Donald Trump

== Personal life ==
=== Early life ===
[[File:Donald Trump NYMA.jpg|upright=0.7|thumb|alt=A black-and-white photograph of Donald Trump as a teenager, smiling, wearing a dark pseudo-military uniform with various badges and a light-colored stripe crossing his right shoulder|Trump at the [[New York Military Academy]] in 1964]]

Donald John Trump was born on June 14, 1946, at [[Jamaica Hospital Medical Center|Jamaica Hospital]] in [[Queens]], New York City,<ref>{{cite web|title=Certificate of Birth|publisher=[[New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene|Department of Health]] – City of New York – Bureau of Records and Statistics|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/page?id=13248168|access-date=October 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512232306/https://abcnews.go.com/US/page?id=13248168|archive-date=May 12, 2016|via=[[ABC News]]}}</ref> the fourth child of [[Fred Trump]] and [[Mary Anne MacLeod Trump]]. Trump grew up with older siblings [[Maryanne Trump Barry|Maryanne]], [[Fred Trump Jr.|Fred Jr.]], and Elizabeth and younger brother [[Robert Trump|Robert]] in the [[Jamaica Estates, Queens|Jamaica Estates]] neighborhood of Queens, and attended the private [[Kew-Forest School]] from kindergarten through seventh grade.<ref>{{cite web|date=October 3, 2018|title=Trump's parents and siblings: What do we know of them?|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45731931|access-date=February 15, 2021}}</ref>{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=x2jUDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA33 33]}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/23/us/politics/donald-trumps-old-queens-neighborhood-now-a-melting-pot-was-seen-as-a-cloister.html|title=Donald Trump's Old Queens Neighborhood Contrasts With the Diverse Area Around It|first=Jason|last=Horowitz|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 22, 2015|access-date=November 7, 2018}}</ref> At age 13, he entered the [[New York Military Academy]], a private boarding school.{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=x2jUDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA38 38]}} In 1964, he enrolled at [[Fordham University]]. Two years later, he transferred to the [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania]], graduating in May 1968 with a Bachelor of Science in economics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/commencement-program-1968.pdf|pages=19–21|title=Two Hundred and Twelfth Commencement for the Conferring of Degrees|publisher=[[University of Pennsylvania]]|date=May 20, 1968|archive-date=July 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719213709/https://www.archives.upenn.edu/primdocs/upg/upg7/upg7_1968.pdf |access-date=March 31, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Matt|last=Viser|title=Even in college, Donald Trump was brash|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2015/08/28/donald-trump-was-bombastic-even-wharton-business-school/3FO0j1uS5X6S8156yH3YhL/story.html|date=August 28, 2015|access-date=May 28, 2018}}</ref> In 2015, Trump's lawyer [[Michael Cohen (lawyer)|Michael Cohen]] threatened Trump's colleges, high school, and the [[College Board]] with legal action if they released Trump's academic records.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ashford|first=Grace|title=Michael Cohen Says Trump Told Him to Threaten Schools Not to Release Grades|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/us/politics/trump-school-grades.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=June 9, 2019|date=February 27, 2019}}</ref>

While in college, Trump obtained four student [[Conscription in the United States|draft]] deferments during the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-avoided-vietnam-with-deferments-records-show|title=Donald Trump avoided Vietnam with deferments, records show|date=April 29, 2011|work=[[CBS News]]|first=Brian|last=Montopoli|access-date=July 17, 2015}}</ref> In 1966, he was deemed fit for military service based on a medical examination, and in July 1968, a local draft board classified him as eligible to serve.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archives.gov/foia/donald-trump-selective-service-draft-card.html|title=Donald John Trump's Selective Service Draft Card and Selective Service Classification Ledger|date=March 14, 2019|publisher=[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]]|access-date=September 23, 2019}} – via [[Freedom of Information Act (United States)|Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)]]</ref> In October 1968, he was classified <span class="nowrap">1-Y</span>, a conditional medical deferment,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/questions-linger-about-trumps-draft-deferments-during-vietnam-war/2015/07/21/257677bc-2fdd-11e5-8353-1215475949f4_story.html|title=Questions linger about Trump's draft deferments during Vietnam War|last=Whitlock|first=Craig|author-link=Craig Whitlock|date=July 21, 2015|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=April 2, 2017}}</ref> and in 1972, he was reclassified <span class="nowrap">4-F</span> due to [[bone spurs]], permanently disqualifying him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/us/politics/donald-trump-draft-record.html|title=Donald Trump's Draft Deferments: Four for College, One for Bad Feet|last1=Eder|first1=Steve|last2=Philipps|first2=Dave|author-link2=David Philipps|date=August 1, 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=August 2, 2016}}</ref>

