Celebrity | Patricia Kluge Donald Trump Cans Fallen Billionaire Patricia Kluge Former billionaire socialite fired from her own former vineyard by Donald Trump By Evann Gastaldo Posted Jun 18, 2012 10:13 AM CDT Copied Eric Trump smiles as he joins Patricia Kluge during a news conference at the Trump winery in Charlottesville, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Patricia Kluge went from billionaire socialite to broke, with Donald Trump snapping up her former winery at a foreclosure auction, but she apparently had not hit bottom until now: Trump, who originally kept her on as VP of operations, has told her she's no longer needed full-time. (The New York Post's predictably gleeful take: "Trump: Kluge, You're Fired.") "We gave her a transition contract for the first year, and that has ended," Trump explains. "We are still working with her a little bit, and we still have a good relationship with Patricia. But it is never easy when you build something like that and you end up working for the people that are owning it." Trump's son Eric now runs the business, and Kluge's husband Bill Moses will stay on as general manager. Kluge filed for bankruptcy almost one year ago. Read These Next JD Vance's war skepticism is becoming an issue. More pics have reportedly emerged from Guthrie home cameras. 'Miracle fruit' is helping chemo patients taste again. North Korea just reportedly fired 10 missiles toward the sea. Report an error