![]() ![]() In 1990 the Trump Organization was in serious financial trouble due to excessive leveraging. Donald eventually took over his father’s business in 1971. During the Great Depression, financing from the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) allowed Fred Trump to revive his struggling business. Fred Trump’s business success not only provided Donald with a posh youth of private schools and economic security, but eventually blessed him with an inheritance worth an estimated $40 million to $200 million.įred Trump’s success, which granted Donald such a great advantage, was enabled and buffered by U.S. He is wealthy because he is the son of real estate tycoon Fred Trump. Through his own promotional videos, Biff is portrayed as one of America’s self-made heroes, while the city surrounding his palace has turned into a breeding ground for crime, corruption, and gang warfare, complete with barred windows and trash can fires.ĭonald Trump strikes one as similarly callous towards those on whose backs he climbed to build his empire – women, minorities, immigrants. ![]() He also has a real estate firm, which is implied to be intimidating several residents into selling their property (Marty finds a Black family living in what was originally his house, and the father chases him out with a baseball bat, shouting “We ain’t gonna be terrorized!”). Biff lords his financial empire with complete authority over the local law enforcement. Soon he becomes one of the richest and most powerful men in America. Past Biff uses it to bet on the results of sporting events. He manages to get his wealth and power by traveling back in time and giving his younger self a sports almanac from the year 2015. In the movie, Biff Tannen has used his wealth to transform 1985 into a living nightmare. Watching Biff in his “Biff’s Pleasure Paradise” casino hotel (think of Trump towers), sitting in a high-backed chair making demands of his 3rd wife Lorraine, one is reminded of Trump from the long-running show The Apprentice, yelling “You’re Fired!” And oh, THE HAIR. Yes, this nearly 30-year-old movie portrayed the enormously wealthy character with an uncanny likeness to the present day GOP presidential candidate, and the parallels between the two are striking. He sits on a golden throne-like chair in his palace, wearing lavish clothes, surrounded by luxurious furniture and hot tubs with acquiescent women, and flanked by a regal portrait of…himself.Īnd just who is this man? Not Donald Trump, as a modern 2015 audience might think at first glance, but Biff Tannen from the movie Back to the Future Part II. He resides in an opulent 27 story Vegas-style Casino, fashioned with his name and face emblazoned in brilliant lighting. It’s the year 1985 and the self-proclaimed “richest and most powerful man in America” has arisen in the nation’s spotlight as an example of the pinnacle of American greatness. ![]()
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