=== Family ===
{{Main|Family of Donald Trump}}
In 1977, Trump married [[Czechs|Czech]] model [[Ivana Zelníčková]].{{sfn|Blair|2015|p=300}} They had three children: [[Donald Trump Jr.|Donald Jr.]] (born 1977), [[Ivanka Trump|Ivanka]] (1981), and [[Eric Trump|Eric]] (1984). Ivana became a [[Citizenship of the United States|naturalized U.S. citizen]] in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ivana Trump becomes U.S. citizen|date=May 27, 1988|work=[[The Lewiston Journal]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|page=10D|via=Google web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1899&dat=19880527&id=LiEgAAAAIBAJ&pg=5053,3823442|access-date=August 21, 2015}}</ref> The couple divorced in 1990, following Trump's affair with actress [[Marla Maples]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Baron|first=James|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/12/nyregion/trumps-get-divorce-next-who-gets-what.html|title=Trumps Get Divorce; Next, Who Gets What?|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 12, 1990|access-date=March 5, 2023}}</ref> Trump and Maples married in 1993 and divorced in 1999. They have one daughter, [[Tiffany Trump|Tiffany]] (born 1993), who was raised by Marla in California.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hafner|first=Josh|url=https://usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/07/19/who-is-tiffany-trump/87321708/|title=Get to know Donald's other daughter: Tiffany Trump|work=[[USA Today]]|date=July 19, 2016 |access-date=July 10, 2022}}</ref> In 2005, Trump married Slovenian model [[Melania Knauss]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40186-2005Jan26.html|title=Donald Trump, Settling Down|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|first=Tina|last=Brown|author-link=Tina Brown|date=January 27, 2005|access-date=May 7, 2017}}</ref> They have one son, Barron (born 2006).<ref>{{cite web|title=Donald Trump Fast Facts|url=https://cnn.com/2013/07/04/us/donald-trump-fast-facts/|date=July 2, 2021|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=September 29, 2021}}</ref> Melania gained U.S. citizenship in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gunter|first=Joel|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43256318|title=What is the Einstein visa? And how did Melania Trump get one?|date=March 2, 2018|access-date=August 2, 2019|work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>

=== Religion ===
Trump went to Sunday school and was [[Confirmation|confirmed]] in 1959 at the [[First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica]], Queens.<ref name="BarronNYT">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/06/nyregion/donald-trump-marble-collegiate-church-norman-vincent-peale.html|title=Overlooked Influences on Donald Trump: A Famous Minister and His Church|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=James|last=Barron|author-link=James Barron (journalist)|date=September 5, 2016|access-date=October 13, 2016}}</ref><ref name=inactive>{{cite web|last=Scott|first=Eugene|author-link=Eugene Scott (journalist)|title=Church says Donald Trump is not an 'active member'|url=https://cnn.com/2015/08/28/politics/donald-trump-church-member/|access-date=September 14, 2022|work=[[CNN]]|date=August 28, 2015}}</ref> In the 1970s, his parents joined the [[Marble Collegiate Church]] in Manhattan, which belongs to the [[Reformed Church in America]].<ref name="BarronNYT" /><ref name="WaPo.March.18.17">{{cite news|last=Schwartzman|first=Paul|title=How Trump got religion – and why his legendary minister's son now rejects him|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/how-trump-got-religion--and-why-his-legendary-ministers-son-now-rejects-him/2016/01/21/37bae16e-bb02-11e5-829c-26ffb874a18d_story.html|access-date=March 18, 2017|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=January 21, 2016}}</ref> The pastor at Marble, [[Norman Vincent Peale]],<ref name="BarronNYT" /> ministered to the family until his death in 1993.<ref name="WaPo.March.18.17" /> Trump has described him as a mentor.{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=x2jUDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA81 81]}} In 2015, the church stated that Trump was not an active member.<ref name=inactive /> In 2019, he appointed his personal pastor, televangelist [[Paula White]], to the White House [[Office of Public Liaison]].<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 31, 2019|first1=Jeremy W.|last1=Peters|author-link1=Jeremy W. Peters|first2=Maggie|last2=Haberman|author-link2=Maggie Haberman|title=Paula White, Trump's Personal Pastor, Joins the White House|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/us/politics/paula-white-trump.html|access-date=September 29, 2021}}</ref> In 2020, he said he identified as a [[non-denominational Christian]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Exclusive: Trump, confirmed a Presbyterian, now identifies as 'non-denominational Christian'|url=https://religionnews.com/2020/10/23/exclusive-trump-confirmed-a-presbyterian-now-identifies-as-non-denominational-christian/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024120658/https://religionnews.com/2020/10/23/exclusive-trump-confirmed-a-presbyterian-now-identifies-as-non-denominational-christian/|publisher=[[Religion News Service]]|date=October 23, 2020|archive-date=October 24, 2020|access-date=September 29, 2021|first1=Jack|last1=Jenkins|first2=Maina|last2=Mwaura}}</ref>

