1 TONIGHT ` THE STORY BEHIND THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THAT HAD THE WHOLE WORLD SPELLBOUND. AND THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL. PEOPLE SAY HE'S OFF PROMPTER. BING, BING, BONG AND DAT. GIVE ME A BREAK. HE'S DONALD TRUMP. THE SURPRISE CANDIDATE WHO TOOK AMERICAN POLITICS BY STORM. ALL CHANT: NOT MY PRESIDENT! NOT MY PRESIDENT! BUT SHOULD PEOPLE BE AFRAID THAT REVENGE IS ONE OF HIS MOTIVATORS? INSIDER SECRETS FROM DONALD TRUMP'S WAR ROOM AND FROM HIS FIERCEST DEFENDER ON THE FRONT LINES. EVERYTHING WE DID WAS MOCKED. PICK A CARD, ANY CARD. ALL-NEW REVELATIONS FROM HIS INNER CIRCLE. YOU DON'T WANNA MESS WITH ERIC. YOU DON'T WANNA MESS WITH IVANKA. AND YOU CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA MESS WITH DON JR. THEY'RE KILLERS. HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW ` WAS HE SERIOUS ABOUT RUNNING? WE'RE ALL TAKING BETS LIKE WHO ACTUALLY THINKS HE'S GONNA GO OUT AND DO THIS? AND WHY SOME CRITICS CLAIM HE WANTED TO RUN. YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY SAYING THE CAMPAIGN HASN'T BEEN TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN; IT'S BEEN TO MAKE TRUMP GREAT AGAIN. TONIGHT ` AN INSIDER'S VIEW LIKE NEVER BEFORE. I'M ABC CORRESPONDENT TOM LLAMAS, AND FOR THE PAST 500 DAYS I'VE COVERED DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN ` THE GOOD, THE BAD ON CAMERA AND OFF SCRIPT AND SOMETIMES EVEN POINTED RIGHT AT ME. ...THIS SLEAZY GUY RIGHT OVER HERE FROM ABC. WHY`? WHY AM I SLEAZY? YOU'RE A SLEAZE. NOW ` DONALD TRUMP'S RULE-BREAKING RIDE... NO SIDE-TRACKS, DONALD. NICE AND EASY. ...FROM THE PENTHOUSE TO THE WHITE HOUSE. DONALD TRUMP... CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016 KIA ORA, I'M CAROLYN ROBINSON. TONIGHT ON 20/20 ` HE'S THE MOST TALKED ABOUT MAN ON THE PLANET RIGHT NOW. DONALD J TRUMP, THE US PRESIDENT ELECT, THE MAN WE WERE TOLD COULDN'T WIN THE ELECTION BUT DID. THE MAN WHO TAPPED INTO A WAVE OF POPULAR FEELING IN AMERICA TO WIN A STUNNING ELECTION VICTORY. IN THIS EXCLUSIVE, BEHIND-THE-SCENES REPORT, ABC CORRESPONDENT TOM LLAMAS BRINGS YOU THE MAKING OF A PRESIDENT. IN 70 DAYS DONALD TRUMP WILL HAVE A NEW JOB... I VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO DEALING WITH THE PRESIDENT. ...AND A NEW HOME, TRADING THREE FLOORS OF HIS GLITTERING, VERSAILLES-INSPIRED PENTHOUSE FOR THE SLIGHTLY MORE STAID CORRIDORS OF THE WHITE HOUSE. I'M LOOKING AROUND THIS ROOM. THE WHITE HOUSE MIGHT BE A STEP DOWN. THE WHITE HOUSE IS THE WHITE HOUSE. IT'S JUST A SPECTACULAR PLACE, AND IT'S SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL. LARA TRUMP IS MARRIED TO DONALD'S SON ERIC. WILL THEY TOTALLY REDECORATE THE WHITE HOUSE TO LOOK LIKE TRUMP TOWER? THEY HAVE` THEY'LL MAKE THINGS HOW THEY LIKE THEM ` COMFORTABLE BUT VERY NICE AND WELL DONE AND TASTEFUL. THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE KNOCKING DOWN ANY WALLS. SO HOW DID HE GET THERE? WE'RE GOING TO GET TO WORK IMMEDIATELY FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. EVEN HIS CLOSE FRIENDS LIKE BILLIONAIRE REAL ESTATE TYCOON RICHARD LEFRAK NEVER SAW IT COMING. WELL, I'M NOT SURPRISED. I'M ASTONISHED. I'M MORE THAN SURPRISED. BUT HE GETS THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD, HE'S GONNA PUT IT IN THE END ZONE AND SCORE A TOUCHDOWN. THAT'S THE WAY HE IS. I LOVE THIS COUNTRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S A STORY THAT BEGINS ABOUT 15 MILES AWAY FROM HIS VICTORY PARTY, 70 YEARS AGO IN JAMAICA ESTATES, A WEALTHY NEIGHBOURHOOD IN QUEENS, NEW YORK. YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND DONALD WITHOUT LOOKING AT HIS CHILDHOOD. DONALD J. TRUMP LIVED IN THIS ORNATE HOME, THE FOURTH OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE DID NOT GROW UP AS A MIDDLE-CLASS KID. THE FAMILY HAD CHAUFFEURS. HE WAS TAKEN TO SCHOOL IN A LIMOUSINE. HE NEVER HAD TO WORK REGULAR JOBS. HE DESCRIBED HIS MOTHER, MARY, A SCOTTISH IMMIGRANT, AS THE PERFECT HOUSEWIFE. HIS FATHER, FRED, WAS A MILLIONAIRE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER. THE TRUMP PATRIARCH HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A HUMAN MACHINE, DRIVEN. HIS FATHER WAS, YOU KNOW, HE WAS A DEMANDING GUY, AND HE DID VERY MUCH PUSH DONALD. DONALD IS SOME WAYS WAS THE CHOSEN SON. THAT AMBITION WAS UNMISTAKABLY PREVALENT IN YOUNG DONALD'S DNA. DONALD, I THINK, WAS MORE THAN A TROUBLEMAKER. HE WAS A PROFOUND BRAT. HE HAS SAID THAT HE PUNCHED HIS TEACHERS WHEN HE DIDN'T LIKE WHAT HE WAS BEING TOLD TO DO. IN NEED OF DISCIPLINE, YOUNG DONALD WAS SHIPPED OFF TO NEW YORK MILITARY ACADEMY. ONCE HE CAME UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE STAFF AT THE SCHOOL, HE WANTED TO EXCEL. HE HAD TO BE FIRST AT EVERYTHING, EVEN IF IT WAS JUST TO GET FIRST IN LINE IN THE CAFETERIA. JUST LAST YEAR, TRUMP TOLD ABC'S BARBARA WALTERS ABOUT HIS DREAMS AT THAT TIME IN HIS LIFE. WHAT WAS YOUR FANTASY WHEN YOU WERE VERY YOUNG? TO BE A BASEBALL PLAYER. I WAS A GREAT BASEBALL PLAYER. WHAT POSITION? FIRST BASE. CATCHER, FIRST BASE. BUT IN THOSE DAYS YOU GOT PAID $2, RIGHT? AND THAT'S NOT FOR DONALD TRUMP? I MEAN, NO. BUT MY OTHER FANTASY AS I GOT OLDER WAS TO DO MOVIES. I WANTED TO BE A MOVIE MAKER. DO YOU THINK HIS FATHER HAD ANY ROLE IN HIM NOT PURSUING THAT CAREER IN SHOW BUSINESS? I THINK THERE WAS NO WAY DONALD WASN'T INEVITABLY GOING TO BECOME A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER. HE'S