BREAKING: Robert Trump, the younger brother of President Donald Trump, has died at 72 years old.
"It is with heavy heart I share that my wonderful brother, Robert, peacefully passed away tonight," he 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."Donald Trump reflected on the relationship he had with his brother, who is only two years younger, at a briefing on Friday.
In this Nov. 3, 1999 file photo, Robert Trump, left, joins then real estate developer and presidential hopeful Donald Trump at an event in New York. Donald Trump visited his ailing brother at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City on Friday. He made the detour to visit Robert prior to speaking to New York City Police Benevolent Association at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club.MORE: Trump looks to upstage DNC with swing-state events, multi-million dollar digital ad blitz
Robert Trump was hospitalized in June in the intensive care unit at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York for more than a week.
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