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.
The states Joe Biden or Donald Trump need to secure to win election
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDonald Trump earlier claiming he had won against Joe Biden, both presidential candidates are still in the running to take the White House.
Only nine states are left to report their final results as of 10.30am on Wednesday (UK time).The winner is decided through the electoral college - a group of electors who represent the 50 United States.Each state is allocated a certain number of electoral college votes based on the size of its population.To win, a candidate needs to have at least 270 votes.So how do Mr Trump and Mr Biden both still have a chance?There is a delay in the result following a wave of postal votes due to the coronavirus pandemic.While some states were able to begin counting mail votes prior to Election Day, others were.
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