STILL FASCINATED BY STARDOM. I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THINGS THAT STOOD OUT FOR ME THE MOST WAS THIS CINEMATIC SENSE HE HAS OF HIMSELF. HE IDENTIFIES STRONGLY WITH ORSON WELLS IN 'CITIZEN KANE'. UNTIL A FEW WEEKS AGO, I HAD NO HOPE OF BEING ELECTED. LAUGHTER BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, HIS FATHER EXERTED A PRETTY INESCAPABLE PULL ON HIM TO COME BACK TO THE FAMILY BUSINESS. HE ACCOMPANIED HIS FATHER TO SITES ALL OVER NEW YORK'S OUTER BOROUGHS WHERE FRED TRUMP WAS BUILDING MIDDLE- AND LOW-INCOME HOUSING. AND I STARTED OFF MAKING LITTLE DEALS IN BROOKLYN AND QUEENS WITH MY FATHER AND THEY SEEMED TO WORK OUT. AND THEN WITH A LOAN FROM DAD, DONALD TRUMP STRUCK OUT ON HIS OWN. I THINK THE RULES THAT FRED TRUMP TAUGHT HIS SON DONALD BEGAN WITH, 'YOU MUST BE A WINNER.' SO, THIS IS A PERSON WHO PLAYS HARD AND WANTS TO WIN. AND IF THAT MEANS SETTING THE RULES HIMSELF, HE'LL SET THE RULES HIMSELF AND THEN TRY TO GET EVERYONE ELSE TO PLAY BY THEM. THOSE RULES WOULD HAVE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES FOR DONALD'S BROTHER FRED JR. HE DRANK HEAVILY AND DIED OF HEART FAILURE AT THE AGE OF 43. I THINK FRED WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY HAPPY IF HE DIDN'T HAVE TO COMPETE. HE HAD TO COMPETE BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT, HE HAD TO COMPETE, AND IT ULTIMATELY ENDED UP DESTROYING HIM AND IT WAS VERY SAD, VERY SAD. AND ULTIMATELY IT WAS ALCOHOL THAT JUST DECIMATED HIM. AND I'M GLAD I'M NOT A DRINKER. I'VE NEVER HAS A DRINK IN MY LIFE. YOUNGER BROTHER ROBERT, WHO WORKED FOR DONALD LATER IN LIFE, LEARNED WHAT OLDER BROTHER DONALD WAS LIKE AT AN EARLY AGE. ROBERT HAD A SET OF BLOCKS AND I HAD A SET OF BLOCKS, AND I ASKED ROBERT IF I COULD HAVE HIS BLOCKS, AND I BUILT A BEAUTIFUL TALL BLOCK BUILDING, AND THEN I SAID I LIKE IT SO MUCH THAT I GLUED IT TOGETHER, AND THEN ROBERT COULDN'T HAVE HIS BLOCKS. SO I DON'T KNOW, SOMEHOW THAT STORY IS A STORY THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW. WHAT DO YOU THINK IT SAYS? WELL, IT SAYS, I THINK, THAT JUST EVEN AT A YOUNG AGE I WASN'T SO MUCH DIFFERENT THAN I AM NOW, I DON'T KNOW. YOU HAD TO GET WHAT YOU WANTED EVEN IF IT WAS SOMEBODY ELSE'S BLOCKS. WELL, THAT'S THE OLD STORY, ISN'T IT, HUH? RICHARD LEFRAK HAS BEEN FRIENDS WITH DONALD TRUMP FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY. HE SAYS THE MAN HE KNOWS IS NOT THAT DIFFERENT FROM THE BOY GLUING HIS BROTHER'S CONFISCATED BLOCKS. THE DRIVE, THE DETERMINATION, THIS KIND OF BOUNDLESS ENERGY THAT HE HAS ` THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN DONALD. HE LOVES TO ACCOMPLISH THINGS... WE HAVE TO GET IT FINISHED AND GET IT STARTED. ...AND HE LOVES TO BE COMPLIMENTED FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENTS. HELLO, LYNNE PATTON SPEAKING. HIS LONG-TIME STAFFER LYNNE PATTON SAYS THE SERIAL TWITTER USER IS QUITE OLD-FASHIONED, AT LEAST WHEN IT COMES TO TECHNOLOGY. IT TOOK US A WHILE TO WEAN HIM FROM A FLIP PHONE TO HIS SMARTPHONE. MR TRUMP RUNS THINGS HIS WAY AND IT CERTAINLY WORKS FOR HIM. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY DON'T FIX IT IF IT AIN'T BROKE. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN EMAIL FROM DONALD TRUMP. THAT DOES NOT EXIST. NEVER SEEN HIM WITH A COMPUTER. BUT HE DOES TAKE THE TIME TO WRITE VERY NICE HANDWRITTEN NOTES. DONALD NEVER WANTS TO CURL UP WITH A BOOK. DONALD LIKES ACTIVITY. HE LIKES PEOPLE. WHAT WORDS WOULD YOU USE TO DESCRIBE DONALD TRUMP? I'VE ALWAYS HAD GREAT IMAGINATION. I'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH MONEY. I'VE ACTUALLY GOTTEN ALONG WELL WITH PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS. YOU HAVE SAID THAT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS IN YOUR PERSONALITY IS WINNING. WHY WINNING? WHAT ABOUT THE, 'IT'S NOT WHETHER YOU WIN OR LOSE, IT'S HOW YOU PLAY THE GAME?' I LIKE WINNING BETTER. LOOK, WE HAVE TO WIN. TRUMP SAYS ANOTHER PART OF THE FORMULA FOR SUCCESS IS NOT REVEALING YOUR WEAKNESSES. WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST FEAR? WELL, I DON'T WANT TO REVEAL FEARS BECAUSE IF I REVEAL FEARS, I'M GIVING UP SOMETHING. YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE CERTAIN FEARS AND EVERYBODY HAS FEARS. BUT I DON'T LIKE REVEALING MY FEARS. BEING NON-CONVENTIONAL IS PART OF HIS PLAYBOOK. MY NAME IS DONALD TRUMP, AND I'M THE LARGEST REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER IN NEW YORK. NEXT ` AFTER EXTENDING HIS FOOTPRINT ON LAND, HE CONQUERED THE AIR ` TELEVISION. YOU WANNA BE IN THE PRESENCE OF DONALD J. TRUMP, YOU CANNOT BE WEAK. YOU GOTTA BE TOUGH, AND YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO TAKE IT. YOU'RE FIRED. YOU'RE FIRED. YOU'RE ALL FIRED ` ALL FOUR ARE FIRED. STAY WITH US. AFTER THE BREAK, WE'LL HAVE MORE FROM THE STORY OF DONALD TRUMP AND HIS REMARKABLE RISE TO THE PRESIDENCY. INDICATOR CLICKS RHYTHMICALLY (GASPS) SILENCE (EXHALES SLOWLY) Mate, I'm so sorry. I thought there was time. You just pulled out. I don't have time to stop. It was a simple mistake. LOUD RUMBLING Please. (VOICE TREMBLES) I've got my boy in the back. I'm going too fast. I'm sorry. (SOBS) SEAT BELT CLICKS EERIE CREAKING HARSH WHOOSHING Zovirax fights cold sores and cuts healing time by half compared with no treatment. So you can too. 1 WELCOME BACK TO 20/20, WHERE TONIGHT WE'RE BRINGING YOU A LOOK AT THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. AS 'THE MAKING OF A PRESIDENT' CONTINUES, WE LEARN MORE ABOUT DONALD TRUMP'S RISE TO BECOME NEW YORK'S REAL ESTATE KING. THOSE WHO KNOW HIM TELL US WHAT MAKES HIM TICK, PLUS WE'LL GO INSIDE HIS PRIVATE SANCTUARY. HERE'S TOM LLAMAS. BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT ELECT, DONALD TRUMP WAS THE KING OF THE BIG APPLE. MY NAME'S DONALD TRUMP, AND I'M THE LARGEST REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER IN NEW YORK. AND 30 YEARS AGO HE BYPASSED THE CITY'S SIGNATURE YELLOW TAXIS FOR THIS $10 MILLION FRENCH AIR L'ESPECIAL HELICOPTER. HE TOOK BARBARA WALTERS FOR A RIDE. WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT WONDERFUL SKYLINE? WELL, I LOOK AT THAT SKYLINE, BARBARA, AND I REALLY SAY IT'S THE GREATEST IN THE WORLD. I'D REALLY LIKE TO BUY EVERYTHING, IF THAT WERE POSSIBLE. (LAUGHS) A REAL ESTATE TYCOON OVERLOOKING HIS EMPIRE, SALIVATING AT THE POSSIBILITIES, NOTHING SEEMED TOO SACRED, ALMOST. WHAT ABOUT CENTRAL PARK? NO, I THINK DONALD TRUMP SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO TOUCH CENTRAL PARK. HE'S A MAN WITH FEW LIMITS, NEVER FOLLOWING THE REAL ESTATE RULES. HE SHOCKED MANY WHEN HE NEGOTIATED A 40-YEAR TAX ABATEMENT FOR THIS HOTEL. PEOPLE SAY, 'HOW DID YOU GET 40 YEARS?' I SAID, 'COS I DIDN'T ASK FOR 50.' THAT WAS THE` IT WAS SO EASY. BUT THEN HE ERECTED WHAT'S NOW BECOME A MONUMENT OF SORTS ` THE FIRST BUILDING TO BEAR HIS NAME ` TRUMP TOWER. MANY CALL IT HIS GREATEST TRIUMPH. TRUMP CALLS IT HOME... FOR NOW. A 30,000 SQUARE FOOT PENTHOUSE ` THREE LEVELS OF OVER-THE-TOP DECOR, DRIPPING IN GOLD, A FOUNTAIN IN THE LIVING ROOM, AND CEILINGS PAINTED WITH SCENES FROM GREEK MYTHOLOGY. THE TILE IN THE BATHROOM FLOOR HE SAID HAD COME FROM A MINE SOMEWHERE IN DEEPEST, DARKEST AFRICA. SOON THOSE SIGNATURE BUILDINGS BEGAN POPPING UP ALL OVER THE BIG APPLE, AND LATER ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NOW THERE'S EVEN ONE IN ISTANBUL, ALL BRANDISHING HIS NAME ` TRUMP. THOUGH NOW, BECAUSE OF THE THINGS HE SAID DURING HIS CAMPAIGN, SOME RESIDENTS OF BUILDINGS THAT BEAR HIS NAME WANT OUT. THAT MAN, WE HAVE FOUND, DOES NOT REPRESENT OUR VALUES. SOME, LIKE BROADCASTER KEITH OLBERMANN, SOLD AND MOVED AWAY. I COULDN'T GO UNDER THE SIGN ANY MORE THAT SAID 'TRUMP PALACE' WITHOUT SPITTING. BECAUSE I JUST` IT'S` AND I RAN OUT OF SPIT. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE TRUMP BRAND STANDS FOR? THE EPITOME OF LUXURY. IF I ASKED YOU TO NAME ANOTHER CONDO BUILDER, YOU COULDN'T DO IT. DONALD TRUMP WENT ALL-IN ON ATLANTIC CITY, OPENING SEVERAL CASINOS ` A HUGE GAMBLE. DID YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE GAMING INDUSTRY? I KNEW THE NUMBERS, I KNEW THE ECONOMICS. AND THE NUMBERS WERE STAGGERING. BY THE LATE '80S, HE SAYS HIS THREE CASINOS WERE MAKING $15 MILLION A WEEK. TRUMP HIT THE JACKPOT BY LURING CELEBRITIES TO THE GAMBLING MECCA, CHIEF AMONG THEM MICHAEL JACKSON, MIKE TYSON AND HULK HOGAN. THANK GOD DONALD TRUMP'S A HULK-A-MANIAC! THAT RELENTLESS DESIRE TO WIN MADE HIS NAME A MODERN SYNONYM FOR SUCCESS AND CELEBRITY IN HIS OWN RIGHT ` AUTHORING BEST-SELLING BOOKS, MAKING CAMEOS IN MOVIES,... EXCUSE ME, WHERE'S THE LOBBY? DOWN THE HALL AND TO THE LEFT. ...ON TELEVISION,... LOOK, I TELL YOU WHAT. THROW IN ANOTHER 50 GRAND, I'LL CUT THE GRASS FOR YOU EVERY SATURDAY. ...EVEN COMMERCIALS. WE EAT OUR PIZZA THE WRONG WAY. CRUST FIRST. IF FLAUNTING IT WAS THE GAME, TRUMP WAS THE NAME. MY NEW GAME IS TRUMP ` THE GAME. BECAUSE IT'S NOT WHETHER YOU WIN OR LOSE; IT'S WHETHER YOU WIN. HE CONTINUED TO WIN NOT ONLY BY BEING A BUSINESSMAN BUT AS BEING A BUSINESS HIMSELF. THE NAME TRUMP IS SUCH A BRAND FOR SUCCESS THAT IT HAS BEEN LICENSED ON AN ASTONISHING RANGE OF PRODUCTS. TRUMP MODEL MANAGEMENT. WHAT DOES THIS GUY NOT HAVE HIS NAME ON? THE REASON MY REAL ESTATE IS SUCCESSFUL IS THEY KNOW IF I PUT THE NAME TRUMP ON IT, IT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST. BUT IN THE '90S, HIS FIERY MIX OF HUBRIS AND VISION CAUSED HIM TO WIN AND LOSE FORTUNES. WHEN A CASINO ANALYST MADE THIS PREDICTION ABOUT THE TRUMP TAJ MAHAL,... WHEN DECEMBER AND JANUARY ROLL AROUND, YOU COULD SEE BUSINESS DROP OFF 30% OR 40%. ...HE LEARNED FIRST-HAND WHAT KIND OF TROUBLE CHALLENGING TRUMP'S NUMBERS CAN GET YOU. TRUMP THREATENED TO SUE, AND THE ANALYST WAS FIRED. YOU GOING TO FIGHT IT TO THE BITTER END? I ALWAYS FIGHT TO THE BITTER END. IN THE END, HE WAS FORCED TO FOLD THE TRUMP TAJ MAHAL CASINO, RESULTING IN JOB LOSSES, AND HIS COMMERCIAL AIRLINE ` TRUMP SHUTTLE ` GROUNDED. I WAS AT THE HIGHEST OF ALL PEDESTALS. THE HOTTEST IN THE COUNTRY. EVERYTHING I TOUCHED TURNED TO GOLD. AND THEN ONE DAY THE PEDESTAL WAS KNOCKED OUT FROM UNDER ME. MIDAS HAD LOST HIS TOUCH. DONALD TRUMP'S BUSINESSES FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY TWICE. HE EXPLAINED HIS FINANCIAL WOES TO US IN 1994. I HAD BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF DEBT ` IN EXCESS OF $5 BILLION. I HAD $975 MILLION WORTH OF PERSONAL DEBT. DESPITE THE LOSSES AND TWO MORE CORPORATE BANKRUPTCIES, TRUMP CONTINUED TO PROMOTE A PICTURE ` PROFITS AND POWER. I FOUGHT BACK AND I WON. NOW MY COMPANY'S BIGGER THAN IT EVER WAS AND STRONGER THAN IT EVER WAS. TIM O'BRIEN, WHO WROTE A BIOGRAPHY ON TRUMP, SAYS HIS SPECIALTY WASN'T BUILDING BUT BRANDING. WHAT HE ESSENTIALLY HAS BEEN IS A ROBUST BRANDING AND MARKETING OPERATION