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.
US presidential election, the White House race is heating up - but it has been thrown into turmoil this week.Donald Trump's campaign has come to a sensational halt after he tested positive for coronavirus and was airlifted to a military hospital on the outskirts of Washington DC.His diagnosis will mean a period of self-isolation while he receives treatment and attempts to continue working from the presidential suite at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre.Meanwhile, his opponent Joe Biden was tipped as the winner of the first presidential debate, held in Ohio on Tuesday night, and continues to lead in the polls.Trump has been widely criticised for his handling of the pandemic, despite his own claims that the United States is.
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