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Donald Trump served as the 45th President of the United States. He is a Republican and a very successful businessman. He is well-known for producing and hosting the American TV series The Apprentice.
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Key Facts & Information
Early and Personal Life
- Donald John Trump was born in New York City on June 14th, 1946. He is the son of Fred and Mary Anne Trump, who owned a real estate firm. He has four siblings: Mary Ann, Fred Jr., Elizabeth, and Robert. Young Donald went to Kew-Forest School and then enrolled in the New York Military Academy when he was 13. He is a Presbyterian.
- He did not fight in the Vietnam War because he was deemed unfit due to a problem with his heels. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics in 1968.
- Donald Trump has married three times and has five children: Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric with his first wife, Ivana; a daughter, Tiffany, with his second wife, Marla; and a son, Barron, with his third wife, Melania. His current wife, Melania, is a former model from Slovenia.
- In 1971, Trump took over his parents’ real estate company and renamed it ‘The Trump Organization’. Throughout his life, Trump has ventured into hundreds of other businesses, all of which are part of The Trump Organization.
- Trump Tower is perhaps Donald Trump’s most famous real estate. It is located in Midtown Manhattan and is the headquarters of The Trump Organization. It has 58 floors and was completed in 1983.
- He owns and manages hundreds of houses, hotels, condominiums, casinos, golf courses and offices in the United States. One of the most famous is the Mar-a-Lago Resort.
- In 1983, Donald Trump bought the New Jersey Generals, an American Football team.
- In 1988, Trump hosted WrestleMania. He has been featured in many WrestleMania events and in the WWE Hall of Fame.
- From 1996 to 2015, Donald Trump co-owned the Miss Universe, Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA beauty pageants.
- In 1999, Donald Trump started Trump Model Management, a model agency in Manhattan.
- In 2003, he became the host and executive producer of the US TV series The Apprentice. Trump took part in 14 series of the show and has now been replaced as host by Arnold Schwarzenegger
Donald Trump’s Pre-presidency
- Donald Trump first attempted to run for President in the year 2000.
- In 2005, he opened Trump University, although legal issues soon derailed the venture.
- It is believed that Donald Trump is worth around $4.5 billion (USD), making him one of the richest politicians in American history.
- He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and has appeared in 12 films.
- Trump has been nominated for an Emmy award twice, in 2004 and 2005, both times for The Apprentice. In 2007, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his role in the program.
- It wasn’t until 2012 that Donald Trump sought to become the Republican presidential nominee, although he chose not to run for President in the 2012 election. He was a Republican in the 1980s but then switched to the Democrats in the early 2000s. In 2009, he returned to the Republicans before leaving for a short stint as part of an independent party. He later returned to the Republicans.
- Donald Trump announced he would be running for President in June 2015. His presidential campaign focused on issues of immigration, national debt and Islamic terrorism.
Trump’s Presidency
- On November 8th, 2016, Donald Trump won the presidency of the United States. He received 306 electoral college votes, and his opponent, Hillary Clinton, received 232.
- Trump received a smaller percentage of the popular vote than Clinton, who received 2.1% more.
- Donald Trump is the only U.S. President who does not have previous military or governmental experience.
- He was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States on January 20th, 2017.
“What truly matters is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people”
~ Excerpt from Donald Trump’s inaugural speech, 2016
- In Trump’s first 100 days in office, he issued several executive orders, including his plans to build a wall on the Mexico border, a travel ban from Muslim-majority countries like Syria, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, and Yemen, dismantling Obamacare, and U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement.
- In addition, he increased government spending for the military, veterans, and national security.
- Trump’s campaign to eliminate national debt fell short when it increased by 39 percent during his administration, incomparable to the post-World War II US debt-GDP ratio.
- While his predecessor was directed to curb climate change, Trump reduced the budget for renewable energy by 40%.
- Under Executive Order 13771, Trump dismantled federal environmental, labor, and health regulations. While Trump promised to fund Medicare during his 2016 campaign, he stated otherwise by 2020.
- As president, he opposed gun control, a shifting view similar to his support of capital punishment. Furthermore, Trump was decisive in his view against illegal immigration. Other than securing the borders with Mexico, he reduced the admission of refugees. On January 27, 2017, under Executive Order 13769, the admission of refugees was suspended for 120 days, while citizens from Yemen,Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya, Iran, and Iraq were prohibited for 90 days.
- With tighter US-Mexico border control, more than 5,400 children of migrant families were separated. By April 2018, a “zero tolerance” policy against illegal entry was implemented, which took away children as unaccompanied alien minors.