AND AN INCREDIBLE SELF-PROMOTER. HE'S ESSENTIALLY A HUMAN SHINGLE. WHAT DO YOU WANT? WELL, THAT'S ALWAYS A QUESTION I HATE TO ANSWER BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, WHO CARES? I KNOW, BUT I LOVE TO` I CARE. I REALLY CARE. FORBES MAGAZINE SAYS I'M WORTH A LOT. WOULD I SAY THAT I'M WORTH $5 BILLION? $5 BILLION? I WOULD SAY I'M WORTH MORE THAN $5 BILLION, BUT IT'S IRRELEVANT. THAT YEAR, FORBES ESTIMATED HIS WORTH AT ONLY $2.5 BILLION, BUT THE ACTUAL NUMBER, THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HAS NO IDEA. REMEMBER, HE REFUSED TO RELEASE HIS TAX RETURNS. SO YOU'VE GOTTA ASK YOURSELF WHY WON'T HE RELEASE HIS TAX RETURNS? MAYBE HE'S NOT AS RICH AS HE SAYS HE IS. BUT BACK IN 2004, DONALD TRUMP TOOK ANOTHER RISK, SOMETHING FEW CELEBRITIES OF HIS CALIBRE HAD EVER TRIED ` A REALITY TV SHOW ABOUT HIMSELF AND THE CUT-THROAT BUSINESS WORLD ` THE SEARCH FOR HIS APPRENTICE. I'M HERE TO SEE DONALD TRUMP. THE RISK PAID HUGE DIVIDENDS. 20 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHED HIM GRILL YOUNG TRUMP WANNABES IN THE BOARDROOM EVERY WEEK. I DIDN'T COME HERE TO MAKE FRIENDS. OMAROSA MANIGAULT, NOW A SENIOR ADVISER TO THE DONALD TRUMP CAMPAIGN, WAS A CONTESTANT ON THE SHOW. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION THE FIRST TIME YOU SAW HIM UP CLOSE? SO, THE FIRST TIME DONALD WALKED INTO THE BOARDROOM, HE TOOK ONE OF THOSE INFAMOUS DONALD TRUMP BREATHS, LIKE (INHALES) 'OK, FOLKS.' (LAUGHS) AND I LITERALLY ALMOST LAUGHED COS HE WAS LIKE` IT WAS LIKE A CARICATURE OF THE PERSON. THEN YOU REALISED THAT'S THE WAY HE IS. HE GOES, 'YOU. WHAT'S YOUR STORY?' HE DOESN'T EASE INTO IT. HE WAS JUST IMMEDIATELY` YEAH. DON'T WASTE TIME. AND IF YOU DID, OR SCREWED UP, YOU HEARD THAT INFAMOUS PHRASE... YOU'RE FIRED. SO, THAT'S HOW THE TRUMP BUSINESS EMPIRE WAS BUILT, BUT IF THERE'S ONE THING MORE COMPLICATED THAN HIS BUSINESS DEALINGS, IT'S HIS PRIVATE LIFE. AND WE'LL HAVE THAT FOR YOU WHEN WE COME BACK. 1 WELCOME BACK TO 20/20 AND OUR BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE 45TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. AS REPORTER TOM LLAMAS CONTINUES WITH 'THE MAKING OF A PRESIDENT', HE DELVES INTO DONALD TRUMP'S PRIVATE LIFE ` HIS LOVES, HIS WIVES AND ESPECIALLY HIS CHILDREN, WHO ARE NOW PLAYING IMPORTANT ROLES ON HIS TEAM TO TRANSITION INTO THE WHITE HOUSE. IN THE EARLY '90S, DONALD TRUMP IS ON THE HUNT FOR THREE THINGS ` POWER, MONEY AND WOMEN. AN EASY WAY TO UNDERSTAND DONALD TRUMP IS THAT HIS APPETITES ARE WHETTED AND HEIGHTENED BY THE CHASE. HE CERTAINLY IS DRAWN TO VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. HE SURROUNDS HIMSELF WITH BEAUTIFUL WOMEN, AND MANY OF THEM ARE VERY INTELLIGENT. WIFE IVANA TRUMP IS ONE OF THOSE BEAUTIFUL AND INTELLIGENT WOMEN. SHE'S JUST NOT THE ONLY ONE. THE COUPLE'S 14-YEAR MARRIAGE IS ON THE ROCKS AFTER WHISPERS OF AN AFFAIR WITH MARLA MAPLES, A WOMAN THE TABLOIDS HAVE DUBBED THE GEORGIA PEACH. WIFE IVANA, WHO HAS THREE KIDS WITH DONALD, TELLS ABC'S PRIMETIME SHE NEVER SAW IT COMING. DID YOU SEE WARNING SIGNS? UH, I DIDN'T. I DIDN'T. ARE YOU FOLLOWING THE TRUMP THING? YOU CAN'T MISS IT. LATEST DESPATCH FROM THE FRONT IN THE BATTLE OF TRUMP VS TRUMP. THE FRONT-PAGE FIASCO OF LOVERS, LAWYERS AND LARGE SETTLEMENTS. IN THE END, IVANA GETS MORE THAN $20 MILLION IN A DIVORCE SETTLEMENT IN 1992. A YEAR LATER, DONALD WEDS MAPLES, A FORMER BEAUTY QUEEN. BUT FOR DONALD TRUMP, ONE BEAUTY QUEEN SIMPLY WON'T DO, SO IN 1996 HE BUYS THEM ALL,... CAN YOU STAND IT? ...PURCHASING THE MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT AND PUTTING MARLA FRONT AND CENTRE AS THE NEW CO-HOST. IF FOR ANY REASON MISS UNIVERSE CANNOT COMPLETE HER REIGN, THE FIRST RUNNER-UP WILL BECOME MISS UNIVERSE. BUT SOON IT'S MARLA MAPLES' UNIVERSE THAT'S ABOUT TO CHANGE. HER MARRIAGE TO THE DONALD IS NOW IN TROUBLE. I GIVE IT FOUR MONTHS. ACTUALLY, THE RELATIONSHIP LASTS JUST UNDER FOUR YEARS. HERE'S MARLA LEAVING DIVORCE COURT, A LITTLE WEALTHIER AND A LOT WISER. HE'S JUST GOT A WAY. (LAUGHS) THIS WAY, LISA! PLAYBOY DONALD IS BACK PLAYING THE FIELD AND WANTS EVERYONE TO KNOW ABOUT IT. HE EVEN HAS A PUBLICIST NAMED JOHN MILLER, A GUY WHO SOUNDS A LOT LIKE TRUMP HIMSELF. TAKE A LISTEN. TRUMP DENIES THE VOICE IS HIS. REPORTERS ARE LEFT AMUSED AND/OR CONFUSED. BUT IN THE WORLD OF TRUMP, ANY NEWS IS GOOD NEWS. HE'S AN INCREDIBLE SELF-PROMOTER AND MARKETER. IN 1998, DONALD FINALLY MEETS HIS MATCH AT A PARTY IN NEW YORK CITY, A MODEL FROM SLOVENIA NAMED MELANIA. HE TOLD BARBARA WALTERS SHE PLAYED HARD TO GET. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION OF DONALD TRUMP? WELL, HE WAS VERY CHARMING, AND HE` WE HAD A GREAT SPARKLE. HE CAME WITH A DATE, SO HE ASKED ME FOR THE NUMBER, AND I SAID, 'I WILL NOT GIVE YOU MY NUMBER. 