Donald Trump

Experience

Recent

• Now

  Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current president of the United States.

Back then

• June 16, 2015

  Announces that he is running for president during a speech at Trump Tower. He pledges to implement policies that will boost the economy and says he will get tough on immigration. "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best...They're sending people who have lots of problems," Trump says. "They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists, and some, I assume, are good people."

• March 17, 2011

  During an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America," Trump questionswhether President Barack Obama was born in the United States.

• February 13, 2009

  Announces his resignation from his position as chairman of Trump Entertainment Resorts. Days later, the company files for bankruptcy protection.

• February 14, 2000

  Says that he is abandoning his bid for the presidency, blaming discord within the Reform Party.

• 1996

  Buys out and becomes executive producer of the Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants.

• 1983-1990

  • He builds/purchases multiple properties in New York City, including Trump Towerand the Plaza Hotel, and also opens casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey, including the Trump Taj Mahal and the Trump Plaza.
  • Trump buys the New Jersey Generals football team, part of the United States Football League, which folds after three seasons.

• 1976

  Trump and his father partner with the Hyatt Corporation, purchasing the Commodore Hotel, an aging midtown Manhattan property. The building is revamped and opens four years later as the Grand Hyatt Hotel. The project kickstarts Trump's career as a Manhattan developer.

• He also did some other things in 1973
  • Trump and his father are named in a Justice Department lawsuit
  • Trump property managers violated the Fair Housing Act by turning away potential African-American tenants
  • The Trumps deny the company discriminates and file a $100 million countersuit, which is later dismissed.
  • The case is settled in 1975, and the Trumps agree to provide weekly lists of vacancies to black community organizations.

• 1970s

  After college, works with his father on apartment complexes in Queens and Brooklyn, New York.