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A famous (sic) real estate mogul known for [[Egopolis|slapping his name]] on the front of his innumerable hotels, casinos, resorts and golf courses. He also hosts [[The Apprentice (TV series)|a TV program]] you might've heard about.
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In [[The Seventies]], Trump inherited his real estate business from his father Fredrick (rechristening it "The Trump Organization", natch). Following a five-year apprenticeship under his dad, Donald relocated to New York City to begin his career in earnest. He went on to gather up Manhattan's most profitable properties like so many vacant ''[[Monopoly]]'' squares.
Had [[IMDb]] existed in [[The Eighties]], Trump would already have had an entry on it. His [[The Eighties|1987]] semi-autobiographical book, ''The Art of the Deal'', sold ''extremely'' well as people began to identify him with American entrepreneurship and shrewed power brokering. It was around this time that Trump started to appear [[As Himself]] in television [[Dom Com
Since 2004, Trump stars in ''[[The Apprentice]]'', his own reality TV series (created by [[Mark Burnett]], the brains behind ''[[Survivor]]'') on [[NBC]]. The show consists of a selection of candidates competing against each other for an open slot in one of Trump's companies. The program was wildly successful and remains one of the highest-rated reality shows to date. Since then, Donald Trump's mug has been pretty much impossible to avoid.
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In 2011, Trump briefly ran in the Republican presidential nomination primary for the 2012 election, seen by some as a ratings stunt. He was a proponent of the "[[Conspiracy Theorist|birther]]" theory, so his campaign was ended after the birther train was stopped for good by [[Barack Obama]] providing his long-form birth certificate.
* [[Arch Enemy]]: He's hosted two [[Wrestlemania
** Not content with prime time, Trump took daytime TV by storm when a [[Volleying Insults|tabloid war]] erupted between himself and Rosie O'Donnell, then-host of the American morning talk show ''The View''.
** After Rosie, [[Barack Obama]] was this to him somewhat briefly.
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