- TRUMP, DONALD J.
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- Home State: New York
- Person Website: https://www.donaldjtrump.com/
- Running: President, United States, 2016
- Total Raised: $64,576,400Coverage End: Tuesday, May 31, 2016
- Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal
- Full Name: Donald J. Trump
- Gender: Male
- Family: Wife: Melania; 5 Children: Donald Jr., Ivanka, Eric, Tiffany, Barron
- Birth Date: 06/14/1946
- Birth Place: Queens, NY
- Home City: Manhattan, NY
- Religion: Protestant
Education
- Attended, Fordham University
- BS, Economics/Real Estate, Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania
Professional Experience
- Producer, "The Apprentice", 2004-present
- Founder/Chair/President/Chief Executive Officer, The Trump Organization, 1975-present
- Chair, Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts, Incorporated
Religious, Civic, and other Memberships
- Member, Board of Directors, Police Athletic League
- Chair, Donald J. Trump Foundation
- Advisory Board Member, Lenox Hill Hospital
- Co-Chair, New York Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
- Member, Presidents Council of New York University
- Advisory Board Member, United Cerebral Palsy
About Donald Trump
Donald Trump was born in the neighborhood of Queens in New York City, New York, to parents of German and Scottish descent. He earned academic honors in basic schooling, where he also proved a gifted student athlete, before going on to study first at Fordham University and then at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated in 1968, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics.
Never one to shy away from controversy, Trump had toyed with the idea of a Republican or even Independent presidential run on numerous occasions. He has had a tendency to service his image for these potential runs with extravagant public antics, such as his decision in 2011 to join the infamous ranks of nigh-universally conservative Americans who questioned President Barack Obama's birth within the United States. Dubbed “birthers” – they accused Obama of having actually been born in Kenya, and thus being constitutionally ineligible for the office of President. What his theatrics have unquestionably won him, however, is fame and popularity as a sort of entertainer, bolstering his sales as an author and his ratings on television.
Traditionally, Trump has avoided backing his public speculations of a presidential run with action – until June 1, 2015, when he formally announced his candidacy for the 2016 election. In his declaration, Trump criticized politicians, saying that while he loves them because “it's easy to make money with politicians,” he is frustrated by the fact that they say much and do little. He also decried illegal immigration, saying that he will inexpensively build a wall along the nation's southern border, and that he will have Mexico pay for its construction. Trump covered a few other bases, as well, promising that he will be tough on ISIS and stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. And in truly classic Trump shamelessness, he flaunts his vast financial wealth and compares it to other famously rich candidates, saying that he is more successful than Ross Perot and that he, quote, “has a Gucci store that's worth more than Romney.” Though his quest to win the presidency may be an uphill battle, his candidacy is certain to be entertaining, and to draw electorate interest in the 2016 presidential race.
Donald Trump has become such a force in the Republican Party that the official overseeing next year’s Senate races has proposed a delicate strategy for GOP candidates: Tap into Trumpism without mimicking Trump.
Fwd.us is renewing its push to overhaul immigration laws after a failed effort two years ago.
Donald Trump said Tuesday he would have skipped the Paris climate summit, arguing there were more important things to do.
Donald Trump on Tuesday tried to silence skeptics of his claim that thousands of New Jersey Muslims celebrated the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, pointing to a New York Post column and an MTV News clip as proof.
Let’s not mince words: Donald Trump is a bigot and a racist.
After Donald Trump attacked Fox News host Megyn Kelly, the network's CEO Roger Ailes asked him: “What the hell is wrong with you?”
Business mogul Donald Trump demanded on Monday that CNN, the host of the next GOP debate, pay him $5 million dollars to participate, with the proceeds to be donated to veterans.
Arizona Sen. John McCain said that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's rhetoric about Muslims hurts the U.S. fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS, or ISIL) because it "has an interesting effect of turning Muslims all over the world against the United States of America."
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is refusing to blame Friday's deadly shooting, which killed three people at a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado Springs, on anti-abortion sentiment.
After months of waiting for Donald Trump’s decline, Republican insiders now concede the poll leader could take two of the first four early voting states, though they caution his hold on Iowa is weak.
A Reuters poll released Friday finds that GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump has dropped 12 points in less than a week, his largest single poll-to-poll drop since he took the primary lead in July.
Donald Trump hadn't said 300 words during his announcement speech before he called Mexican immigrants rapists. Even before that, he'd already made fun of his sweaty opponents and President Obama. But by word 300, he'd already made the comment that prompted a backlash from Univision — a backlash that drew new attention to his hard-line stance on immigration and, by extension, moved him into first place in the polls.
A day after he was widely rebuked for mocking a reporter with a physical disability, business mogul and reality TV star Donald Trump on Thursday denied that he had done so and accused the reporter of “using his disability to grandstand.”
Donald Trump has added a new item to his growing list of presidential campaign firsts: mocking a person’s physical handicap.
At a rally in South Carolina Tuesday, when GOP frontrunner Donald Trump was defending the contention that "thousands and thousands of people" cheered the September 11th terrorist attack in Jersey City, New Jersey, he did an impression of a reporter's physical handicap.
When Donald Trump landed in Ohio this week, he got a taste of the meager Republican super PAC efforts aimed at him: a 47-second Web video clipping together some of his most provocative comments and a small airplane trailing a banner proclaiming, “Ohioans Can’t Trust Trump.”
The Donald is ‘controversial’ but never flat-out wrong in the press, because it cares more about being ‘fair’ and ‘objective’ than anything else.
Thanksgiving just came early for Donald Trump.
After she joined Donald Trump’s real estate business, Louise Sunshine struggled to maintain a steady weight while managing her new career alongside the busy schedules of three young children.
Within the first few minutes of his speech Monday night, real estate mogul Donald Trump came out swinging at a primary opponent’s low standing in the polls and mocked the media’s coverage of his events.
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