Why Donald Trump never drinks alcohol ... and doesn't smoke cigarettes
In Frédéric Mitterrand's documentary, Trump, the godfather of Manhattan, which looks back on the youth and the rise of the 45th President of the United States, journalist Gwenda Blair reveals why Donald Trump never touches alcohol.
How did Donald Trump manage to reach the highest office of the state? In his latest documentary broadcast this Monday, October 8 on France 3, Trump, the godfather of Manhattan, Frédéric Mitterrand, with journalist Gilles Biassette, portrays the 45th President of the United States. Childhood, adolescence, rise, fall, spectacular rise, relations with women - and in particular with his three wives - reality TV ... Archive images, unpublished testimonies, anecdotes as incredible as they are surreal: the whole life of the real estate magnate become President is shelled.
"Donald Trump did not arise suddenly. He comes from very far in the history of the United States", recalls the former Minister of Culture. "He knows it perfectly and he knew how to use it." Elected Ladies man at school, Donald Trump has long sought to make his father, Fred Senior, proud. And for good reason: the eldest son, Fred Junior, greatly disappointed the patriarch. Fred Junior has no business acumen - much to the regret of Fred Senior, who sees this disenchantment as an affront -. Disowned by his father, Fred Junior sinks into alcohol.
Fred Junior, who had the same first name as his father, was to be the one who would take over and find himself at the head of the real estate empire, except that he was very different from his father ", explains Gwenda Blair, journalist and author of The Trumps: Three Generations that Built an Empire. "He did not have the aggressiveness and competitive spirit he was looking for for his children (…). Donald, as a youngest son, saw what his father wanted, what he didn't like, what infuriated him and he learned the lessons. "
Gwenda Blair continues, “Fred was about 40 when he died. He was an alcoholic and that's what caused his death. At the time of his death, he was a guard. It was a very poorly paid job. is not what one imagines for the son of a president of a large corporation. " And the journalist explains why the current President of the United States never drinks alcohol… because of his brother: "Sometimes Donald expresses regret, compassion for his brother Fred", assures- it. "He sometimes says he doesn't drink because he witnessed his brother's behavior. And he says he doesn't smoke because he smoked like a firefighter."
