. Trump’s 2018 Visit to Great Britain Will Be ‘Yoog!’