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.
'Veep' Team Weighs in on Trump Axios Interview Comparisons
hollywoodreporter.comDonald Trump on Tuesday was roundly mocked and criticized for a dismal interview he had withAxios, which aired Monday night on HBO.
Among the more baffling moments, Trump said of the more than 150,000 U.S. novel coronavirus death toll: "It is what it is." In anotherbizarre instance, Trump told interviewer Jonathan Swan that the journalist could only talk about pandemic stats and comparisons that made the president look good rather than the actual facts and figures that Swan presented.
At another point in the interview, Trumpcomplained that the late congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis skipped his inauguration.
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