Young Donald Trump Interview 1980. In the 1980s, the real-estate developer stepped out onto the national stage—and in interviews with the press, showed a different side of his personality.
In 1980, a 33-year-old Donald Trump sat down with Tom Brokaw to talk real estate in New York City, predicting that investments in inner cities would do well in the long run and that, five years out, a hotel room in NYC might fetch $1,000 per night. “Mr. Trump, what’s left in your life?” Brokaw asked. “You’re 3