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.
John Legend Details Falling Out With Kanye West Over Trump and Politics: ‘We Aren’t Friends’ Like We Used to Be
variety.comZack Sharf John Legend revealed on the most recent episode of “The Axe Files” podcast that he and Kanye West are no longer close friends after the two had a falling out over West’s politics.
Speaking to host David Axelrod, former senior advisor to President Barack Obama, Legend said he disagreed with West’s decisions to support Donald Trump and to run for office himself.“Let me ask you about your relationship with him,” Axelrod said (via Mediaite). “I know you’re friends still, but he’s, you know, his behavior and his politics, I guess — his politics are much different or have been much different than yours?”“Well, you know, we aren’t friends as much as we used to be because I honestly think because we publicly disagreed on his running for office, his supporting Trump, I think it became, uh, too much for us to sustain our friendship, honestly,” Legend said. “He was upset that I didn’t support his run for presidency of the United States of America for understandable reasons.” “You weren’t alone in that by the way,” Axelrod noted.“I wasn’t alone in that, but, you know, he was not happy about that.
And we really haven’t been close since then,” Legend continued.When asked what people “don’t understand” about West, Legend answered, “Well, I think people get a lot about him.
I think he’s been very open with who he is and his struggles with mental health and he’s very real, honestly.”” I think there’s not a lot about him that people don’t get, like he’s been pretty upfront with his opinions, his struggles, all the things that he’s dealing with,” Legend added. “And I think what you see with him is pretty much what you get.
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