1||April 8, 2011: Donald Trump, the eccentric real estate mogul turned reality television show host, has had a long, colorful career. Now, as he mulls a potential presidential bid, TPM takes a look back at Trump through the years. ||Jeff Malet/maletphoto.com&&
2||Trump is no newcomer to presidential politics. In 1999, he formed an exploratory committee to determine whether or not he should seek the presidency. ||str/Newscom&&
3||Trump has been married three times. Here, he’s pictured with second wife Marla Maples and their daughter, Tiffany in 1997. ||CATUFFE/SIPA/Newscom&&
4||Trump married his current wife, Melania Knauss, in 2005. ||Stephen Trupp/STAR MAX, Inc./Newscom&&
5||Trump owns the rights to the Miss Universe pageant. In 2002 he crowned Miss Universe Justine Pasek, from Panama. ||EZIO PETERSEN/Newscom&&
6||Trump is now perhaps best known as the host of the reality TV series, “The Apprentice,” launched in 2003. Here, he debuts a board game based on the show, “Trump the Game.” ||LAURA CAVANAUGH/UPI/Newscom&&
7||Trump, with characters at Universal Studios, for a casting call for the sixth season of “The Apprentice.” ||Lionel Hahn/ABACA/Newscom&&
8||Trump has numerous properties to his name, including the famous Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in New York City. ||Brent Winebrenner/Lonely Pl/Newscom&&
9||In 1999, the Trump International Hotel and Tower was awarded a five-star rating from the Mobil Travel Guide. ||JON SIMON/Newscom&&
10||Trump has also invested in casinos, including the Taj Mahal Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey. ||Joe Sohm/Newscom&&
11||An aerial view of a former Trump home, a 60,000-square-foot property in Palm Beach that sold for a reported $95 million in 2008. ||p77/ZUMA Press/Newscom&&
12||In 2004, Trump unveiled an action figure of himself. ||NICOLAS KHAYAT/KRT/Newscom&&
13||Trump with his first wife, Ivana Trump, at Madame Tussaud’s in Times Square. They’re joined by, from left, Tony Bennett, Patrick Stewart and Kareem Abdul Jabbar. ||EZIO PETERSEN/Newscom&&
14||Trump and Diddy (previously Puff Daddy), in 1999. ||str/Newscom&&
15||In 2004, Trump attended the launch party for Wyclef Jean’s new album. ||Jeff Geller/Splash News/Newscom&&
16||In 2001, Trump met with then Secretary General of the U.N. Kofi Annan to discuss Trump’s latest real estate development, an office and apartment building constructed near the U.N. The two met to discuss neighborhood residents’ concerns that the building was out of place in the area. ||EZIO PETERSEN/Newscom&&
17||In 2004, Trump rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange with NASCAR champion Kurt Busch. ||EZIO PETERSEN/UPI/Newscom&&
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19||Trump, with then-wife Marla, and daughter Ivanka at his 50th birthday bash in 1996. ||Ezio Petersen/Newscom&&
20||In 1999, Trump promoted aspiring magician David Blaine’s trick, in which Blaine buried himself alive on a waterfront property owned by Trump. ||Ezio Petersen/Newscom&&
21||In 2008, Trump prompted another one of Blaine’s stunts, when the magician hung himself upside down over Wollman Rink in New York CIty for 60 hours. ||David Shankbone/wikimedia&&
22||In 2007, Trump’s work on “The Apprentice” earned him a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ||Neelix/wikimedia&&
23||This photo from 1988 shows the Ruby Room, a guest room on Trump’s yacht, the Trump Princess. ||r78/ZUMA Press/Newscom&&
24||||Les Stone/ZUMA Press/Newscom&&
25||Donald Trump, making his signature, “You’re Fired” gesture in January, 2011. ||Darla Khazei, PacificCoastNews/Newscom&&
26||A gold sink and monogrammed towel in the maser bathroom of Trump’s boat, the Trump Princess. ||r78/ZUMA Press/Newscom&&
27||In 1999, Trump appeared in a commercial for Pizza Hut’s Big New Yorker pizza. ||Feature Photo Service/Newscom&&
28||In 1997, Trump launched his own magazine, Trump Style. ||h/o/Newscom&&
29||Trump’s second wife, Marla Maples, at a fashion show in 1997. ||Hayden Roger Celestin/Newscom&&
