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 praises SpaceX mission and says 'new age of American ambition has begun'
mirror.co.ukDonald Trump has declared a "new age of American ambition" after the launch of a historic space mission. The US President has called last night's SpaceX rocket launch - which saw American astronauts sent into space for the first time in nearly 10 years - a "great inspiration".
His celebratory comments come after five days of tense protests across the US over the death of George Floyd, which has sparked violence in several cities.
Meanwhile on Thursday, the country's coronavirus death toll also reached the grim milestone of 100,000, according to data from John Hopkins University.
Speaking at the rocket launch site at Cape Canaveral in Florida, Mr Trump described the mission as "a beautiful sight to see". Sign up to get the Mirror's
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