In January 2017, President-elect Donald Trump will take office. And the fact is, most of what we know about the man that will lead our country is based on what we read on the internet or see on TV.
But several Reddit.com users who were fortunate enough to encounter ‘The Donald’ in everyday situations (prior to the election), shared what he’s really like in real-life. Read their personal stories below.
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I went to school with his daughter Tiffany so I had a few interactions with the Donald and all were positive. The one anecdote that I’ll share is from the school plays. Tiffany was involved in the school theatre program and so was my brother so I was usually helping out as an usher for the plays. Donald attended all the plays that were put on despite living across the country from our school in LA. The thing that was most impressive was how here arrived to the plays, he was always late, just 1 minute late. He’d arrive and take his seat in the rear just after the house lights went down so he didn’t draw any attention away from the kids. He’d slip out as quietly as he’d arrived, when he was at the school his focus was 100% on his daughter and not himself. Despite living in a pretty solid liberal area most people from that school admit that’s it kind of hard to square our experiences with him up with the media’s portrayal of him as a brash, egotistical idiot.
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I was in NYC visiting family when I took a walk through central park and I sat down at a bench with a couple sodas. I’m relaxing with some music admiring all the good times people are having and I feel someone sit down next to me breathing a little hard, like they just took a really long walk or something. I turn and it’s actually the Don. He asks if he could have a Coke because he was kinda thirsty so I gave him one of mine.
We talk for like, 2-3 minutes when a guy comes up behind him and whispers something in his ear and he says he has to go and hands me a 20 and told me something like “If you need something, don’t be afraid to jump at an opportunity”. The whole time I’m just kinda sitting there starstruck like what just happened.
Everybody was turning their heads when he walked to his car with the other guy and a few were looking at me like I was a somebody and I’m just sitting there confused about everything.
He seemed like a reserved guy, pretty chill and he had a love for that park because he talked about how he took his kids there a lot when they were younger.
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About 13 years ago my Mom brought my brother and I to New York because one of her friends let her stay in her house. We were from Ireland so this was a big deal and a big expense. My brother was around 5 or 6 and stressing my Mom out because he was complaining and acting up for the whole week. We were walking down some random street in Ney York and my brother was having a temper tantrum and my Mom was shouting at him. He had a spongebob squarepants toy in his hand and threw it at her. She ducked and it nearly hit Donald Trump who was also on the street. He just laughed and said “Oh, there goes Spongebob”.
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I worked at one of his golf courses for 3 years as a valet and i also upkept the practice facilities (including driving around the ball picker upper).
Every time I dealt with Donald, he was more than respectful. Also we had an Mexican guy who cleaned carts, Felipé who he personally provided housing for out of his own pocket because he thought Felipé was such a good worker and valuable asset to the course (which he was, the guy was so nice and a crazy good worker). All in all, I had a polar opposite view of who Donald Trump was prior to this election cycle.
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I went to high school in NY( Brooklyn Tech) and I had a job as a busboy at 4 seasons. Trump was going there quite a bit and actually said hi to me whenever he saw me. The Part that impressed me was that he remembered my name. He remembered the name of a busboy he saw maybe twice a month. I think he is alot smarter than people think.
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A very close friend of mine was actually on The Apprentice. I went to an event with her and met him. He was polite and didn’t set off my creepy vibes. When my friend’s mother died, he paid all of her final costs.
She’s been approached repeatedly by media outlets and asked if he sexually harassed her or if she witnessed anything inappropriate when she was on the show. She said no; he was always with at least one security guard in any green rooms and he was always very nice and respectful to her and the other women in her season. Of course that never got published.
Despite being a billionaire business tycoon and living a life of luxury that most of us can only dream of, it’s great to see that many who’ve actually met our next President describe him as a down-to-earth, personable American.
Unfortunately, this is the side of President-elect Trump that our mainstream media outlets have conveniently failed to mention.
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