'SO IF YOU GIVE ME YOUR NUMBERS, I WILL` I WILL CALL YOU.' AND HE WAS KNOWN AS KIND OF A LADIES MAN, AND... BUT... (LAUGHS) THE TWO MARRY IN 2005. DONALD IS A GENERATION OLDER THAN HIS MODEL BRIDE. YOUR HUSBAND HAS BEEN MARRIED TWICE BEFORE? DID YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS THAT IT MIGHT NOT WORK OUT? NO, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS. WE HAVE A GREAT CHEMISTRY. AND TO BE WITH THE MAN AS MY HUSBAND IS` YOU NEED TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE. YOU NEED TO HAVE VERY INDEPENDENT LIFE AS WELL, AND SUPPORTING HIM. YOU NEED TO BE VERY SMART AND QUICK AND BE THERE FOR HIM WHEN HE NEEDS YOU. THAT'S THE BIG DIFFERENCE IN THIS MARRIAGE. I THINK THAT SHE APPEARS TO BE VERY FOCUSED ON HIS NEEDS, ON BEING MRS DONALD TRUMP AND SHE'S NOT FOCUSED ON GETTING ANYTHING FOR HERSELF. AFTER A YEAR, THEY HAVE A SON, BARRON, NOW 10 YEARS OLD, WHO MELANIA REFERS TO AS 'LITTLE DONALD'. FATHER AND SON SHARE A LOVE OF GOLF. THAT'S BARRON TAKING A PRACTICE SWING INSIDE THE FAMILY'S MARBLE LIVING ROOM. WHEN HE COMES HOME, WE SPEND TIME TOGETHER, TWO OF US, OR TWO OF US AND BARRON. JUST BE AT HOME, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY QUALITY TIME TOGETHER. QUALITY TIME FOR TRUMP'S OLDER KIDS ` DONALD JR, IVANKA, ERIC AND TIFFANY ` WAS NOT ALWAYS AT HOME. YOUR FATHER HAS SAID THAT HE WAS NOT ` I'M USING HIS WORDS ` VERY PRESENT WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP. I WOULD CHALLENGE HIM ON THAT, BECAUSE HE WAS VERY AVAILABLE TO US AND ACCESSIBLE TO US. IF WE CALLED, HE TOOK THE PHONE. I MEAN, FROM WHEN WE WERE 6 YEARS OLD, I'D CALL. HE'D BE NEGOTIATING WITH THE CEO OF A MAJOR BANK OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, AND HE WOULD MAKE THEM WAIT. HE'D TAKE THE CALL FROM US. OUR TIMES TOGETHER WERE LEARNING, YOU KNOW, PLAYING IN HIS OFFICE. HE WOULD ALWAYS SNEAK ME DOWN TO GET A CANDY BAR, YOU KNOW, IN THE LOBBY. DOES IT TAKE TIME FOR HIM TO KINDA MOULD INTO THAT` INTO THAT ROLE? OR IS IT JUST DIFFERENT? HE'S MORE OLD-FASHIONED? HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE HIM? INSTEAD OF GOING OUT IN THE BACKYARD AND THROWING AROUND A FOOTBALL WITH THEM, THEY WOULD COME DOWN TO HIS OFFICE AND BE PLAYING WITH LEGO AND, YOU KNOW, TOYS THERE IN HIS OFFICE WHILE HE'S DOING BUSINESS DEALS. HE FOUND A WAY THAT WAS TRUE TO HIM TO CONNECT WITH US THAT MAYBE IS A LITTLE LESS TRADITIONAL. YOU KNOW, HIS WORK IS HIS PASSION, AND HE FOUND A WAY TO SHARE IT WITH US. THEY SAY THEIR FATHER ALSO TAUGHT THEM TO RESPECT THE VALUE OF A DOLLAR. TO SAY WE WEREN'T SPOILED WOULD BE LAUGHABLE. BUT WE WERE SPOILED WITH GREAT EDUCATION, GREAT EXPERIENCES, BUT WE WEREN'T THE KIDS SHOWING UP TO COLLEGE WITH, YOU KNOW, A FERRARI. WE ALWAYS HAD TO, SORT OF, EARN WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE WANTED. AND IT SEEMS THAT DONALD TRUMP WORK ETHIC IS GENETIC. I THINK WE ALL HAVE A VERY COMPETITIVE SPIRIT, AND I THINK THAT CAN BE HARNESSED IN ONE OF TWO WAYS ` TO OUR DETRIMENT, MEANING THAT WE'RE COMPETITIVE IN SPITE OF OURSELVES, OR FOR THE POSITIVE, WHICH MEANS WE PUSH EACH OTHER. IVANKA IS, PERHAPS, THE MOST WELL KNOWN OF THE GROUP AND QUITE POSSIBLY DADDY'S FAVOURITE. YOU BETTER DO A GOOD JOB OR YOU'RE FIRED. LAUGHTER WHO IS HIS FAVOURITE? I'M GOING WITH IVANKA. LAUGHTER I'M GOING WITH IVANKA. TODAY, THREE TRUMP CHILDREN WORK AS EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENTS AT THE FAMILY BUSINESS, TRYING TO KEEP PACE WITH THEIR DAD. SOMETIMES I'LL TELL HIM, LIKE, 'OH, YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, SLOW DOWN,' BUT IT'S THE ONLY SPEED HE KNOWS. AND I KIND OF LOVE THAT ABOUT HIM. TIFFANY, TRUMP'S DAUGHTER BY HIS SECOND WIFE, MARLA MAPLES, RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM HER FATHER'S ALMA MATER, THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. I THINK THAT IT'S ALL I KNOW. I'M SO HAPPY TO BE TIFFANY TRUMP, SO HAPPY TO BE, YOU KNOW, IN THE FAMILY I'M IN WITH MY SIBLINGS AND MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER. HELLO, GRANDPA. TRUMP'S EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN ARE ALSO BEING GROOMED FOR THE FAMILY BUSINESS. LOOK AT THIS, HUH? WHAT A TROOP. WHAT IS YOUR FATHER LIKE AS A GRANDFATHER? HE'S BEEN GREAT. EVERYONE HAVING A GOOD TIME? I CAN SEE MY KIDS JUST RUNNING UP TO HIM AND GIVING A HUG. THEY JUST RESPECT HIM A LOT. THOSE GRANDCHILDREN HAVE AN UNLIKELY UNCLE IN 10-YEAR-OLD BARRON. THE BOSS, RIGHT HERE. LOOK AT HIM WITH ALL THESE` WHO'S THAT? HOW DID YOU KEEP ALL THESE KIDS IN LINE, BARRON? DISCIPLINE. WE JOKE, 'YOU HAVE TO REALLY RESPECT YOUR UNCLE EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A ONE-YEAR DIFFERENCE.' LAUGHTER SO THAT DRIVES MY KIDS CRAZY. BYE, GRANDPA. LOVE YOU. BYE, EVERYBODY. BYE. BUT WILL THIS FAMILY BECOME THE FIRST FAMILY? HOW A SIMPLE JOKE MAY HAVE PUSHED DONALD TRUMP TOWARDS THE PRESIDENCY. AND WE WERE ALL TAKING BETS LIKE, WHO ACTUALLY THINKS HE'S GONNA GO OUT AND DO THIS? AND AS WE KNOW, DONALD TRUMP DID GO OUT AND HE DID DO IT. WHEN WE RETURN, WE'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS ON JUST HOW HE WENT ABOUT IT. STAY WITH US. 1 WELCOME BACK TO 20/20 AND TONIGHT'S SPECIAL BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT 'THE MAKING OF A PRESIDENT'. NOW, AS REPORTER TOM LLAMAS CONTINUES THE STORY, WE SEE WHAT PUSHED DONALD TRUMP, BILLIONAIRE BUSINESSMAN, INTO BECOMING DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. ANYBODY WITH ANY MODICUM OF EGO WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,... NEW YORK DEVELOPER DONALD TRUMP. ...BUT I CERTAINLY DON'T SEE THAT IN THE CARDS. IS HE RUNNING FOR SOMETHING? I HAVE ZERO POLITICAL ASPIRATION. DONALD TRUMP SPENDS DECADES IN THE PUBLIC EYE PROFESSING HIS AMBITION IS AIMED AT WEALTH, NOT THE COMMONWEALTH. HIGH OFFICE BUILDINGS, NOT HIGH OFFICE. I LOVE WHAT I DO, AND I REALLY BELIEVE I DO IT BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE. BUT IF I CAN POINT OUT THE DEFICIENCIES IN THE WAY OUR SYSTEM IS GOING, IF I CAN POINT OUT CERTAIN