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.
‘Morning Joe’ Takes Down Trump’s Claim That He Is the Only 2024 Candidate Who ‘Will Prevent World War 3 Very Easily’ (Video)
thewrap.com“Morning Joe” pushed back against former President Donald Trump on Monday after he told the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) over the weekend that he is the only 2024 candidate who can “prevent, and very easily, World War III” and that he would settle the Russia-Ukraine war in “no longer than one day.” In response to Trump’s claim, Willie Geist pointed out that one “big reason” why Russia has not taken over Ukraine is because of the “strength of NATO” and the United States and Europe’s support of the organization. “His administration officials and people who worked alongside him said he wanted to pull the United States out of NATO, which would’ve effectively made it dissolve,” Geist added.
Former White House press secretary and MSNBC host Jen Psaki also touted the work of the Biden administration to “rebuild the frayed NATO alliance.”“[Trump] didn’t hide his love for Vladimir [Putin], as he called him by his first name, or Russia,” Psaki added. “He is an admirer of the crackdown on freedom of speech, on freedom of the press, on the spreading of disinformation.
It is a model in some ways of how Trump has continued to run for president and continues to spout lies and disinformation when he has public forums like he did at CPAC.” Charlie Sykes, founder of “The Bulwark” warned Geist and Psaki that there can be “no illusions” about a potential second Trump term. “I’ve talked to a lot of people who voted for him in 2016 and thought, ‘OK, well, he will be more prudent and presidential.
He will sense the gravity of the office.’ You can’t have that illusion. This is a man who tried to overthrow the U.S. government to keep power,” Sykes said. “There will be no guardrails, there will be no guidelines, his.
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