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.
People are dunking on JD Vance film ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ following announcement as Trump running mate
nme.comDonald Trump named J.D. Vance as his vice presidential pick for the 2024 election race, people have been piling in on the film version of Vance’s memoir, Hillbilly Elegy.The 2020 drama film was based on Vance’s 2016 memoir of the same name.
Starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close, it told the story of the author’s journey from a disadvantaged Appalachian upbringing to a successful professional life.On Monday, Trump picked Vance, now the junior senator from Ohio, as his running mate for the upcoming election, despite the fact that Vance spent several years as one of the most outspoken critics of Trump in the Republican party.Even at the time of Hillbilly Elegy’s original release, it garnered a number of negative reviews, with many critics labelling its storytelling as “bland melodrama”, while its depiction of the Deep South was criticised for lapsing into stereotypes.
It currently sits on a 25 per cent score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.In a two-star review of the film, NME wrote: “It’s hard to imagine [director] Ron Howard having anything other than the best intentions when he took on this adaptation of J.D.
Vance’s bestselling 2016 memoir, published at a time when those depicted in it decided Donald J. Trump would be their best bet for an improved life.”“Perhaps he saw it as an opportunity to shine a light on an overlooked chunk of the population.
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