STUPIDITIES, I'VE DONE A GREAT SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY. THAT SERVICE INCLUDED PERPETUATING A FALSE RACE-BAITING CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT THE NATION'S FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT WASN'T BORN IN AMERICA, AND THEREFORE NOT ENTITLED TO HOLD OFFICE. IF HE WASN'T BORN IN THIS COUNTRY, WHICH IS A REAL POSSIBILITY, THEN HE HAS PULLED ONE OF THE GREAT CONS IN THE HISTORY OF POLITICS. WHICH IN TURN TRIGGERS WHAT SOME SAY IS THE TRUMP U-TURN, FROM PARK AVENUE TO PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AND A PATH TO THE WHITE HOUSE. IT COMES FIVE YEARS AGO. I WAS INVITED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE. CITIZEN TRUMP, BIRTHER AND BILLIONAIRE, SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE OF THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS DINNER. DONALD TRUMP! LAUGHTER, JEERING IS HERE TONIGHT. THE FUTURE PRESIDENT ELECT IS JUST A PUNCHLINE. NO ONE IS PROUDER TO PUT THIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE MATTER TO REST THAN THE DONALD. AND THAT'S BECAUSE HE CAN FINALLY GET BACK TO FOCUSING ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER ` LIKE... DID WE FAKE THE MOON LANDING? LAUGHTER HE WASN'T LAUGHING. NO. I MEAN, HE WAS, LIKE, A COUPLE OF TABLES OVER FROM ME, AND I KEPT LOOKING TO CHECK, AND HE DIDN'T CRACK A SMILE. DO YOU THINK THAT HE WAS SO THIN-SKINNED HE COULD BE MOTIVATED TO SEEK THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN THIS COUNTRY JUST BECAUSE HE WAS THE BUTT OF A BUNCH OF JOKES? ABSOLUTELY. I THINK HE'S ALSO SO UNAWARE OF HIS OWN LIMITATIONS AS A PERSON THAT HE DIDN'T FIND THE PROSPECT OF DOING THAT DAUNTING. WHAT'S YOUR GREATEST WEAKNESS? WELL, I DON'T LOVE CRITICISM. I DON'T LOVE, UH, UNFAIR CRITICISM. HE CERTAINLY WOULD BRING SOME CHANGE TO THE WHITE HOUSE. DID THAT MOMENT OF PUBLIC RIDICULE IGNITE AN AGE-OLD INSTINCT FOR PERSONAL PAYBACK? NO. TRUMP TOLD BARBARA WALTERS IT WASN'T PERSONAL; IT WAS STRICTLY BUSINESS. IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR TRADE DEALS, WHICH ARE SO HORRENDOUS AND SO ONE-SIDED, YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH JOBS. IT BEGINS WITH THIS MOMENT ` JUNE 16TH, 2015. A SHOWMAN'S GRAND ENTRANCE, DESCENDING AS IF FROM THE CLOUDS, DOWN THE ESCALATOR AT TRUMP TOWER IN NEW YORK. AND WE WERE ALL TAKING BETS, LIKE, WHO ACTUALLY THINKS HE'S GOING TO GO OUT AND DO THIS? DAUGHTER IVANKA LAUNCHING A CAMPAIGN THAT WAS TO BECOME VERY MUCH A FAMILY AFFAIR. TODAY I HAVE THE HONOUR OF INTRODUCING A MAN WHO NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION. I AM OFFICIALLY RUNNING... CHEERING ...FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES! TRUMP'S DAUGHTER-IN-LAW LARA. THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS CAMPAIGN, THAT DIDN'T TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY, DIDN'T THINK HE HAD A SHOT TO WIN, BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP HIM. THE MAVERICK OUTSIDER, TRUE TO FORM, BREAKING ALL THE RULES OF CIVIC DISCOURSE, FOR ONE THING. COS OUR LEADERS ARE STUPID. STUPID. STUPID PEOPLE. WHA! BING, BING, BONG AND DAT. THE PRIMARY COLOURS RUN RED AS TRUMP UNLEASHES A STONE-COLD STYLE OF SMACKDOWN,... SO WRONG. BACKYARD, NO-RULES WRESTLING,... BOTH TALK AT ONCE ...SOMEBODY-SAY-UNCLE DEBATE,... ...SO WE CAN GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE. NOT BAD. ...APPLYING HIS BUSINESSMAN'S BRANDING GENIUS TO LABEL HIS OPPONENTS INDELIBLY WITH THOSE NOW-FAMOUS NICKNAMES. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, LITTLE MARCO. I'VE GIVEN MY ANSWER, LYIN' TED. JEB BUSH IS A LOW-ENERGY PERSON. CROOKED HILLARY CLINTON. BAD-MOUTHING POLITICIANS WAS ONE THING, BUT TRUMP HAS THAT ONE-STEP-BEYOND QUALITY THAT LED HIM TO BAD MOUTH ENTIRE SWATHES OF THE POPULATION AS WELL. WHEN MEXICO SENDS ITS PEOPLE, THEY'RE BRINGING DRUGS, THEY'RE BRINGING CRIME, THEY'RE RAPISTS. DONALD J TRUMP IS CALLING FOR A TOTAL AND COMPLETE SHUTDOWN OF MUSLIMS ENTERING THE UNITED STATES UNTIL OUR COUNTRY'S REPRESENTATIVES CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON? UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I SAID. AH, I DON'T REMEMBER! OMAROSA MANIGAULT IS A SENIOR ADVISER WHO WORKED ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN OUTREACH DURING THE CAMPAIGN. HAS BEING SO CLOSE TO DONALD TRUMP AFFECTED ANY OF YOUR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH FRIENDS OR FAMILY? THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO... STOPPED TALKING TO ME. AND I WILL NEVER FORGET THE PEOPLE WHO TURNED THEIR BACKS ON ME WHEN ALL I WAS TRYING TO DO WAS HELP THE BLACK COMMUNITY. TEARFULLY: IT'S BEEN SO INCREDIBLY HARD. HAS YOUR FATHER EVER SAID ANYTHING ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL THAT MADE YOU CRINGE? TRUTHFULLY, NO. HE'S NOT A BIG BELIEVER IN PC CULTURE WHERE EVERY STATEMENT YOU MAKE YOU HAVE TO VET VERY CAREFULLY THROUGH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. HE SPEAKS IN A WAY THE AVERAGE PERSON CAN UNDERSTAND. I THINK THAT'S REFRESHING FOR EVERYONE. THE BILLIONAIRE, IN HIS TAILORED SUITS AND PRIVATE AIRCRAFT, RESONATING WITH THE WORKING CLASS. YOU KNOW, HE'S NOT A SNOB, DONALD. EVEN THOUGH HE'S A SUCCESSFUL, SUPER-WEALTHY GUY, HE'S MORE OF A MAN OF THE PEOPLE THAN MOST PEOPLE THINK. THIS PICTURE, TWEETED OUT BY TRUMP HIMSELF, SAYS IT ALL ` ON HIS PLANE AND ENJOYING A BUCKET OF KFC CHICKEN. ALTHOUGH HE'S EXTREMELY WEALTHY, HE LIKES VERY SIMPLE THINGS. THIS ENTIRE CAMPAIGN I'VE HAD MORE FAST FOOD THAN I'VE EVER CONSUMED IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. NOW, MY FRIENDS... WHILE THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN TESTED 85 DIFFERENT SLOGANS, TRUMP'S WAS A CRYSTAL-CLEAR DISTILLATION OF BOTH ANGER AND ASPIRATION. WHAT I WANT TO DO IS MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. VERY SIMPLE. AS THE CAMPAIGN WORE ON, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT TRUMP'S RENEGADE STYLE... WE HAVE TO BUILD A WALL! ...WASN'T JUST AN ACT; IT WAS A STRATEGY. LACK OF POLITICAL EXPERIENCE? THAT'S A PLUS, NOT A MINUS. AND POLITICIANS, THEY'RE ALL TALK, THEY'RE NO ACTION. 