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.
Duncan Jones responds to Donald Trump playing his father David Bowie’s music before post-arrest speech
nme.comDonald Trump again using the music of his late father to soundtrack his politics.Trump, who on Tuesday (April 4) became the first former or current US president to be charged with a crime, chose David Bowie‘s 1974 hit ‘Rebel Rebel’ for his warm-up music ahead of his post-arrest speech.Jones, the filmmaker son of Bowie and Mary Angela Barnett, criticised the former US president for using his father’s music.“Pretty sure this fucker keeps on using my dad’s music just to annoy me personally,” he tweeted, adding: “(Joke.
I’m way below his radar.)”Pretty sure this fucker keeps on using my dad’s music just to annoy me personally. (Joke. I’m way below his radar.) https://t.co/8xwtvtECsv pic.twitter.com/vYFCAtrEAs— Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) April 5, 2023It follows Trump using Bowie’s 1977 classic ‘Heroes’ for his 2024 US presidential bid announcement last year. “Pretty sure he’s just doing that now to wind me up,” Jones tweeted at the time.“We’ve been though this before,” Jones added. “He used the same track 6 years ago.
Ive been told there is little we can do about it.”Trump, meanwhile, pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts during his arraignment in New York City earlier this week.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged the real estate mogul with falsifying business records for an alleged hush money scheme.Other acts who have spoken out publicly against Trump’s use of their music include Rihanna, Queen and Adele.In other news, numerous figures in the entertainment world including Garbage, Questlove and Bette Midler reacted to Trump’s indictment before his arrest..
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