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.
ElectionLine’s View From Abroad: Spain’s Vanessa Jaklitsch On Kamala Harris Proving Doubters Wrong & Why Europe Hopes Democracy Will Prevail
deadline.comWelcome to ElectionLine’s A View From Abroad series, in which we speak with media figures who are not from America but keep a close eye on its politics.
Every few weeks, these smart observers provide a unique perspective on the fraught and unpredictable campaign for the White House.
This week, we have a Q&A with Vanessa Jaklitsch, the chief U.S. correspondent of Spain’s Telemadrid TV. Jaklitsch has covered American politics for more than a decade, posing questions to President Donald Trump at the height of the Covid crisis and interviewing Joe Biden administration figures such as National Security advisor John Kirby.
She claims to be the first Spaniard to receive an I-1 journalism visa under Trump’s White House and has served as a board member of the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents USA.
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