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Trump was born on June 14, 1946, at [[Jamaica Hospital]] in [[Queens]], New York City, the fourth child of [[Fred Trump]] and [[Mary Anne MacLeod Trump]].{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|pp=30, 37}} He is of German and Scottish descent.{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|p=v}} He grew up with his older siblings, [[Maryanne Trump Barry|Maryanne]], [[Fred Trump Jr.|Fred Jr.]], and Elizabeth, and his younger brother, [[Robert Trump|Robert]], in a mansion in the [[Jamaica Estates]] neighborhood of Queens.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/23/us/politics/donald-trumps-old-queens-neighborhood-now-a-melting-pot-was-seen-as-a-cloister.html|title=Donald Trump's Old Queens Neighborhood Contrasts With the Diverse Area Around It|first=Jason|last=Horowitz|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 22, 2015|access-date=November 7, 2018}}</ref> Trump was [[confirmed]] in 1959 at the [[First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica]], Queens.<ref>{{cite news |last=Barron |first=James |author-link=James Barron (journalist) |date=September 5, 2016 |title=Overlooked Influences on Donald Trump: A Famous Minister and His Church |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/06/nyregion/donald-trump-marble-collegiate-church-norman-vincent-peale.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=December 30, 2024}}</ref> He was a millionaire in 2024 dollars by age eight.{{efn|Beginning when Trump was three, his father gave each of his children $6,000 every year, the maximum allowed without incurring a gift tax, and, to avoid taxes, made them landlords of two of his housing developments, paying each $13,928 in rent every year.}}{{sfn|Buettner|Craig|2024|pp=30–31}}
Trump attended the private college-preparatory [[Kew-Forest School]] through seventh grade. He was a difficult child and showed an early interest in his father's business. His father enrolled him in [[New York Military Academy]], a private boarding school, to complete secondary school.{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|pp=33, 38, 45}} Trump considered a show business career but instead in 1964 enrolled at [[Fordham University]]. Two years later, he transferred to the [[Wharton School]] of the [[University of Pennsylvania]], graduating in May 1968 with a Bachelor of Science in economics. He was exempted from the draft during the Vietnam War due to [[bone spurs]] in his heels.{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|pp=45–48}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archives.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/commencement-program-1968.pdf|pages=19–21|title=Two Hundred and Twelfth Commencement for the Conferring of Degrees|work=[[University of Pennsylvania]]|date=May 20, 1968|access-date=March 31, 2023}}</ref> In 2015, he threatened his high school, colleges, and the [[College Board]] with legal action if they released his academic records.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ashford|first=Grace|date=February 27, 2019|title=Michael Cohen Says Trump Told Him to Threaten Schools Not to Release Grades|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/us/politics/trump-school-grades.html|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
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