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 has disclosed that his wife Melania can't talk about the assassination attempt on him and gave a peculiar six-word explanation for it.The US presidential candidate was targeted by 20-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.The incident left one spectator dead, two seriously injured and Trump with a bloody ear.The ex-president revealed that his wife, who has been seldom seen on the campaign trail, had been watching the rally on TV.
In an interview with Fox News, he explained that Melania "can't talk about" the incident because "she likes me - she loves me".He said: "She was watching.
She was watching live. It was all over the place. It was on television." According to the FBI, Crooks is believed to have fired eight rounds towards Trump from a rooftop before being fatally shot by a Secret Service sniper, reports the Express.
The agency has since faced criticism for not securing the roof, with Trump stating there was inadequate communication with local police.In a series of dramatic photos captured just after the shooting, Trump can be seen being escorted off the stage by his security team with a bloody ear as he defiantly raised his fist into the air.In a message shared by Melania post-shooting, the former first lady expressed she was "thinking" of her "fellow Americans" and emphasised how the US has "always been a unique nation".She emphasised the need for solidarity among the public despite the "fabric" of America being "tattered".
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