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Learn English with Donald Trump's Story 🌟 | Learn English Through Story 📖 | Level 3 🎧
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Feb 15, 2025
Welcome to the Podcast Academy Series! 🌍 Learn English Through Stories About Visionary Leaders 🎙️ Improve your English with the inspiring story of Donald J. Trump in this Level 3 audiobook podcast. Learn English through engaging storytelling and discover how resilience, ambition, and determination shaped his journey from a boy in Queens to a global icon. In this episode, explore Donald Trump’s life, from his early days and career in real estate to his presidency and beyond. This captivating story offers valuable lessons about overcoming failures, pursuing big dreams, and staying true to your vision. This podcast is specially designed for English learners at Level 3 (A2-B1). Practice your listening skills and gain insights from the incredible journey of one of history’s most well-known leaders. 📖 What You’ll Learn: - The key milestones in Donald Trump’s early life and career. - How he built his empire in real estate and became a TV star. - Lessons on facing failures and bouncing back stronger. - The highlights of his political career and leadership style. - Life lessons about dreaming big, persistence, and self-belief. 💡 Why Listen to This Podcast? - Practice listening to clear, easy-to-follow English storytelling. - Expand your vocabulary with real-life, motivational content. - Be inspired by a story of resilience, ambition, and determination. - Learn how to turn setbacks into opportunities for growth.
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hi
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everyone today I want to share a special
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story it's about a boy from Queens New
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York who dreamed of building skycrapers
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that touched the
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clouds this boy faced setbacks failures
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and criticism but never gave
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up that boy grew up to be Donald J Trump
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he became a businessman a TV star and
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the president of the United
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States his story teaches us an important
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lesson life is not about avoiding
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failure it's about how you rise after
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falling if you're here to improve your
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English while hearing an amazing story
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you're in the right
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place stay with us until the
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end this is more than a language
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lesson let's
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begin Donald John Trump was born on June
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14th
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1946 in Queens New
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York he was the fourth of five
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children his father Fred Trump worked in
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real estate building homes and
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apartments for Working
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Families his mother Mary Trump came from
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Scotland and took care of the family
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they taught their children to work hard
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and stay
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disciplined Donald grew up in a nice
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house in
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Queens his family had enough money to
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live comfortably but his parents wanted
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their children to stay
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grounded Fred Trump believed in teaching
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his children the value of responsibility
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and
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effort he often said that success came
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from working hard and never giving up D
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Donald was an energetic and confident
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boy he liked to take charge and make
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decisions but he sometimes got into
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trouble his parents worried that his
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strong personality might lead him down
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the wrong
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path to help him Focus they sent him to
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the New York Military Academy when he
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was
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13 at first Donald didn't like leaving
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home but the academy changed him the
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school was very strict and required
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students to follow rules work hard and
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show
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respect Donald began to succeed in his
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studies and in
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sports he became the captain of the
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baseball team and earned the respect of
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his classmates and
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teachers at the Academy Donald learned
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how to be disciplined and Lead others
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skills that helped him later in
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life after graduating from from the
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academy Donald went to forom University
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in New York
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City 2 years later he transferred to the
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Wharton School of Finance at the
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University of
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Pennsylvania Wharton was one of the best
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business schools in the
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country Donald studied hard and
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graduated in 1968 with a degree in
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economics he wanted to learn everything
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about business so he could follow in his
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father's foot
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steps after finishing school Donald
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joined his father's company Elizabeth
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Trump and
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Son the company owned apartment
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buildings in Brooklyn Queens and Staten
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Island Fred Trump taught Donald about
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managing properties and Building
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Homes Donald admired his father's
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success but wanted to do even
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more in
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1971 Donald became president of the
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company and renamed it the Trump
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organization he was just 25 years
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old Donald had Big Dreams of building
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skyscrapers and luxury hotels in
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Manhattan he wanted to create buildings
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that would be admired by
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everyone his journey to make his dreams
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come true had just
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begun Donald's early life was full of
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lessons about discipline hard work and
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dreaming
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big his parents and his time at the
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military academy shaped the person he
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would
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become these experiences helped him take
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his first steps toward his ambitious
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goals When Donald Trump took over his
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father's business in
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1971 he was eager to make his own
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mark his father Fred Trump had built
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affordable housing for Working Families
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in Brooklyn
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queens and Staten
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Island Donald respected his father's
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work but he wanted to do something
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different he dreamed of building luxury
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buildings in Manhattan the heart of New
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York
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City this would not be easy but Donald
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was determined to
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succeed one of Donald's first big
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projects was the renovation of the
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Commodore Hotel in
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Manhattan the hotel was old and losing
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money but Donald saw
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potential he partnered with a large
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company to buy the hotel and turn it
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into a modern luxury
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property in 1980 the hotel reopened as
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the grand
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highet the project was a big success and
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it helped Donald gain attention in the
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real estate
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World it showed that he could take risks
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and make them pay
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off at after the Grand Hyatt Donald set
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his sights on building something
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completely
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new in
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1983 he completed Trump Tower a 58 story
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skyscraper on fth
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Avenue the building Was Made of Glass
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and Metal with a shiny exterior that
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stood out in the
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city inside it featured luxury
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apartments offices and high-end
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shops Trump Tower quickly became a
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symbol of wealth and
