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without anyone next to you in the restaurant noticing. frank: now, that's what i call "stealth wealth." . tonight on a special edition of "trump: the billionaire president," get a rare look inside the donald's most lavish properties. >> it would probably trade in excess of $40 million. >> then take off on an exclusive tour of a 24 karat gold plated chopper. >> everything had to be not just what you expected but beyond. >> and how his lavish 757 stacks up against air force one. >> it migh seem like a downgrade compared to what he's used to. >> plus the 15 carat rock that donald used to seal the deal
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with millielania. then take a ride through the city with donald's pal, tv legend robin leach. >> it was very important for donald to own the yacht of the richest person in the world. "trump: the billionaire president" starts now. >> good evening. i'm robert frank. tonight we give you an eye-popping look at donald trump, not his politics or policies, but his lifestyle and world of extreme luxury. we begin with the donald's gold plated highlights. no one know's trump's high flying style better than eric roth. >> you know instantly this is a trump aircraft. >> he hired roth to transform his jet and chopper into two of the most luxurious rides in the sky. >> obviously he likes gold. we certainly put a lot of 24 karat gold into both his boeing, swes his helicopter.
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>> his 757 has $250,000 worth. >> he made us go through three or four vendors until he finally decided. >> i think when i saw it in gold, it laid the path to where he was going. >> the upholstery costs $400 per yards and includes a very unusual customization. >> he loves oreos. >> trump asked him to give his gold plated sikorsky helicopter the works as well. it took three months and cost
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around a million bucks. how does trump force one compare to air force one? >> it might seem like a downgrade compared to what he's used to. the potus plane also includes some presidential perks like it can be refueled in the sky. and it includes a nuclear blast shield. now for donald's civilian bird versus marine one. trump's sikorsky seats six passengers. marine one accommodates 14 passengers with a top secret anti-missile defense system. if the donald decides to trump up the presidential aircraft, roth says he's game. the price tag, $30 million. but the presidential pillow he
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isn't mr. trump before winning the election, well that, good luck charm was on the house. there was a time led a more down-to-earth existence in a small middle class neighborhood in queens, new york. this was the first place that donald trump ever called home. >> he was born in 1946 on june 14th at gentlemjamaica hospital. >> the tudor was sold at auction. the winning bid was undisclosed. >> the home originally went on the market for $1.6 million in july. some speculate the home is worth three times the price now that he's the president-elect. >> the real estate mul expressed interest in buying it himself.
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>> wow, i want to seethat. >> that's it. >> that's your house? >> that's where i was born. >> any fond memories? >> i had great parents, i have great brothers and sisters. oh, that's sad to look at that. i want to buy it. >> the 2,400 square foot home was built by his father in 1940. there are five bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms. >> everybody associates the trump name with bold, glitzy, large, penthouse-style living and this is much more humble than that. the next home was more high end and a little bit more grand than this one. >> in 1950 the trump family moved around the corner to this much larger mcmansion, just the furst stop on his journey to the top of the tower. here's how it stacks up against his new digs in d.c. the trump tower sits at 725 fifth avenue and was build in 1983, also known as the tower of
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power. in our nation's capitol, the presidential digs completed in 1,800, address 1600 pennsylvania avenue, also known as the people's house. here's the tale of the tape. trump's black and gold tower residence infolds over the top three floors, measures 30,000 square feet. in d.c., the presidential mansion is 55,000 square feet and spans six floors. in trump tower's back yard, an oasis known as central park. and in washington, 18 acres including a rose office. and everybody needs a home office. his new office, the oval one,
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boasts an antique desks from the 1800s. let's assume the mansion in the sky coved in gold and marble commands the highest price ever sold in manhattan, over 13,000 per square foot. multiply that by 30,000 and the tower residence tops $391 million. let's try the same math on the neoclassical mansion. 700 per square foot times 55 k and the presidential price tag tops $93 million. you may remember robin leach, who did one of the very first tv interviews with donald trump. we caught up with the "lifestyles of the rich and famous" host in new york, in the back of a limousine.
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>> when he was in atlantic city, he bought a yacht, a big yacht. it was called the nebelia, owned by the then richest man in the world. he promptly renamed it the trump princess. it was very important for donald to own the yacht of the richest man in the world. when he bought the yacht, i called him and said could i film it? it was the most incredible yacht on the high seas. it was a dream boat for james bond. in fact, it was used in a james bond movie. >> you could run a small government from here. >> about three months later, the phone rings at my office. he says, do you know how much that day up on the yacht cost? i said i have no idea. >> he said it cost me $55,000 to fill it up with gas after you had used it. he said i never realized that
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that's how much money it cost to fill up the tank of that ship. so i said, well, i hope you're not asking me for the 55,000 because i n'tave it. >> he said, no, i just needed to express it. 55,000, a lot of money. but he watches the pennies. or he watches the 55,000s. >> coming, meet the first family, from the daughter to rakes in a reported the 110 million of own and the baron. but first the five wealthiest presidents. at number five, james madison, who would have been worth $1.1 million at ace peak. at four, andrew jackson, third, teddy roosevelt at $125 million,
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born into a prominent industrial family, he blew his inheritance as a young man before making big money on land holdings later in life. in second place, thomas jefferson at 212 million. his five acre plantation, monticello, was an extravagant roj at the time and would deplete his finances before he left the white house and our wealthiest president, george washington, worth $525 million. impressive. but still more than $3 billion short of the newest member of this prestigious club.
