Man named Donald Trump offered penthouse suites, flight upgrades and multi-million dollar property deals by people mistaking him for presidential hopeful

A MAN named Donald Trump has been showered with gifts and offers of penthouses, flight upgrades and property deals - but he is not the controversial presidential candidate.

This Donald lives in the deep south of the USA in Clanton, Alabama and may be a Donald but is certainly not The Donald.

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Donald L. Trump (not Donald J. Trump) is an animal lover who works in cyber security at Maxwell Air Force Base in the southern State who has had both good and bad experiences with sharing his name with the Republican nominee.

He says the Trump jokes started in 1987 when his namesake Billionaire businessman's New Jersey American Football team, The Generals won a game.

At the time Alabama Trump was stationed with the US Air Force in Kyoto, Japan and fellow Airman began congratulating him.

He said: "That was the point where I started learning about Donald Trump."

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The jokes began to come more frequently as the years war on but he noticed a marked spike in them when The Donald took the reigns of The Apprentice TV show.

Alabama Donald said that people still occasionally yell his signature "you're fired" catchphrase at him when they realise his name.

He told: "I still get that every once in a while – 'You're fired.' I was like, 'Really?'"

But he says he has experienced some downsides to being confused with the billionaire since he started his campaign for the White House.

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He added: "I've had a lot of bad looks from people. You immediately see it in their face.

"I understand if you're upset with him, whatever. I'm not the same guy, so you don't have to take it out on me.

"I gotta take the mean looks. I don't let it bother me. I can joke just as well as the next guy."

Unlike his namesake Alabama Donald says he isn't political but does admire the way the GOP candidate speaks his mind.

He hasn't revealed whether or not he is voting for The Donald but has said he has some good things to say on immigration.