Family clans are nothing new in American politics. Family members of many US presidential candidates participated in their election campaigns. But only the Trumps are called a family business. American media are asking whether the White House will be separated from Trump's business after he takes office as president. Who's who in the family of the elected US president - in TASS material
The main rule that Donald Trump always follows is to do and control everything yourself and do not stop there.
He turned his surname, which translates as “trump card,” into a successful brand. In the United States alone, more than 200 trademark applications containing the word Trump have been filed on his behalf. The interests of the empire extend to a variety of areas - construction, mortgages, restaurant business, fashion and jewelry, products and drinking water, furniture. The parent company of the empire is the Trump Organization. In 2015, Trump estimated his net worth at $10 billion. Forbes estimates Trump's assets to be approximately $4.1 billion.
According to people who know him, Trump is ironic and ambitious, he is a purposeful workaholic, constantly in search.
“My life is the life of a winner,” says the tycoon.
Trump was married three times, has five children and is the proud grandfather of eight grandchildren.
In 1977, Trump married Ivana Zelnichkova, a former Czechoslovakian skier, later a fashion model and successful businesswoman, who bore him three children - Donald (1977), Ivanka (1981) and Eric (1984). In 1993, the couple separated.
Trump's new girlfriend is actress and producer Marla Maples. Their marriage lasted six years and produced a daughter, Tiffany Ariana (1993). As Trump himself says, his wives could not stand the competition with his work.
In 2005, he married Melania Knaus, who was 24 years younger than him. In 2006, their son Barron William was born.
“If you need Viagra, you may be with the wrong woman,” says the billionaire.
Trump's eldest children have become his main advisers during the current election campaign, media note.
Donald Trump Jr. is the eldest son of a billionaire and his first wife. Donald's parents divorced when he was 12. He now works for the Trump Organization as executive vice president. Married to model Vanessa Haydon. They have five children.
"There are many ways to make a career, but the surest one is to be born in the right family", says his father, Trump Sr.
Ivanka Trump, Trump's eldest daughter, model, writer and successful businesswoman, is the most famous of his children. At the age of 16, Ivanka started modeling, appearing for the first time on the cover of Seventeen magazine in 1997.
Ivanka is now also the executive vice president of the Trump Organization. Married to businessman Jared Kushner. The couple have three children.
“If Ivanka were not my daughter, perhaps I would have dated her,” the billionaire once said.
Eric Trump - youngest son billionaire from his first wife. He kept a low profile for a long time.
After graduating from Georgetown University, Eric immediately went to work for his father's company and now, like his older brother Donald, holds the position of executive vice president.
In 2014, he married his long-time girlfriend, television producer Lara Yunaska.
Tiffany Ariana is Donald Trump's youngest daughter from his second marriage. Her parents divorced when the girl was five years old; she spent her childhood and adolescence with her mother.
Tiffany is an Internet star, her number of followers on Instagram exceeded 170 thousand. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2016.
"He loves to build something, then tear it down and build something else... Sometimes I call him 'little Donald,'" Melania Trump told Parenting.com about her son Barron.
Journalists believe that Barron, judging by the stories of his mother, is more like his father than his brothers and sisters.
The young heir to an empire is said to prefer suits and has an entire floor at his parents' penthouse in Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan. The Trump Organization, a family-owned company, is headquartered there.
“I’m richer than my father was, but I didn’t start from scratch - I had a very good foundation at the start. In addition, my father has always been a great example of an entrepreneur for me, and I grew up next to him not only as his son, but and as a businessman, however, members of our family have never competed with each other, and I think they will never do this,” says the billionaire.
Pictured (from left to right): Donald Jr., Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany
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Melania Trump is a fashion model and designer of Slovenian origin, who became the First Lady of the United States on January 20, 2017 after the inauguration of her husband Donald Trump.
Childhood
Melania Trump, before her marriage Knavs, was a native of Slovenia, born in the city of Novo Mesto, and spent her childhood in Sevnica. Melania's date of birth is April 26, 1970.
The girl’s father, Victor, was selling used cars, and her mother, Amalia, worked in a textile factory. The Knavs family lived in a poor area on the outskirts, surrounded by factories.
