It’s hard to be a child of famous parents. We have to prove to everyone that you are no worse than your father or mother. And if the dizzying career of the predecessors is superimposed on this, then the probability of a broken life and bitter disappointments is great.
Donald Trump Jr. is the first of five children of the current US President Donald Trump. The main attention of the press is directed at him, as the main heir to the tycoon.
Biography
Donald Jr.'s mother, the first official wife of Trump Sr., Ivan Zelnichkov, gave birth to a son on December 31, 1977 in New York. At that time, his father was 32 years old and his activity in the construction of a building empire was in full swing.
As a child, Trump Jr. spent a lot of time with his maternal grandparents. He was easily given the Czech language. And Donald still remembers grandfather with warmth and love. From him, he took over the passion for hunting and fishing, still preferring this hobby to others.
Education and career
Donald Trump Jr. was educated at an independent boys' school - Buckley School in New York. However, after a divorce from her husband, Ivan tried in every possible way to protect children from annoying journalists: she sent them to a closed boarding school. He also attended Hill Boarding School. Don Jr. later enrolled at Wharton School at Pennsylvania State University, an Ivy League private school. Like his father, he received a BS ( Baccalaureus Scientiae ) degree - a bachelor of science.
The divorce of parents did not go unnoticed for Donald Jr.: being at school, he behaved closed and did not seek to get closer to his peers. At the Warton business school, he had problems with alcohol: to be more relaxed, Don became addicted to alcohol.
After graduating, Donald Trump Jr. went to work as a bartender at the largest US resort located in Colorado - Aspen, to enjoy life. He spent a year hiking, skiing, fishing, and even spending nights in a truck. Don did not limit himself to alcohol. The turning point was the arrest at the Mardi Gras festival in New Orleans for public drinking. He spent half a day in prison. After this incident, Don Jr. decided to follow in his father's footsteps.
Donald Trump Jr. began his career as a businessman in 2001, when he returned from Aspen and decided to try his hand at his father’s building empire. Don Jr. showed an interest in television: he marked himself as a judge at the Miss USA beauty pageants and occasionally appeared in Candidate, a Trump Sr. television show. Today, Donald Trump Jr. holds the honorary position of vice president at Trump Organization's father’s company and is actively involved in the country's political life. After the victory of his father, he spoke out about the fact that he did not mind becoming mayor of New York.
Personal life
In 2003, Donald Jr. became addicted to alcohol. At one of the fashion shows, Trump Sr. introduced his son Vanessa Haydon. They began to communicate, and a year later Donald Jr. made an offer to his girlfriend in one of the major shopping centers in New Jersey, giving her a ring for $ 100,000. The attention of the press was attracted by the fact that the ring was received free of charge in exchange for advertising work for Bailey Banks & Biddle jewelry.
The wedding took place in November 2005 at the Mar-a-Lago Golf Club in Palm Beach, Florida. The wife of Donald Trump Jr. was thought out the design of his own wedding dress.
The couple has five children: two daughters - Kai Madison (10 years old) and Chloe Sofia (3 years); three sons - Donald John Trump III (8 years old), Tristan Milos (5 years old) and Spencer Frederick (4 years old). Donald and Vanessa are very proud of their children and often post photos with them on social networks.
Safari scandal
In 2012, a scandal erupted involving Eric and Donald Jr. Photos from the safari in which they participated appeared on the web. The photographs depicted smiling brothers against the backdrop of dead animals. In the hands of Donald was the severed tail of an elephant. Animal defenders were desperate to hold them accountable, but the safari was organized legally, so the attempts failed.
Facts about Donald Trump Jr.
- Parents divorced when Donald was 12 years old.
- Fluent in Czech.
- Great-grandfather and great-grandmother on the paternal side are German immigrants.
- Maternal grandparents lived in Czechoslovakia, and Donald spent a lot of time with them. Grandfather worked as an electrician, one of his hobbies was hunting. Donald took over this hobby and learned to hunt, fish. The press repeatedly repeated that Milos Zelnichkov replaced his father with a boy.
- Donald maintains a good relationship with First Lady Melania Trump.
- Trump Jr. calls his father his mentor and best friend, despite the fact that he grew up separately from him.
- Donald Jr. graduated from the same school of economics as his father.
- He is a member of the board of directors of the Operation Smile charity foundation, which helps children born with facial malformations.
Donald Trump Jr. does not hide his personal life: in his situation this is the best way out. So that the press does not attack him, he shares news on social networks.