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.
RNC memo: “Trump has taken unprecedented steps to protect LGBTQ community”
metroweekly.commemo‘s talking points begin with noting that Trump was the first Republican nominee to mention LGBTQ rights in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, promising to “do everything in my power to protect LGBTQ citizens.” Following Trump’s speech, three other RNC speakers, including, notably, PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, the first openly gay man to address the convention, reiterated Trump’s call for LGBTQ equality.A large portion of the memo’s first section focuses on Trump’s appointment of Richard Grenell to two positions: first, as the U.S.
Ambassador to Germany, and, more recently, as the acting Director of National Intelligence, which made him the first openly gay person to hold a cabinet-level position.
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