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success it also became the home of the
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Trump
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Organization for Donald it was more than
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a building it was a statement about his
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vision and
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ambition Donald didn't stop with Trump
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Tower over the next few years he
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expanded his business into many
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different
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areas he developed casinos in Atlantic
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City New Jersey and hotels in several
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major
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cities he built golf courses not just in
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the United States but around the
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world Donald wanted his brand to be
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associated with luxury and he worked
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hard to make that
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happen in addition to real estate Donald
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entered the entertainment
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industry he bought the missusa and Miss
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Universe pageants which gave him more
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visibility and influence
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these events were watched by millions of
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people adding to his reputation as a
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businessman who understood how to
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promote his
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brand in 2004 Donald became a television
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star with the debut of the reality TV
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show The
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Apprentice the show featured contestants
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competing in business challenges with
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Donald serving as the host and
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judge each week he decided which
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contestant would leave the competition
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by saying his famous line you're
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fired the show was very popular and it
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made Donald a household
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name people admired his confidence and
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his ability to make tough
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decisions The Apprentice also helped
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Donald reach new
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audiences his name became a symbol of
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success and
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ambition people saw him as someone who
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had Big Dreams and worked hard to
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achieve them by the end of the 2000s
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Donald Trump was known around the world
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not just as a businessman but also as a
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public
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figure Donald's ability to take risks
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think big and promote himself set him
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apart he transformed the Trump
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organization from a local real estate
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business into a global
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brand his journey in building Big Dreams
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had had only just
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begun Donald Trump achieved many big
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successes but his journey was not always
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smooth in the 1990s he faced some of the
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hardest challenges of his
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life these challenges tested his
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strength and ability to bounce
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back they also taught him important
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lessons about failure and
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resilience during the late 1980s Donald
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expanded his business
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quickly he borrowed large amounts of
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money to develop new
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projects these included casinos in
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Atlantic city hotels in different cities
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and even an airline called Trump
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shuttle for a time his empire grew and
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he became well known for taking
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risks however things started to change
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in the early
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1990s the economy slow lowed down and
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the real estate market
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struggled this created problems for
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Donald's
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businesses his casinos were expensive to
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run and they were not making enough
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money to pay back the loans he had
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taken as the debts grew Donald faced
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serious financial
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trouble by
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1991 some of his businesses could no
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longer pay their
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debts this led Donald to declare
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bankruptcy for several companies
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including his
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casinos when a business declares
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bankrupcy it means that it cannot repay
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all of its money and must reorganize to
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survive this was a major setback for
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Donald many people thought Donald's
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career was
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over critics said he had taken too many
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risks and grown his Empire too
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quickly the media focused on his
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failures with some calling him
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finished his Ventures like Trump
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Airlines and Trump Stakes became the
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subject of
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jokes this was a difficult time for
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Donald he later described the stress of
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seeing his business's struggle and
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hearing people doubt him but Donald did
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not give
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up he believed failure was not the end
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and he used the experience as a chance
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to
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learn to recover Donald made important
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changes he focused on his strongest
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projects and let go of Ventures that
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were not
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working he worked hard to rebuild his
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brand and repair his
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businesses instead of hiding from the
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public he remained visible and continued
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to promote himself and his
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company slowly his efforts paid off
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by the late 1990s Donald had turned his
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fortunes
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around he completed new projects
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including the Trump International Hotel
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and Tower in New
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York his name once again became
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associated with success and
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luxury this difficult chapter in
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Donald's life taught him a key lesson
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failure is not the
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end instead it is an opportunity to
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learn grow and try
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again his ability to face failure and
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Rise Again became one of the most
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important parts of his
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story in
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2015 Donald Trump made a surprising
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announcement he said he was running for
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president of the United
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States many people were
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shocked Donald was well known as a
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businessman and TV
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star however he had no experience in
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politics some people did not take him
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seriously but Donald had a clear
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goal he wanted to change how things were
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done in Washington
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D.C he wanted to put the needs of
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Americans
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first Donald's campaign focused on a few
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main
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ideas he talked about protecting
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American jobs and improving the economy
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he also promised to secure the country's
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borders his slogan make America great
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again became
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famous Donald said he would fight for
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workers and bring back jobs that had
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gone
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overseas he also wanted to strengthen
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the military and protect the country
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from
