Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th US President and now, who has served since January 20, 2017. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality.
Trump was born and raised in the Queens area of ​​New York City, and received an economics degree from the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania. He took over his family's real estate business in 1971, renamed it The Trump Organization, and expanded it into Manhattan. The company built or renovated several skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. Trump then started various side businesses, including licensing his name for real estate and consumer products. He runs the company until his inauguration in 2017. He co-authored several books, including The Art of the Deal . She has a Miss Universe and Miss USA beauty contest from 1996 to 2015, and she produced and hosted the Apprentice game from 2003 to 2015. According to March 2018 forecast by Forbes , he is the world's richest 766, with a net worth of US $ 3.1 billion.
Trump entered the 2016 presidential election as Republic and defeated sixteen enemies in the primaries. The commentator describes his political position as populist, protectionist, and nationalist. His campaign received extensive free media coverage; many of his public statements are controversial or false. Trump was elected president in a surprise victory over Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. He became the oldest and wealthiest person who ever became president, the first without military service or previous government, and the fifth has won the election while losing a popular vote. His elections and policies have sparked many protests.
In domestic policy, Trump ordered travel restrictions on citizens of some Muslim-majority countries, citing security concerns; the revised version of the ban was implemented after a legal challenge. He signed a tax reform law that cuts rates, cancels the granting of individual insurance mandates from the Affordable Care Act, and opens the Arctic Protection for oil drilling. He also imposed a partial revocation of the Dodd-Frank Act which had imposed strict limits on banks after the 2008 financial crisis. He made dozens of legal appointments, including Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.
In foreign policy, Trump withdrew the United States from the trade negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Paris Agreement on climate change, partially reversing Cuba's disbursement, recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and withdrawing from Iran's nuclear deal. He imposed import tariffs on goods from China, Canada, Mexico and the European Union, against what he considered unfair trade practices.
After Trump dismissed FBI Director James Comey, the Justice Department appointed Robert Mueller as Special Adviser to investigate the coordination or relationship between the Trump campaign and the Russian government in its election disruption. Trump has repeatedly denied accusations of collusion and a barrier to justice, calling the investigation a politically motivated "witch hunt".
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Family and personal life
Ancestors and parents
Trump's ancestors came from the German village of Kallstadt in Palatinate on the side of his father, and from the Outer Hebrides in Scotland at his mother's side. All his grandparents and his mother were born in Europe.
Trump's grandfather, Friedrich Trump, first immigrated to the United States in 1885 at the age of 16 years and became a citizen in 1892. He collected restaurants and single houses that operated in Seattle and the Klondike region of Canada during his gold rush. On a visit to Kallstadt, he met Elisabeth Christ and married her in 1902. The couple settled permanently in New York in 1905. Frederick died of influenza during the 1918 pandemic.
Fred Trump's father was born in 1905 in The Bronx. Fred began working with his mother in real estate when he was 15, shortly after his father's death. Their company, "E. Trump & Son," was founded in 1923, mainly active in the New York area of ​​Queens and Brooklyn. Fred eventually built and sold thousands of homes, barracks, and apartments. The company was later renamed The Trump Organization, after Donald Trump took over in 1971.
Trump Mary Anne's mother was born in Tong, Lewis, Scotland. At the age of 18, 1930, he immigrated to New York, where he worked as a maid. Fred and Mary married in 1936 and raised their family in Queens.
Uncle Trump John is an electrical engineer, physicist, and inventor. He worked as a professor at MIT from 1936 to 1973. During World War II, he was involved in radar research for the Allies and helped design the X-ray machines used to treat cancer.
Early life and education
Donald John Trump was born on June 14, 1946, at the Medical Center of Jamaica Hospital, Queens, New York City, the fourth of five children. Trump grew up in Jamaica, Queens, and attended Kew-Forest School from kindergarten to seventh grade. At the age of 13, he enrolled in the New York Military Academy, a private boarding school, after his parents discovered that he often traveled to Manhattan without permission.
In 1964, Trump was enrolled at Fordham University. After two years, he moved to Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania. While at Wharton, he works in the family business, Elizabeth Trump & amp; Son. He graduated in May 1968 with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics.
Trump did not serve in the military during the Vietnam War. While in college 1964-1968, he obtained four students of postponement. In 1966, he was considered suitable for services based on military medical examinations and in July 1968, after graduating from college, was briefly classified as qualified to be served by the local draft council. In October 1968, he was classified as 1-Y, "not eligible for duty except in case of national emergency," and given a medical delay which was later attributed to the heel spurs; in 1972, the medical suspension was changed to 4-F, "not eligible for service." In the draft draw in December 1969, Trump's birthday, June 15, received a high sum that would give him a low chance to be summoned to military service even without a 1-Y medical delay.
Family
Trump grew up with three siblings - Maryanne, Fred Jr., and Elizabeth - as well as a younger brother named Robert. Maryanne is a judge of the Federal Court of Appeal who is not active in the Third Circuit.
Trump has five children with three weddings, as well as nine grandchildren. His first two marriages ended in a widely publicized divorce.
In 1977, Trump married the Czech model Ivana ZelnÃÆ'? KovÃÆ'¡ at Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan, in a ceremony performed by Rev. Norman Vincent Peale. They have three children: Donald Jr. (born 1977), Ivanka (born 1981), and Eric (born 1984). Ivana became a naturalized United States citizen in 1988. The couple divorced in 1992, following Trump's infidelity with actress Marla Maples.
In October 1993, Maples gave birth to Trump's daughter, who was named Tiffany after the top-tier Tiffany & amp; Company. Maples and Trump were married two months later in December 1993. They divorced in 1999, and Tiffany was raised by Marla in California.
