Donald Trump detail
Donald John Trump (born
June 14, 1946) is an American businessman, television personality, politician,
and the 45th President of the United States. Born
and raised in Queens, New
York City, Trump received an economicsdegree from
the Wharton
School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1968. In 1971, he took charge of his family's real estate and construction firm, Elizabeth Trump & Son, which was
later renamed The Trump Organization. During his business career, Trump
has built, renovated, and managed numerous office towers, hotels, casinos, and
golf courses. He owned the Miss
USA and Miss
Universe pageants
from 1996 to 2015, and has lent the use of his name in the branding of various products. From
2004 to 2015, he hosted The Apprentice, a reality television series
on NBC. As of
2016, Forbes listed him as the 324th wealthiest person in the world and 113th richest in the
United States, with a net worth of $4.5 billion.
Trump sought the Reform Party's presidential nomination in 2000, but
withdrew before voting began. He considered running as a Republican for the 2012 election, but
ultimately decided against it. In June 2015, he announced his candidacy for the 2016 election, and
quickly emerged as the front-runner among 17 contenders in the Republican primaries. His
final opponents suspended their campaigns in May 2016, and in July he was
formally nominated at the Republican Convention along with Mike
Pence as his running
mate. His campaign received unprecedented media coverage and
international attention. Many of his statements in interviews, on social media,
and at campaign rallies were controversial or false.
Trump won the presidential election on November 8, 2016, against Democratic rival Hillary
Clinton, and assumed office on January 20, 2017. Elected at age 70, he
is the oldest and wealthiest person to assume the presidency, the first
without prior
military or governmental service, and the fifth elected with
less than a plurality
of the national popular vote.
Trump's platform emphasized renegotiating U.S.–China relations and free
trade agreements
such as NAFTA and the Trans-Pacific Partnership,
strongly enforcing immigration laws, and
building a new wall along the U.S.–Mexico border. His other positions include
pursuing energy independence while
opposing climate
change regulations
such as the Clean
Power Plan and the Paris
Agreement, modernizing and expediting services for veterans,
repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, abolishing Common
Core education
standards, investing in infrastructure,
simplifying the tax code while
reducing taxes for all economic classes, and imposing tariffs on imports by companies offshoring jobs. He advocates a largely non-interventionist approach to foreign policy while increasing military spending,
"extreme vetting"
of Muslim immigrants to preempt domestic Islamic
terrorism, and aggressive military action against the Islamic State of Iraq and the
Levant, often referred to as ISIS. His positions have been described
by scholars and commentators as populist, protectionist, and nationalist.
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Assumed office
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Vice President
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Personal details
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Born
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Political party
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Republican (1987–99, 2009–11, 2012–present)
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Fordham University
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Occupation
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Real estate developer
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Television producer
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(The Apprentice)
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Net worth
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$4.5 billion
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Real estate career
Trump
Tower's distinctive jagged facade in Midtown
Manhattan
Prior to graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, Trump
began his real estate career at his father's company, Elizabeth Trump and Son, which focused on middle-class rental
housing in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten
Island. During his undergraduate study, Donald Trump and his father,
Fred Trump, used a $500,000 investment to successfully reopen the foreclosed
Swifton Village apartment complex in Cincinnati, Ohio.
After being promoted to president of the company in the early
1970s (while his father became chairman of the board), he renamed it to The
Trump Organization. In 1973, he and his father drew wider attention when the Justice Department contended that the organization
systematically discriminated against African Americans wishing to rent
apartments, rather than merely screening out people based on low income as the
Trumps stated. An agreement was later signed in which the Trumps made no
admission of wrongdoing, and under which qualified minority applicants would be
presented by the Urban
League.
Electoral
history
Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016
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Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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Republican
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Donald Trump
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14,015,993 votes
1,441 delegates (41 contests) |
Votes: 44.9%
Delegates: 58.3% |
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Republican
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Ted Cruz
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7,822,100 votes
551 delegates (11 contests) |
Votes: 25.1%
Delegates: 22.3% |
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Republican
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Marco Rubio
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3,515,576 votes
173 delegates (3 contests) |
Votes: 11.3%
Delegates: 7% |
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Republican
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John Kasich
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4,290,448 votes
161 delegates (1 contest) |
Votes: 13.8%
Delegates: 6.5% |
United
States presidential election, 2016
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Party
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Candidate
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Republican
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Donald Trump
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62,979,879 votes
304 electors (30 states + ME-02) |
Votes: 46.0%
Electors: 56.5% |
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Democratic
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Hillary
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65,844,954 votes
227 electors (20 states + DC) |
Votes: 48.1%
Electors: 42.2% |
Notes
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Jump
up His external entrepreneurial and investment ventures include Trump
Financial (a mortgage firm), Trump Sales and Leasing (residential sales),
Trump International Realty (a residential and commercial real estate brokerage
firm), The Trump Entrepreneur
Initiative (a for profit business education company, formerly called the Trump
University), Trump Restaurants (located
in Trump Tower and consisting of Trump Buffet, Trump Catering, Trump Ice Cream
Parlor, and Trump Bar), GoTrump (an online travel search engine),Select
By Trump (a line of coffee drinks), Trump
Drinks (an energy drink for the Israeli and Palestinian markets), Donald
J. Trump Signature Collection (a line of menswear, men's accessories, and
watches), Donald Trump The Fragrance (2004), SUCCESS by Donald Trump (a
second fragrance launched by The Trump Organization and the Five Star Fragrance
Company released in March 2012), Trump
Ice bottled water, the former Trump
Magazine, Trump
Golf, Trump Chocolate, Trump
Home (home furnishings),Trump
Productions (a television production company), Trump
Institute, Trump: The Game (1989 board
game with a 2005 re-release version tied to The Apprentice),Donald Trump's Real Estate Tycoon (a
business simulation game), Trump Books, Trump Model Management, Trump
Shuttle, Trump
Mortgage, Trump Network (a multi-level
vitamin, cosmetic, and urinalysis marketing
company), Trump
Vodka,Trump
Steakhouse and Trump
Steaks. In
addition, Trump reportedly received $1.5 million for each one-hour presentation he did for The Learning Annex. Trump
also endorsed ACN Inc., a multi-level marketing telecommunications company. He has spoken at ACN International Training Events at which he
praised the company's founders, business model and video phone. He
earned a total $1.35 million for three speeches given for the company,
amounting to $450,000 per speech.
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