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threats Donald style was different from
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most
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politicians he spoke directly to people
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his language was simple and
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clear he held rallies across the country
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to share his
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plans at these rallies he also listened
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to the concerns of
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Voters many people like that he was not
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a traditional
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politician they saw him as someone who
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could bring fresh ideas and bold
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changes in
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2016 Donald ran as the Republican
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candidate
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he faced Hillary Clinton the Democratic
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candidate the election was one of the
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most talked about in US
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history people debated fiercely about
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the candidates and their
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ideas on November 8th
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2016 Donald Trump won the
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election he became the 45th president of
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the United
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States it was a historic moment
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Donald was the first person to win the
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presidency without having a political or
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military
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background as president Donald focused
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on the promises he made during his
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campaign he worked to cut taxes and
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reduce government
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regulations he aimed to bring jobs back
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to the
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US he also renegotiated trade deals with
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other
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countries Donald said these deal deal s
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needed to be fair to American
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workers one of his biggest projects was
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building a wall along the US Mexico
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border he believed this would strengthen
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immigration
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control Donald's presidency included
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many
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challenges his decisions and leadership
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style created strong support and strong
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criticism supporters praised his efforts
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to focus on American workers and
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businesses critics questioned some of
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his policies and
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decisions during his presidency the
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country became deeply
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divided in foreign policy Donald took a
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bold
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approach he worked to improve
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relationships with some countries such
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as North
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Korea at the same time he took a tougher
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stance on others like China and Iran
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his goal was to put America First in all
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International
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dealings some admired his willingness to
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take
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risks others worried about the long-term
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effects of his
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actions Donald's use of social media
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especially Twitter was another unique
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part of his
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presidency he often shared his thoughts
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directly with the
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public this allowed him to bypass
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traditional news
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outlets his social media helped him
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connect with
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supporters however it also led to
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controversies his tweets were widely
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discussed and sometimes caused strong
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reactions Donald Trump's presidency left
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a lasting impact on the
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country his leadership style policies
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and communication approach changed how
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people viewed the president's
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role supporters saw him as someone who
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kept his promises and fought for
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everyday
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Americans critics saw his time in office
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as polarizing and
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controversial Donald Trump's entry into
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politics was
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unexpected it showed how someone from
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outside the political world could rise
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to the highest office in the
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land his journey from businessman to the
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president is an important chapter in
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American
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history in 2020 Donald Trump ran for a
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second term as
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president his opponent was Joe Biden the
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Democratic
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candidate after a close and heated
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election Donald
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lost many people thought this would be
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the end of his political
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career losing an election is difficult
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for any politician
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some believed Donald would step away
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from public
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life however Donald had a different
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plan even after leaving the White House
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in January 2021 Donald stayed active in
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politics he continued to hold rallies
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across the
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country at these events he spoke to
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thousands of
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supporters he shared his views on the
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country's future
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he also talked about his ideas for
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improving
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America Donald criticized the new
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administration's policies and
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decisions for many of his supporters he
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remained a powerful voice for their
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concerns his speeches inspired people to
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stay engaged in
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politics Donald also used social media
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and other platforms to stay connected
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with the
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public he faced challenges in reaching
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people
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online however he found new ways to
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communicate his
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message he reminded his followers about
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his achievements during his
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presidency these included tax cuts trade
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deals and job
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creation he encouraged them to stay
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hopeful he asked them to continue
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believing in his vision for the country
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in 2024 Donald made a bold
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announcement he said he was running for
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president
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again this surprised some
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people however it excited many of his
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supporters Donald promised to bring back
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policies he believed had made America
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stronger he focused on economic growth
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strong borders and putting America First
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in global affairs
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his campaign slogan reflected these
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goals make America great again
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again the 2024 election was
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historic Donald faced strong competition
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but he campaigned
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tirelessly he traveled across the
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country to meet
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voters he spoke to large crowds and
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shared his vision for the
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future his message of resilience and
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determination resonated with many
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voters Against All Odds Donald won the
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election in
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2025 he became the first president since
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Grover Cleveland to serve
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non-consecutive
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terms Donald's return to the presidency