In 2005, Trump married his third wife, Slovenian model Melania Knauss, at Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Palm Beach, Florida. The ceremony was followed by a reception at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. In 2006, Melania became a citizen of the United States and gave birth to a son, Barron. Melania became First Lady in Trump's inauguration as president in January 2017.
After his inauguration as president, Trump delegated the management of his real estate business to his two grown sons, Eric and Don Jr. His daughter Ivanka withdrew from The Trump Organization and moved to Washington, D.C. along with her husband Jared Kushner. She serves as an assistant to the president, and she is Senior Advisor at the White House.
Religion
Trump's ancestor is Lutheran on the side of his father in Germany and Presbyterian at his mother's side in Scotland. Her parents married in the Presbyterian Manhattan church in 1936. As a child, she attended the First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Queens, and Confirmed there. In the 1970s, his family joined the Marble Collegiate Church (affiliation of the Reformed Church in America) in Manhattan. The pastor at the church, Norman Vincent Peale, served the Trump family and guided him until Peale's death in 1993. Trump, the Presbyterian, has quoted Peale and his works during the interview when asked about the role of religion in his personal life.
Trump says he received Holy Communion, but that he did not ask God for forgiveness. When campaigning, Trump called The Art of the Deal as his second favorite book after the Bible, saying, "Nothing defeats the Bible." The New York Times reports that evangelical Christians nationally think "that his heart is in the right place, that his intention for the country is pure".
Trump already has associations with a number of Christian spiritual leaders, including Florida pastor Paula White, who has been called "his nearest spiritual belief". In 2015, he received the blessing of Greek Orthodox priest Emmanuel Lemelson and released a list of religious advisors, including James Dobson, Jerry Falwell Jr., Ralph Reed, and others. Referring to his conversion of his daughter Ivanka to Judaism before his marriage to Kushner, Trump said: "I have a Jewish daughter, and I am deeply honored by it."
Health
Trump does not drink alcohol; This decision arose in part because of his brother Fred Jr. suffered from alcoholism that led to his death in 1981. He also said that he never smoked or consumed drugs, including marijuana.
In December 2015, Trump's personal physician, Harold Bornstein, released a health letter highly praising Lee who praised his "tremendous physical strength and stamina". Bornstein later said that Trump himself had dictated its contents. A follow-up medical report shows Trump's blood pressure, liver function and thyroid within the normal range, and that it uses statins. In January 2018, Trump was examined by White House doctor Ronny Jackson, who stated that he was in good health, although his weight and cholesterol level were higher than recommended, and that his heart assessment did not reveal medical problems. Some outside cardiologists comment that weight loss, lifestyle and LDL Trump cholesterol should have raised serious concerns about heart health.
Wealth
In the 2018 ranking of its billionaires, Forbes estimates Trump's net worth of $ 3.1 billion (766 in the world, 248 in the US) making it one of the richest politicians in American history. This estimate fluctuates from year to year, and among various analysts. The difference between the estimates and with Trump's own figures mainly comes from the uncertain values ​​of the valued property and of its personal brand.
Trump is a recipient of some trust funds established by his father beginning in 1949; Trump's grandmother also established a trust fund for him in 1949. In 1976, Fred Trump prepared a $ 1 million trust fund for each of his five children and three grandchildren; Donald Trump received annual payments from his trust fund, for example $ 90,000 in 1980 and $ 214,605 ​​in 1981. In 1993, when Trump took two loans of $ 30 million from his siblings, the anticipated stake from Fred's wealth is $ 35 million each. After Fred Trump's death in 1999, his will will divide $ 20 million after tax among his surviving children.
Trump said that he started his career with a "small one million dollar loan" from his father. He appeared on the initial list of Forbes 400 lists of the richest Americans in 1982 with a wealth of about $ 200 million shared with his father. A former Forbes reporter said in 2018 that Trump had increased his true fortune to be included in the list. Trump made the Forbes World Billionaires list for the first time in 1989, but he was dropped from
When submitting his mandatory financial disclosure form with the Federal Electoral Commission (FEC) in July 2015, Trump claimed net worth over $ 10 billion; But the FEC figures can not corroborate these estimates as they only show each of its largest buildings as being worth "more than $ 50 million", generating total assets worth more than $ 1.4 billion and debt of more than $ 265 million. Trump reported annual revenues of $ 362 million for 2014, and $ 611 million from January 2015 to May 2016.
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Business career
Real estate
In 1968, Trump began his career at his father's real estate developer, Elizabeth Trump & amp; Son, who, among other interests, has medium-class rental housing outside of New York City. During his undergraduate studies, Trump joined his father, Fred in an attempt to revitalize the Swifton Village apartment complex in Cincinnati, Ohio, purchased by Fred Trump in 1964, increasing the occupancy rate to a full two years. Property management sued for racial discrimination in 1969; suit "quietly settled in Fred Trump direction." The Trumps sold the property in 1972, with an increased vacuum.
When his father became chairman of the board in 1971, Trump was promoted to president of the company and named it The Trump Organization. In 1973, he and his father drew broader attention when the Justice Department argued that the organization systematically discriminated against African Americans who wanted to rent an apartment. The Department alleges that the Trump Organization has filtered people on the basis of race and not low income as Trump said. Under the agreement reached in 1975, Trump did not admit wrongs and made Urban League an intermediary for qualified minority applicants. His advisors and his lawyers during (and after) that period were Roy Cohn, who responded to the attack with a counterattack with maximum strength, which appreciated both positive and negative publicity, and which Trump imitated.
