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 “One Of Worst Public Speakers Ever,” Says ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Star Ian McKellen
deadline.comDonald Trump is clearly many things, but one thing he’s not is a great orator, according to one of Britain’s great acting knights of the realm, Ian McKellen.
The stage and screen veteran, best known overseas for his role of Gandalf in Peter Jackson’s trilogy, told The Times of London that he found the presidential hopeful “an absolute bewilderment.” McKellen told the paper: “I haven’t seen him live.
But he’s one of the worst public speakers there has ever been. Whether he’s reading a script or not, it’s so patent what he is.” 85-year-old McKellen, currently playing Falstaff on stage in the UK, said great powers of oratory may be thing of the past: “I remember leaving my school [in Bolton] in the sixth form and cycling down to the town square to see [1950s Welsh Labour Party politician] Aneurin Bevan on the hustings without a microphone.
There aren’t any great orators like that around, are there?” and he added that politicians “don’t spend enough time looking at themselves and saying, ‘Well, I didn’t believe that person.’” McKellen has enjoyed a career spanning more than 60 years.
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