Donald Trump: From Rosie to The Apprentice to Miss USA

Donald Trump is a man of action. Some of those actions have been very embarrassing. Over the past years, Trump managed to seize control of the USA, America and finally the Universe. He is now the king of beauty pageants. Talk about achieving every man's dream. This achievement contributes to his current publicized sparring with Rose O'Donnell.

Donald Trump has a history of involvement with eye candy women. He met his first wife Ivana while she was a model. His second wife Marla Maples, dubbed "The Georgia Peach" was a runner-up for the Miss Georgia title and a model. Current wife, Melania Knauss was a one time European supermodel. It might be said that Trump loves his model women. It is that love that played a role in his acquiring and building a beauty pageant empire. An empire that has seen The Miss USA become more of a news event than a beauty contest. For Donald it is not the first time part of his empire became disruptive.

In the 1990's, the realm of Trump was subject to forms of bankruptcy. His casinos were losing money and draining the people he had invest in them. As is the Trump Style, he finagled, maneuvered and coerced his way back from near disaster. His did so by doing what he preaches best, using other peoples money. Trump has marched into the 21^st century bigger than ever.

In the 1980's, Donald Trump bought the New Jersey Generals of the year old USFL football league. He was determined to put his stamp on the world of sport and became the face of the league despite being a new owner. Unfortunately, his ambitions got the best of him. Donald Trump is a man who does not settle for second rate or second best. In a maneuver to take on and gain entry into the first rate NFL, Trump manipulated the league into abandoning its business plan. The plan called for the league to gain steam through success and recognition before going head to head with the more entrenched National Football League. It is has been said his goal was to force a merger in the tradition of the old NFL-AFL mold. Instead, the USFL would not see the light of a fourth year.