=== Health habits ===
Trump has called golfing his "primary form of exercise" but usually does not walk the course.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thegolfnewsnet.com/golfnewsnetteam/2018/07/14/donald-trump-exercise-golf-cart-turnberry-110166/|title=Donald Trump says he gets most of his exercise from golf, then uses cart at Turnberry|work=Golf News Net|date=July 14, 2018 |access-date=July 4, 2019}}</ref> He believes exercise depletes the body's energy "like a battery, with a finite amount of energy".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/trump-thinks-that-exercising-too-much-uses-up-the-bodys-finite-energy/2017/05/12/bb0b9bda-365d-11e7-b4ee-434b6d506b37_story.html|first=Rachael|last=Rettner|title=Trump thinks that exercising too much uses up the body's 'finite' energy|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=May 14, 2017 |access-date=September 29, 2021}}</ref> In 2015, Trump's campaign released a letter from his longtime personal physician, [[Harold Bornstein]], stating that Trump would "be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency".<ref name="dictation">{{cite web|first1=Alex|last1=Marquardt|first2=Lawrence III|last2=Crook|title=Exclusive: Bornstein claims Trump dictated the glowing health letter|url=https://cnn.com/2018/05/01/politics/harold-bornstein-trump-letter/|work=[[CNN]]|date=May 1, 2018|access-date=May 20, 2018}}</ref> In 2018, Bornstein said Trump had dictated the contents of the letter and that three Trump agents had seized his medical records in a February 2017 raid on the doctor's office.<ref name="dictation" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-doc-says-trump-bodyguard-lawyer-raided-his-office-took-n870351|title=Trump doctor Harold Bornstein says bodyguard, lawyer 'raided' his office, took medical files|last=Schecter|first=Anna|date=May 1, 2018|work=[[NBC News]]|access-date=June 6, 2019}}</ref>