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was seen as a remarkable
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achievement it showed his ability to
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connect with
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voters it also demonstrated his skill in
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rebuilding support after
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setbacks his comeback was a testament to
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his resilience and
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determination it highlighted the Loyalty
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of his followers who believed in his
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vision and
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Leadership Donald Trump's journey is a
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story of persistence and
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determination he refused to give up even
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when faced with significant
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challenges his ability to inspire his
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supporters and return to the highest
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office in the land demonstrated his
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impact on American
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politics for many his story serves as a
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reminder that setbacks are not the
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end with hard work and belief it is
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possible to rise
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again Donald Trump's personal life has
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always been a topic of
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Interest Donald has been married three
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times his first wife Ivana Trump was was
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from
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Czechoslovakia she was a model and
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businesswoman Donald and Ivana married
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in
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1977 and had three children Donald Jr
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Ivanka and
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Eric during their marriage Ivana played
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a key role in Donald's
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business she worked on projects like the
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Trump Tower and the Plaza
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Hotel however their relationship faced
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difficulty
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and they divorced in
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1992 Donald's second wife was Mara
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Maples an actress from
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Georgia they married in 1993 and had one
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daughter
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Tiffany Mara and Donald's marriage
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lasted for 6
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years they divorced in
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1999 although their marriage ended
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Donald remained close to Tiffany and
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supported her education and
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career in 2005 Donald married melan anow
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a model from
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Slovenia Melania became the first lady
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of the United States When Donald became
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president in
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2016 as first lady Melania focused on
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programs for children and spoke about
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the importance of kindness and
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respect Donald and Melania have one son
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Baron who is the Young youngest of
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Donald's five
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children Donald's children have played
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important roles in his
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life Donald Jr Ivanka and Eric have been
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closely involved in the Trump
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organization they have managed
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properties worked on new projects and
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helped build the family
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brand Ivanka also worked as a senior
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advisor during Donald's presidency
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focusing on policies related to women
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and
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families Tiffany has pursued a career in
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law and baron is still in school
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supported by his
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parents Donald often speaks proudly of
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his
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family he credits them with giving him
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strength and motivation during
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challenging
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times he has said that his children's
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success is one of his greatest
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achievements despite being in the public
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eye Donald values time with his
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family he enjoys celebrating holidays
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attending special events and spending
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Quiet Moments
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together for Donald family is a source
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of Pride and
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inspiration his personal life shows that
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even amidst a busy career relationships
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and family bonds remain
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important Donald Trump's life teaches us
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many important lessons
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his journey shows that success is not
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just about where you
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start it is about having Big Dreams
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working hard and staying determined even
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when things get
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difficult one of the most powerful
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lessons from Donald's story is to dream
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big as a boy Donald looked at the
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skyscrapers in Manhattan and imagined
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building his
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own that dream guided his life
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he worked hard to make it
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real even when people doubted him he
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stayed
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focused his story shows that having big
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goals can give your life Direction and
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purpose another lesson is about how to
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deal with
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failure Donald faced many challenges in
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his
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career during the 1990s some of his
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businesses struggled and he had to
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declare bankruptcy
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many people thought his career was
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over but Donald refused to give
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up he used those failures to learn and
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grow he rebuilt his business and
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achieved success
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again his life reminds us that failure
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is not the
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end it is a chance to improve and start
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again Donald's story also teaches the
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importance of believing in yourself
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throughout his life people doubted his
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decisions and
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ideas but Donald stayed confident in his
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abilities this belief helped him take
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risks and succeed in both business and
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politics his journey shows that
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confidence and self-trust are key to
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reaching your
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goals finally Donald's life highlights
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the value of resilience
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he faced criticism and setbacks but he
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kept
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going he never let challenges stop him
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from moving
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forward resilience means standing back
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up after you fall and Donald's life is a
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clear example of
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this Donald Trump's Journey inspires us
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to be bold take risks and work hard for
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our
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dreams it shows that success is not
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about never failing but about how you
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rise after
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falling his life is a reminder to stay
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strong and keep reaching for the
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future thank you for staying with us
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until the end of this
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story your patience and willingness to
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learn show that you have the potential
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to achieve great
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things if this story inspired you share
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it with someone who needs
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motivation remember success is not about
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where you begin
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it is about how you keep moving
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forward until next time goodbye from
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podcast Academy where every story is a
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