Donald Trump

Donald Trump
Official portrait, 2017
45th President of the United States
In office January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021
Vice President	Mike Pence
Preceded by	Barack Obama
Succeeded by	Joe Biden
Personal details
Born	Donald John Trump (1946-06-14) June 14, 1946 (age 77) New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party	Republican (1987–1999, 2009–2011, 2012–present)
Other political affiliations	Reform (1999–2001) Democratic (2001–2009) Independent (2011–2012)
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Spouse(s)	Ivana Trump (m. 1977; div. 1992) Marla Maples (m. 1993; div. 1999) Melania Trump (m. 2005)
Children	Donald Jr. Ivanka Eric Tiffany Barron
Parents	Fred Trump Mary Anne MacLeod
Relatives	Trump family
Residence	Mar-a-Lago
Alma mater	Wharton School (BS Econ.)
Occupation	politician businessman television presenter
Awards	List of honors and awards
Signature
Website	Official website Presidential Library White House Archives
Donald Trump speaks on declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization Recorded March 11, 2020

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American businessman, media personality and politician. He was the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump was also the chairman and president of The Trump Organization from 1971 to 2017.

Much of his money was made in real estate in New York City, Las Vegas, and Atlantic City.^[1] He used to own the Miss Universe pageant.^[2] He was the star in his own reality show The Apprentice.^[3] In October 2019, Trump changed the state he officially lived in from New York to Florida.^[4]

In June 2015, Trump said that he would run for president of the United States in the 2016 presidential election. Starting mid-July, polls showed that Trump was the front-runner for the Republican Party, ahead of Ted Cruz. This was true even after much criticism from his party because of what he said about illegal immigration, Muslims, and ISIS. His campaign was supported by mostly middle-class and rural working class families. It gained opposition from Democrats, some Republicans, business people, some world leaders and the pope.^[5]

On May 4, 2016, Trump became the expected Republican Party nominee for president.^[6][7] Trump then was in the general election against Democrat Hillary Clinton, the former U.S. secretary of State. He won this election on November 9, 2016, after a close race with Clinton. Each of them needed 270 electoral votes to win.^[8] Trump had 304 while Clinton had 227.^[9] He was inaugurated as the 45th president on January 20, 2017, at 70 years old.

On September 24, 2019, speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said that the House of Representatives would start an impeachment inquiry into Trump. On October 31, 2019, the House voted 232–196 to start the impeachment process.^[10] On December 16, the House Judiciary Committee released a report saying that criminal bribery and wire fraud was the reason to charge Trump with abuse of power.^[11] The house voted to impeach Trump in December 2019, making him the third president in American history to be impeached.^[12] He was acquitted by the Senate in February 2020.^[13]

In November 2020, Trump lost his re-election to former vice president Joe Biden after the 2020 election. He became the first president since George H. W. Bush in 1992 to lose his re-election. However, he refused to agree with the result and said he won the election by a big amount.^[14][15] He also sued states where Biden won.^[16][17] In January 2021, Trump controversially made a telephone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. In the call, he was reported to have tried to change the election results.^[18] A few days later, his supporters rioted at the United States Capitol, which killed five people. However, Republicans have made up many excuses, claiming that it was staged by Antifa. This caused the United States House of Representatives to impeach Trump again.^[19] This made Trump the only president to be impeached twice.^[20] The United States Senate voted to acquit him of all charges.^[21] Scholars and historians have often ranked Trump as one of the worst presidents in American history.^[22]

In November 2022, Trump announced another presidential campaign for the 2024 presidential election. In March 2023, a Manhattan grand jury indicted Trump, making him the first former president in U.S. history to face criminal charges. In August 2023, Trump was indicted a second time for his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

1. ↑ Daniel Rothberg (October 21, 2016). "Trump's ventures have long fueled business, controversy in Nevada". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
2. ↑ Jethro Nededog (September 14, 2015). "Donald Trump just sold off the entire Miss Universe Organization after buying it 3 days ago". Business Insider Inc. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
3. ↑ Michael M. Grynbaum (December 9, 2016). "As 'The Apprentice' Returns to TV, Trump Stands to Profit". The New York Times. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
4. ↑ "Trump, a symbol of New York, is officially a Floridian now". Politico. October 31, 2019. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
5. ↑ "Pope Francis Slams Donald Trump's Notions of 'Radical Islam'". Time. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
6. ↑ Stephen Collinson, CNN (May 3, 2016). "Primary results: Donald Trump becomes presumptive nominee". CNN. Retrieved May 4, 2016. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
7. ↑ "John Kasich drops out of presidential race". CNN. May 4, 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
8. ↑ Chris Moody (November 4, 2016). "What is the Electoral College and why is 270 important?". CNN. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
9. ↑ Kiersten Schmidt, Wilson Andrews (December 19, 2016). "A Historic Number of Electors Defected, and Most Were Supposed to Vote for Clinton". The New York Times. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
10. ↑ "Trump impeachment: House votes to formalise inquiry". BBC News. October 31, 2019. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
11. ↑ "Democrats accuse Trump of criminal bribery, wire fraud in report that explains articles of impeachment". The Washington Post. December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
12. ↑ Shear, Michael D.; Baker, Peter (December 19, 2019). "Trump Impeachment Vote Live Updates: House Votes to Impeach Trump for Abuse of Power". The New York Times.
13. ↑ "Trump acquitted of both charges in Senate impeachment trial". CNBC. February 5, 2020.
14. ↑ "I won this election, by alot". Twitter. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
15. ↑ "Result start to come in next week". Twitter. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
16. ↑ Ewing, Philip (November 13, 2020). "Legal Avenues Closing As Trump Lawsuits Meet With Defeat Or Dead Ends". NPR.org. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
17. ↑ "Trump campaign files federal lawsuit in Michigan over fraud allegations". Washington Examiner. November 10, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
18. ↑ Gardener, Amy; Firozi, Paulina (January 3, 2021). "The Post has published Trump's full phone call with Georgia election officials. Listen to the audio and read the transcript". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
19. ↑ "House impeaches Trump again". Yahoo. January 13, 2021.
20. ↑ "House impeaches Trump for the second time, focus shifts to Senate trial". The Los Angeles Times. January 13, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
21. ↑ "Trump acquitted, denounced in historic impeachment trial". AP NEWS. April 20, 2021. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
22. ↑ "American Presidents: Greatest and Worst". Siena College Research Institute. June 22, 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2022.