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.
Head of FCC Rejects Donald Trump’s Call to Revoke ABC Broadcast License
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital Editor FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has officially rejected a call by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to “take away” the government’s broadcast license from ABC, after Trump was angry about his treatment from ABC News’ moderators in his Sept.
10 debate with VP Kamala Harris. The morning after the debate, Trump called in to Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” to accuse moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis of unfairly fact-checking his arguments while not doing the same for Harris.
Trump said the “rigged” debate was “3-to-1” and said government regulators “ought to take away” ABC’s “license for the way they did that.” Regarding Trump’s demand that ABC lose its license, Rosenworcel said in a letter to Sens.
Democratic Sens. Ed Markey and Ron Wyden, “The First Amendment is a cornerstone of our democracy. The Commission does not revoke licenses for broadcast stations simply because a political candidate disagrees with or dislikes content or coverage.
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