Beginning of a modeling career
After enrolling at the university, Melania moved to Ljubljana. But the young beauty did not finish university - soon the girl met photographer Stane Erko.
Fascinated by the beauty of Knavs, he convincingly advised her to think about a modeling career. After some persuasion, Melania starred in several photo shoots for the photographer.
Then the girl decided to take up modeling professionally. After the first year, Knavs took the documents, then she never graduated from the university.
The girl changed her last name to the more euphonious Knaus and went to conquer the catwalks of Milan, then Paris. There, for the sake of her career, she underwent a series of plastic surgeries.
Moving to America
Gradually people began to talk about Melania outside of Europe, and in 1996 the girl moved to New York with the goal of building a career there.
Melania starred for the popular men's publications "Max" and "GQ". Then the girl could be seen on the covers of glossy publications “Elle”, “Vogue”, “Glamour”, “Harper’s Bazaar” and a number of others.
In 2000, pictures of Melania appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, the shooting of which turned out to be incredibly successful for the model.
Interesting facts about Melania
Also in America, Melania tried herself as an actress. In 2001, she starred in the film Zoolander, directed by Ben Stiller. However, Knaus was not listed in the credits.
Thanks to her frequent travels, Melania knows six languages: her native Slovenian, Serbian, English, German and Italian.
In 2005, Melania became a goodwill ambassador for the global organization Red Cross in America. The future First Lady held this position until 2009.
After her wedding to Donald Trump, the model starred in a commercial for the insurance company Aflac, where she switched roles with the company's symbol, a duck voiced by Gilbert Gottfried.
In 2010, Melania launched own line jewelry, which immediately began to be in great demand.
In addition to jewelry, Melania created a separate collection wristwatch. Ms. Trump also sells cosmetics based on sturgeon caviar.
In an interview, Melinia talked about how she keeps herself in good shape. According to the First Lady, she has always loved sports. The girl has been involved in tennis and Pilates since her youth.
Personal life
In 1998, at one of the parties at the KitKat club, Melania was noticed by one of the most successful and influential businessmen in America, Donald Trump.
At the party, the model rejected Trump’s attentions, because she knew that Donald was loving and was twice the age of 28-year-old Melania at that time.
Moreover, the businessman came to the party with his wife Marla Maples, with whom he raised common daughter Tiffany.
But the tycoon did not give up and eventually won the favor of the beautiful Melania. In the summer of 1999, Trump separated from his second wife, Marla.
Melania and Donald began a whirlwind romance, after which the girl’s career took off. Rumors about the relationship were confirmed after the radio broadcast of “The Howard Stem Show”.
On it, Trump spoke about his love relationships with Knaus and even called the girl “the love of my life.”
After six years of dating, Donald proposed to Melania in 2004. The wedding of Trump and Knaus in 2005 caused a wide resonance and was discussed by the public for a long time.
Donald Trump spent more than $45 million on the wedding ceremony, making their wedding one of the most expensive in history.
For their wedding, Donald gave his beloved a 12-carat diamond ring worth $1.5 million.
Melania ordered her wedding dress from the famous fashion house DIOR, for which the millionaire paid 200 thousand dollars. The future Miss Trump wore this dress on the cover of the glossy edition of Vogue.
Images from the wedding of Donald and Melania Trump
The wedding ceremony took place in Palm Beach, Florida. The official part of the ceremony was held at the Episcopal Church of Viezda by the Sea, and the reception was held at the Mar-a-Lago estate with a total area of 1.5 thousand square meters.
The list of invited guests included many famous people. Even, who became a rival in the 2016 election race, was present at the wedding.
At the wedding, Rudolph Giualini, Barbara Walters, Billy Joel, Katie Couric and Matt Lauer sang "The Lady Is a Tramp" in unison.
Celebrities remade the song "Just the Way You Are" from the Disney cartoon "Beauty and the Beast." The wedding cake was more than one and a half meters high and was decorated with more than 3 thousand roses.
In March 2006, Melania's first child, son Barron, was born. Barron became the fifth child of Donald Trump; the businessman previously had three children from his first marriage and a daughter, Tiffany, from his second wife.
With husband and son Barron
That same year, Melania Trump received American citizenship.
Donald's election campaign and scandals with Melania
During the election campaign, Melania actively supported her husband. At this time, Trump's opponents began to spread rumors about Ms. Trump.
