U.S. President Donald Trump ‘s younger brother, Robert Trump, died on Saturday at a New York hospital.
“It is with heavy heart I share that my wonderful brother, Robert, peacefully passed away tonight. 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,” Trump said in a statement.
As per the media reports, Donald Trump will be attending his brother’s funeral, however, no details related to it have been revealed.
“Uncle Robert, we love you. You are in our hearts and prayers, always,” Ivanka Trump posted on Twitter Saturday night.
Donald Trump had visited his brother on Friday after White House official said his situation was critical. Robert Trump had reportedly been hospitalised in the intensive care unit for several days in June as well.
Describing his brother Robert, the US President had once said he’s a “much quieter and easygoing than I am,” and “the only guy in my life whom I ever call ‘honey.'”
“When he worked in the Trump Organisation, he was known as the nice Trump. “Robert was the one people would try to get to intervene if there was a problem,” Gwenda Blair, a Trump family biographer, was quoted as saying by The Associated Press.
Robert Trump, a businessman, began his career with a corporate finance on Wall Street but later joined the family business wherein he managed real estate holdings as a top executive in the Trump organisation.
