Donald Trump: The People's Billionaire

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2016

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Before he announced he would run to become the Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump was already known around the world. He had amassed a fortune through his real estate company and his career in reality TV which had made him famous. But what about his politics?

The BBC’s former North America Editor Justin Webb has been to New York to explore Donald Trump’s political roots. How does an Ivy League educated billionaire manage to appeal to people from across the political spectrum? Justin hears from Mr Trump’s friends and former colleagues including the woman who built Trump Tower.

(Photo: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a press conference at the Trump National Golf Club Jupiter, 2016. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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0:00.0	Thank you for downloading from the BBC.
0:04.0	The details of our complete range of podcasts and our terms of use, go to BBCworldservice.com slash podcasts. America is a nation powered by change.
0:17.0	At its best, it's a restless future-oriented place.
0:20.0	And presidential campaigns have thrown up surprises before Barack Obama was one of them,
0:25.0	but nothing in recent history compares to this.
0:28.0	cowardice.
0:31.0	Are you serious?
0:32.0	Apologies for freedom.
0:34.0	I can't handle this.
0:36.0	President Donald Trump knows how to make America great.
0:41.0	Deal from strength or get crushed every time.
0:46.8	Since he announced last June that he planned to stand,
0:49.2	Donald Trump has dominated this year's presidential election season.
0:54.0	Ladies and gentlemen, I am officially running
1:00.3	for President of the United States and we are going to make our country great again.
1:08.0	I'm Justin Webb and for eight years I reported for the BBC from North America. I was certainly aware of Donald Trump.
1:15.3	He was known around the world as a loud-voiced businessman and a man whose brand had been
1:20.6	honed on reality TV.
1:23.0	What were his politics?
1:24.4	Well, he'd had things to say.
1:26.0	He'd even run for the presidency in a half-hearted way,
1:29.1	pulling out early and never seeming serious.
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