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.
Trump Expected to Declare State of Emergency Due to Coronavirus
variety.comPresident Donald Trump is expected to declare a state of emergency on Friday in response to the growing coronavirus pandemic.
Trump is expected to invoke the Stafford Act, which will allow state and local governments to access federal disaster relief funds.
Trump announced that he would a press conference at 3 p.m. ET to discuss the issue. Bloomberg News reported that Trump would make the emergency declaration.
On Wednesday, Senate Democrats sent a letter to Trump urging him to invoke the Stafford Act, which would open access to $42 billion in FEMA funding for local outbreak mitigation measures.
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