President Donald Trump’s younger brother, Robert Trump, a businessman known for an even keel that seemed almost incompatible with the family name, died Saturday night after being hospitalized in New York, the president said in a statement.He was 71.
The president visited his brother at a New York City hospital on Friday after White House officials said he had become seriously ill.
It is with a heavy heart I share that my wonderful brother, Robert, peacefully passed away tonight,” Donald Trump said in a statement.“He was not just my brother, he was my best friend.He will be greatly missed, but we will meet again.
His memory will live on in my heart forever.Robert, I love you.Rest in peace.” The youngest of the Trump siblings remained close to the 74-year-old president and, as recently as June, filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Trump family that unsuccessfully sought to stop publication of a tell-all book by the president’s niece, Mary.