The development of Manhattan
In 1978, Trump launched its real estate business in Manhattan by purchasing a 50% stake in the financially troubled Commodore Hotel. This purchase is largely funded by a $ 70 million construction loan secured jointly by Fred Trump and the Hyatt hotel chain. When the renovation was completed, the hotel reopened in 1980 as the Grand Hyatt Hotel, located next to Grand Central Terminal.
Also in 1978, Trump completed negotiations to develop Trump Tower, a 58-storey, 202-meter (663-foot) skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, which Bill Geist associated with "perseverance" and "skill as a negotiator." To make way for the new building, the undocumented Polish worker crew destroyed an old Bonwit Teller store, including an art deco feature originally marked for conservation. The building was completed in 1983 and houses the main Trump House condominium penthouse and The Trump Organization headquarters. Architectural critic Paul Goldberger said in 1983 that he was surprised to find that the tower atrium was "the nicest interior public space to be completed in New York in a few years". Trump Tower is the setting of NBC's The Apprentice .
In 1980, improvements began at Central Park's Wollman Rink, with an expected two and a half-year construction period. Due to defects in design and many problems during construction, the project remained unfinished in May 1986 and is estimated to require 18 months and $ 2 to $ 3 million to complete. Trump was awarded a contract as a general contractor in June 1986 to complete repairs on December 15 with a ceiling of $ 3 million, with actual costs to be replaced by the city. Trump hired a Canadian ice architect, construction company, and ice-ice producer and completed the work in four months, $ 775,000 under budget. He operates the arena for a year and gives most of his profits to charity and public works projects in return for concession rights. Trump manned the arena from 1987 to 1995. He received another contract in 2001 that extended to 2021. According to journalist Joyce Purnick, "Wollman Trump's success is also a product of a carefully crafted self-promotion legend." While work is underway, Trump calls a number of press conferences, for example to complete the laying of pipes and pouring cement. In 1987, he also failed to try to make the city change the name of the landmark afterwards; The Trump logo is clearly displayed on the fence surrounding the arena, on the resurfacer ice machine, colloquially referred to as Zamboni, in rent skating, and on the racecourse website.
In 1988, Trump acquired Plaza Hotel in Manhattan for a record $ 407 million and appointed his wife Ivana to manage its operations. Trump invested $ 50 million to restore the building, which he called "Mona Lisa". According to hotel expert Thomas McConnell, Trump increased it from three stars to four star ratings. They sold it in 1995, at that time Ivana was no longer involved in the day-to-day operations of the hotel.
In 1994, Trump was involved with improvements to the Gulf and the West Building at Columbus Circle. The former office building was renovated with design and structural enhancements to be a luxury residential and hotel property. When the work was completed, Trump had commercial space on a 44-story tower (hotel and condominium) tower that he named Trump International Hotel and Tower.
In 1996, Trump acquired the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building, which was the seventy-first empty skyscraper on Wall Street that had become the tallest building in the world when it was completed in 1930. After a massive renovation, the tall building was renamed to Trump Building at 40 Wall Street. In 1997, he began construction at Riverside South, which he called Trump Place, a multi-building construction along the Hudson River. He and other investors in the project eventually sold their interest of $ 1.8 billion in 2005 in what went on to become the largest housing sales in New York City's history. From 1994 to 2002, Trump has a 50% stake in the Empire State Building. He'll name it "Tower of the Empire Tower of the Trump Tower State" if he can improve his share. In 2001, Trump completed the Trump World Tower. For several years, the structure is the tallest residential tower in the world. In 2002, Trump acquired the former Hotel Delmonico, which was renovated and reopened in 2004 as Trump Park Avenue; the building consists of 35 floors of luxury condos.
real Palm Beach
In 1985, Trump acquired Mar-a-Lago housing in Palm Beach, Florida for less than $ 8 million. The house was built in 1920 by the heir and socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post, who envisioned the house as a future winter retreat for American presidents.
Trump's initial offer of $ 28 million has been rejected, and he was able to get a property at a much lower price by purchasing a $ 2 million Jack C. Massey beachfront property and threatened to build a house on it that would block Mar-a - Lagoon. In addition to using the estate as a home, Trump also turns it into a private club open to everyone who can afford the initiation fee of $ 100,000 plus annual fee. Atlantic City Casino
Casino Atlantic City
New Jersey legalized casino gambling in 1977, and Trump traveled to Atlantic City, New Jersey the following year to investigate how he could engage in new business ventures. Seven years later, Harrah's at the Trump Plaza hotel and casino opens there; the project was built by Trump with funding from Holiday Corporation, which also manages its operations. Renamed "Trump Plaza" soon after it opened, at that time the tallest building in Atlantic City. Bad casino financial results worsen the dispute between Trump and Holiday Corp., which caused Trump to pay $ 70 million in May 1986 to buy their interest on the property. Trump also acquired some of the completed buildings in Atlantic City from Hilton Corporation for $ 320 million; when it was completed in 1985, the hotel and casino became Trump Castle, and Trump's wife, Ivana, managed the property until 1988.
Also in 1988, Trump acquired its third casino in Atlantic City, Taj Mahal, then in the middle of construction, through complicated transactions with television host and entertainer Merv Griffin and resort and casino Resorts Resorts. Taj opened in April 1990 and was built for a total cost of $ 1.1 billion, which at the time made it the most expensive casino ever. The project is financed with $ 675 million in junk bonds and is a major gamble by Trump. The project underwent a debt restructuring the following year, leaving Trump with 50% ownership. He also sells his 282-foot (86 m), Trump Princess, unlimited darts at Atlantic City when rented to his casino for use by wealthy gamblers.