=== Wealth ===
{{Main|Wealth of Donald Trump}}
[[File:Ivana Trump shakes hands with Fahd of Saudi Arabia.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Trump (far right) and wife Ivana in the receiving line of a state dinner for King [[Fahd of Saudi Arabia]] in 1985, with U.S. president [[Ronald Reagan]] and First Lady [[Nancy Reagan]]|alt=Ivana Trump and King Fahd shake hands, with Ronald Reagan standing next to them smiling. All are in black formal attire.]]
In 1982, Trump made the initial ''[[Forbes]]'' list of wealthy people for holding a share of his family's estimated $200&nbsp;million net worth (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|200|1982}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|US}}).{{Inflation/fn|US}} His losses in the 1980s dropped him from the list between 1990 and 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/23/business/yourmoney/whats-he-really-worth.html|title=What's He Really Worth?|first=Timothy L.|last=O'Brien|author-link=Timothy L. O'Brien|access-date=February 25, 2016|date=October 23, 2005|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> After filing the mandatory financial disclosure report with the [[Federal Election Commission|FEC]] in July 2015, he announced a net worth of about $10&nbsp;billion. Records released by the FEC showed at least $1.4&nbsp;billion in assets and $265&nbsp;million in liabilities.<ref name="disclosure">{{cite web|last1=Diamond|first1=Jeremy|last2=Frates|first2=Chris|url=https://cnn.com/2015/07/22/politics/donald-trump-personal-financial-disclosure/|title=Donald Trump's 92-page financial disclosure released|work=[[CNN]]|date=July 22, 2015 |access-date=September 14, 2022}}</ref> ''Forbes'' estimated his net worth dropped by $1.4&nbsp;billion between 2015 and 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-forbes-wealthiest-people-in-the-us-list-2018-10|title=Trump has fallen 138 spots on Forbes' wealthiest-Americans list, his net worth down over $1 billion, since he announced his presidential bid in 2015|work=[[Business Insider]]|date=October 3, 2018|first=John|last=Walsh|access-date=October 12, 2021}}</ref> In their 2024 billionaires ranking, Trump's net worth was estimated to be $2.3&nbsp;billion (1,438th in the world).<!-- Update annually per [[Talk:Donald Trump#Current consensus]], item 5. Otherwise, DO NOT CHANGE these values without prior consensus. --><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/donald-trump/?list=billionaires|title=Profile Donald Trump|work=[[Forbes]]|year=2023|access-date=March 28, 2024}}</ref>

Journalist Jonathan Greenberg reported that Trump called him in 1984, pretending to be a fictional Trump Organization official named "[[John Barron (pseudonym)|John Barron]]". Greenberg said that Trump, speaking as "Barron", falsely asserted that he owned more than 90 percent of his father's business to get a higher ranking on the [[Forbes 400|''Forbes'' 400]] list of wealthy Americans. Greenberg also wrote that ''Forbes'' had vastly overestimated Trump's wealth and wrongly included him on the 1982, 1983, and 1984 rankings.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=April 20, 2018|access-date=September 29, 2021|first=Jonathan|last=Greenberg|title=Trump lied to me about his wealth to get onto the Forbes 400. Here are the tapes.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/trump-lied-to-me-about-his-wealth-to-get-onto-the-forbes-400-here-are-the-tapes/2018/04/20/ac762b08-4287-11e8-8569-26fda6b404c7_story.html}}</ref>

Trump has often said he began his career with "a small loan of one million dollars" from his father and that he had to pay it back with interest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/26/donald-trump-my-dad-gave-me-a-small-loan-of-1-million-to-get-started.html|title=Donald Trump: My dad gave me 'a small loan' of $1 million to get started|work=[[CNBC]]|first=Scott|last=Stump|date=October 26, 2015|access-date=November 13, 2016}}</ref> He was a millionaire by age eight, borrowed at least $60&nbsp;million from his father, largely failed to repay those loans, and received another $413&nbsp;million (2018 dollars adjusted for inflation) from his father's company.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Barstow|first1=David|author-link1=David Barstow|last2=Craig|first2=Susanne|author-link2=Susanne Craig|last3=Buettner|first3=Russ|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-wealth-fred-trump.html|title=11 Takeaways From The Times's Investigation into Trump's Wealth|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 2, 2018|access-date=October 3, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Tax_Schemes">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html|title=Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father|work=[[The New York Times]]|last1=Barstow|first1=David|author-link1=David Barstow|last2=Craig|first2=Susanne|author-link2=Susanne Craig|last3=Buettner|first3=Russ|date=October 2, 2018|access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref> In 2018, he and his family were reported to have committed tax fraud, and the [[New York State Department of Taxation and Finance]] started an investigation.<ref name="Tax_Schemes"/> His investments underperformed the stock and New York property markets.<ref>{{cite web|title=From the Tower to the White House|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|date=February 20, 2016|access-date=February 29, 2016|url=https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21693230-enigma-presidential-candidates-business-affairs-tower-white|quote=Mr Trump's performance has been mediocre compared with the stockmarket and property in New York.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Ana|last=Swanson|title=The myth and the reality of Donald Trump's business empire|date=February 29, 2016|access-date=September 29, 2021|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/29/the-myth-and-the-reality-of-donald-trumps-business-empire/}}</ref> ''Forbes'' estimated in October 2018 that his net worth declined from $4.5&nbsp;billion in 2015 to $3.1&nbsp;billion in 2017 and his product-licensing income from $23&nbsp;million to $3&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Alexander|first1=Dan|last2=Peterson-Whithorn|first2=Chase|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2018/10/02/how-trump-is-tryingand-failingto-get-rich-off-his-presidency/|title=How Trump Is Trying—And Failing—To Get Rich Off His Presidency|work=[[Forbes]]|date=October 2, 2018 |access-date=September 29, 2021}}</ref>

