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.
Dow Jones Breaks Past 30,000 As Joe Biden Transition Fuels Investor Optimism
deadline.comThe Dow Jones Industrial Average, which came close to the 30,000-point mark in January before COVID-19 ravaged most of the world, has surpassed the number today amid optimism for Joe Biden’s presidency.The barrier was broken about an hour into the trading day.
Just after noon ET, the Dow was up nearly 500 points at around 30,100. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 were also solidly into positive territory, each up more than 1%.It isn’t that investors have a clear preference for Biden, but they dislike uncertainty.
Some of the dust kicked up by President Donald Trump, who has still not conceded he lost the November 3 election, finally began to settle Monday when administration officials allowed for transition activities to proceed.
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