Donald Trump Slammed for Father's "Small Loan" Comment in 'Today' Interview: Received $1M

GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is under a little bit of fire as of late for some comments he made during his live town hall meeting and interview with Today Show host Matt Lauer earlier Monday morning. Trump claimed during the interview that his father, Fred Trump, gave him a "small loan" of $1 million to get his start in New York City real estate. Lauer, however, noted that the "small loan" was anything but small.

"My whole life really has been a 'no' and I fought through it," Trump said towards the end of his interview to the question of whether or not he's ever been told no by anyone with the exception of his family.

The former Celebrity Apprentice star claimed that life hasn't been all that easy for him, especially when he decided to venture into New York City from Brooklyn and Queens, where his father had built his small empire. "Even my father, he said, 'You don't want to go to Manhattan. That's not our territory,'" Trump said. 

Hold up, is a father not a member of the family?

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After discussing his father's trepidation in having his son come across the East River, Trump added, "And you know I started off in Brooklyn, my father gave me a small loan of a million dollars," Trump said.

Lauer immediately caught on and admitted that one million dollars is a pretty wonderful "small loan" from anyone. Trump agreed but said it's nothing in comparison to what he's built over the years.

Which, yeah, that's true.

Now, to be fair, Trump did admit that he had to pay his father back—with interest.

So, thoughts, folks?