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.
It wasn't supposed to be a novel. When Jim Carrey swung into writer Dana Vachon's orbit eight years ago, the star of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Cable Guy and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was simply searching for someone to pen essays inspired by his paintings, which had not yet become those grotesque caricatures mocking Donald Trump that would go viral online.
While that idea didn't quite pan out, the pair instantly bonded over a shared obsession — bingeing quasi-scientific reality shows on Netflix. "You could watch the destruction of Pompeii, you could watch the supposed alien origins of the race, and you could learn about the Megalodon, 'terror of the ancient seas,' " says Vachon.
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