In 1995, Trump founded Trump Hotel & amp; Casino Resorts (THCR), which assumes ownership of Trump Plaza, Trump Castle, and Trump Casino in Gary, Indiana. THCR purchased Taj Mahal in 1996 and underwent a bankruptcy restructuring in 2004 and 2009, leaving Trump with a 10% interest in Trump Taj Mahal and other Trump casino properties. Trump remains chair of THCR until 2009.
During the 1990s, the Trump casino business faced competition from Native American games at the Foxwoods casino located on India's reservation in Connecticut, where it was released from state anti-gambling laws. Trump declared in 1993 that the casino owner did not look like a native Indian to him or any other Indian. Following the publication of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, Trump became a key investor in favor of Paucatuck Eastern Pequots, who also sought state recognition.
Golf course
The Trump Organization operates many golf courses and resorts in the United States and around the world. According to Golfweek , Trump owns or manages about 18 golf courses. According to his personal FEC financial disclosure, his golf and resort revenues in 2015 totaled $ 382 million, while his three golf courses in Europe showed no profit.
In 2006, Trump bought 1,400 hectares (570 ha), including Menie Estate in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and created a golf resort there. Scottish supporters emphasize potential economic benefits, and opponents emphasize the potential for environmental damage to the Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). By 2015, an offshore windfarm built in golf course scenery encourages legal challenges by Trump, who was dismissed by the Supreme Court of England. After the 2008 recession, Trump greatly reduced the development of this property, and by December 2016, Scottish officials pushed for a much larger development settlement as previously agreed.
In April 2014, Trump purchased Turnberry golf resorts and hotels in Ayrshire, Scotland, which hosted the British Open four times between 1977 and 2009. After extensive renovations and field renovations by golf architect Martin Ebert, Turnberry reopened in June 2016.
Hotels outside New York
In the late 2000s and early 2010, The Trump Organization expanded its footprint outside New York with the development and management of hotel towers in Chicago, Las Vegas, Washington D.C., Panama City, Toronto and Vancouver. There are also Trump branded buildings in Dubai, Honolulu, Istanbul, Manila, Mumbai and Indonesia.
Branding and licensing
Trump has marketed its name in a large number of building projects owned and operated by others and companies. He has also licensed his name to various commercial products and services. Thus, he achieved diverse success for himself, his colleagues, and investors in projects. In 2011, Forbes ' Financial experts estimate the Trump brand value at $ 200 million. Trump denied this assessment, saying that the brand is worth about $ 3 billion. According to the analysis by The Washington Post, there are more than 50 licensing or management transactions involving the Trump name, which has earned at least $ 59 million in revenues for the company.
Legal and bankruptcy issues
As of April 2018, Trump and its business have engaged in more than 4,000 state and federal legal actions, according to counts run by USA Today . By 2016, he or one of his companies is a plaintiff in 1,900 cases and 1,450 defendants. With Trump or his company as a plaintiff, more than half cases have fought gamblers in his casino who failed to pay off their debts. With Trump or his company as a defendant, the most common type of case involves personal injury cases at his hotel. In cases where there is a clear resolution, the Trump party won 451 times and lost 38.
Trump never filed for personal bankruptcy, but his hotel and casino business had been declared bankrupt six times between 1991 and 2009 to renegotiate debt with banks and stock and bond owners. Because businesses use Chapter 11 bankruptcy, they are allowed to operate while negotiations take place. Trump quoted by Newsweek in 2011 said, "I play with bankruptcy laws - they are very good for me" as a tool to cut debt.
The six bankruptcies are the result of excessive hotel and casino hotels in Atlantic City and New York: Trump Taj Mahal (1991), Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino (1992), Plaza Hotel (1992), Trump Castle Hotel and Casino (1992)) , Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts (2004), and Trump Entertainment Resorts (2009). Trump said, "I have used the law of this country to reduce debt... We will own the company We will throw it into the chapter We will negotiate with the bank We will make a fantastic deal." You know, it's like in The Apprentice . It's not private. It's just business. "
A 2016 analysis of Trump's business career by The Economist concludes that "... performance [from 1985 to 2016] has been mediocre compared to the stock and property markets of New York," noting both success and bankruptcy. Further analysis by The Washington Post concludes that "Trump is a mixture of braggadocio, business failure, and real success", calling his casino bankrupt the "most notorious failure" of his business career.
Adult film actress Stormy Daniels alleged that she and Trump had an affair in 2006, which Trump denied. Just before the 2016 presidential election Daniels was paid $ 130,000 by Trump Michael Cohen's lawyer as part of a non-disclosure agreement (NDA); Cohen says he paid for it with his own money. In February 2018, Daniels sued the Cohen company that requested release from NDA and was allowed to tell the story. Cohen obtained an arrest warrant to keep him from discussing the case, and confirmed that Daniels could owe $ 20 million in damages that had been liquidated for violating the agreement. In March 2018, Daniels claimed in court that the NDA was never valid because Trump did not sign it personally. In May 2018, Trump's annual financial disclosure revealed that he replaced Cohen in 2017 for payments related to Daniels.
Side ventures
After Trump took over the family real estate company in 1971 and named it The Trump Organization, he greatly expanded its real estate operations and ventured into various other business activities. The company eventually became an umbrella organization for several hundred individual businesses and partnerships.
Sports event
In September 1983, Trump bought General New Jersey - an American football team playing in the United States Football League (USFL) - from oil king J. Walter Duncan. USFL plays three seasons during spring and summer. After the 1985 season, organizations folded due to ongoing financial difficulties, despite winning an antitrust suit against the NFL.
