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.
No, Trump Did Not Fire Former Defense Secretary James Mattis – or Give Him ‘Mad Dog’ Nickname
thewrap.comPresident Donald Trump on Wednesday lashed out at his first defense secretary, James Mattis, after a blistering statement from the retired Marine Corps general criticizing Trump for showing a lack of “mature leadership” and threatening to “Constitutional rights” in the response to the George Floyd killing.
In a series of tweets late Wednesday, Trump falsely claimed that he fired Mattis and that he “changed” Mattis’ nickname from “Chaos” to “Mad Dog.” In fact, Mattis resigned from the cabinet in December 2018 after he disagreed with Trump’s abrupt withdrawal of U.S.
troops from Syria. And while Mattis has said he is not a fan of the “Mad Dog” moniker, news reports confirm that he’s had the moniker since at least 2004, when he served as
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