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|image = Donald Trump official portrait.jpg
|order = 45th 
|office = President of the United States
|vicepresident = [[Mike Pence]]
|term_start = January 20, 2017
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|predecessor = [[Barack Obama]]
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|birth_name = Donald John Trump
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|6|14}}
|birth_place = [[New York City]] 
|party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (1987–1999, 2009–2011, 2012–present)
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* [[Reform Party of the United States of America|Reform]] (1999–2001)
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* {{marriage|[[Ivana Trump|Ivana Zelníčková]]|April 7, 1977|March 22, 1992|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Marla Maples]]|December 20, 1993|June 8, 1999|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Melania Trump|Melania Knauss]]|January 22, 2005}}}}
|children = {{flatlist|
* [[Donald Trump Jr.|Donald Jr.]]
* [[Ivanka Trump|Ivanka]]
* [[Eric Trump|Eric]]
* [[Tiffany Trump|Tiffany]]
* [[Barron Trump|Barron]] }}
|parents = {{Ublist|[[Fred Trump]]|[[Mary Anne MacLeod Trump|Mary Anne MacLeod]]}}
|relatives = [[Family of Donald Trump|Trump family]]
|awards = [[List of honors and awards received by Donald Trump|List of honors and awards]]
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* [[White House]] (official/primary)
* [[Trump National Golf Club (Bedminster, New Jersey)|Trump Natl. Bedminster]] ([[Summer White House|summer]])
* [[Mar-a-Lago]] ([[Winter White House|winter]])
* [[Trump Tower]] (private/secondary)
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|alma_mater = [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania|The Wharton School]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]] in [[Economics|Econ.]]) 
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'''Donald John Trump''' (born June 14, 1946) is the [[List of Presidents of the United States#Presidents|45th]] and current [[President of the United States]]. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality.

Trump was born and raised in the New York City borough of [[Queens]]. He received an economics degree from the [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania]] and was appointed president of his family's real estate business in 1971, renamed it [[The Trump Organization]], and expanded it from Queens and [[Brooklyn]] into [[Manhattan]]. The company built or renovated skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. Trump later started various side ventures, including licensing his name for real estate and consumer products. He managed the company until [[Inauguration of Donald Trump|his 2017 inauguration]]. He co-authored [[Bibliography of Donald Trump|several books]], including ''[[Trump: The Art of the Deal|The Art of the Deal]]''. He owned the [[Miss Universe]] and [[Miss USA]] beauty pageants from 1996 to 2015, and he produced and hosted the [[reality television]] show ''[[The Apprentice (U.S. TV series)|The Apprentice]]'' from 2003 to 2015. ''[[Forbes]]'' estimates his net worth to be $3.1 billion.

Trump entered the [[United States presidential election, 2016|2016 presidential race]] as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] and defeated sixteen opponents in the [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016|primaries]]. Commentators described [[Political positions of Donald Trump|his political positions]] as [[Populism|populist]], [[Protectionism|protectionist]], and [[Nationalism|nationalist]]. His campaign received extensive [[earned media|free media coverage]]; many of his public statements were controversial or false. Trump was elected president in a surprise victory over Democratic nominee [[Hillary Clinton]]. He became [[List of presidents of the United States by age|the oldest]] and [[List of Presidents of the United States by net worth|wealthiest]] person ever to assume the presidency, the first without [[List of Presidents of the United States by previous experience|prior military or government service]], and [[United States presidential elections in which the winner lost the popular vote|the fifth]] to have won the election while losing the popular vote. His election and policies have sparked [[Protests against Donald Trump|numerous protests]]. Many of his [[Racial views of Donald Trump|comments and actions]] have been perceived as racially charged or racist.

During [[Presidency of Donald Trump|his presidency]], Trump [[Executive Order 13769|ordered a travel ban]] on citizens from several Muslim-majority countries, citing security concerns; after [[Legal challenges to the Trump travel ban|legal challenges]], the Supreme Court upheld [[Presidential Proclamation 9645|the policy's third revision]]. He signed [[Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017|tax cut legislation]] which also rescinded the [[Essential health benefits#Mandatory for certain health insurances|individual insurance mandate]] provision of the [[Affordable Care Act]] and [[Arctic Refuge drilling controversy|opened the Arctic Refuge]] for oil drilling. He enacted [[Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act|a partial repeal of the Dodd-Frank Act]] that had imposed stricter constraints on banks in the aftermath of the [[2008 financial crisis]]. He pursued his [[America First (policy)|America First]] agenda in foreign policy, withdrawing the U.S. from the [[Trans-Pacific Partnership]] trade negotiations, the [[Paris Agreement]] on climate change, and [[United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action|the Iran nuclear deal]]. He [[United States recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel|recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel]], and [[Trump tariffs|imposed import tariffs]] on various goods, triggering [[2018 China–United States trade war|a trade war with China]]. 

After Trump [[Dismissal of James Comey|dismissed FBI Director James Comey]], the [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]] appointed [[Robert Mueller]] as [[Special Counsel investigation (2017–present)|Special Counsel]] to investigate "any [[Links between Trump associates and Russian officials|links]] and/or coordination" between the Trump campaign and the Russian government in [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections|its election interference]]. Trump has repeatedly denied accusations of collusion and [[obstruction of justice]], calling the investigation a politically motivated "[[Witch hunt#Figurative use of the term|witch hunt]]".

