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.
Trump Said ‘I’m Just Not Going to Leave’ During Final Days in White House, New Book Claims
thewrap.coma CNN exclusive excerpt from Haberman’s upcoming book, “Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America.” Another aide claimed that Trump told a separate staffer after the 2020 election was called in President Joe Biden’s favor that “we’re never leaving.
How can you leave when you won an election?”Through various sources and aides, the book recounts Trump’s initial embarrassment at his loss and how that embarrassment grew to denial. “We did our best,” he’s recalled as telling junior press aides. “I thought we had it.” The denial of his loss and desire to overturn the election grew from there: “Why should I leave if they stole it from me?” others remembered him asking the chair of the Republican National Committee, Ronna McDaniel.
CNN cites that Trump’s explicit refusal to leave office has not been previously reported and contextualizes the argument that his actions were in part responsible for the Jan.
6 insurrection on the Capitol. “Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America,” is due to be released on Oct.
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