Donald Trump has admitted cutting off medical treatment to his nephew’s sick baby after he allegedly had his alcoholic brother’s children cut out of his father’s will.

In an interview with the New York Times, Trump said he retaliated because he was ‘angry because they sued’.

His brother Freddy, a pilot, had died an alcoholic in 1981, aged 43.

He had two children – named after his parents Fred and Mary – with a stewardess he married at age 23 called Linda Clapp. The couple later divorced.

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Donald Trump (left, in a family photo with his mother and siblings) allegedly had his brother Freddy's (center, in the dark suit) children cut out of his father's will

Trump (pictured in his military school uniform with his parents) followed in his father's footsteps while Freddy, eight his senior, was a fun-loving free spirit

When the family patriarch Fred Sr., died in 1999, Freddy’s son, Fred III, spoke at the funeral. Later that night, his wife went into labor but the baby had cerebral palsy.

The Trump family promised to pay the medical bills.

But when Fred Sr.’s will was read, it revealed that the majority of his inheritance would be split between his children – except Freddy Trump Jr.

Freddy’s children sued and alleged that Donald - who helped draft the will - and his surviving siblings had influenced Fred Sr., who had suffered from dementia.

They also said an earlier version of the will had said they would receive a share of their grandfather’s fortune – believed to have been more than $20million.

So the real estate mogul, the frontrunner for the GOP's presidential nomination, got his revenge by withdrawing the medical care for his nephew’s sick child.

Donald Trump (left, with first wife Ivana and his parents in 1989) had Freddy as his best man at his 1977 wedding but four years later, his brother died an alcoholic

The Trump matriarch's fortune was split between his sons Donald (left) and Robert (right) as well as daughter Maryanne Trump Barry (center) - excluding Freddy Trump

At the time, he had said the exclusion was because his father disliked Freddy’s ex-wife. Now, he admits, it was out of anger – but says the suit was settled ‘very amicably’.

Trump also said that he witnessed first-hand how bad choices led to the downfall of his older brother – and said he had ‘learned’ from him.

When he was younger, he had admired his older brother, a talented pilot, but watching him self-destruct later was what made him avoid alcohol and cigarettes, Trump said.

‘He would have been an amazing peacemaker if he didn’t have the problem, because everybody loved him,’ Trump told the Times. ‘He’s like the opposite of me.’

The siblings couldn’t have been more different – Freddy was a fun-loving, free spirit, while Donald was ambitious like his father.

‘My father had great confidence in me, which maybe even put pressure on Fred.’

Trump's older brother Freddy quit the family business to pursue his dream of flying, allowing second son Donald (pictured with Fred Sr.) to succeed his father

Trump, the GOP frontrunner, helped draft his father's will, which excluded his older brother's children

But the constant berating from their father led to Freddy’s decision to leave the family business to pursue his dream of flying. He went to work for Trans World Airlines and met and married an air stewardess.

And as the years went by, Freddy drank more and more. Donald, now in college, urged his brother to return to real estate.

But Freddy’s absence also paved the way for the second son to take over from his father and build the Trump real estate brand.

‘I watched him,’ he said. ‘And I learned from him.’

By the late 1960s, Freddy got divorced and quit flying as he knew his drinking was a problem.

He returned to work on his father’s maintenance crews – while his younger brother found success in Manhattan’s real estate market.

Freddy was the best man at Donald’s wedding to his first wife, Ivana Winklmayr, in 1977. Four years later, he was dead.

Now, Trump says he recognizes his brother was a talented pilot, who belonged in the sky.

‘I was too young, I didn’t realize,’ he said. ‘Now, I give speeches in success and I tell people: ‘You’ve got to love what you’re doing.’’



