2016 nomination for President, but quickly building a substantial lead in the polls.

2016總統提名人，還有在民意調查中很快的達成大幅度的領先。

So who exactly is Donald Trump?

所以，唐納川普到底是誰？

Donald John Trump was born in 1946 in Queens, New York. He’s been wealthy his entire life.

唐納‧強‧川普1946年出生在紐約的皇后區。他整個人生都很有錢。

His father, Fred Trump built a very successful real estate development business in the New

他爸爸，佛雷德川普在紐約地區，建立了一個非常成功的不動產開發企業

York area, allowing he and his wife, the Scottish immigrant Mary MacLeod, to settle their family

允許他跟他太太，蘇格蘭移民瑪麗‧麥克勞德，安頓他們的家庭

in the upscale Jamaica Estates neighborhood. There, Donald attended the private Kew-Forest

在高檔的牙買加莊園社區。在那裏，唐納進入了私立的 Kew-Forest學校

school before his parents sent him to the New York Military Academy when he was 13 years

在他十三歲時，父母把他送入紐約軍事學院之前。

old. Donald did well and eventually earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from

唐納表現的很好，且最後還拿到了賓州大學經濟學學士學位。

the University of Pennsylvania.

When he was 25 Donald moved to Manhattan and took a bigger role in the family business,

當他25歲時，唐納搬到了曼哈頓，並在家族企業中當任大梁，

but within two years he and the company were in hot water, as Trump Management was accused

但在這兩年之中，他跟公司都處在水深火熱的狀態，如同川普經理被告一般

by the Justice Department of violating the Fair Housing Act by refusing to rent or negotiate

他在出租或是房租協商上的拒絕，被司法部門判定違反了公平住房法

rentals ‘because of race and color.’ Though Trump eventually settled the charges out of

「因為種族與膚色」。雖然川普最後在法庭外處理了這筆費用，

court, the company was still blasted as ‘antiblack’ on the front page of the New York Times.

公司在紐約時代雜誌的封面，還是被指控為「反黑人」。

Donald became president of the company in 1974 and, after an investment from his father,

在他父親投資之後，唐納在1974年成為公司的總裁，

took on bigger projects in Manhattan with some notable successes including selling the

在曼哈頓執行了一個大的企劃案，取得了顯著的成功，其中包括販售

property to the City of New York that became the Javits Convention Center.

所有權給紐約市，進而成為賈維茨會議中心。

Around this time he began his 15 year marriage to the Czech-born athlete and model Ivana

差不多這個時候，他與捷克出身的運動員兼模特兒伊凡娜開始了近十五年的婚姻生活。

Zelníčková. They became fixtures on the New York social circuit and their 1992 divorce

他們成為紐約社交圈的鎂光燈焦點，並在1992離婚

played out in the tabloids.

在小報上曝光。

In 1993, Donald married the actress Marla Maples, the woman he had been cheating on

在1993，唐納娶了女演員瑪拉·梅普爾斯，是在他跟第一任太太在一起的六年間劈腿的對象。

his first wife Ivana with for six years.

Meanwhile, bad business decisions -- like his acquisition of the Taj Mahal Atlantic

同時，糟糕的企業決策－－像他收購的泰姬瑪哈賭場飯店

City hotel and casino -- had him deep in the red by the end of the 80’s, forcing him

－－讓他在八零年代時身陷赤字，迫使他

to declare several businesses bankrupt, costing his investors hundreds of millions of dollars.

去宣布一些公司的破產，賠償他的投資者好幾億美元。

But “The Donald” doesn’t stay down and out for long. With the help of about $75 million

但「唐納」並未停在窮困潦倒的情況太久。在父親死後所留下的7500萬遺產的幫助下，

in inheritance after his father’s death, his fortunes were buoyed once again. By the

他的幸運再次浮現了。

early 2000’s Trump’s name began appearing on developments and towers all over the country

在早先2000年的川普這樣的名字出現在開發商及大樓，遍及整個國家。

-- and world -- including across the street from the United Nations Headquarters and towers

－－－以及世界－－包括從聯合國總部的大街上，直到

in Chicago, Honolulu, and Toronto--though projects in Fort Lauderdale, New Orleans,

芝加哥，檀香山跟多倫多－－藉由在勞德代爾堡、新奧爾良跟杜拜的計畫

and Dubai failed to reach completion.

一定要成功。

In 2005, Donald married his third and current wife, the Slovenian model Melania Knauss.

在2005年，唐納娶了他現任第三任的妻子，斯洛維尼亞的模特兒梅蘭妮亞 Knauss。

But what really put Trump on the map of American consciousness is his role as executive producer

但真正把川普放在美國人自覺的地圖上的因素，是他作為總經理製造者的角色

and host of the popular NBC reality tv show ‘The Apprentice’ and its spinoff, ‘Celebrity

以及有名的NBC電視實境秀節目的來賓「誰是接班人」及其副產品「名人

Apprentice,’ in which contestants engage in competitive business endeavors before final

接班人」，在節目中參加者們在決賽前要參與企業競爭，並在最後進到會議室的會議前，試圖

meetings in a boardroom set across the table from The Donald and some of his most trusted

跨過桌子，從唐納以及一些他最信任的

associates, like daughter Ivanka. Trump has made out like a bandit from his involvement

合夥人們中，像是女兒Ivanka。川普需要由他在節目中的串場，裝的像是個強盜

in the show, earning more than $200 million over its 11 year run.

在他十一年的光景中賺超過兩億美元。

This year, Donald declared his candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination in

今年，唐納宣布他作為共和黨總統提名人的候選人身分

a long-winded, completely off-the-cuff speech that was widely mocked by the American media.

在一個冗長的、完全即席的演講中，而那受到美國媒體大大的嘲笑。

Building on his xenophobic hatred of President Obama and unsubstantiated claims that the

根據他對歐巴馬總統的仇恨，以及沒有根據的主張，

Commander-In-Chief was actually born in Kenya, Trump’s main campaign pledge has been that

總司令其實是在肯亞出生的，川普的主要競選宣言是

he would build a massive wall along the entire length of the US-Mexico border to keep Mexico

他將會沿著整個美西邊界的長度，去建造一道極其寬大的牆，避免墨西哥

from sending its “criminals” to the United States, despite the numerous documented cases

在繼續運送罪犯到美國，儘管在無可計數的川普雇人文件案例中

of Trump employing undocumented workers in many of his building projects and hotels.

在他的很多建案以及旅館中，雇用了沒有證明文件的工人

Trump’s unconventional approach to politics and brash statements have quickly established

川普面對大眾時的非傳統的方法，很快建立起不雅的語句

him as the clear frontrunner of the nearly 20 major candidates vying for the Republican

在共和黨的提名裡，他很快成為二十個主要候選人中的主要候選人

nomination, even though he’s never been elected to public office and used to hold

即便他從未因為公共事務而有過被選舉的經驗，且過往擁有

fairly progressive political political positions like being pro-abortion and supporting the

極為先進的政治政黨上的位置，如墮胎，以及支持

establishment of a Universal Healthcare system.

建立普遍性的健康照護系統。

After declaring his candidacy, federal election regulators released new details of Trump’s

在公告他的候選資格後，聯邦選舉監管機構公布了關於川普的新細節

wealth and financial holdings that strongly contradict his claims that his “net worth

財富及財政狀況，但跟他所宣稱的「淨值超過一百億美元」有很大的矛盾

is in excess of ten billion dollars.” In fact, the government says Trump’s assets

事實上，政府說川普的資產

are worth far less, at about $1.4 billion.

遠低於此，大概只有14億美元。

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