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.
Donald Trump campaign reportedly makes $7million from mugshot merch
nme.comDonald Trump’s campaign has made $7million (£5.6million) from selling merchandise with his mugshot on.The mugshot went instantly viral last week, when the former US president surrendered in Georgia on charges of plotting to overturn the state’s 2020 election results on Thursday (August 24).He then had to pay a bail bond of $200,000 (£160,000) to be released from the Atlanta jail, and now awaits trial.
He later described the case as “a travesty of justice” and shared his mugshot to X (formerly Twitter) with a link to his campaign fundraising site.Less than two hours after the mugshot was taken, the entrepreneur’s online campaign began selling merchandise, which had the historic photograph printed on it.
This included mugs, koozies, t-shirts and signed mug shot posters.Now, it has been reported by outlets such as Politico and NBC News that the merchandise brought in an alleged $7.1million for his campaign and gave him his largest single-day fundraising paycheck yet.https://t.co/MlIKklPSJT pic.twitter.com/Mcbf2xozsY— Donald J.
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2023Additionally, according to NBC, the campaign has allegedly made $19 million (£15million) in fundraising since Trump pleaded not guilty three and a half weeks ago to a separate set of charges, claiming he engaged in criminal conspiracies aimed at subverting the results of the 2020 presidential election.“Organic money has skyrocketed,” said Steven Cheung, a spokesperson for Trump’s campaign. “Especially after President Trump tweeted out the picture along with the website.”Trump’s campaign is not the only thing making money from the former president’s photograph, however.
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