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 he won't attend Joe Biden's inauguration as US President
mirror.co.ukDonald Trump has refused to attend the inauguration of Joe Biden. Hours after the Republic leader promised a peaceful transition of power to the Democrat, Trump tweeted that he would not be at the inauguration on January 20.
It is traditional for the outgoing president, along with other living former presidents, to sit close to the victor at the swearing in event.
Trump will be the fourth President in history to refuse to attend his successor’s inauguration, after John Adams, John Quincy Adams and Andrew Johnson.
Posting on his recently restored Twitter account, which had been blocked after Trump was seen to have encouraged thugs raiding the Capitol building, he wrote: "To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the
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