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45th and current president of the United States
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Donald Trump - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Donald Trump
- 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 at the University of Pennsylvania.
- 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 entered the 2016 presidential race as a Republican and defeated 16 other candidates in the primaries.
- His political positions have been described as populist, protectionist, and nationalist.
- Despite being disfavored in most forecasts, he was elected in a surprise victory over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, although he lost the popular vote.
- He became the oldest first-term U.S.
- president, and the first without prior military or government service.
- His election and policies have sparked numerous protests.
- Trump has made many false or misleading statements during his campaign and presidency.
- The statements have been documented by fact-checkers, and the media have widely described the phenomenon as unprecedented in American politics.
- Many of his comments and actions have also been characterized as racially charged or racist. During his presidency, Trump ordered a travel ban on citizens from several Muslim-majority countries, citing security concerns; after legal challenges, the Supreme Court upheld the policy's third revision.
- He enacted a tax-cut package for individuals and businesses, rescinding the individual health insurance mandate.
- He appointed Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
- In foreign policy, Trump has pursued an America First agenda, withdrawing the U.S.
- from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations, the Paris Agreement on climate change, and the Iran nuclear deal.
- He recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, imposed import tariffs triggering a trade war with China, and started negotiations with North Korea toward their denuclearization. A special counsel investigation led by Robert Mueller found that Trump and his campaign welcomed and encouraged Russian foreign interference in the 2016 presidential election under the belief that it would be politically advantageous, but did not find sufficient evidence to press charges of criminal conspiracy or coordination with Russia.
- Mueller also investigated Trump for obstruction of justice, and his report neither indicted nor exonerated Trump on that score.
- A 2019 House impeachment inquiry found that in the Trump–Ukraine scandal, Trump solicited foreign interference in the 2020 U.S.
- presidential election to help his re-election bid, and then obstructed the inquiry itself.
- The inquiry reported that Trump withheld military aid and a White House invitation in order to influence Ukraine to announce investigations into Trump's political rivals.
- On December 13, 2019, the House Judiciary Committee approved two articles of impeachment: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
- The articles will go to the full House of Representatives for a vote.
