7 interesting facts about Donald Trump Jr.

Last week, all the headlines were full of news about the eldest son of the current US president. Donald Trump Jr. got the spotlight after posting emails about meeting with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya.

So who is Trump? Of course, he is the firstborn of the president, and he runs the Trump organization along with his younger brother, Eric. But here are seven things you may not know about the 39-year heir to the empire.

1. He is fluent in Czech thanks to the parents of his mother Ivana

As a child, Donald Jr. spent every summer for several weeks with his grandparents, Milos and Maria Zelnicek.

The city where Ivana's parents lived is four hours away from Prague. Donald and his grandfather went fishing, boating and hunting.

2. He did not speak with his father for a year after his affair with Mala Klens and his divorce with his mother Ivana

Donald Jr. blamed his father for the divorce and did not speak to him for a year.

"Look, it's hard being 12 years old," he told the magazine The new york . “You’re not exactly a man, but you think so.” You think you know everything. Every day you go to school, and then you see the first page in the magazine: “The best sex I ever had” and a divorce. And you don't even know what that means. At this age, children are naturally cruel. Your private life becomes very public, but I had nothing to do with it. My parents had."

3. Donald Jr. and Eric love to hunt.

The tradition to go hunting with his grandfather Trump's children continued as adults and family men. The last sensational hunting tour was a trip to Zimbabwe in 2011, from where they brought a lot of photos, some of which provoked violent indignation from social network users and animal rights activists.

Trump himself comments on their hobby as follows: “My sons love hunting, they have become excellent hunters. I myself do not understand this hobby and am surprised that they like it. ”

4. Despite his family wealth, he allegedly did not pay for the ring that he offered to his future wife. And when he got down on one knee, it was .. in the mall

Donald Jr. allegedly received a ring worth 100 000 dollars with a diamond from 4 carats and 58 with small diamonds on it for free at a jewelry store Bailey, Banks & Biddle in exchange for advertising, the publication reported The New York Post in 2004 year.

The offer itself was made next to a jewelry store in a mall. Short hills in New Jersey reports The Postinvited guest paparazzi.

5. He received a college allowance, but it wasn't as much as you think.

Donald Jr. told New York magazine that he got his first job at the age of 13. He worked for the minimum wage in one of his father’s firms, and then received $ 300 benefit a month when he studied at the University of Pennsylvania.

“We were spoiled in many ways, but we were always taught to understand the value of a dollar,” he told the magazine. “If something we wanted appeared, we had to earn it ourselves. Even in college we were financially responsible. I had 300 bucks a month. Everything I wanted, other than this, I had to earn.”

6. He worked as a bartender before joining his father’s company.

After graduating from college, Donald Jr. worked as a bartender in Aspen, Colorado.

In 2001, he began his work in organizing his father. He first worked on the development Trump Place in Manhattan, becoming the executive vice president for supervising the acquisition and development of the father’s business worldwide, and also supervised the company's property portfolio.

7. This week he is not the first time in the spotlight

Last year, Donald Jr. was in the spotlight when he went to a radio show organized by a white nationalist in Memphis. According to The Washington PostThe political sump owner, James Edwards, is also the director of two groups that, according to the Southern Center for the Fight Against Poverty, are considered white suprematist organizations, although Edwards instead calls himself a “pro-white defender.”

On the show, Edwards “likened Trump Sr. to the Holy Roman Emperor who tried to take Muslims out of Europe,” the report said. “I hope your father becomes the next Charlemagne after he becomes the next President of the United States.”

Trump's campaign at first denied that the interview even happened, but then Donald Jr. acknowledged this, adding that he did not know that the owner was a white nationalist.

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