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is designed for your baby's sensitive skin. aveeno®. naturally beautiful babies. the the trump business empire known at trump organization is worth an estimated $3.5 billion. it's split into two major categories. the smaller of the two, entertainment, which includes various trump produced television shows like "the apprentice," which made him over $214 million over 14 seasons. and his real estate. there are 16 trump properties across countries. the trendy trump sojo in new york, the penthouse hit the market for $50 million. >> what i've learned from mr. trump is it's all about
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marketing, all about knowing your target audience. >> we had studies that showed that a trump brand warrants a 30% premium over comparable five-star profits. >> the ritzy mar-a-lago club gets you access to the estate's luxurious amenities, including private pools, ding and ballrooms and trump golf courses across the country. travel about 60 miles south and you'll find another posh enclave that has trump written all over it, literally. the developer and his family paid big bucks to license the trump name for the six high rises. and he says having that golden
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name as paid off. >> the total here is over $2 billion in trump units sold. >> rounding out trump's real estate portfolio, 17 golf courses in four countries. the trump winery in ch charlottesville, virginia. beyond all those billions, donald has always said that the trump org is first and foremost a family business. some of his five children are executives of the country and now they can all add something else to their resumés -- first children of the united states. >> meet the family. his three children with firstirt wife ivana. donald junior is taking over the entire organization. his brother eric, the 33-year-old, was overseeing
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trump winery, the largest vineyard in virginia. the 1,300 acre estate includes a 45-room mansion with suites that can fetch up to $1,000 per night. ivanka trump is the family's oldest daughter. after her husband accepted an advisory role in her father's administration, ivana announced she'd give up her holdings. tiffany was born to donald's second wife, marla maples. he apparently wants to become a lawyer. >> baron, melania's son, reportedly has his own floor and is enrolled at --
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>> melania trump certainly puts the first in first lady. her 2005 palm beach wedding to the donald was standing room only for the elite. >> i saw donald but i could barely see melania. she was well covered up with that whole veil bit. >> that accompanied her wedding dress, price tag around $100,000. but that's nothing compared to the 15 karat rock that donald used to seal the deal. he bought it where buyers need an invitation just to check out the goods in this sweet. in true trump fashion, donald got the ring at half off for a price of 1.5 million. >> coming up, meet the ultra
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wealthy members of trump's $14 billion cabinet. but first, a look at other world leaders who came into office as billionaires include petro b boroshenko. thailand ace formers prime minister built his $1.6 billion fortune in the mobile phone industry. at 2.5 billion, former chilean president. and the former prime minister of italy, net wosht 6.1 billion thanks to his investments in the television industry. you may be wondering why russia's vladimir putin is not on the list. expert estimate his current
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considered the white house north. if you travel about 50 miles north of the fifth avenue sky scraper, you will find seven springs. trump bought the sprawling 230 acre property in bedford, new york in 1996 for $7.5 million. >> i was about 12, 13 years old at the time and really my brother and i and my father in the summer would always put us to work. we were literally riding mowers around, cutting down trees. it was probably the best experience in my life in that it was the first lesson in development for my father. >> the 50,000 square foot summer home has 60 rooms, 15 bedrooms and a bowling alley. >> i could walk around the house for days and just be enamored almost by the details. every room in this property, every room in this house is excepti exceptional. >> there's also three pools, including an indoor pool made from imported italian marble.
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>> i've spent so much of my life here and spent so much time learning the art of the deal here on this property. you know, it's a special place for me, one that i'll always remember and one that i'll always be very close to. >> and now from westchester to washington, where one of the most remarkable things about the trump administration is that he's not the only billionaire tycoon in it. the total net worth of his cabinet and staff picks is over $14 billion. here are donald's top three richest cabinet level appointments. small business administration pick linda mcmahon, co-founder of the wwe, estimated worth $1.35 billion. wilbur ross, commerce secretary, $2.9 billion and betsy devos, the daughter of richard devos, a staggering $1.5 billion.
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coming up, get a look inside the trump penthouse worth more than $40 million. >> the first time i got to know donald is when i was interviewing him for "lifestyles of the rich and famous." he was more interested in interviewing us than we were in interviewing him. he would get up and look at the camera shot. not that he was picky. he just wanted to understand the business. he wanted to know how to communicate better for himself by understanding the technicalities of the medium. and that always fascinated me about him. and when he announced that he was going to run, that was the first thing that went through my mind, was that he's remembered absolutely everything from the days that he interrupted our interviews. he knows how to make a television camera work for him.
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ther 'round. so many ways to invite people to come together. or you could just put out the sabra and let the simple, fresh ingredients do the talking. sabra. welcome to the unofficial meal. welcome back to "trump: the billionaire president." i'm robert frank. now to one of trump's most posh properties, in a building so exclusive, cameras aren't even allowed inside the lobby, but we were granted exclusive access inside the $40 million penthouse in the sky. >> the trump international hotel and tower in new york city soars 52 stories. >> trump proved himself to be an absolute visionary in the mid-90s when he took this buildi building, which was a commercial building, and turned it into a luxury hotel and condo.
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>> mr. trump originally said it would break all records selling for $1,000 to $1,500 a square foot. not on did that come true, but at $8,800 a square foot, that's a remarkable appreciation in the last 20 years. >> reporter: layton says initially it want a success. >> there was something wrong with the feung sui. experts told him to put a sphere outside the building. immediately the building sold out. >> if something like this were to come on the market, it would
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probably trade close to $40 million, a long way from its original $1,000 a square foot price tag. >> spathanks for watching this special edition of "trump: the billionaire president." i'm robert frank. good night. >> announcer: the following is a paid presentation for conture, a radical breakthrough in younger-looking skin. science will soon give you total control over the way you look. we will be able to grow older only to look younger. in the future, aging will become a thing of the past. until then, there is conture, the revolutionary new non-surgical, anti-aging, skin-toning system you can use at home to help tone, lift, and perfect the look of your skin. conture is clinically proven to deliver real, visible results.

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