As it turned out, these photos were taken back in 1995 for the men's magazine Max. Donald responded to this, saying that such photographs were popular in Europe at that time and he saw nothing wrong with it.
Then the British edition of the Daily Mail accused Melania of prostitution. The publication claimed that in the 90s the girl provided escort services. The publication also added that the girl did not have a visa, so she thereby also violated US law.
The Trumps' reaction followed immediately - they sued the British publication. After the trial, the Daily Mail removed the scandalous publications.
Another scandal occurred after the Republican National Convention. There, Miss Trump's speech in support of her husband was harshly criticized by the press.
She was accused of the fact that her speech almost completely coincided with the words of the then First Lady of America Michelle Obama, which Michelle delivered eight years ago.
Representatives for the Trumps immediately denied the accusations of plagiarism.
First Lady of the USA
At the inauguration, Melania amazed the audience with her dress. The woman was wearing a pastel blue dress from designer Ralph Lauren.
The public reacted positively to the choice of outfit, saying that "such a sense of style has not been seen since Princess Diana."
Melania Knavs, today much better known as Melania Trump, is the First Lady of the United States, wife of the elected 45th President of the United States. But it cannot be said that Melania Trump’s biography is connected exclusively with her famous husband. Even in her youth, she achieved considerable success as a fashion model, posing, among other things, for men's magazines. In addition, the new first lady tried herself as an actress and starred in the comedy film Zoolander.
Donald Trump's wife was born in 1970 in the Slovenian town of Sevnica, which at that time was part of Yugoslavia. Melania's father, Victor Knavs, repaired and sold used cars, and Amalia's mother worked at a local textile factory. As a child, Melania Trump lived in a poor area, in a high-rise building surrounded by factory chimneys. The Knavs family was quite poor.
At the same time, the girl was diligent, purposeful and disciplined. She studied well at school, teachers and classmates today first of all remember that Melania Knavs was always polite, and not a single person heard a bad word from her. After graduating from school, the girl moves to the capital of Slovenia, where she becomes a student at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Ljubljana.
However, the student was not destined to graduate: she soon met professional photographer Stane Erko, who convinced the girl to start a career in the modeling business. Six months later, Melania Knaus slightly alters her surname in a Western manner and, under the name Melania Knaus, leaves first for Milan and then for Paris.
Career
To be more in demand in the fashion world, Melania Trump had plastic surgery: she changed the shape of her nose, increased the volume of her lips and breast size. The fashion model gained popularity through erotic photo shoots for magazines such as GQ and Max. You can still find her “naked” photos on the Internet. Later, the girl appeared on the covers of printed publications “Vogue”, “In Style”, “Glamour”, “Elle” and many others.
In the second half of the 90s, photos of Melania Trump began to be published in America, where the girl moved for permanent residence and settled in New York. She continues her modeling career and also tries herself as an actress. Trump's future wife Melania appeared in the comedy Zoolander directed by actor Ben Stiller, but the young woman's name was not mentioned in the credits.
In 2010, Melania launched her own jewelry line. Her name trademark is gradually conquering the world, and in addition to the jewelry itself, Trump creates designs for wristwatches, and also produces perfumes and cosmetics for women.
Personal life
In 1999, at a photo shoot for Allure magazine, the model met Donald Trump. This meeting radically changed Melania's personal life. They began dating, and the public learned about the affair between Donald Trump and Melania during their radio appearance on The Howard Stern Show. The future US president called the girl “the love of his life.” For their engagement, he gave her an 11-carat diamond ring, the price of which was $1.2 million.
In January 2005, a wedding took place in Florida, and Melania became the wife of Donald Trump. By the way, Trump’s future opponent for the presidency was present at the wedding ceremony. As wedding gift From friends, the couple received the song “The Lady and the Tramp” - a reworked composition from the cartoon “Beauty and the Beast”.
The wedding ceremony was widely covered by the press. The public was primarily attracted by the luxury of the celebration. Melania Trump's dress was estimated at $200 thousand. It was worked on by someone who was then working for a French brand. Tailors hand-embroidered the dress with stones and pearls. It is not surprising that his weight was as much as 27 kilograms. And the wedding cake, more than 1.5 meters high, was decorated with three thousand confectionery roses.
