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.
During a fractious first presidential debate, President Donald Trump failed to unequivocally denounce white supremacists and armed militia groups who have clashed violently with Black Lives Matters and police reform protestors this summer.
Trump, as part of the section of the debate that dealt with law and order, was assailed by Vice President Joe Biden over his infamous "fine people on both sides" comment over a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville in 2017.
The president was asked by moderator Chris Wallace whether he was now willing to forthrightly condemn white supremacists and militia groups who committed acts of violence across America this summer. “I would say, almost everything I see is from the left-wing,” Trump demurred..
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