Donald John Trump born June 14, 1946 is an American businessman and
politician who is President-elect of the United States as well as chairman
and president of The Trump Organization the principal holding company for his
real estate ventures and other business interests. He has stated the intention
to vacate the latter positions prior to his assumption of the presidency.
During his career Trump has built office towers, hotels, casinos, golf courses,
and other branded facilities worldwide. Trump was born and raised in New York City and received a bachelor's degree in
economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
in 1968. In 1971 he was given control of his father Fred Trump's real estate
and construction firm and later renamed it The Trump Organization rising to
public prominence shortly thereafter. Trump has appeared at the Miss USA
pageants which he owned from 1996 to 2015 and has made cameo appearances in
films and television series. He sought the Reform Party presidential nomination
in 2000 but withdrew before voting began. June 2015 Trump announced his
candidacy for president as a Republican and quickly emerged as the front runner
for his party's nomination. In May 2016 his remaining Republican rivals
suspended their campaigns and in July he was formally nominated for president
at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Trump campaign received
unprecedented media coverage and international attention. Many of his
statements in interviews on Twitter and at campaign rallies have been
controversial or false. Several rallies during the primaries were accompanied
by protests or riots. On October 7 a 2005 audio recording surfaced in which
Trump bragged about forcibly kissing and groping women or being able to do so
multiple women accused him of similar conduct shortly thereafter. He apologized
for the 2005 comments and denied the allegations describing them as part of a
wider smear campaign. Trump is of German ancestry on his father's side and Scottish
ancestry on his mother's side all four of his grandparents were born in Europe. His father Fred Trump 1905–1999 was born in Queens
to parents from Kallstadt Germany
and became one of the biggest real estate developers in New York City. His mother Mary Trump 1912–2000
was born in Tong, Lewis Scotland. Fred and Mary met in New
York and married in 1936, settling together in Queens.
His uncle John G. Trump a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
from 1936 to 1973 was involved in radar research for the Allies in the Second
World War helped design X-ray machines that provided additional years of life to
cancer patients, and in 1943 the Federal Bureau of Investigation requested him
to examine Nikola Tesla's papers and equipment when Tesla died in his room at
the New Yorker Hotel. Trump frequently invokes his uncle as proof of his
family's smart genes. Trump
the family's ancestral name, evolved to Trump during the Thirty Years' War in
the 17th century. Trump has said that he is proud of his German heritage he
served as grand marshal of the 1999 German-American Steuben Parade in New York City. He was the
second youngest child of five children. Of his four siblings three are living Maryanne
Elizabeth and Robert. Trump's older brother Fred Jr. died in 1981 from alcoholism
which Trump says led him to avoid trying alcohol or cigarettes. Donald Trump the nation's next president has been
married three times and has five children plus eight grandchildren.
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