A year later, a son was born into the Trump family, who was named. And if for Donald Trump’s wife this child was the first, then for the man it is already the fifth: from two previous marriages President Trump has sons Donald Jr. and Eric, and daughters and. His father and mother dedicated a 20-minute appearance to Barron on the radio show “Imus in the Morning.”
Melania, like many successful women, is an avid fitness fan. She enjoys cardio exercises, as well as Pilates and tennis. It is noteworthy that the first lady does not adhere to any diets and allows herself to eat both fried and sweet foods, including her favorite ice cream. At the same time, she looks stunning - with a height of 178 cm, her weight is about 60 kg.
During a speech at the 2016 Republican National Convention, Mrs. Trump expressed support for her husband as a candidate for the presidency of the United States. Her speech was a success, but later journalists compared the text of the speech of Donald Trump's wife with what Michelle Obama, the president's wife, said eight years ago. It turned out that some paragraphs coincide almost word for word. However, representatives of the Trumps rejected the accusation of plagiarism.
However, in any case, that performance did not stop Melania from becoming after the announcement in November 2016.
True, one can hardly say from a woman’s face that she is happy. More and more often, Melania was caught on television cameras with a sad expression on her face. Later it became known that she. But it turned out that the reason for this was that she wanted her son to be able to finish the school year in peace. The family reunited in the summer of 2017. But the public stood its ground - Melania is unhappy.
With the beginning of Trump's presidency, various unpleasant details of his life began to emerge more and more often. In January 2018, the US President found himself at the center of another. The media found out that even before the start of the election race, Trump paid porn actress Stephanie Clifford $130 thousand for her silence, so that the girl would not tell anyone that they had a close relationship in 2006 - a year after Donald entered into official marriage with Melania.
The First Lady did not comment on this situation, but through her behavior she made her offense clear. For some time she did not go out into the world and did not appear in the company of her husband. There were rumors on the Internet that a divorce was imminent. But in February 2018, Melania and Donald appeared before the public again - together and quite happy.
From insider information it became known that the woman had to forgive her unfaithful husband and forget about the divorce due to the fact that she did not want to create a scandal, as this could negatively affect their son Barron.
Melania Trump now
It is unlikely that anyone will argue that Melania Trump is one of the most stylish first ladies. Every outfit, piece of clothing or accessory she wears is actively discussed on the Internet. There is even an Instagram dedicated exclusively to the images of the First Lady of the United States. The wife of the French President is considered her main “rival” in fashion. However, Melania and Brigitte themselves seem to be far from rivalry, and even vice versa. At the G20 summit they once again demonstrated their impeccable style.
In May 2018, the wife of the President. The White House said the surgery was planned earlier, everything went well, and there were no complications. No other details about Melania's health were disclosed. American doctors interviewed by the media suggested that the cause of the operation could be angiomyolipoma, a benign tumor in the kidneys.
This news surprised some, since a week earlier Melania Trump had appeared in public and announced the launch of her social program"Be Best" She said that she will teach children to deal with difficulties modern world. And she looked healthy and happy at the ceremony.
In turn, Donald Trump was filled with a sense of pride for his wife. And he did not hide his warm feelings for her - he kissed Melania in front of everyone. And she did not resist this (after the scandal with the porn actress, she did not even allow her husband to take her hand).
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Path to success
The future billionaire was born on June 14, 1946 into a wealthy family that lived in the Queens borough of New York. Donald's mother was an emigrant from a Scottish village, and his father, Frederick Trump, was the son of German immigrants, who from a young age already owned his own construction company.
At the age of 13, Donald's parents sent him to the New York Military Academy. Trump achieved great success at the academy: by the time he graduated in 1964, he had become a brilliant athlete and leader among his students. After this, Donald entered Fordham University, but soon transferred to the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1968. After graduating from university, Donald began working for his father's company; in 1975, he became its president and changed the company's name to the Trump Organization.
From this began Trump’s irreversible path to colossal success, his empire grew, his business areas expanded, and his income multiplied.
The interests of the empire extend to a variety of areas - construction, mortgages, restaurant business, fashion and jewelry, food and drinking water, furniture. The seasoned businessman managed to escape bankruptcy twice and retain his wealth.
