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 praises 'genius' Putin but says he would have prevented Ukraine invasion
dailystar.co.ukDonald Trump has praised Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “genius” for his Ukraine invasion plans but claimed that the escalation would “never have happened” if he were still the US leader.The movement of Russian troops into separatist regions of eastern Ukraine yesterday (February 23) has led the UK government to declare that “the invasion of Ukraine has begun”.Speaking on Sky News, Cabinet minister Sajid Javid said: “It’s clear from what we have already seen and found out today that the Russians, President Putin, has decided to attack the sovereignty of Ukraine and its territorial integrity."Putin signed a presidential decree, recognising the independence of the separatist regions, and leaving Twitter users to speculate that World War 3 is about to begin.Now, interviewed on conservative podcast ‘The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show’, former US President Donald Trump has reacted to the news of Russia’s invasion.“I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said, ‘this is genius’.
Putin declares a big portion of Ukraine, Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that’s wonderful,” he said.“So now Putin is saying, ‘it’s independent’, a large section of Ukraine.
I said, ‘how smart is that?’ and he’s going to go in and be a peacekeeper… That’s the strongest peace force I’ve ever seen.“There were more army tanks than I’ve ever seen, they’re going to keep peace all right.”Not content with simply praising the Russian leader, Trump also went on to emphasise his personal relationship with Putin.“Here’s a guy who’s very savvy, I know him very well,” he added.And, Trump even suggested that the likely Russian invasion of Ukraine wouldn’t have taken place if he had won his second election.“By the way, this would never.
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