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.
UPDATE (9/8/2020, 11 p.m. ET): On Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, the US Justice Department asked to take over as President Donald Trump’s defense team in a lawsuit brought on by E.
Jean Carroll, who accused the former Celebrity Apprentice host of raping her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s — this, according to CNN. UPDATE (2/19/2020, 5:00 p.m.
ET): E. Jean Carroll announced on Twitter that she had been fired from Elle, and claimed it was because of her fight against Donald Trump. “Because Trump ridiculed my reputation, laughed at my looks, & dragged me through the mud, after 26 years, ELLE fired me.
I don’t blame Elle. It was the great honor of my life writing ‘Ask E. Jean.’ I blame @realdonaldtrump,” she wrote. Carroll’s firing comes
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