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 ended close friendship with Kanye West over rapper’s ‘MAGA’ support for Donald Trump
metro.co.ukJohn Legend has admitted that his close friendship with Kanye West ended over the rapper’s controversial support of Donald Trump.The musicians were close pals for decades until the outspoken rapper started publicly backing the controversial former US president and subsequently running for president himself in 2020.The All Of Me singer, who quit Kanye’s record Label G.O.O.D Music last year after almost 20 years, told The Axe Files podcast: ‘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 too much for us to sustain our friendship, honestly.’He also explained that while many fans and other celebrities did not support the Yeezy founder’s 2020 bid for the presidency, Kanye took his snub particularly badly.‘I wasn’t alone in that [the lack of support],’ he said. ‘But, you know, he was not happy about that.
And we really haven’t been close since then.”However, the soul singer, 43, insists that he does admire that his former pal is ‘very real’.‘I think he’s been very open with who he is and his struggles with mental health,’ he added.‘He’s very real, honestly.
So 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.
And I think what you see with him is pretty much what you get.’John also respects how much the Jesus Walks rapper has helped him in his career.He said: ‘I’ve just been collaborating with so many dope artists throughout my career. ‘I started with Kanye at G.O.O.D.
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