Showing posts with label U.S Presidents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label U.S Presidents. Show all posts

Friday, February 17, 2023

10 Facts about Donald Trump!



 

1. President Donald John Trump presided over the country as the 45th president from January 20, 2017, to January 20, 2021.  
2. On June 14, 1946, in Queens, New York City, Trump was born. 
3. He is a politician, businessman, and TV personality.  
4. He earned a Bachelor of Science in economics from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School in 1968. 
5. Trump founded The Trump Organization, a global real estate development and management organization with a wide range of assets and enterprises. 
6. From 2004 to 2015, he served as the host of the reality TV program "The Apprentice." 
7. On June 16, 2015, Trump declared his intention to run for president. In July 2016, he received the Republican nomination. 
8. During his administration, the House of Representatives impeached him twice; the first time was in December 2019 and the second time was in January 2021; both times, the Senate found him not guilty. 
9. During the Capitol riot in January 2021, Trump was blocked from a number of social media sites, including Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. 
10. Trump is the only president in American history to be impeached twice, lose the popular vote in both the 2016 and 2020 elections, but win the electoral college in one (2016).

Friday, August 2, 2013

First President to Fly on the Plane

Theodore Roosevelt 


U.S 26th President, Theodor Roosevelt (1901 - 1909) was the first president to fly on the plane in 1910. 




Learn more about President Roosevelt

 

Source: Inside Air Force One. [Internet]. 2013. The History Channel website. Available from: http://www.history.com/topics/inside-air-force-one [Accessed 3 Aug 2013]

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