said “I always felt I was in the military”?

Trump told his biographer that he “always felt that I was in the military” because of his time at New York Military Academy, a boarding school he had been sent to in his youth. He explained that he’d received “more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military.”

While Trump received five draft deferments for Vietnam, he still explained that, “I felt that I was in the military in the true sense because I dealt with those people.” He has also told the same biographer that his temperament had not much changed since he was in the first grade.

The New York Times – Donald Trump Likens His Schooling to Military Service in Book
Business Insider – Donald Trump: ‘I always felt that I was in the military’ by attending a military school
Snopes – Donald Trump Compared Prep School to Military Service?

discussed his germophobia?

A former campaign official recalled, “If you’re the perpetrator of a cough or of a sneeze or any kind of thing that makes you look sick, you get that look. “You get the scowl.” When acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney started coughing during an interview, Trump said, “I don’t like that, you know. I don’t like that. If you’re going to cough, please, leave the room.”

Across multiple interviews with Howard Stern, he said he likes to wash his hands “as many times as possible,”

Trump has also said he likes fast food for it’s “cleanliness,” always uses a straw for his drink to avoid “contamination,” prefers steak well-done with ketchup, and uses utensils to eat fried chicken.

Donald Trump Is a Germaphobe

Politico – The Purell presidency: Trump aides learn the president’s real red line
Newsweek – Trump says he is scared of germs and needs to drink from a straw to avoid contamination
The Independent – Donald Trump admits ‘I have germ phobia’ in Howard Stern interview
CNN – Donald Trump really likes fast food

 

ate steaks well-done with ketchup?

Trump has long been known to prefer well-done, saying of his ideal steak, “It would rock on the plate, it was so well done.”

Despite his preference of preparation and longtime predilection for fast food, Trump tried to sell branded steaks through the Sharper Image.

Eating steaks well-done is likely a component of Trump’s self-avowed germophobia. Eating steaks with ketchup is likely a component of Trump’s lack of taste.

The Washington Post – The most depressing thing about how Donald Trump prefers his steak
Business Insider – Trump likes his steaks well-done with ketchup — here’s how the other presidents ate theirs
Eater – Actually, How Donald Trump Eats His Steak Matters

said, “we need a president who isn’t the laughing stock of the world”?

Trump repeatedly derided Obama during his two terms, often pointing to his frequently golf trips and perpetuating the birther conspiracy.

During his second year in office, Trump drew laughter from the United Nations General Assembly when he claimed that his administration “has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country.” He has also had a Comedy Central Roast and was targeted at the 2011 Correspondents Dinner.

was roasted on Comedy Central?

In 2011, Trump was the center of a 90 minute Comedy Central special that included roasters Seth MacFarlane, Whitney Cummings, Marlee Matlin, Jeffrey Ross, Gilbert Gottfried, Anthony Jeselnik, Larry King, Lisa Lampanelli, Snoop Dogg, and Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino.

Trump concluded the special by saying, “You will have the great pleasure of voting for the man that will easily go down as the greatest president in the history of the United States: Me.”

A couple months later, Trump was also roasted at the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner.

Comedy Central – Roast of Donald Trump
Los Angeles Times – Revisiting Comedy Central’s ‘Roast of Donald Trump,’ when ‘President Trump’ was a punchline and Trump could take a joke

fired a woman from Celebrity Apprentice for “locker room” talk?

After professional wrestler Maria Kanellis said another contestant “came in our dressing room and you took a crap and left a stench in the room.” Trump remarked, “Isn’t it sort of gross bringing that up? It’s, like, disgusting. This is my boardroom. It’s not a locker room. Maria, you’re fired.”

Trump infamously was recorded talking about groping women in a leaked video from a 2005 Access Hollywood interview, which he downplayed as “locker room talk.”

Business Insider – ‘This is my boardroom, not a locker room’: Donald Trump fires ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ contestant in 2010
Newsweek – DONALD TRUMP FIRED ME FOR ‘LOCKER ROOM TALK’ SAYS ‘APPRENTICE STAR

was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame?

Trump was inducted into the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame after multiple appearances, including a feud with WWE CEO Vince McMahon. One such storyline included a fake struggle over the ownership of RAW, which caused stock prices to plummet almost 7%. He also had hosted WrestleMania twice.

During one appearance, McMahon was held down as Trump shaved his head.

After becoming President, clips of Trump’s WWE appearances became popularized, such as an altered one he retweeted that depicted him wrestling CNN to the ground.

WWE – Donald Trump enters the Hall: 2013 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Bleacher Report – Donald Trump: A History of the Presidential Candidate’s Involvement with WWE

attacked Obama repeatedly for playing too much golf?

Trump tweeted over two dozen times deriding Obama’s for playing golf. Nonetheless, by his third year, Trump had spent 1 in 5 days in office playing golf, accumulating over $100 million in travel costs, nearly as much as Obama spent for all travel costs over both terms.

Despite all the tweets attacking Obama, there was one oddly friendly one:

Trump Twitter Archive

claimed he started out with just a small loan of $1 million?

Trump claimed that he only received a “small” loan of $1 million from his father to start his own businesses. Further, Trump said that he had to repay the loan with interest. He explained, “It has not been easy for me. It has not been easy for me.”

An investigation into his family’s finances later revealed that Trump was loaned $60 million from his father, and inherited $413 million, largely through fraudulent means.

Politico – Trump: My dad gave me a ‘small loan’ of a million dollars
CNBC – Trump claimed he turned a ‘small’ $1 million loan from his father into an empire. The New York Times says it was more like $60.7 million in loans
NPR – “I Started With A Million Dollar Loan.” Taking Apart Trump’s Taxes

illegally inherited $413 million?

Contrary to his claims that he only received a “small loan” of $1 million to build his business, Trump inherited some $413 million from his father. Despite the estate tax being 55%, by using a variety of illegal means to transfer wealth, Trump’s father paid about $25 million in taxes to transfer about a billion dollars to Donald and his siblings.

The New York Times – Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father
Bloomberg – New York Times: Trump Got $413 Million From His Dad, Largely From Tax Dodges
The Economist – Donald Trump’s inheritance
PBD – NYT investigation unearths new details about Trump’s early millions
Business Insider – If Trump had done nothing but invest the ‘small loan’ his father gave him, he’d still be worth about $2 billion today
Business Insider – New York Times report says Trump engaged in ‘outright fraud’ to avoid taxes as he inherited father’s wealth — worth more than $400 million in today’s dollars

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