In Frederic 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 get to the highest office in the state? In his latest documentary broadcast this Monday, October 8 on France 3, Trump, the godfather of Manhattan, Frédéric Mitterrand paints a portrait of the 45th President of the United States with journalist Gilles Biassette. Childhood, adolescence, rise, fall, spectacular rise, relationships with women – and in particular with his three wives – reality TV… Archive images, unpublished testimonies, anecdotes as incredible as they are surreal: the whole life of the real estate magnate become President is dissected.
Donald Trump did not suddenly appear. 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." .) at school, Donald Trump has long sought to make his father, Fred Senior, proud. And for good reason: the eldest son, Fred Junior, has greatly disappointed the patriarch. Fred Junior has no business sense – at least great regret of Fred Senior, who sees this loss of love as an affront - Disinherited by his father, Fred Junior sinks into alcohol.
"Fred Junior, who had the same first name as his father, was supposed to be the one to take over and end up running the real estate empire, except he was very different from his father," says Gwenda Blair, journalist and author of The Trumps: Three Generations that Built an Empire. "He didn't have the aggressiveness and competitive spirit he was looking for in his children (…) Donald, as a youngest son, saw what his father wanted, what he didn't like , which infuriated him and he learned from it."
Gwenda Blair continues: “Fred was around 40 when he died. He was an alcoholic and that was what caused his death. is not the one you imagine for the son of a president of a large company." And the journalist to explain why the current president of the United States never drinks alcohol… because of his brother: "It happens that Donald expresses regrets, compassion for his brother Fred", assures- she. "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."
