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POLITICAL HISTORY Far left: Donald Trump meets with President Ronald Reagan at a reception for members of the Friends of Art and Preservation in Embassies foundation in 1987. Left: Trump joins Sarah Palin for a meeting in New York.


does understand business, and the economy, and how jobs are created,” says Kessler. All of which means that Donald Trump could


again defy the conventional wisdom of the chatter- ing class in November.


Trump’s popularity with that key demographic as a “non-elitist phenomenon.” He adds that Trump has “huge potential among blue collar, white Democrats.” “Even though he grew up wealthy, his father didn’t


start out wealthy, and I don’t think he’s ever lost his roots in Queens, N.Y. Regular people can relate to him. He’s also kind of non-establishment; he says the kind of things other people think, but don’t say out loud.” Newsmax chief Washington correspondent Ron-


ald Kessler says the way Trump’s straight talk reso- nates with Joe and Jane lunch-bucket Americans makes him “a unique asset,” and the Romney folks know it. “He’s able to articulate from fi rst-hand ex- perience why it’s necessary to have a president who


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attily attired in a Brioni suit and tie, his reddish hair coiff ed in jaunty waves, Trump, 66, exudes the energy of a man 20 years younger as he launches into a


recitation of his current business conquests. He begins with the news that he has just pur-


chased the 800-acre Doral Hotel and Country Club in Miami. This rounds out the number of exclusive golf clubs he owns to an even dozen. But The Donald is just warming up. “I’m building


the 92-story Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago, which will be the tallest residence in the world. When Donald J. Trump’s Fabulous World of Golf debuted on the Golf Channel, it became the highest-rated show in the channel’s history of origi- nal programming. The Miss USA Pageant, which I own in partnership with NBC, was No. 1 in ratings last week.”


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clippings from the day before — as well as more phone calls


and meetings. “I’m constantly getting


AT TRUMP GRILL


calls from TV producers asking me to go on Meet the Press or the Today show with Matt Lauer or Piers Morgan. David Letterman recently insulted me on the birther issue, and now he calls weekly begging me to go on his show, but I won’t do it until he apologizes in public.” Trump frequently grabs lunch at the Trump Grill at Trump Tower, and then it’s back to work. “I have tons of friends who call me, but everything is business related,” he says. He prefers to spend


his evenings at home with Melania and their son, Barron, who is 6. He has five children


DONALD, BARRON AND MELANIA TRUMP


from his three marriages, including 17-year-old Tiff any from his marriage to Marla Maples. By all accounts, he is a devoted father. “I brought the children up with four rules,” he says. “No alcohol, no drugs, no tattoos, and no cigarettes.” When he and Melania go out at night, it’s usually connected to business. “I’m building a 50-story building on the Black Sea in the Eastern European country of Georgia,” he says. “I recently took the president of Georgia to see Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. It was Melania, the president, his 50 security


people, and me. We made quite a splash with the paparazzi, but then I’m used to having my picture taken.” — Ed Klein


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