Trump served on the board of directors for ZeniMax Media, parent company to Bethesda Softworks, a position he occupied from 1999[1] until his death in 2020.

Trump attended Boston University, where he majored in economics;[7] while there, he played soccer and was the MVP and team captain in 1969.

[b] When concern was expressed about violent video games, in the wake of the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, "political luminaries",[19] including Robert Trump, were added to the board of directors for ZeniMax Media, parent company to Bethesda Softworks.

[2] During his tenure as a director, ZeniMax published several series, including Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, Doom, and Wolfenstein.

His role at the company was highlighted by media outlets in the wake of the Parkland school shooting, when his brother linked video games to violence and subsequently met with various industry chiefs,[20][21] including Robert Altman, CEO of ZeniMax.

Greenwald affirmed that Mary Trump's contract with the publisher gave her no ability to halt publication at that point.

[38] The casino experienced significant problems with its grand opening, especially the slot machine financial controls, that took months to rectify.

Fox commentator, Eric Bolling, following Robert's death, had stated that he and his wife Ann Marie Pallan were vigorous supporters of Donald.

The New York Times quoted a family friend as saying that Trump had recently started experiencing intracerebral hemorrhaging after a fall.

[7] His niece Mary, in an interview with Greenpeace a few days before his death, said that Robert had been sick and hospitalized "a couple of times in the last three months.