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.
Donald Trump Takes No Questions At Nightly Briefing After Fallout Over His Comments About Disinfectants
deadline.comBy Ted Johnson President Donald Trump’s nightly coronavirus briefing on Friday was, well, brief. As news coverage continued to focus on his alarming suggestion that disinfectant may be ingested into the human body as a coronavirus treatment, Trump made remarks and left the briefing room without taking any questions from reporters, as he has in almost all previous press conferences.
So instead of lasting two hours, Friday’s briefing lasted 21 minutes. “It’s clear that they knew he shouldn’t be out there taking questions today, that they had to put this to bed,” said MSNBC’s Chuck Todd. “…They are clearly trying to do a cleanup here.” Trump did take questions from reporters earlier in the say and claimed that his comments were sarcasm
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