30-SECOND ADS? WHO NEEDS THEM WHEN YOU CAN USE TWITTER. GOOD PRESS? FINE. BAD PRESS? BETTER. JUST ATTACK THE MEDIA. LIKE THIS SLEAZY GUY RIGHT OVER HERE FROM ABC, HE'S A SLEAZE. WHY AM I A SLEAZE? YOU'RE A SLEAZE BECAUSE YOU DO` YOU KNOW THE FACTS AND YOU KNOW THE FACTS WELL. GO AHEAD. PRIMARY SEASON BECOMES A TRAVELLING CIRCUS FOR TRUMP, AND A DEATH MARCH FOR HIS RIVALS. TONIGHT, DONALD TRUMP THE ONLY REPUBLICAN LEFT STANDING. SO, WITH THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION SECURED, DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN SUDDENLY FACES ITS BIGGEST HURDLE, BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL SEE NOTHING IS INSURMOUNTABLE FOR THE DONALD. 1 WELCOME BACK TO 20/20 AND TONIGHT'S LOOK AT DONALD TRUMP'S JOURNEY TO BECOMING THE 45TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. AS WE CONTINUE, REPORTER TOM LLAMAS TAKES US THROUGH THE FINAL DAYS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND THEN ASKS WHERE TO NOW FOR THE USA? HOW WILL DONALD TRUMP HEAL THE DIVISIONS THAT HIS VICTORY EXPOSED? PLUS ` WHAT WILL A TRUMP WHITE HOUSE LOOK LIKE? YOU WERE EXPECTING UNDERSTATED, MAYBE? FORGET ABOUT IT; THIS IS THE DONALD, AFTER ALL, MAKING HIS GRAND APPEARANCE AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. HE ONCE TOLD ME THAT WHEN HE WAS IN FRONT OF ALL THESE CROWDS, HE FELT LIKE A ROCK STAR WITHOUT A GUITAR. THE CONVENTION'S HIGHLIGHTED A CURIOUS CONTRADICTION FOR TRUMP. DESPITE HIS LIFELONG CULTIVATION OF HIS CELEBRITY STATUS, HIS CONVENTION WAS NOTABLY BEREFT OF HOLLYWOOD HIGH WATTAGE. SCOTT BAIO IS WHAT PASSED FOR STAR POWER. HE BASICALLY SAID, 'I DON'T NEED A-LIST STARS. I'M THE A-LIST STAR. AND THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH.' IRONICALLY, WHILE THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION DID HAVE AN ENDLESS PARADE OF STARS, IT WAS A COMPLETE UNKNOWN WHO MADE THE MOST IMPACT ` THE MUSLIM FATHER OF A SLAIN US SERVICEMAN. YOU HAVE SACRIFICED NOTHING. THAT CRITICISM BROUGHT INTO PLAY THAT KEY TRUMP TRAIT ` NO SLIGHT IS TOO SMALL; NO ONE IS ABOVE OR BELOW ATTACK, EVEN A GOLD STAR FATHER. WELL, THAT SOUNDS` WHO WROTE THAT? DID HILLARY'S SCRIPTWRITERS WRITE IT? HE COUNTERPUNCHES TWICE AS HARD. WHY DOES HE DO THAT? HE HAS THIS DARWINIAN SENSE OF HIMSELF THAT... ONLY THE HUNGRIEST AND FIERCEST ANIMAL SURVIVES. ON THE EVE OF THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, TRUMP WAS BUCKING ORTHODOXY AGAIN. COMPARED TO THE DAYS CLINTON SPENT STUDYING AND PRACTISING, HE PREFERRED TO SPEND MUCH OF HIS TIME ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, WHERE HE HAD OFTEN BEEN BOMBASTIC. LIKE TO PUNCH HIM IN THE FACE, I'LL TELL YA. LISTEN, HE RAN A COMPLETELY UNCONVENTIONAL CAMPAIGN. HE DIDN'T FOLLOW ANY OF THE NORMS. HE DID IT HIS WAY. THE IMPROVISATIONAL STYLE, WITH ITS PLUSSES AND PERILS, ON FULL DISPLAY AT THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. FOR THE FIRST 30 MINUTES, TRUMP IS ON HIS BEST BEHAVIOUR, STICKING TO HIS TALKING POINTS. WE HAVE TO RENEGOTIATE OUR TRADE DEALS. BUT AS HILLARY'S CONSTANT BARBS SINK IN,... SO A MAN WHO CAN BE PROVOKED BY A TWEET SHOULD NOT HAVE HIS FINGERS ANYWHERE NEAR THE NUCLEAR CODES. ...TRUMP REVERTS TO FORM BEFORE OUR VERY EYES. DONALD SUPPORTED THE INVASION OF IRAQ. WRONG. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY` WRONG. THEN CAME THE HUGE OCTOBER SURPRISE ` THE ACCESS HOLLYWOOD FOOTAGE OF TRUMP WITH CORRESPONDENT BILLY BUSH. TRUMP'S SEEMINGLY CAVALIER ATTITUDE ABOUT FORCING HIMSELF ON WOMEN IGNITED A FIRESTORM OF OUTRAGE. LESS THAN A WEEK LATER, THERE ARE NEW ACCUSATIONS. A CAMPAIGN UNDER SIEGE. A NEW ALLEGATION OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT` ...AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. THE MAN WHOSE CHILDREN LAUD HIM AS A FAMILY MAN SUDDENLY UNDER THE MICROSCOPE FOR ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT. IT WASN'T THE FATHER-IN-LAW THAT I KNEW. IT WASN'T THE MAN THAT I KNEW. AND ONCE AGAIN, THE WINNER TAKE ALL ` TRUMP HANGS TOUGH, EVEN WHILE FELLOW REPUBLICANS ARE CALLING FOR HIM TO QUIT. YOU JUST HAVE TO HUNKER DOWN AND FOCUS AND KNOW THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS... YOU'RE DOING RIGHT BY THE PEOPLE. A SCANDAL THAT MIGHT DERAIL ANY OTHER CAMPAIGN INSTEAD PROMPTS TRUMP TO CHARGE FORWARD. EVERY WOMAN LIED. TOTAL FABRICATION. ALL OF THESE LIARS WILL BE SUED AFTER THE ELECTION IS OVER. I NEVER EVER QUIT. I NEVER GIVE UP. AND IN ONE WAY, THAT CAN BE A LITTLE AGGRAVATING TO PEOPLE. IN ANOTHER WAY, I THINK IT'S A GOOD TRAIT. BUT DESPITE TRUMP'S 'MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY' REPUTATION, THERE ARE