alan would not take an hour or day off if donald was in the office. that doesn t breathe without trump s permission or knowledge. his office is right next door. he discusses everything with him. wiseleberg works directly with all the family. there he is, right behind donald and the kids who credit him publicly as fiercely loyal and from growing up in brooklyn to studying accounting, driving a cab, wiseleberg s big break first came in 1973 with the trump family. when donald trump s father fred, a real estate developer, hired him after he applied for a job listed in a new hampshire ad. donald trump would put the former cab driver in charge of the big money decisions following a pattern where trump has promoted people far beyond the kind of job they might otherwise get in the open fair market which makes them extra