Yeah, whatever else you want to say about him, he's a real "up by the bootstraps" kinda guy...
A truly inspiring personal story...
Trump's Struggle to Avoid Poverty was Difficult for Him
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But before you cry too many tears for him:
And of course he also had access to all of his father's business contacts, and:
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/10/27 ... 97274.htmlassuming Trump received his million dollar loan sometime around his graduation in 1968, the loan would be worth about $6.8 million in today's dollars, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Labor Statistics CPI Inflation Calculator.
And of course he also had access to all of his father's business contacts, and:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/26/politics/ ... town-hall/he was born into a successful, wealthy family, inheriting part of his father's more than $200 million net worth.