Donald Trump Born: Real Estate Mogul Turned President
Donald Trump built a New York real estate empire, became a television celebrity through The Apprentice, and won the 2016 presidential election as a political outsider promising to disrupt Washington. His presidency and subsequent political career fundamentally reshaped the Republican Party and American political discourse around populism, immigration, and trade.
June 14, 1946
80 years ago
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