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.
Maria Bakalova Wanted To Portray Ivana Trump As “Not Just A Trophy Wife” In ‘The Apprentice’
deadline.comFor her first nonfiction role, Maria Bakalova had quite the undertaking. The Apprentice actress recently opened up about portraying the late Ivana Trump in the Ali Abbasi-helmed film about former president Donald Trump‘s early ’80s rise, which is now playing in theaters. “I was nervous.
I was actually very nervous, mostly because I’ve never played a real person before,” Bakalova told Collider. “I knew that Sebastian [Stan] and Jeremy [Strong] have both played real people before, and they did a great job.
I just wanted to be on their level. I wanted to not disappoint them. I was trying my best to listen to as many recordings of her, watch as many videos of her, and know as much about her story as possible so I could deliver what they deserve.” Donald’s first wife from 1977 to 1990, Ivana was the mother of his children Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric, and she served as president and CEO of Trump’s Castle casino resort.
Ivana died at age 73 when she fell down the stairs in her Manhattan home in 2022. “I honestly didn’t know a lot about her,” admitted Bakalova. “I knew that she’d been a model.
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