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.
Republican National Convention: Kari Lake Uses Speaking Slot To Single Out Media As “Fake News”
deadline.comKari Lake, the former TV news anchor and U.S. Senate candidate, used a moment of her speaking slot at the Republican National Convention to express a common theme: Bashing the media. “Welcome to everybody in this great arena tonight.
We love you all. Actually, actually, wait a minute. I don’t mean that. I don’t welcome everybody in this room. The guys up in the fake news,” she said, motioning to the press areas. “Frankly, you guys up there in the fake news have worn out your welcome. … You have spent the last eight years lying about President Donald Trump and his amazing patriotic supporters.” The crowd cheered at the comments, which have become a typical aspect of Trump events.
But national party conventions actually thrive from the economic impact of the thousands of journalists who attend and the media exposure for what is essentially a one-week advertisement for the candidate and the candidate’s party.
Lake refused to concede her gubernatorial race in 2022, but she has lost multiple court election challenges. Safety of journalists is a concern at the conventions, as it was during the last in-person events in 2016.
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