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.
As Trump’s troubles grow, so does impersonator’s business
nypost.comBob DiBuono is getting more gigs now that the former president is out of office — and claims business has doubled since he announced his 2024 run.“People miss him and people want him back so badly that when he wasn’t in the public eye, it was like, ‘Get Bob DiBuono to show up,'” the standup comedian told The Post.
The Clifton, New Jersey, resident gets hired for corporate events, private parties, and Republican fundraisers — and said he does as many as three a week.“I could be at a Hasidic event in Brooklyn one night and then I’m in Long Island the next night for a bunch of blue-collar guys that love him,” DiBuono, 47, said. “Ninety-five percent of the people that hire me are Republican and they really want to celebrate Trump.”The most he ever made for an appearance was $30,000 — when he was flown out to Florence, Italy, by an American doctor to perform for his wife’s birthday, along with singer Adam Lambert and an Elvis impersonator.
The comic started working on his Trump impression in 2015 when he was a novice pol running for president, and it took four months to perfect it.“I’ve watched every interview, every rally,” he recalled. “It took me a while because I couldn’t do it. . . .It was too Brooklyn-y and tough guy.”He’s since been on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and “Comedy Central.” During a Presidents’ Day appearance on “The View” in 2017, comedian Darrell Hammond, who plays Trump on “SNL,” complimented his work. “He goes, ‘You actually think like him.'”In 2017, he was asked to tour with rappers Kendrick Lamar and YG in 18 cities.“Before I walked on stage at one of the last shows of the tour, I’d had people saying, ‘Yo, you’re gonna catch a bullet.'” he recalled. “They were angry.”It’s not easy playing Trump — and he has.
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