Donald Trump has opened up about his "rebellious" childhood, early career ambitions and why he has never drunk alcohol.

In an interview for Fox News filmed in September, before he won last week's presidential election, he was asked about his brother Freddy who died in 1981.

Referring to a picture of Freddy and other family members hanging on the wall, interviewer and TMZ founder Harvey Levin said to Mr Trump: "He died at 42, really from alcoholism."

Image: Family portrait including Freddy Trump (standing). Donald Trump is second from right

The billionaire businessman and now President-elect responded: "I've never had a drink because of my brother."

He had previously told Newsweek that Freddy, who was eight years older than him, advised him not to drink.


"He would tell me, 'Don't ever drink. Don't ever drink,'" Mr Trump said.

In the Fox interview, Mr Trump also said when he was growing up and thinking about what to do as a career, he said he was keen on film production, rather than business school.

He said: "I wanted to make motion pictures. I liked it. l liked the glamour of movies."

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He also spoke about why he was sent to military school in upstate New York as a child, saying his property tycoon father thought it would instil discipline in him.

Mr Trump admitted he was rebellious as a child.

He said: "My father thought it would be good for discipline reasons. I was just somebody who was rebellious."

And he did not resent his father for sending him there, saying: "No, not at all, I understood."

In the interview, he also recounted stories behind photos, letters, trophies and other cherished keepsakes he's acquired throughout his lifetime.

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Meanwhile, the President-elect has picked controversial senator Jeff Sessions to be the next US attorney general.

Mr Sessions is known for inflammatory statements on immigration and racially tinged comments, and is an enthusiastic backer of Mr Trump's proposal to build a wall at the Mexico border.

Mr Trump, who is working on his transition from Trump Tower in New York, also selected General Mike Flynn as national security adviser and representative Mike Pompeo as CIA director.