Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current President of the United States, in office since January 20, 2017. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality.
Trump was born and grew up in the New York City borough of Queens and earned an economics degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Trump took over running his family's real estate business in 1971, renamed it The Trump Organization, and expanded it to involve constructing and renovating skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. He also started various side ventures, including branding and licensing his name for real estate and luxury consumer products. He managed the company until his 2017 inauguration. Trump also gained prominence in the media and entertainment fields. He co-authored several books (most notably The Art of the Deal), and from 2003 to 2015 he was a producer and the host of The Apprentice, a reality television game show. Trump owned the Miss Universe and Miss USA beauty pageants from 1996 to 2015. According to Forbes magazine, he was the world's 544th richest person as of May 2017, with an estimated net worth of $3.5 billion.
Trump entered the 2016 presidential race as a Republican and defeated sixteen opponents in the primaries. Commentators described his political positions as populist, protectionist, and nationalist. His campaign received extensive free media coverage; many of his public statements were controversial or false. Trump won the 2016 general election against Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. He became the oldest and wealthiest person ever to assume the presidency, the first without prior military or government service, and the fifth to have won the election despite losing the popular vote. His election and policies sparked numerous protests.
In domestic policy, Trump appointed Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Citing security concerns, he ordered a travel ban on citizens from several Muslim-majority countries; a revised version of the ban was implemented after legal challenges. In December 2017 he signed tax reform legislation which cut rates and eliminated the Obamacare insurance mandate. In foreign policy, Trump withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact and the Paris Agreement on climate change, partially reversed the Cuban Thaw, pressured North Korea over the acceleration of their missile tests and nuclear weapons program, and recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
After Trump dismissed FBI Director James Comey in 2017, the Justice Department appointed a special counsel to continue investigating links or coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian government in connection with Russian interference in the 2016 elections and related matters.
Thanks for this bit of background information @riswann.
I have one question: If the photograph is of the young Trump, which uniform is he wearing, and what are the medals for?
he was attending college. Once he was no longer attending Fordham Prep, he was called to service but got a doctor's note that he had spurs in his heels so he was pushed to the bottom of the call list. He had reportedly played tennis, squash, and baseball in college all those years however. Funny for a guy who disrespected McCain as a POW in our military, by saying that “He’s a ‘war hero’ because he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured, okay? I hate to tell you.” Sure, Mr. Trump, and you would also rather play squash at your country club than step up and help when you're called to help. At least McCain volunteered to serve his country.
Thanks for clearing up that point @rizwann. Might be that mr T was a pacifist at the time, with would be in line with his election promises, but ironically not with the current state of affairs! But who knows, once behind the doors of the Whitehouse they all start singing in tune with their puppet maters behind the curtains, so the current hawkishness might be revealing his own hidden agenda, or perhaps of those who have him by the short and curlies now! Who knows?