RE:RE:OK here goes - my two bitsluvplanes, agreed and some of the creative writers for the Apprentice have said the entire show was a con to show him as a successful businessman when he had been bankrupt 6 times. He also wouldn't be anywhere without the $400 million from daddy.
Lets also not forget where the family money comes from, DT's grandfather operated the Arctic Hotel in Bennett, British Columbia, CANADA which was a bar and brothel which enabled him to start investing in NYC real estate in a small way before he died just after WW1. Fred Trump took over and built the real estate business from there. So yes, the family fortune started in Canada
DT is not that smart and a horrible businessman, he doesn't even believe in due diligence.