Know about Donald Trump: President-elect of United States

Republican Party candidate Donald trump has won the US presidential election of 2016. He will be 45th President of the US.

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Know about Donald Trump: President-elect of United States

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Republican Party candidate Donald trump has won the US presidential election of 2016. He will be 45th President of the US.

Let’s have a look at his profile

Trump made his White House ambitions official when he announced his run for president in 2015 on the Republican ticket.

During the electoral campaign he gave the slogan to make America great again. His electoral campaign includes issues of illegal immigration from Mexico.  He even spoke of building a wall along the border with Mexico to prevent illegal immigration.

He also called for more job creation in America by decreasing the job outsourcing to other countries. Trump also promised strong action against terrorism. Other major issues taken by Trump were regarding taxes, healthcare, and religious freedom in the country.

Donald Trump was born on June 14, 1946 in Queens, New York. Trump married Ivana Zelnickova Winklmayr, a New York fashion model and athlete from Czech in 1971. The couple had three children - Donald Jr, Ivanka and Eric - before they filed for divorce in 1990.

Trump married actress Marla Maples in 1993. They had a daughter named Tiffany before divorcing in 1999.

His current wife Melania Knauss, a model, in 2005, and the couple has one son, Barron William Trump.

Trump became involved in large, profitable building projects in Manhattan. In 1980, he opened the Grand Hyatt, which made him the city's best-known developer.

In 2004, Trump began starring in the hit NBC reality series The Apprentice, which also spawned the offshoot The Celebrity Apprentice.

Trump is the son of Fred Trump, a wealthy New York City real-estate developer. He worked for his father’s firm, Elizabeth Trump and Son in 1968.

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