MARRIAGES AND OTHER RELATIONSHIPS TRUMP HAS BEEN MARRIED THREE TIMES AND HAS FIVE CHILDREN Donald Trump Had Five Children From Three Wives. ANDERSON: “It’s Melania’s first child, and the baby is due in the spring, gender unknown. It will be the fifth child for the Donald, who has three kids with first wife Ivana Trump, Donald Jr., 27; Ivanka, 23; and Eric, 21; and an 11-year-old, Tiffany, with second wife Marla Maples. With five kids from three wives, the Donald is a fine example of the new American family.” [Showbiz Tonight, CNN, 9/27/05] IVANA TRUMP TRUMP MARRIED IVANA ZELNACHEC IN 1977 Donald Trump Married Model Ivana Zelnachec In 1977. ZAHN: “On the road to Manhattan, Donald Trumpmet a stunning blonde Czechoslovakian named Ivana Zelnachec.” UNIDENTIFIED MALE: “She was a model at the time. They were both driven, perfectionists. They were both highly ambitious people. They are both gaudy people. There's a what you see is what you get quality to both of them. And in a lot of ways, they were a match made in heaven.” ZAHN: “The two were married in 1977 and went on to have three children. It was around the same time that Trump laid the first brick in the foundation of his empire. Trump bought the bankrupt Commodore Hotel near Grand Central Station.”[CNN People In The News, CNN, 5/21/05] • Trump On His Divorce From Ivana: “When A Man Leaves A Woman, Especially When It Was Perceived That He Has Left For A Piece Of Ass--A Good One-- There Are 50 Percent Of The Population Who Will Love The Woman Who Was Left.” WALTERS: “The author, Marie Brenner, quotes you as saying to her, ‘When a man leaves a woman, especially when it was perceived that he has left for a piece of ass- a good one- there are 50 percent of the population who will love the woman who was left.’” TRUMP: “I do remember saying that. I don't remember having used those words. That's possible. But I believe that if a man leaves a woman for almost any reason, that that particular person, the man, is going to be at a major disadvantage in terms of the public eye, there's no question about it.” [20/20, ABC News, 8/17/90] • Trump: “I Don't Know What The Legal Definition Of Marriage Is, To Be Perfectly Honest.” WALTERS: “There's some confusion as to you marital state. You're still married, but you've told friends that you'll probably be divorced.” TRUMP: “I am still married. I don't know what the legal definition of marriage is, to be perfectly honest.” WALTERS: “You don't the legal definition of marriage?” TRUMP: “The legal definition of marriage in this context. I am married. I don't know whether or not you'd consider it a separation. I can't tell you what's going to happen because I'm not even sure I know myself.” [20/20, ABC News, 8/17/90] Ivana Trump Said That She Did Not Understand What She Was Signing In Her Prenuptial Agreement With Donald. NANCY COLLINS: “If the Trumps agreed about their problems, they certainly disagreed about the money. Ivana had to settle for the paltry $20 million promised her in her prenuptial agreement.” IVANA TRUMP: “My prenuptial, I did not understand what I was signing. I was younger and I did not speak very well English and I really- my parents never had one. It did not exist in communistic Czechoslovakia. I really wasn't sure. What I thought that I was signing was to give the rights to the family for their money, that I Confidential Page 216
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