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Donald Trump Jr.

(1977-)

Who Is Donald Trump Jr.?

Donald Trump Jr. joined the business founded by his famous father, Donald Trump, as a full-time employee in 2001. Initially tasked with the development of Trump Place and Trump Park Avenue in Manhattan, he eventually took over the direction of new project acquisition and development for the company. After helping his father's successful campaign to become U.S. president in 2016, Trump Jr. and his younger brother Eric were named directors of a trust that held the family business interests.

Early Years

Donald John Trump Jr. was born on December 31, 1977, in New York City. The oldest child of real estate mogul and eventual U.S. President Donald Trump and his first wife, Ivana, he spent much of his time with his maternal grandparents instead of his busy parents, spending summers with them in Czechoslovakia.

Following a messy divorce between Trump Sr. and Ivana, Trump Jr. and his younger siblings, Ivanka and Eric, were sent to boarding school. He reconnected with his dad during summertime, helping out as a dock attendant and

Donald Trump Jr.

American businessman (born 1977)

Donald John Trump Jr. (born December 31, 1977), often nicknamed Don Jr., is an American businessman. He is the eldest child of U.S. president Donald Trump and his first wife Ivana Trump.

Trump serves as a trustee and executive vice president of the Trump Organization, running the company alongside his younger brother Eric.[2] During their father's first presidency, the brothers continued to engage in deals and investments in foreign countries and collect payments at their U.S. properties from foreign governments, despite pledging not to do so.[3] He also served as a boardroom judge on the reality TV show featuring his father, The Apprentice. In addition, he authored Triggered in 2019 and Liberal Privilege in 2020.

Trump was active in his father's 2016 presidential campaign. He cooperated with Russia in their interference in the 2016 United States elections and had a meeting with a Russian lawyer who promised damaging information about the campaign of Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidentia

The life of Donald Trump Jr., who once lived out of a truck, didn't speak to his father for a year, and spent 2020 campaigning with his girlfriend

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  • Donald Trump Jr., eldest son of President Donald Trump, is an executive vice president of the Trump Organization.
  • The 43-year-old, who has five children, has lived the majority of his life in the shadow of his father and younger sister Ivanka, but since his dad became president, his outspoken, anti-political-correct stance has come into its own.
  • While Ivanka and his father are seen as city-dwellers, Donald Jr's love of guns and the outdoors has made him a vital tool to connect with American voters.
  • And while his relationship with his father has been far from smooth — he refused to speak to him for a year when he was 12 — he's now one of his dad's most effective political tools.
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