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.
Unable to launch a book tour amid the global pandemic, John Lithgow recruited his celebrity friends for a series of video readings promoting the release of his new book of satirical Trump-inspired poems.
Speaking to The Late Show host Stephen Colbert, the actor detailed how he was able to produce the project, which features a total of 21 two-minute video readings of his work fromTrumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown: Verses for a Despotic Age ahead of its Sept.
30 release. "This is the COVID era, you can't do a book tour. So a couple of months ago I thought up a bright idea," Lithgow, who wrote and illustrated the book, told Colbert. " I called up my director friend Tim Van Patten.
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