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Do not fill this in! === 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]] β City of New York β 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=19β21|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}} β 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> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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