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Donald Trump's side-hustles will take you by surprise

Lovemoney Logo By Danielle McAdam of Lovemoney | Slide 2 of 20: You may be surprised to learn that Donald Trump’s first-ever job was as a bottle collector. Though he was born to a very wealthy family, his father Fred Trump (pictured here with his wife Mary, as well as Donald and the late Ivana Trump) wanted to teach his son the value of money. So when Donald was a child his father would take him and his brother to construction sites and get them to collect empty soft drink bottles. They would then trade them in for cash.

Bottle collector

You may be surprised to learn that Donald Trump’s first-ever job was as a bottle collector. Though he was born to a very wealthy family, his father Fred Trump (pictured here with his wife Mary, as well as Donald and the late Ivana Trump) wanted to teach his son the value of money. So when Donald was a child his father would take him and his brother to construction sites and get them to collect empty soft drink bottles. They would then trade them in for cash.

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