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.
Chris Christie Defends His Presidential Campaign in Snippy Newsmax Interview: ‘Are You a Psychiatrist Today?’ (Video)
thewrap.comNewsmax on Tuesday night. The former New Jersey governor has not shied away from acknowledging his criticisms of Trump and continued to do so throughout the interview.
The conversation began with Trump’s looming indictment from the Department of Justice in relation to the events of Jan. 6, on which Christie noted that he would wait to comment until he read it himself.
Bolling then asked whether Christie believed that Trump had an “interest in inciting the overthrow of the American government that day?”“Quite frankly, I don’t think he cared one way or the other,” Christie responded. “I think what he wanted was to stay in office.” “I don’t think he cared one way or the other what was going to happen,” Christie added.
Christie then claimed that if Trump truly cared about overthrowing the U.S. government he would have joined the rioters who breached the Capitol but instead, “He went nowhere near it.”Christie argued that Trump was attempting to “stall the peaceful transition of power and he said as much later on when he said that it’s okay to suspend the Constitution.”“You can’t take an oath,” Christie continued, “say you’re going to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and then say it’s OK to suspend it.” Bolling then pressed Christie to explain what his reasoning is behind his 2024 run invoking his poor polling numbers compared to the former president. “Is it to take out Donald Trump or Chris Christie is sort of fulfilling some sort of, I don’t know, emotional void you’re looking for?” Bolling questioned. “Eric, are you a psychiatrist today?” Christie quipped. “If you’re a psychiatrist, spend more time on the former president than you will on me.”Watch Christie’s full interview on Newsmax in the video at the top of.
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