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 says criminal probe into family business is in 'desperate search of a crime'
mirror.co.ukDonald Trump has slammed the New York state's attorney general for launching a criminal probe of his family business. New York officials have opened a criminal investigation into the Trump Organization to see if it falsely reported property values to help its finances.
Attorney General Letitia James will investigate whether the firm inflated the values of some properties to get better loans - and also lowered their values to get tax breaks.
In an extraordinary tirade the disgraced ex-US President said he was 'being unfairly attacked and abused.' He said: "There is nothing more corrupt than an investigation that is in desperate search of a crime" adding that "we will overcome" any attempt at prosecution.
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