Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current president of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. Trump was born and raised in the New York City borough of Queens, and received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School. He took charge of his family's real-estate business in 1971, renamed it The Trump Organization, and expanded its operations from Queens and Brooklyn into Manhattan.
The company built or renovated skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. Trump later started various side ventures, mostly by licensing his name. He owned the Miss Universe and Miss USA beauty pageants from 1996 to 2015, and produced and hosted The Apprentice, a reality television show, from 2003 to 2015. Forbes estimates his net worth to be $3.1 billion.
Coronavirus: Donald Trump says US investigating if Covid-19 escaped from Wuhan lab
mirror.co.ukDonald Trump has said his government is trying to determine whether the coronavirus emanated from a lab in Wuhan. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, meanwhile, said Beijing "needs to come clean" on what they know - with the source of the killer virus still a mystery.
General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Tuesday that US intelligence indicates that the Covid-19 likely occurred naturally, and not in a lab.
But he said there is no certainty either way. Fox News reported on Wednesday that the virus originated in a Wuhan laboratory - but not as a bioweapon.
Instead, the American news network said it was part of China's effort to demonstrate that its efforts to identify and combat viruses are equal to or greater than
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