Trump’s father,Fred Trump, was a successful real estate developer who owned the Fred Trump Organization.

“My father would go and he’d pick up the sawdust.

He’d pick up the nails, the extra nails.

Fred Trump smiling

He’d pick up the scraps of wood.

He’d use whatever he could use and recycle it in some form or sell it.”

In the end, Fred Trump was able to give his children $60,000 each year.

Donald Trump and Fred Trump