After the Generals folded, Trump remained involved with other sports; he operates golf courses in several countries. At Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, he hosted several boxing matches, including Mike Tyson's 1988 heavyweight championship game against Michael Spinks. He also acts as a financial advisor to Mike Tyson. In 1989 and 1990, Trump lent his name to the Tour de Trump cycling race, which was an attempt to create an equivalent American race like the Tour de France or Giro d'Italia.
Miss Universe
From 1996 to 2015, Trump has part or all of the Miss Universe contest. Contests include Miss USA and Miss Teen USA. Her management of the business involved members of her family - Ivanka's daughter once hosted Miss Teen USA. He became dissatisfied with how CBS scheduled the contest, and took Miss Universe and Miss USA to NBC in 2002.
In his speech to the US presidential campaign in 2002, Trump made a controversial statement about illegal immigrants crossing the border from Mexico. NBC then decided to end his business relationship with him and stated that it would no longer air Miss Universe or Miss USA contest on its network. In September 2015, Trump purchased NBC shares from the Miss Universe Organization and then sold the entire company to a WME/IMG talent agency.
Trump University
Trump University is a nonprofit educational company founded by Trump and his colleagues, Michael Sexton and Jonathan Spitalny. The company runs a real estate training program and is charged between $ 1,500 and $ 35,000 per course. In 2005, the State of New York authorities notified the operation that the use of the word "university" was misleading and violated state law. After the second notice in 2010, the company name was changed to "Trump Entrepreneurial Institute". Trump was also found personally liable for failing to obtain a business license for operations.
Ronald Schneckenberg, sales manager at Trump University, said in testimony that he was reprimanded for not trying harder to sell a $ 35,000 real estate class to a couple who could not afford it. Schneckenberg said that he believes "Trump University is a scam scheme" that "preys on the elderly and uneducated people to separate them from their money."
In 2013, New York State filed a $ 40 million civil suit against Trump University; The lawsuit alleges that the company made false statements and deceived consumers. In addition, two class action civil suits filed in federal court are linked to Trump University; they named Trump personally and his company. During the presidential campaign, Trump criticized the presiding judge Gonzalo P. Curiel, accusing him of bias in his decision because of his Mexican heritage. Shortly after Trump won the presidency, the parties agreed to settle all three pending cases, in which Trump paid a total of $ 25 million and denied any wrongdoing.
Foundation
Donald J. Trump Foundation is a US-based private foundation established in 1988 for the initial purpose of delivering results from Trump: The Art of the Deal book. The foundation's funding mostly comes from donors other than Trump, who have not personally given to charities since 2008.
The Foundation's tax return shows that it has provided health care and sports-related charities, as well as conservative groups. In 2009, for example, the foundation awarded $ 926,750 to about 40 groups, with the largest donations awarded to the Arnold Palmer Medical Center Foundation ($ 100,000), New York Presbyterian Hospital ($ 125,000), Police Athletics League ($ 156,000), and Clinton Foundation ($ 100,000). From 2004 to 2014, the main donors to the foundation were Vince and Linda McMahon from WWE, who donated $ 5 million to the foundation after Trump appeared in WrestleMania in 2007. Linda McMahon later became Administrator of Small Business Administration.
In 2016, The Washington Post conducted an investigation revealing how the charity has committed some potential legal and ethical violations; such violations include alleged dismissal and the possibility of tax evasion. After initiating an investigation into the foundation, the New York Attorney General's Office informed Trump Foundation that it allegedly violated New York's law on charities and ordered it to immediately stop fundraising activities in New York. A Trump spokesman called the investigation "partisan beating work". In response to the growing complaints, the Trump team announced in late December 2016 that the Trump Foundation would be dissolved to remove "even the appearance of conflict with [his] role as President." According to IRS filings in November 2017, the foundation intends to close and distribute its assets (about $ 970,000) to other charities. However, a spokeswoman for the New York Attorney General's office said the foundation could not be closed legally until an ongoing investigation of the charity was completed.
Conflict of interest
There are questions about how Trump will avoid a conflict of interest between his work at the White House and his business activities. At a press conference on 10 January 2017, Trump said that he and his daughter Ivanka will resign all roles with The Trump Organization, while his two adult sons Don Jr. and Eric will run the business with the head of finance Allen Weisselberg. Trump maintains his financial stock in the business. His lawyer Sheri Dillon said that before the January 20 inauguration, Trump would put the business assets into trust, which would hire an ethics advisor and compliance advisor. He added that The Trump Organization will not include new foreign business transactions, while continuing to pursue domestic opportunities. In April 2017, Trump companies had more than 400 condominium units and many homes in the United States, worth more than $ 250 million in total ($ 200,000 to $ 35 million each).
Media career
Books
Trump has published many books. His first book, published in 1987, was Trump: The Art of the Deal , written by Tony Schwartz, who is sometimes called the author of someone else from the book. It reached number 1 on the Best Seller's list in the New York Times, stayed there for 13 weeks, and held the position on the list for 48 weeks completely. According to The New Yorker , "This book extends Trump's reputation far beyond New York City, making it a tycoon's epitome of success." Trump's published writings shifted post-2000, from generally memoirs about him, to books that provide financial advice.
Professional wrestling
Trump is a friend of WWE chairman Vince McMahon. In 1988 and 1989, he hosted WrestleMania IV and V at Boardwalk Hall, and he has been an active participant in several shows. He cornered Bobby Lashley to WrestleMania 23 in 2007, who pinned Umba McMahon in a match called "Battle of the Millionaires", with every hair mogul on the line. In 2013, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame celebrity wing at Madison Square Garden for his contribution in promotions. He made his sixth WrestleMania appearance the next night at WrestleMania 29.