Forbes estimates Donald Trump's net worth at $4.5 billion. He ranks 113th in the ranking of the richest people in the United States; in the ranking of the richest people on the planet, Trump is in 324th place.
The main rule that Donald Trump always follows is to do and control everything yourself and do not stop there.
“My life is the life of a winner,” says the tycoon.
Personal life
Donald has always had a weakness for women and more than once got involved in Don Juan scandals, which created many problems for him during the election race. The affairs of a successful businessman ended in marriage several times. He married his first wife, Czechoslovakian model Ivana Zelnichkova, in 1977. That same year, Trump’s first child, Donald Jr., was born; four years later, the businessman became the father of Ivanka Jr., and in 1984, his second son, Eric. Donald and Ivanka Trump's marriage ended in 1992.
Actress Marla Maples, with whom Donald began dating back in 1989, played a significant role in Trump’s divorce from his first wife. And immediately after the official breakup with Ivana, he proposed to the actress. She gave the billionaire a daughter, Tiffany, but the marriage did not last long - they divorced in 1999.
Tiffany grew up with her mother in California, but her father took an active part in her upbringing.
For the next few years, Donald remained an eligible bachelor until he was charmed by Eastern European fashion model Melania Knauss. A native of Slovenia in the past shone on the pages of glossy magazines in a very frank manner. At the beginning of 2005, Donald and 34-year-old Melania made their relationship official. Their wedding, with a budget of $45 million, was included in the list of the most expensive wedding ceremonies. A year later they were born common son Barron William Trump.
Trump clan
The large Trump family has repeatedly demonstrated special unity and commitment to family values. According to experts, this played on the sympathy of American voters and influenced the election results.
Trump has turned his last name, which translates to “trump card,” into a successful brand. Despite the active work of almost all family members for the benefit of the Trump empire, special attention Three of them are getting the press: Malania, Ivanka and Barron.
Melania Trump
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The First Lady of the United States, 46-year-old Melania Trump, has been successfully engaged in modeling since the age of 16, appearing on the covers of magazines such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, GQ, In Style, etc.
In Slovenia, where she is from, she received a higher education as a designer, and in 1996 she emigrated to the USA and lived in New York. Currently, as the wife of a billionaire, Melania is actively involved in charity work.
The former model's participation in Donald Trump's election campaign was not without scandals - her speech at the Republican Party Convention was considered plagiarized from the speech of Michelle Obama, Melania's predecessor.
And footage of sad US First Lady Melania Trump at her husband’s inauguration spread across the Internet and gave rise to a corresponding meme.
Ivanka Trump
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The one person Donald Trump is really proud of and never misses an opportunity to declare it publicly is his daughter from his first marriage, Ivanka. It was she who became Trump's main adviser during the fight for the presidency.
Beautiful fashion model, economist, designer, writer, loving wife and the mother of three children - extraordinary abilities, spectacular appearance and a sonorous surname helped Ivanka achieve success in all these areas.
After meeting her future husband, media mogul Jared Kusher, she converted to Judaism, observing all the traditions accepted in Jewish families.
At the convention of the Republican Party, which Trump represented in the elections, Ivanka called on her father to support women's rights: “As the mother of three small children, I know how difficult it is to work while raising them. And I also know that in this regard I am luckier than others. American families need help. Policies that enable women with children to succeed should not be something new, they should be the norm."
Barron Trump
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Barron Trump is the only child from Donald Trump's current marriage to Melania. He is known to play golf with his father and is fluent in Slovenian, his mother’s native language.
His childhood was no different from that of other children of billionaires, until Donald decided to enter politics. They tried to keep the boy away from journalists, although during the election campaign and after his election Barron had to briefly appear on camera several times.
The boy became a victim of ridicule because of his unusual behavior at the inauguration of the US President. According to many Internet users, the 10-year-old boy could not concentrate, smiled inappropriately and refused to high-five his mother. For this, he was called a freak, a vampire and compared to Joffrey Baratheon from Game of Thrones.
Other users came to Barron's defense. Among them was Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of Trump's main rival in the election, Hillary Clinton, Chelsea, whose father (Bill Clinton) became president when she was 12 years old, wrote that Barron, like all children, has the right to be a child.
