He signed a major tax reform bill into law and directed the reduction of federal regulations intended to secure a long-running economic expansion and a historically low unemployment rate. His campaign slogan was “Make America Great Again,” and he moved swiftly to reinvigorate “Buy American and Hire American” policies. During the 2016 primary season Trump defeated more than a dozen seasoned rivals to win the Republican nomination and went on to win the election over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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In 2004 he launched the Apprentice (later The Celebrity Apprentice), a popular television series that aired until 2015. His first of many books was The Art of the Deal, published in 1987. The Trump Organization soon became involved in a myriad of projects, including hotels, resorts, residential and commercial buildings, casinos, and golf courses, both in the United States and abroad. Even before he graduated he was drawn to real estate and construction, and as a young man he took over his father’s firm, renaming it the Trump Organization. He was educated at the New York Military Academy and the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania. Their son Donald was the second youngest of five children. The elder Trump was of German heritage, and his wife, Mary McLeod, of Scottish background. His father, Fred Trump, was a highly successful real estate developer.
The biography for President Trump and past presidents is courtesy of the White House Historical Association.ĭonald John Trump was born in Queens, New York, on June 14, 1946.
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