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.
Dennis Rodman Says He’s Headed to Russia to Negotiate Brittney Griner’s Release
thewrap.com“I got permission to go to Russia to help that girl,” Rodman told NBC News this weekend, not saying exactly who he got permission from. “I’m trying to go this week.”Rodman, who won five NBA titles with Michael Jordan during the ’90s while building an image as the NBA’s party-loving bad boy, has become known in the past decade for rubbing elbows with political figures that have tense relationships with the U.S.
He has spoken in multiple interviews about his personal friendship with North Korea Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and, in 2018, was present for then President Donald Trump’s meetings with Kim in Singapore.
And in 2014, he accepted an invitation by Vladimir Putin to meet in Moscow, later calling the Russian president “cool as f—.” Now, he is traveling to assist Griner amidst escalating hostility between Russia and the U.S.
over Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and the stiff sanctions placed on Russia as a result. Rodman did not specify whether he got permission for the visit from the U.S.
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