SIGNS DURING HIS CAMPAIGN THAT HE'S WILLING TO ADAPT AND CHANGE. I WAS ACTUALLY PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BY HOW MANY TIMES HE DID ASK ME FOR MY OPINION, HOW MANY TIMES HE ASKED HIS OTHER SENIOR STAFF FOR THEIR OPINION. TRUMP'S ADVISERS FIGHT TO KEEP HIM ON MESSAGE, REPORTEDLY PREVENTING HIM FROM TWEETING. AND FINALLY, MAKING SURE HE STAYS DISCIPLINED AT HIS CAMPAIGN RALLIES. JUST LISTEN TO WHAT SOUNDS LIKE AN INNER MONOLOGUE. WE'VE GOT TO BE NICE AND COOL, NICE AND COOL. NO SIDE-TRACKS, DONALD, NICE AND EASY. NICE. WITH DAYS TO GO UNTIL THE ELECTION, TRUMP IS EXUDING CONFIDENCE ON THE STUMP. AND WE ARE GOING TO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE. WE'RE GONNA WIN IT. AND WE WILL MAKE GREAT AGAIN! BUT PRIVATELY HIS LONG-TIME FRIEND SAID HE HAD A MORE REALISTIC VIEW OF THE OUTCOME. YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T SAY TO ME, 'NO, THIS IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN FOR ME.' HE JUST SAID, 'LOOK, I'M COMPETING EVERY PLACE AND I'M HOPEFUL FOR THE BEST.' THE MORNING OF THE ELECTION, TRUMP IS BOOED AT HIS POLLING PLACE, AND THE INTERNET HAS A GOOD LAUGH WHEN HE SNEAKS A PEAK AT MELANIA'S BALLOT. WITH POLLS AND PUNDITS UNIFORMLY PREDICTING A TRUMP DEFEAT, THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN IS SIPPING CHAMPAGNE ON THEIR PLANE. THEIR CANDIDATE EVEN SIGNING A NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE 'MADAM PRESIDENT' COVER. BIG STATE FOR DONALD TRUMP. BUT THEN STATE AFTER STATE STARTS FALLING TO TRUMP. I HEARD THERE WAS A MOMENT WHEN PEOPLE STARTED COMING UP TO HIM SAYING 'PRESIDENT TRUMP.' AND HE WAS LIKE, 'HOLD ON, NOT TILL WE KNOW FOR SURE.' WELL, HE'S CONFIDENT BUT HE'S NOT AN ARROGANT PERSON, AND HE'S` BECOMING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS A VERY HUMBLING EXPERIENCE FOR ANYONE. HE'S NOW GOING TO BE THE 45TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. TRUMP HAD SEEN SOMETHING NONE OF THE POLITICIANS AND PUNDITS HAD SEEN, AND AT LAST, STUNNING VICTORY IN HAND, HE SHOWED A SIDE HE'S RARELY SHOWN ` A CAPACITY FOR GRACIOUSNESS. WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND UNIFY OUR GREAT COUNTRY. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS IN NEW YORK CITY, IF NOT THE WORLD. KELLYANNE CONWAY SHOWING ME THE BALCONY AT TRUMP TOWER. AS WE CHAT... GET THEM, LOOK! ...CHEERS BREAK OUT ACROSS THE WAY. THEY'RE HAPPY! MAYBE THEY THINK YOU'RE MIKE PENCE. YEAH, RIGHT! THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF CELEBRATING ALL AROUND TRUMP'S RED-CAP NATION. ALL CHANT: USA! USA! MILLIONS OF AMERICANS VOICING THEIR EXCITEMENT THIS WEEK THAT THE NEWEST TRUMP RESIDENCE IN WASHINGTON WILL BE 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. ALL CHANT: NOT MY PRESIDENT! BUT THOUSANDS OF OTHERS HAVE TAKEN TO THE STREETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN PROTEST. BOOM! BANG! YOU ARE UNDER ARREST! AS THE NATION STRUGGLES TO HEAL, HOW WILL THE PERSON OF DONALD TRUMP, THE CANDIDATE, TRANSITION TO DONALD TRUMP, THE PRESIDENT? DO YOU THINK HE'S GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY OF HIS PLANS? HE'S GOT A LOT OF BIG, BOLD IDEAS. BUT REMEMBER, THIS IS A GUY WHO DOESN'T COME WITH ANY KIND OF A SENSE OF POLICY MAKING, SO I THINK WHAT YOU'LL SEE ` I THINK HE'LL HAND OFF A LOT OF THE DOMESTIC POLICY TO THE HILL, AND A LOT OF THE FOREIGN POLICY-MAKING TO HIS ADVISER. TRUMP HIMSELF LISTED HIS PRIORITIES ON CAPITOL HILL. WE'RE GONNA LOOK VERY STRONGLY AT IMMIGRATION. WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE BORDER. WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT HEALTHCARE. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT JOBS ` BIG-LEAGUE JOBS. I KNOW HE'S GOING TO DO SUCH A INCREDIBLE JOB, AND I ACTUALLY THINK THE PEOPLE WHO WERE AGAINST HIM THE ENTIRE TIME, WHO PROBABLY ARE STILL UPSET THAT HE'S PRESIDENT, ARE GOING TO BE THE ONES THAT COME AROUND AND SEE WHAT A GREAT JOB HE DOES. AND I ACTUALLY THINK A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR HIM FOR A SECOND TERM. BUT WHAT WILL A TRUMP WHITE HOUSE REALLY LOOK LIKE? SO MUCH IS STILL UNKNOWN, AND THE CLOCK IS TICKING. WE'VE GOT A GREAT TRANSITION EFFORT, AND NOW GOVERNOR` WELL, VICE-PRESIDENT ELECT MIKE PENCE IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THAT EFFORT. KELLYANNE CONWAY REVEALED MIKE PENCE HAS TAKEN OVER THE TRANSITION FROM CHRIS CHRISTIE, BUT AS FOR OTHER CLUES TO THE INNER WORKINGS, SHE WOULDN'T REVEAL MUCH. BUT YOU WERE FIRED UP TONIGHT, RIGHT? I WAS FIRED UP, YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT. THIS MAN, WHOM I'VE FOLLOWED FOR MORE THAN 500 DAYS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, PRIDES HIMSELF ON HIS BIG IDEAS, BUT OFTEN LEAVES THE SMALL DETAILS TO OTHERS, ENTRUSTING ONLY A SMALL GROUP OF HIS PROVEN ALLIES. PEOPLE WHO KNOW TRUMP WELL PREDICT EXCITING TIMES AHEAD. SO, A DONALD TRUMP PRESIDENCY WILL BE... ...UNPRECEDENTED AND INCREDIBLE. ...VERY VERY UNPREDICTABLE. ...SELLING THE AIR RIGHTS OVER THE WHITE HOUSE. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SHOULD GET TO KNOW THE MAN BEHIND THE MOVEMENT. # YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT, # BUT IF YOU TRY SOMETIMES, # YOU MIGHT FIND # YOU GET WHAT YOU NEED! # WHETHER DONALD J TRUMP CAN GET THE USA WHAT IT NEEDS, ONLY TIME WILL TELL. THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. KIA ORA, NGA MIHI.