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.
Public Enemy’s Chuck D: “Activism comes in the aftermath of being shown that you have no power”
nme.comPublic Enemy‘s Chuck D tells NME. He’s talking about the mood in the US, and how the one-two punch of Donald Trump’s mishandling of the coronavirus crisis and his response to the protests in the wake of the killing of George Floyd left the nation’s black community feeling enraged and unheard. “The pandemic had already come with a lot of pent up aggravation and scattered information, then there was this”.Chuck’s own anger became manifest when the hip-hop vanguard fought back with new song ‘State Of The Union (STFU)‘ featuring Gang Starr‘s DJ Premier, a battlecry that, they said in a statement, “speaks truth to power while urging people to fight against racism, injustice and oppression with their vote”.
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