Robert Trump

Robert Stewart Trump (August 26, 1948 – August 15, 2020) was an American businessman and investor. He was the younger brother of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, and a loyal supporter of Donald's political career.

Trump served on the board of directors for ZeniMax Media, parent company to Bethesda Softworks, from 1999 In addition to being a board member at ZeniMax, he was also an investor in the company. He graduated from St Paul's School in Garden City, Long Island. Trump attended Boston University, where he majored in economics; while there, he played soccer and was the MVP and team captain in 1969.

Career Trump joined his father's business and came to manage the Trump Organization's real estate holdings outside of Manhattan.

After Mark G. Etess died in an October 1989 helicopter crash on a Garden State Parkway median in Lacey Township, New Jersey, Donald Trump appointed Robert Trump to serve in Etess's former position.

When concern was expressed about violent video games in the wake of the 1999 Columbine High School massacre, "political luminaries", including Robert Trump, were added to the board of directors for ZeniMax Media, Bethesda Softworks' parent company. During his tenure as a director, ZeniMax published several series, including Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, Doom, and Wolfenstein. Media outlets highlighted his role at the company in the wake of the Parkland school shooting, when his brother linked video games to violence and subsequently met with various industry chiefs, including Robert Altman, CEO of ZeniMax. In addition to being a board member at ZeniMax, Trump was also an investor in the company.

Robert Trump was the president of Trump Management, Inc., Fred Trump's business, later owned by the Trump siblings, including Donald, Robert, Maryanne Trump-Barry, and Elizabeth Trump-Grau. At some point, Trump worked as a real estate developer.

Mary Trump book lawsuit

In June 2020, Robert Trump filed a lawsuit seeking to preclude the upcoming publication of his niece Mary L. Trump's book Too Much and Never Enough. Trump's lawsuit was based on a 2001 confidentiality agreement she signed in settling a lawsuit related to her grandfather Fred Trump's will and estate.

In July 2020, Justice Hal B. Greenwald of the New York Supreme Court ruled that the book's publisher, Simon & Schuster, was not a party to the 2001 NDA, and its rights to publish the book were not restricted by that agreement. Greenwald affirmed that Mary Trump's contract with the publisher gave her no ability to halt publication at that point. The book was published on July 14, 2020.

Personal life Robert Trump lived in Millbrook, New York. In 1984, he married Blaine Beard, whom he met at a Christie's fundraiser. He had a stepson named Christopher Trump-Retchin. In 2004, Blaine overdosed on pills and was hospitalized at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan after she learned that Robert had bought a $3.7 million house on Long Island for his secretary and then-girlfriend Ann Marie Pallan. They were involved in a divorce battle that lasted from 2007 until they reached a secret settlement in 2010.

In 2006, after Robert and Blaine separated, they put their , three-unit, three-floor, unfinished co-op residence on the market. In 2012, Blaine Trump put her $17.5 million mansion in Millbrook up for sale.

Trump married his second wife, Ann Marie Pallan, in January 2020.

Trump was a longtime friend of Robert A. Altman.

Relationship with his brother Donald In 1990, Donald Trump put Robert in charge of the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The casino experienced significant problems with its grand opening, especially the slot machine financial controls, that took months to rectify. According to Jack O'Donnell, a former Trump Organization executive, at one of the meetings, "Donald Trump screamed at his brother, putting the blame for the slot machine debacle entirely on him." Donald Trump visited him that day and said afterward that Robert was seriously ill and "having a hard time". Robert Trump died at New York–Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan the next day, August 15, at age 71. The New York Times quoted a family friend as saying that Trump had recently started experiencing intracerebral hemorrhaging after a fall.

In a statement, Donald Trump wrote, "He was not just my brother, he was my best friend." On August 21, a funeral service was held for Robert in the East Room. 150 guests attended. This was the first time in almost a century that a president had held a funeral in the East Room.