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Trump: ‘My Father Gave Me A Small Loan Of $1 Million’ [VIDEO]

Steve Guest Media Reporter
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Donald Trump said his real estate empire began when his father gave him a “small loan of $1 million,” and that he had to “pay him back and pay him back with interest.”

Appearing at an NBC town hall event in New Hampshire on Monday, Trump was asked if he has ever been told, “No” and he said “my whole life really has been a no, and I’ve fought through it.”

Trump explained, “It’s not been easy for me. It has not been easy for me, and, you know, I started off in Brooklyn. My father gave me a small loan of $1 million. I came into Manhattan, and I had to pay him back, and I had to pay him back with interest.”

“But I came into Manhattan. I starting buying up properties,” explained Trump, “and I did great and then I built the Grand Hyatt and got involved with conventions and did a good job. But I was always told that wouldn’t work.”

“Even my father said, ‘You don’t want to go to Manhattan. That’s not our territory.’ Because he’s from Brooklyn and Queens where we did smaller things. And he said, ‘Don’t go to Manhattan. That’s not our territory,'” suggested Trump.

“But he was very proud of me, but all my life I was told no, even for this,” said Trump. “I mean, they said, what do you want to do it for? Don’t do it. You’re against professional politicians. So far I’m not impressed, I will tell that you that.”

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