Contrary to his claims of financial health and business acumen, [[Tax returns of Donald Trump|Trump's tax returns]] from 1985 to 1994 show net losses totaling $1.17&nbsp;billion. The losses were higher than those of almost every other American taxpayer. The losses in 1990 and 1991, more than $250&nbsp;million each year, were more than double those of the nearest taxpayers. In 1995, his reported losses were $915.7&nbsp;million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|.9157|1995|r=2}}&nbsp;billion in {{Inflation/year|US}}).<ref name=Buettner-190508>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/07/us/politics/donald-trump-taxes.html|title=Decade in the Red: Trump Tax Figures Show Over $1 Billion in Business Losses|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 7, 2019|access-date=May 8, 2019|first1=Russ|last1=Buettner|first2=Susanne|last2=Craig|author-link2=Susanne Craig}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/trump-taxes/588967/|title=The Secret That Was Hiding in Trump's Taxes|work=[[The Atlantic]]|date=May 8, 2019|access-date=May 8, 2019|first=Conor|last=Friedersdorf|author-link=Conor Friedersdorf}}</ref>{{Inflation/fn|US}}

In 2020, ''The New York Times'' obtained Trump's tax information extending over two decades. Its reporters found that Trump reported losses of hundreds of millions of dollars and had, since 2010, deferred declaring $287&nbsp;million in forgiven debt as taxable income. His income mainly came from his share in ''[[The Apprentice (American TV series)|The Apprentice]]'' and businesses in which he was a minority partner, and his losses mainly from majority-owned businesses. Much income was in [[tax credit]]s for his losses, which let him avoid annual income tax payments or lower them to $750. During the 2010s, Trump balanced his businesses' losses by selling and borrowing against assets, including a $100&nbsp;million mortgage on [[Trump Tower]] (due in 2022) and the liquidation of over $200&nbsp;million in stocks and bonds. He personally guaranteed $421&nbsp;million in debt, most of which is due by 2024.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Buettner|first1=Russ|last2=Craig|first2=Susanne|author-link2=Susanne Craig|last3=McIntire|first3=Mike|date=September 27, 2020|title=Long-concealed Records Show Trump's Chronic Losses And Years Of Tax Avoidance|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/27/us/donald-trump-taxes.html|access-date=September 28, 2020}}</ref>

{{as of|2021|10|lc=n}}, Trump had over $1.3&nbsp;billion in debts, much of which is secured by his assets.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Forbes]]|date=October 7, 2021|title=Trump's Debt Now Totals An Estimated $1.3 Billion|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2021/10/07/trumps-debt-now-totals-an-estimated-13-billion/?sh=67fa55564575|first=Dan|last=Alexander|access-date=December 21, 2023}}</ref> In 2020, he owed $640&nbsp;million to banks and trust organizations, including [[Bank of China]], [[Deutsche Bank]], and [[UBS]], and approximately $450&nbsp;million to unknown creditors. The value of his assets exceeds his debt.<ref>{{cite web|last=Alexander|first=Dan|title=Donald Trump Has at Least $1 Billion in Debt, More Than Twice The Amount He Suggested|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2020/10/16/donald-trump-has-at-least-1-billion-in-debt-more-than-twice-the-amount-he-suggested/|access-date=October 17, 2020|work=[[Forbes]]|date=October 16, 2020}}</ref>