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Donald Trump | |
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45t Preses o the Unitit States | |
In office 20 Januar 2017 – 20 Januar 2021 | |
Vice Preses | Mike Pence |
Precedit bi | Barack Obama |
Succeedit bi | Joe Biden |
Personal details | |
Born | New York Ceety, New York, U.S. | 14 Juin 1946
Poleetical pairty | Republican (1987–1999, 2009–2011, 2012–present) |
Ither poleetical affiliations | Democratic (afore 1987, 2001–2009) Reform (1999–2001) Independent (2011–2012)[1][2] |
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Alma mater | Fordham Varsity Varsity of Pennsylvania (BS) |
Religion | Presbyterianism |
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Eikname(s) | "The Donald"[3] |
Donald John Trump (born 14 Juin 1946) is an American politician an businessman thit sert as the 45t Preses o the Unitit States. Prior tae entering politics he wis a businessman an telly personality on "The Apprentice".
Trump wis born an raised in Queens, New York Ceety, an earned an economics degree frae the Wharton School o the Varsity o Pennsylvania. He then teuk chairge o The Trump Organization, the real estate an biggin firm foondit bi his paternal grandmither, that he ran for fower an a hauf decades till 2017. In his real estate career, Trump biggit, renovatit, an managed mony office tours, hottles, casinos, an gowf coorses. Besides real estate, he stairtit several side venturs an haes licensed the uise o his name for the buistin o various products an properties. He awned the Miss USA an Miss Universe pageants frae 1996 tae 2015, an he hostit The Apprentice, a reality telly series on NBC telly, frae 2004 tae 2015. His calculatit net wirth as o Apryle 2020[update] is $2.1 billion. (1,001st in the warld, 275t in the U.S.)[4]
Trump first publicly expressed interest in runnin for poleetical office in 1987. He wan twa Reform Pairty presidential primars in 2000, but widrew his candidacy early on. In Juin 2015, he stairtit his campaign for the 2016 presidential election an quickly kythed as the front-runner amang 17 candidates in the Republican primars. His final opponents suspendit thair campaigns in Mey 2016, an in Julie he wis formally nominatit at the Republican Naitional Convention alang wi Indiana govrenor Mike Pence as his runnin mate. Mony o his campaign statements war controversial or fause, generatin muckle free media coverage.
Trump wan the general election on November 8, 2016, in a surpreese veectory again Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. He acame the auldest an walthiest person tae assume the presidency, the first withoot umwhile militar or govrenment service, an the fift electit wi less nor a plurality o the naitional popular vote. His poleetical poseetions hae been descrived bi scholars an commentators as populist, pertectionist, an naitionalist.
Trump tyned the 2020 presidential election tae Joe Biden.
A New Hampshire Republican activist named Mike Dunbar dreamed up the idea of a Donald Trump presidency [in] early summer of 1987... Dunbar launched a ‘Draft Trump’ campaign... Stories about a possible Trump presidency ran in newspapers across the country... (Trump was registered as a Democrat at the time...)