The Apprentice
In 2003, Trump became an executive producer and host of the reality show of NBC The Apprentice , in which contestants competed for high-level management jobs in one of Trump's businesses, and were "fired" respectively and eliminated from games. During the first year of the show, Trump earns $ 50,000 per episode (about $ 700,000 for the first season). The Apprentice was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2004 and 2005. In 2007, Trump received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to television at The Apprentice.
Along with British TV producer Mark Burnett, Trump is hired as host of The Celebrity Apprentice, where celebrities compete to win money for their charity. While Trump and Burnett participate in producing the show, Trump stays on the front line, decides the winner and "shoots" the loser. The international version of the franchise The Apprentice is produced jointly by Burnett and Trump.
Trump stated in February 2015 that he was "not ready" to sign for another season of the show because of the possibility of running the president. Despite this, NBC announced they would be ahead with the production of the 15th season. In June, following the widespread negative reaction that came from Trump's campaign announcement speech, NBC released a statement saying, "Due to Donald Trump's recent derogatory remarks about immigrants, NBCUniversal ended his business relationship with Mr. Trump."
Acting
Trump has made a cameo appearance in 12 films and 14 television series. He plays an oil tycoon on The Little Rascals, and has a singing role at the 58th Emmy Primetime Awards in 2006. Trump is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and receives an annual retirement of more than $ 110,000.
Public profile
Political image
The presidential approval poll taken during the first ten months of Trump has shown him the most unpopular US president in the history of modern polls. The Pew Research Center's global poll conducted in July 2017 found "a median of only 22% has the confidence in Trump to do the right thing when it comes to international affairs". This compares to the average 64% confidence level for its predecessor Barack Obama. Trump received higher rankings in only two countries: Russia and Israel. The consultation poll POLITICO/Morning August 2017 found in several steps "that the majority of voters have a low opinion about the character and competence".
Incorrect statement
As president, Trump has often made false statements in speeches and public statements.
Trump expressed "at least one false or misleading claim per day on 91 of his first 99 days" at the office according to The New York Times, and a total of 1,318 in his first 263 days at the office according to the "Fact Checker" column of analysis politics of The Washington Post , who also wrote, "President Trump is the politician most challenged by the fact that The Fact Checker has encountered... the speed and volume of the presidential misstatement mean we are unlikely to follow." 466 days in office, the count is 3,001 false or misleading claims, and has risen to an average of 6.5 â € <â €
Trump has a history of making controversial statements and taking actions that are considered racially motivated. In 1975, he completed a 1973 Justice Department lawsuit accusing housing discrimination against black tenants. He was accused of racism for insisting that a group of black and Latin teenagers were guilty of raping a white woman in the 1989 attack of Central Park, even after they were released by DNA evidence in 2002. He continues to maintain this position until the end of 2016.
Trump played a major role in the "birther" conspiracy theory that has been in circulation since Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. Beginning in March 2011, he openly questioned Obama's citizenship and his eligibility to serve as president. Although Obama's campaign has released a copy of a short-form birth certificate in 2008, Trump demands to see the original "long form" certificate. He mentioned that he had sent investigators to Hawaii to investigate the question, but he did not follow up with any findings. He also repeated allegations of dismantling that Obama's grandmother said he had witnessed his birth in Kenya. When the White House later released a birth certificate of Obama's long form, Trump took credit for obtaining documents, saying "I hope it will come out." His official biography mentions his acknowledged role in forcing Obama's hand, and he defended his pursuit when asked, then said that the promotion of the conspiracy made him "very popular". In 2011, he asked Obama to release his student records, questioning whether his grades go to Ivy League schools. He also claimed in his 2011 CPAC speech that Obama's classmates "do not know who he is". When asked in 2015 whether he believes Obama was born in the United States, he said he does not want to discuss the matter further. In September 2016, he publicly acknowledged Obama's birthplace and claimed that rumors had been initiated by Hillary Clinton during his presidential campaign in 2008. By the end of 2017, he continued to question the authenticity of birth certificates in closed conversations with advisers.
Trump launches his 2016 presidential campaign with a speech in which he states: "When Mexico sends its people, they do not send their best... They bring drugs, they carry evil, they are rapists, and some, I assume, are people good. "Later, his attack on a Mexican-American judge was criticized as racist. His comments following the right-wing rally of 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia, are seen as implying moral equality between white supremacist protesters and those who protest against them. In the aftermath of the widespread criticism of his response, Trump stated in his prepared remarks that "racism is evil". In an Oval Office meeting in January 2018 to discuss immigration laws with Congressional leaders, Trump reportedly referred to El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, and African countries as "small holes". His statements were condemned as racist worldwide, as well as by many members of Congress. Trump has denied accusations of racism several times, saying he is "the most racist person".
Racially sensitive race claims have been criticized by many observers in the US and around the world, but accepted by supporters either as a rejection of political correctness or because they keep similar racial sentiments. Several studies and surveys have suggested that racist attitudes and racial hatred have fueled Trump's political rise, and become more significant than economic factors in determining voter loyalty. According to a Politico/Morning Consult poll of October 2017, 45% of American voters see Trump as racist and 40% not.
Popular culture
Trump has been the subject of comedians, flash cartoon artists, and online caricature artists. She has been parodied regularly on Saturday Night Live by Phil Hartman, Darrell Hammond, and Alec Baldwin, and in South Park as Mr. Garrison. The Barts The Simpsons episode "Bart to the Future", written during the 2000 campaign for the Reform Party, anticipates the future of Trump's presidency. A series of special parody called The President Show debuted in April 2017.
