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Donald Trump was born on the 14th of June 1946 at Jamaica Hospital in the New York City borough of Queens. He grew up in a 23-room mansion in the Jamaica Estates neighborhood of Queens, the fourth child of Fred Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump.
Six of Trump's businesses filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection between 1991 and 2009, including the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan, casinos in Atlantic City, and the Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts company. Trump himself did not file for personal bankruptcy.
Trump was first impeached in December 2019 for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, stemming from allegations he pressured Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate political rivals. He was impeached a second time on the 13th of January 2021 for incitement of insurrection following the January 6 Capitol attack. The Senate acquitted him both times.
In May 2024, Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a New York state court. The case concerned hush-money payments made by his attorney Michael Cohen to adult film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 campaign. On the 10th of January 2025, the judge gave Trump an unconditional discharge, citing presidential immunity concerns.
The Apprentice was a reality television show created by producer Mark Burnett, which Trump hosted from 2004 to 2015, including the variant The Celebrity Apprentice. On the show, Trump played a super-rich chief executive who eliminated contestants with the catchphrase "you're fired." Together with related licensing agreements, the shows earned him more than $400 million.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act was signed by Trump in July 2025. It made the temporary tax cuts from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent and added additional deductions totaling around $4.5 trillion, mostly benefiting higher income brackets. The Congressional Budget Office projected it would increase the budget deficit by $3.4 trillion by 2034 and cause 11.8 million people to lose Medicaid coverage.