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Portrait of a young man, destined for great things.

Via CBS News.

….On November 17, 1985 — almost 31 years to the day he declared victory in the 2016 presidential election — Donald Trump traveled around New York City, from real estate holding to real estate holding, with “60 Minutes’” Mike Wallace. Just 39 years old then, the real estate magnate had already made a name for himself as an ambitious — some would say arrogant — entrepreneur. He was eight years into his first marriage with Ivana. He had three young children. And he was rebranding New York City in the Trump name.

In many ways, the Donald Trump portrayed in that first interview is the very same Donald Trump we see today… the one America just chose as its 45th president. However, he was younger then, less famous, and perhaps less jaded. So, that early interview offers an unprecedented glimpse into the life, habits and views of the man who is poised to occupy the most powerful office in the world….

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Land near the West Side Highway, before Trump Place apartments were built.

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