Beginning in the 1990s, Trump was a guest about 24 times on the national syndication of the Howard Stern Show on radio talk. Trump also has its own daily radio talk program called Trumped! , from 2004 to 2008. Trump's wealth is often featured in hip hop lyrics, with his name mentioned in 266 songs.
Social media
Trump's presence in social media has attracted worldwide attention since he joined Twitter in March 2009. He communicated a lot on Twitter during the 2016 election campaign, and continued to use this channel during his presidency. Attention to Trump's Twitter activity has improved significantly since he was sworn in as president. He uses Twitter as a means of direct communication with the public, putting aside the press. Many of the statements he tweeted have been proved wrong. Two-thirds of Americans do not like the "use of Twitter," according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll in July 2017.
Recognition
In December 2016, Time named Trump as "The User of the Year". In an interview on The Today Show, he said he was honored by the award, but he took issue with the magazine for calling him "President of the American Shared States." In the same month, he was named the Person of the Year Financial Times. In December 2016,
Political career until 2015
The affiliate of Trump's political party has changed many times over the years. He was a Democrat before 1987, when he was registered as a Republican in Manhattan. He switched to Independen in 1999, Democrats in 2001, and returned to the Republic in 2009.
In 1987 Trump spent nearly $ 100,000 to place a full-page ad in three major newspapers, stating that "America must stop paying to defend self-defending countries". The ads also advocate "reducing budget deficits, working for peace in Central America, and speeding up negotiations on nuclear disarmament with the Soviet Union." After rumors of a presidential election, Trump was invited by Democratic senators Jim Wright and John Kerry, and Arkansas Congressman, Beryl Anthony Jr., to organize a dinner party for Democratic Congress candidates and to exchange parties. Anthony told The New York Times that "the message that Trump has preached is a Democrat message". Asked if the rumors were true, Trump denied being a candidate, but said, "I believe that if I run for President I will win." According to a Gallup poll in December 1988, Trump was the most admired man in America.
In 1999, Trump proposed an exploration committee to seek the nomination of the Reform Party for the 2000 presidential election. A July 1999 poll matching him with Republican candidate George W. Bush and possible Democratic candidate Al Gore showed Trump with seven percent support. Trump finally got out of the race, but still won the Reform Party winners in California and Michigan. After the run, Trump leaves the party because of David Duke's involvement, Pat Buchanan, and Lenora Fulani. Trump also considered running for president in 2004. In 2008, he supported Republican John McCain as president.
Trump publicly speculated about running for president in the 2012 elections, and made his first speech appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in February 2011. The speech was credited for helping start his political career in the Republican Party.
The Wall Street Journal /NBC News poll released in March 2011 found Trump lead among potential rivals; he is one point ahead of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. The Newsweek poll conducted in February 2011 showed Trump within a few points of Barack Obama's ruling president, with many voters who have not made a choice in the presidential election in November 2012. Trump's interest in getting accelerated political stature after Obama denounced him at the White House Correspondents Association Assembly in April 2011. In Republican 2012 preliminary elections, Trump has generally polled at or below 17 per cent among the busy fields of possible candidates (one exception being the PPP poll in April 2011 that made it at 26%, however, its support dropped to 8% a few weeks later).
Trump's move was interpreted by some media as a possible promotional tool for his reality show The Apprentice . On May 16, 2011, Trump announced he would not run for president in the 2012 election, while also saying he would become president of the United States, whether he was running for office. In December 2011, Trump became independent for five months before returning to the Republican Party. In February 2012, Trump supports Romney to become president.
In 2013, Trump was a leading CPAC speaker, where he spoke out against illegal immigration while appearing to encourage immigration from Europe, lamenting Obama's "unprecedented media protection", and advised not to harm Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. He spent over $ 1 million that year to examine the possibility of nominating in 2016. In October 2013, the New York Republic circulated memos suggesting Trump should run for state governor in 2014 against Andrew Cuomo. Trump replies that while New York has problems and taxes are too high, he is not interested in the governor. A Quinnipiac poll of February 2014 has shown Trump to lose to the more popular Cuomo with 37 points in a hypothetical election. In February 2015, Trump told NBC that he was not ready to sign another season The Apprentice , because he was thinking about his political future. When asked in 2015 which of the last four presidents he liked, Trump voted Democrat Bill Clinton over the Republican Bushes.
Campaign contribution
Trump financially supports candidates from both sides, with ten recipients of political contributions being six Democrats and four Republicans. After 2011, his campaign contribution is stronger for the Republicans.
According to a New York state report, Trump shunned the limits of corporate and personal campaign donations in the 1980s - although no law was broken - by donating money to candidates from 18 different business subsidiaries, rather than donating mainly to its own name. Trump told investigators that he did so on the advice of his lawyer. He also said that contributions are not to profit with business-friendly candidates, but only to meet the demands of friends.
2016 presidential campaign
Speech announcement
On June 16, 2015, Trump announced his candidacy for the President of the United States at Trump Tower in Manhattan. In his speech, Trump drew attention to illegal immigration, offshoring American jobs, US national debt, and Islamic terrorism, all of which remain a big priority during the campaign. He also announced his campaign slogan: "Make America Great Again". Trump said his wealth would make him immune to pressure from campaign donors. He claimed that he funded his own campaign, but according to The Atlantic, "Trump's own funding claims are always dubious and actively misleading in the worst of circumstances."
Republican priority selection
In the 2016 Republican presidential preliminary election, Trump entered 17 major contenders for the 2016 Republican nomination; this is the largest field of presidency in American history.
