rode to a stunning victory. usa! u usa! thought i would be going back to my job. once you got a little taste of that action it is hard to leave. you know, listen, deals are still exciting. when you are sort of guy out there every day, 24/7, fighting in this thing it is like a great fight. the intensity. despite sitting atop the trump business empire, donald jr. s penchant for politics has many trump watchers wondering, if that is where his true faith lies. wlut hat do you think the fu holds for donald trump jr. until the middle of 2017, i would have said that donald trump jr. is destined for a life in politics. i would have imagined him to hold a high office, maybe, united states senator. maybe governor. but i think what he is seeing
in a very professional manner. since his father took office, donald jr. took the helm of the trump organization. globetrotting to continue to grow the company s real estate and licensing empire. dubai for a golf course opening. see the incredible vision that has been able to be put forward in this country is truly awe inspiring. vancouver for a new trump hotel. all while operating in the bubble of secret service protection as the first son. and all while the absence of donald sr. the businessman looms large. what is it like doing all this without your dad? he was such a great sounding board. not having that to go to is definitely something you miss. something else donald jr. apparently misses about his father? say hello to don jr. the raucous campaign that he
mother s side, i think was probably the key male role model for donald jr. growing up. outside prague, he taught him how to fish and hunt. you can pull the trigger twice, get two shots out of it. reporter: during the presidential campaign, donald trump jr. and eric shoefd off their hunting skills to cnn s jake tapper. we got into it very young age. a grandfather, blue-collar guy, an electrician from czechoslovakia. love of outdoors came from his ma teternal grandfather. from paternal grandfather. he learned about work. as a kid spend a weekend with them. what do you want to do? it was, i don t know i well do anything you want. what do you want to do. i guess we ll go collect rent? collect rent from tenants who leased fred trump s apartments in brooklyn, queens. he dent understand how to relate to a child in a way. he was just a worker. that s what he did. reporter: beginning in his
as we have been reporting, the newest figure in the trump tower russian meeting, russian-american lobbyist, jim sciuto has more on him. june 2016 meeting at trump tower with donald trump jr., jared kushner, and paul manafort, included more beyond natalia veselnitskaya, a source familiar with the circumstances tells cnn. russian-american lobbyist, told several media outlets he was also in the meeting. he told reporters for the new york times and washington post he is a veteran of the soviet army. in a march letter to the justice department, senate judiciary chairman, chuck grassley described him as some one with ties to russian intelligence, some one alleged to have conducted political disinformation campaigns as part of a pro-russia lobbying effort.
trump s team defending don jr. s role on the transition executive committee. vetting candidates for cabinet positions. transition members argued none of it blurred the lines between trump s business and the government. the position team has been transparent. and the fact that, that donald trump jr. is on the, transition team. that he is the whun one helping discovery. coming up the first son trades the campaign trail for the corner office. stepping into his father s shoes. he has agreed to step away from everything that has the to do with the trump organization. he is turning over management of his, wildly successful business to his two sons. award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine.