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.
Jon Stewart Delivers Emotional Testimony On Behalf Of Veterans Facing Health Problems Due To Toxic-Fumes Exposure
etcanada.comJon Stewart is once again standing up for American veterans. On Wednesday, the former “Daily Show” host delivered emotional testimony before a U.S.
House Veterans’ Affairs Committee roundtable, calling on legislators to help veterans suffering health effects from exposure to toxic fumes. READ MORE: Jon Stewart Says Donald Trump Isn’t An ‘Incredible Supervillain’: ‘He’s Just Been An Effective Vessel’ The fumes are mostly the result of burn pits, used by the military in places like Iraq and Afghanistan to dispose of garbage and human waste. “There really should be one job here and one job alone, and that is: How do we implement first-rate toxic-exposure healthcare for our Iraq and Afghanistan veterans,” Stewart told the committee.
An ABC News report last year found that an estimated 3.5 million service members have been exposed to toxic fumes from burn pits since deployment to the Middle East after 9/11.
A Veterans’ Affairs-funded research proposal last year pointed out that “the incident rate of breast cancer for active duty women is seven times higher than the average incident rate of fifteen other cancer types across all service members.” Stewart pointed to VA facilities and programs for disorders like PTSD and brain injuries, telling the congressional representatives, “We have to establish that for the veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, because the [toxins are] an IED that goes off in your body five years later, 10 years later, 15 years later.
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