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 Impeachment Trial Gets Backing Of Only Five Republicans In Procedural Vote
deadline.comThe Senate rejected an effort to sideline the pending impeachment trial of Donald Trump, but in an early gauge of support for convicting the former president, just five Republicans joined with Democrats to move forward.In a 55-45 vote, the Senate tabled a procedural motion by Sen.
Rand Paul to declare a trial unconstitutional because Trump is no longer in office. That is far short of the 67 votes needed to convict Trump.The trial is scheduled to start the week of Feb.
8, but Republicans increasingly have been backing away from the idea of convicting Trump, who still holds enormous sway in the party.
Even Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who has suggested that he may vote to convict, backed Paul’s motion.When the House
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