Trump participated in eleven of the twelve Republican debates, passing only the seventh debate on January 28, which was the last debate before the primary vote began in the first of February. The debate received high-ranking television ratings historically, which increased the visibility of the Trump campaign. The Republican leaders hesitated to support him. They doubted his chances of winning the election and feared that he could damage the image of the Republican Party.
In early 2016, the race focused on Trump and US Senator Ted Cruz. On Super Tuesday, Trump won a plurality of votes, and he remained at the forefront of the rest of his predecessor's election. In March 2016, Trump became ready to win the Republican nomination. After a landslide win in Indiana on May 3, 2016 - which pushed the remaining candidates Cruz and John Kasich to suspend their presidential campaign - RNC Chairman Reince Priebus declared Trump the Republican presidential candidate. With 14,015,993 votes, Trump broke all-time records in Republican history for winning the most votes. He also set records for the highest number of votes against the front runner. He won a total of 1441 delegates (58.3% of the total) and 44.9% of the votes versus 25.1% for the second winner, Cruz.
General election campaign
After becoming Republican presidential candidate, Trump shifted his focus to elections. Trump began campaigning against Hillary Clinton, who became the Democratic presidential nominee on June 6, 2016.
Clinton has established a significant leadership of Trump in a national poll throughout 2016. In early July, Clinton's leadership narrowed in the average national poll following the resumption of an FBI investigation into the ongoing email controversy.
On July 15, 2016, Trump announced the election of Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his mate. Four days later on July 19, Trump and Pence were formally nominated by Republicans at the Republican National Convention. List of convention speakers and participants including former presidential candidate Bob Dole, but other previous nominees were not present.
Two days later, Trump officially received a nomination in a 76 minute speech. Long historic speeches received mixed reviews, with negative negative viewer reactions according to CNN and Gallup polls.
On September 26, 2016, Trump and Clinton came face to face with their first presidential debate, held at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York and moderated by readers of NBC News Lester Holt. TV broadcasts are the most watched presidential debate in US history. The second presidential debate was held at the University of Washington in Saint Louis, Missouri. The beginning of the debate was dominated by references to Trump's recent record of making explicit sexual comments, which Trump replied by referring to allegations of sexual harassment on Bill Clinton's part. Prior to the debate, Trump had invited four women who accused Clinton of inappropriate press conferences. The last presidential debate was held on October 19 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Trump's refusal to say whether he will accept the election results, regardless of the outcome, attracts special attention, with some saying it undermines democracy.
Political position
The Trump campaign platform emphasizes the renegotiation of US-China relations and free trade agreements such as NAFTA and Trans-Pacific Partnerships, immigration law enforcement, and building new walls along the US-Mexico border. Other campaign positions include pursuing energy independence while challenging climate change regulations such as the Clean Power Plan and the Paris Agreement, modernizing and speeding up services for veterans, canceling and replacing the Affordable Care Act, abolishing the General Core education standards, investing in infrastructure, streamlining the tax code while reduce taxes for all classes of the economy, and impose tariffs on imports by offshore companies. During the campaign, he also advocated a non-interventionist approach to foreign policy while increasing military spending, extreme examination or banning immigrants from Muslim-majority countries to prevent domestic Islamic terrorism, and aggressive military action against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS or IS).
The media has described Trump's political position as populist, and some of his views cross the party line. For example, his economic campaign plan calls for a major reduction in income tax and deregulation, consistent with Republican policy, along with significant infrastructure investment, usually regarded as a Democratic Party policy. According to political writer Jack Shafer, Trump may be "an American populist who is quite conventional when it comes to his policy views," but he attracts media attention freely, sometimes by making embarrassing comments.
Trump has supported or leaned toward various political positions from time to time. Politico has described his position as "eclectic, improvisational and often contradictory", while NBC News counted "141 different changes on 23 major issues" during his campaign.
Campaign rhetoric
In his campaign, Trump says he underestimates political truths; he also stated that the media had deliberately misinterpreted his words, and he made other claims of harmful media bias. Partly because of his fame, and because of his willingness to say things other candidates will not, and because a candidate who gets the land automatically gives interesting news, Trump receives an unprecedented amount of free media coverage during its run for the presidency, which increases his position in the Republican Party.
The fact-examining organization has criticized Trump for keeping a record of the number of false statements compared to other candidates. At least four major publications - Politico , The Washington Post , The New York Times , and Los Angeles Times - have showing lies or lies in his campaign statement, with the Los Angeles Times saying that "Never in modern presidential politics has a prime candidate to make false statements on a regular basis like Trump does." NPR says that the Trump campaign statement is often blurry or suggestive.
Trump's tendency to hyperbole is believed to have roots in the New York real estate scene, where Trump sets his fortune and where his talent is abundant. Trump refers to public speaking as an "honest hyperbole," an effective political tactic that may backfire because it is too promising.
Support for white supremacy
The alt-right movement united around Trump's nomination, in part because of his opposition to multiculturalism and immigration. Trump personally denounced alt-right in an interview after the election.
During the campaign, Trump was accused of pandering against white supremacy. He roughed open racist, and repeatedly refused to condemn David Duke, Ku Klux Klan or white supremacy, in an interview on CNN's State of the Union, saying that he must first "do research" because he does not know anything about Duke or white supremacy. In subsequent interviews he said that he had been given a "bad earpiece", and that he had denied the Duke the day before. In August 2016, he appointed Steve Bannon - chief executive of Breitbart News - as its campaign chief executive; the website was described by Bannon as "platform for alt-right." According to Michael Barkun, Trump's campaign is extraordinary because it brings ideas, beliefs
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