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.
“He’s just putting out a 911 call to the American people,” said Vice President Kamala Harris today at CNN’s live town hall of recent remarks by Donald Trump’s former chief of staff General John Kelly about the GOP candidate and his fitness to return to the White House.
The remarks by Harris follow Gen. Kelly confirming previous statements attributed to him that he believes the GOP candidate “certainly falls into the general definition of fascist, for sure.” The interview by the former Homeland Security Secretary with the New York Times and the Atlantic also found Gen.
Kelly chillingly revealing that Trump repeatedly praised Adolf Hitler and that he needed a military like “Hitler’s generals.” The VP came out earlier Wednesday to briefly address the four-star General’s remarks, calling Trump’s comments “deeply troubling.” Asked tonight by Anderson Cooper in Aston, Pennsylvania if she herself believed Trump is a fascist, the vice president said without hesitation: “Yes, I do.” As Election Day looms in 13 days, tonight’s town hall comes almost a week before the Harris campaign intends for the VP to deliver her closing argument on October 29 at the Ellipse in Washington DC next to the White House.
The site was the place where Donald Trump spoke to the crowd that then went to besiege the Capitol on January 6, 2021. After declining to do another debate on CNN, which would have been held tonight, Trump also rejected the network’s alternative: Back to back individual town halls with the candidates.
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