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.
Stephen Colbert Calls JD Vance and Tim Walz ‘Different Flavors of Dull’ Following VP Debate
variety.comMichaela Zee Stephen Colbert spoke about the vice presidential debate on “The Late Show” Tuesday night, where he shared his thoughts on Tim Walz and JD Vance’s responses to several divisive issues, including Jan.
6 and gun violence. “The VP candidates were both different flavors of dull,” Colbert said in his opening monologue. “JD Vance looked like a business lemur on beta blockers, and Tim Walz was, you know, the ol’ likable coach but appeared to be way over-caffeinated.” Colbert noted that, during the VP debate, Vance “made sure to make many of his responses vague and patriotic.” At one point in his opening monologue, the late-night host examined the moment when Vance minimized Trump’s incitement of the Jan.
6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. “It’s really rich for democratic leaders to say that Donald Trump is a unique threat to democracy when he peacefully gave over power on January the 20th, as we have done for 250 years in this country,” Vance said in a clip from the VP debate. “Yeah, after his coup failed!” Colbert said in response. “That’s like a toddler saying, ‘Look, I went to bed peacefully at 8 p.m., and I think it’s time we stop focusing on the 45 minutes I spent screaming and biting the babysitter because I wanted more bubbles.'” Colbert agreed with Walz’s statement that “Jan.
6 was not Facebook ads,” after Vance compared the insurrection to Hillary Clinton complaining about Russian disinformation on social media. “He’s right, it’s not.
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