BATTLE OF THE PRESIDENTS
President Enrique Peña Nieto was born on July 20, 1966, in Atlacomulco, Mexico. Interested in politics from the time he was a boy, Peña Nieto quickly climbed the ranks of power and at the age of 39 was elected governor of the State of Mexico. In 2012, Peña Nieto won the Mexican presidency with 38 percent of the vote, though his administration has been marked by the country's violent drug trade, property, and other scandals.
U.S. President, real estate mogul and former reality TV star, Donald John Trump was born in 1946, in Queens, New York. In 1971, he 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 turned his attention to politics, and in 2015 he announced his candidacy for president of the United States on the Republican ticket. After winning a majority of the primaries and caucuses, Trump became the official Republican candidate for president on July 19, 2016. That November, Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States, after defeating Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
Published by : Janet Huerta, Rebecca Bernal, and Andrea Baez