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 nominates Amy Coney Barrett to replace Justice Ginsburg
losangelesblade.comWASHINGTON – In the flag filled White House Rose Garden courtyard Saturday evening, President Donald Trump announced that he has nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the current vacancy on the nation’s highest court left by the death of former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Trump praised Barrett as a person who will uphold ‘American Values’ in the ceremony that was attended by invited guests which included a majority of Republican Senators, including Senate Major Leader Mitch McConnell, U.S.
Attorney General William Barr, Vice-President Mike Pence, Karen Pence, the First Lady Melania Trump along with Judge Barrett’s husband Jesse, and their nine children.
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