When former President Donald J. Trump was 13 years old, his father, Fred Trump, sent him to military school. It was from those experiences that he became a person who controlled other people. Sources for Frontline’s “The Choice 2020: Trump vs Biden” explained that the school was a five-year education in how to bully others. “Donald Trump yelled at his classmates,” Trump biographer Marc Fisher, co-author of “‘Trump Revealed,” explained. “He pushed them around. … He ruled dormitory life with an iron fist.”
By his senior year, Trump had advanced to the role of Captain at the New York Military Academy, and he kept his cadets in line. While Trump asserts that he was promoted for keeping control of those under him, his former cadets say otherwise, per the outlet. Some of those former schoolmates told The Washington Post that he was transferred after allegations of hazing freshmen arose from his delegates, and Trump’s leadership was under question as things got out of hand.
It also wasn’t uncommon for students to get hit when they got out of line. The infighting and ridicule was something that Trump thrived on, noted Gwenda Blair, author of “The Trumps,” in the documentary. Blair explained that competitiveness was a driving factor for Trump during school.
