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.
Jared Kushner Reveals Kim Kardashian ‘Gracefully’ Argued For Alice Johnson’s Clemency
etcanada.comJared Kushner is recalling how powerful Kim Kardashian’s influence was in the case of Alice Johnson’s pardon. In an excerpt for the former Senior White House Advisor’s upcoming book Breaking History: A White House Memoir, he shared to People how instrumental the reality star’s help was in convincing former U.S.
President Donald Trump to pardon Johnson. Kardashian first brought up the case to Ivanka Trump in 2017 before it was brought to Kushner’s attention. READ MORE: Kim Kardashian’s Top 10 Clap Backs Johnson was convicted in 1996 on a nonviolent drug offense and had then been serving the 21st year of a life sentence.
She had spent the time incarcerated transforming her life. “She’d become an ordained minister, completed multiple vocational certifications, mentored fellow inmates, and maintained a spotless behavioral record,” Kushner recalled. “With the president increasingly supportive of criminal justice reform, I decided it was the perfect moment to bring him Alice Johnson’s clemency case,” Kushner continued. “In an Oval Office meeting in May, after working closely with Kim Kardashian to vet the file, I presented Alice’s case to the president.” Despite how well they presented the case, White House counsel Don McGahn claimed Johnson was the “kingpin” of the drug operation she was involved in, and was against the idea.
In order to get a balanced view of the facts, Trump invited Kardashian to present the case personally at the White House. READ MORE: Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner Aren’t Happy About The Latest Instagram Updates “She gracefully presented Alice’s case to the president,” Kushner wrote. “She knew the details backward and forward.” The former president was impressed with her arguments. “Two days
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