The youngest of the Trump family passes away. The US President breaks this news using Twitter. It was Saturday night when the news broke into the public. Robert Trump was kept in ICU as he was seriously ill for several days this month.
The reason of the death is still not disclosed. His elder brother Donald Trump tweeted “He was not just my brother, he was my best friend. He will be greatly missed, but we will meet again. His memory will live on in my heart forever. Robert, I love you. Rest in peace.” Reportedly Donald Trump had also visited to see the condition of his brother a day earlier.
US President’s younger brother Robert Trump dies at 71
Robert Trump was very much close to his elder brother Donald Trump and they both shared a great bond of brotherhood. Robert Trump had a personality of remaining clam and going easy in his life. This personality was totally opposite to his elder bother Donald. Recently in June he filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Trump family that unsuccessfully sought to stop publication of a tell-all book by the president’s niece, Mary.
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How was Robert Trump?
Robert Trump was one the greatest businessman in the US. He always dreamt of being the number one businessman in the US but unfortunately not all dreams come true. A Boston University graduate, he later managed the Brooklyn portion of father Fred Trump’s real estate empire, which was eventually sold. Once a regular boldface name in Manhattan’s social pages, Robert Trump had kept a lower profile in recent years. “He was not a newsmaker,” Blair said.
The eldest Trump sibling and Mary’s father, Fred Trump Jr., struggled with alcoholism and died in 1981 at the age of 43. The president’s surviving siblings include Elizabeth Trump Grau and Maryanne Trump Barry, a retired federal appeals judge.