Young Donald treated his home as a fortress. Laura Manuelidis, who lived behind Mr. Trump on Wareham Place, recalled that when a ball bounced into the Trumps’ grassy yard, he would not throw the ball back but instead would yell, “I’m going to tell my dad; I’m going to call the police.”
He got his combative style from the borough, but many in the surrounding diverse areas also see his policies as influenced by growing up in a wealthy enclave.
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Confident. Incorrigible. Bully: Little Donny was a lot like candidate Donald Trump
In elementary school, Donny impressed classmates with his athleticism, shenanigans and refusal to acknowledge mistakes, even one so trivial as misidentifying a popular professional wrestler. No matter his pals’ ridicule, one recalled, he doubled down, insisting wrestler Antonino Rocca’s name was “Rocky Antonino.”