Donald Trump

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician from the Republican Party who currently serves as the 45th president of the United States, having succeeded Barack Obama in 2017. Before entering politics, he was a business magnate and television personality. He became the oldest first-term U.S. president and the first without prior military or government service.

Trump had considered becoming a candidate for the U.S. presidency since 2010. He entered the presidential race in 2016 as a Republican and defeated the Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. This victory is controversial, as it was one of the few cases in which a president-elect lost the popular vote despite winning the electoral vote, and some say that Russian interference in the elections contributed to Trump's victory.

Trump has made a number of controversial statements which some observers have described as misleading or false; others, however, maintain that these statements are accurate, and that these claims are political bias.

Business career
In 1971, Trump inherited the Trump Organization, a real-estate business, previously owned by his father Fred Trump. He 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 owns the world-famous Trump Tower and is the founder of the publicly traded Trump Hotel Casinos & Resorts. He bought the Miss Universe brand of beauty pageants in 1996, and sold it in 2015.