Donald Trump: A life in pictures

Rare photos from the archives of Trump's life and career


Multimedia Desk November 14, 2016
Donald Trump on the phone in his car after announcing plans for development of the west side of midtown Manhattan at the Hyatt Hotel on 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue, in New York, on Nov. 18, 1985.

Republican Donald Trump stunned the world by defeating heavily favoured Hillary Clinton in last week's presidential election, ending eight years of Democratic rule and sending the United States on a new, uncertain path.

Here we look at a series of pictures showing Trump’s rise from real estate mogul, billionaire and TV personality to Republican presidential nominee and the 45th US president.

Donald Trump at age four. CREDIT: TBD, From Trump's Facebook with permission from Hope Hicks Donald Trump at age four. PHOTO: FACEBOOK

2_zkn_childhood-house-mlsli_trump-life-in-pictures A view of Donald Trump’s childhood home in the Jamaica Estates neighbourhood in the Queens borough of New York City. PHOTO: MLSLI

Donald Trump, left, in a family photograph. CREDIT: Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. Donald Trump, left, in a family photograph. PHOTO: DONALD TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT, INC.

Donald Trump in his Senior Year at New York Military Academy, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY in 1964. Donald Trump in his Senior Year at New York Military Academy, Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York in 1964. PHOTO: SETH POPPEL/YEARBOOK LIBRARY

Donald Trump and his father, Fred, in 1973 at Trump Village, Fred's last project, in Brooklyn. Donald was an apprentice to his father at the time. Donald Trump and his father, Fred, in 1973 at Trump Village, Fred's last project, in Brooklyn. Donald was an apprentice to his father at the time. PHOTO: BARTON SILVERMAN/THE NEW YORK TIMES

Ivana and Donald Trump relax in the living room of their Manhattan apartment on March 12, 1979. Donald Trump and his wife Ivana, relax in the living room of their Manhattan apartment. They were married in 1977 and had three children, Donald Jr, Ivanka and Eric. They divorced in 1990. PHOTO: FRED R. CONRAD/THE NEW YORK TIMES

CREDIT: Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. Donald Trump holds his son, Donald Trump Jr., as a baby, circa 1978. PHOTO: DONALD TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT, INC

8_zkn_donald-trump-playboy-1990_trump-life-in-pictures American’s Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appeared on the cover of March 1990 cover of Playboy magazine next to a model wearing only his tuxedo jacket. PHOTO: PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES

Donald Trump on the phone in his car after announcing plans for development of the west side of midtown Manhattan at the Hyatt Hotel on 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue, in New York, on Nov. 18, 1985. Donald Trump on the phone in his car after announcing plans for development of the west side of midtown Manhattan at the Hyatt Hotel on 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue, in New York, on Nov. 18, 1985. PHOTO: NEAL BOENZI/THE NEW YORK TIMES

12_ZKN_10_Trump Life in Pictures In 1993, Trump marries Marla Maples, who he met while still married to Ivana. Trump and Maples had a daughter, Tiffany. They divorced in 1999. PHOTO: SONIA MOSKOWIT/SHUTTERSTOCK

1_zkn_338ef08b00000578-3559927-image-m-117_1461692740711_trump-life-in-pictures Portrait of Marla Maples and her husband, Donald Trump, with Ivanka Trump, 1995. PHOTO: MITCHELL GERBER/CORBIS

11_zkn_9_trump-life-in-pictures Michael Jackson attends the opening of the Trump Taj Mahal Photograph: RON GALELLA/WIRE IMAGE

14_ZKN_A banner at Trump Tower in New York City in 2004. PHOTO- WIREIMAGE_Trump Life in Pictures A banner hung at Trump Tower in New York promote’s Donald Trump’s ‘The Apprentice,’ which premiered in 2004. PHOTO: WIRE IMAGE

15_ZKN_4650_Trump Life in Pictures Trump at St Andrews golf course, announcing his plans to build a new golf course on the Menie Estate north of Aberdeen. PHOTO: MURDO MACLEOD/THE GUARDIAN

17_zkn_5616_trump-life-in-pictures Trump at the opening of his new golf course on the Menie estate. PHOTO: MURDO MACLEOD/THE GUARDIAN

Real estate mogul and TV personality Donald Trump announces his candidacy for the Republican party nomination for President of the United States during a press conference at the Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in New York, NY, on June 16, 2015. Real estate mogul and TV personality Donald Trump announces his candidacy for the Republican party nomination for President of the United States during a press conference at the Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in New York, June 16, 2015. PHOTO: ANTHONY BEHAR/SIPA

18_ZKN_3061_2016-11-12 Trump hugs a US flag as he takes the stage for a campaign town hall meeting in Derry, New Hampshire. PHOTO: REUTERS

20_ZKN_3600_2016-11-12 Trump during a presidential debate in Las Vegas, 2O15 PHOTO: AFP

21_zkn_3600-1_2016-11-12 Trump and family on NBC’s Today show: Tiffany, Donald Jr, Kai, Melania, Tristan, Ivanka and Eric, 2016. PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK

22_zkn_3500_2016-11-12 Trump arrives for a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. PHOTO: REUTERS

23_zkn_3327_2016-11-12 Trump in Trump Tower. Following a landslide win in Indiana he was declared the presumptive Republican nominee in May. PHOTO: REUTERS

24_zkn_3096_2016-11-12 Trump announces Indiana governor Mike Pence as his running mate. PHOTO: REUTERS

25_zkn_4928_2016-11-12 Trump listens to Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St Louis. PHOTO: AFP

26_zkn_5041_2016-11-12 Trump looks out at Lake Michigan during a visit to the Milwaukee County War Memorial Centre in Wisconsin. PHOTO: REUTERS

President-elect Donald Trump greets supporters during his election night rally in Manhattan. PHOTO: REUTERS President-elect Donald Trump greets supporters during his election night rally in Manhattan. PHOTO: REUTERS

COMMENTS (1)

Bunny Rabbit | 7 years ago | Reply Its obvious he has worked hard to come this far . He deserves a chance.
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