- Among Trump’s central campaigns was building the US-Mexico border wall. His eagerness to secure the budget led to the government shutdown from December 2017 to January 2018, following his refusal to sign any appropriations bill from Congress. Trump insisted that he would only sign if a $5.6 billion budget for the wall was included. The shutdown ended with no explicit funding for the wall.
- Known for his “American First” policy, Trump supported nationalist and populist causes in foreign affairs.
- Following decades of tension between North Korea and the United States, Trump met Kim Jong-Un in Singapore on June 12, 2018. The two leaders talked in private and signed joint statements in which Trump committed to providing security guarantees while Kim assured denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
- On July 16, 2018, Trump had a formal discussion with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland.
- During Trump’s administration, the US had souring relations with NATO. He launched a trade war with China and continued talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- In February 2020, the administration signed a peace agreement with the Taliban; since then, US troops have been reduced and later on pulled out from Afghanistan.
- Furthermore, Trump’s administration supported the governments of Israel and Saudi Arabia and condemned the Assad regime in Syria and Iran’s nuclear program.
- Trump reshaped the federal judiciary by installing three Supreme Court justices and 220 judges on the federal bench. By December 2019, his judicial appointments comprised around 25% of the US circuit court judges. This is important because courts will have the final say in US politics for years to come.
- Trump established a sixth branch of the US Armed Forces called Space Force. It is tasked with protecting US military assets in space.
- Trump played a major role in tax reforms during his term in office. His signature achievement was the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. It overhauled national tax codes that had not changed for decades and boosted the economy. However, the law has yet to realise some of its goals.
- Trump signed the First Step Act into law in 2018. It seeks to reform the criminal justice system and mass incarceration and was passed with overwhelming bipartisan support.
- During the COVID-19 outbreak, which was reported in the US on January 20, 2020, Trump initially ignored the public health warnings. In February, he insisted that the outbreak was less deadly than influenza and was under control. On March 3, 2020, he signed the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, which allotted $8.3 billion emergency funding.
- During the COVID-19 outbreak reported in the US on January 20, 2020, Trump initially ignored public health warnings. In February, he insisted that the outbreak was less deadly than influenza and was under control. On March 3, 2020, he signed the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, which allotted $8.3 billion in emergency funding.
- Two days after the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that COVID-19 was a pandemic, Trump declared a national emergency on March 13, 2020. During this period, he often referred to COVID-19 as the “Chinese virus” and “China virus” and consistently blamed the Democratic state governors, China, WHO, and Obama’s administration.
- In April 2020, he refused to wear a mask in public events despite the government’s guidance. He also ridiculed Joe Biden for wearing one and claimed it was a political statement.
- By July 2020, Trump continued to downplay the pandemic after his claims that “99% of COVID-19 cases are harmless”. On October 2, 2020, Trump tweeted that he was positive for COVID-19.
- During his term, Trump faced several controversies, including the possible Russian interference in the 2016 elections. In January 2017, the CIA, the FBI, and the NSA jointly stated that they had “high confidence” that the Russian government interfered in the elections in favour of Trump.
- In August 2019, the Inspector General of the Intelligence Committee received a complaint against Trump and his coercion of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
- The scandal led to the first impeachment inquiry against Trump on September 24, 2019. On December 13, the House of Judiciary Committee passed two articles of impeachment—for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The following year, the Republican majority in the Senate acquitted Trump on both charges.
Bid for Re-election
- In the November 2020 elections, Trump was defeated by Democrat Joe Biden, who served as Vice-President under President Obama.
- From November to January, Trump repeatedly urged Republican politicians to recalculate and overturn the results, particularly in Georgia. His attempts in Georgia resulted in a criminal investigation against him for efforts to subvert the election was filed on February 10, 2021.
- Insistent to overturn the election results, Trump called for his supporters to “take back our country” and “fight like hell” by marching to the Capitol while the congressional certification was ongoing. A mob broke into the Capitol building, forcing the evacuation of Congress on January 6, 2021.
- In his tweet, Trump called the mob “great patriots” and insisted that the election was stolen. According to the Department of Justice, the Capitol attack resulted in the injury of more than 140 police officers and the death of five people.
- As a result, a second impeachment was charged against Trump on January 11, 2021, for inciting insurrection against the US government. Among the 232 (against 197) votes in Congress, ten were from Republicans. By February 13, Trump was again acquitted by the Senate.
- On November 15, 2022, Trump announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election. In December 2023, the Colorado Supreme Court challenged his candidacy regarding the Capitol attack, which the US Supreme Court ruled out in March 2024.
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