Donald Trump's election represents a strange and unsettling political revolution that is dominating conversations and media coverage worldwide. If this were not the case, the world's construction community might be spending more time discussing one intriguing fact of this week's presidential inauguration: President Trump is the first property developer ever to be elected to the White House. He is also only the second US president to have been directly involved in the construction industry prior to his elevation to the Oval Office. His vocational predecessor was none other than founding father Thomas Jefferson, the only architect to date to hold presidential office.
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