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.
Barack Obama Recounts Ribbing Donald Trump At White House Correspondents’ Dinner — And Why The Mockery Didn’t Matter: “He In Fact Had Never Been Bigger”
deadline.comTed Johnson Barack Obama is on a publicity blitz for his new memoir Promised Land, and he’s already drawn headlines for his warnings about democracy in the face of rampant disinformation in the media.He does go into some detail about how he himself countered Donald Trump’s false suggestion that Obama was not born in the United States.
Trump drew loads of media attention in 2011 as he pursued the birther lie, compelling Obama to ultimately produce his long-form birth certificate.In his memoir, Obama describes what happened next: Appearing at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner that year, he unleashed a brutal takedown of Trump, who was then teasing the idea of a presidential run.
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