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== Family and personal life ==
=== Early life and education ===
[[File:Donald Trump NYMA.jpg|upright|thumb|alt=A black-and-white photograph of Donald Trump as a teenager, smiling and wearing a dark pseudo-military uniform with various badges and a light-colored stripe crossing his right shoulder.|Senior yearbook photo of Trump in 1964 wearing the uniform of his private boarding school, [[New York Military Academy]]{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=x2jUDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA45 45]}}<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.classmates.com/yearbooks/New-York-Military-Academy/32008 |title=The 75th Anniversary Shrapnel |publisher=NYMA |date=Spring 1964 |accessdate=January 21, 2017 |page=107 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122215658/http://www.classmates.com/yearbooks/New-York-Military-Academy/32008 |archive-date=January 22, 2017 |dead-url=yes }}</ref>]]

Donald John Trump was born on June 14, 1946, at the Jamaica Hospital, Queens, New York City,<ref name="Birth Certificate">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/page?id=13248168|title=Certificate of Birth|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=[[ABC News]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512232306/https://abcnews.go.com/US/page?id=13248168|archivedate=May 12, 2016|dead-url=yes|access-date=October 23, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Birth Certificate 2">{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/20110328125536753.pdf|title=Certificate of Birth: Donald John Trump|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=The Jamaica Hospital|via=[[Fox News]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409070650/https://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/20110328125536753.pdf|archivedate=April 9, 2011|dead-url=no|accessdate=October 23, 2018}}</ref> one of five children. He is the son of [[Frederick Christ Trump]], a real estate developer, and [[Mary Anne MacLeod]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/26/nyregion/fred-c-trump-postwar-master-builder-of-housing-for-middle-class-dies-at-93.html|title=Fred C. Trump, Postwar Master Builder of Housing for Middle Class, Dies at 93|last=Rozhon|first=Tracie|date=June 26, 1999|website=[[The New York Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107060621/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/26/nyregion/fred-c-trump-postwar-master-builder-of-housing-for-middle-class-dies-at-93.html |archive-date=January 7, 2018 |dead-url=no|accessdate=October 3, 2018}}</ref>

Trump grew up in [[Jamaica, Queens]], and attended the [[Kew-Forest School]] from kindergarten through seventh grade. At age 13, he was enrolled in the [[New York Military Academy]], a private boarding school, after his parents discovered that he had made frequent trips into Manhattan without their permission.{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=x2jUDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA31 31, 37]}}<ref name=":0">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/young-donald-trump-military-school/2016/06/22/f0b3b164-317c-11e6-8758-d58e76e11b12_story.html |title=Confident. Incorrigible. Bully: Little Donny was a lot like candidate Donald Trump |first1=Paul |last1=Schwartzman |first2=Michael E. |last2=Miller |date=June 22, 2016 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |accessdate=April 2, 2017 |url-access=limited}}</ref>

In 1964, Trump enrolled at [[Fordham University]].{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=x2jUDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA45 45]}}<ref name=bostonglobe-20150828>{{cite news |first=Matt |last=Viser |title=Even in college, Donald Trump was brash |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2015/08/28/donald-trump-was-bombastic-even-wharton-business-school/3FO0j1uS5X6S8156yH3YhL/story.html |date=August 28, 2015 |accessdate=May 28, 2018}}</ref> After two years, he transferred to the [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania|Wharton School]] of the [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref name=bostonglobe-20150828 />{{sfn|Blair|2005|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=AiFeQZhakXQC&pg=PA16 16]}} While at Wharton, he worked at the family business, Elizabeth Trump & Son.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/09/03/if-donald-trump-followed-this-really-basic-advice-hed-be-a-lot-richer |title=The real reason Donald Trump is so rich |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=September 3, 2015|accessdate=January 17, 2016 |first=Max |last=Ehrenfreund|url-access=limited}}</ref> He graduated in May 1968 with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics.<ref name=bostonglobe-20150828 /><ref>{{cite web |title=The Best Known Brand Name in Real Estate |date=Spring 2007 |website=[[The Wharton School]] |url=https://www.wharton.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/125anniversaryissue/trump.html|accessdate=April 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.archives.upenn.edu/primdocs/upg/upg7/upg7_1968.pdf |title=Two Hundred and Twelfth Commencement for the Conferring of Degrees |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |date=May 20, 1968}}</ref>

While in college from 1964 to 1968, Trump obtained four student deferments from serving in the military.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-donald-trump-military-20160803-snap-htmlstory.html |title=How deferments protected Donald Trump from serving in Vietnam |last=Lee |first=Kurtis |date=August 4, 2016 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |accessdate=August 4, 2016}}</ref><ref name="defer">{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-avoided-vietnam-with-deferments-records-show |title=Donald Trump avoided Vietnam with deferments, records show |date=April 29, 2011 |publisher=[[CBS News]] |first=Brian |last=Montopoli |accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref> In 1966, he was deemed fit for service based upon a medical examination and in July 1968, after graduating from college, was briefly classified as eligible to serve by a local draft board. In October 1968, he was given a medical deferment which he later attributed to [[calcaneal spur|spurs in both heels]], and classified as 1-Y, "unqualified for duty except in the case of a national emergency."<ref name="Whitlock21July">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/questions-linger-about-trumps-draft-deferments-during-vietnam-war/2015/07/21/257677bc-2fdd-11e5-8353-1215475949f4_story.html |title=Questions linger about Trump's draft deferments during Vietnam War |last=Whitlock |first=Craig |date=July 21, 2015 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |accessdate=April 2, 2017|url-access=limited}}</ref> In the December 1969 [[Draft lottery (1969)|draft lottery]], Trump's birthday, June 14, received a high number which would have given him a low probability to be called to military service even without the 1-Y.<ref name="Whitlock21July" /><ref name="SE">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/us/politics/donald-trump-draft-record.html |title=Donald Trump's Draft Deferments: Four for College, One for Bad Feet |last=Eder |first=Steve |last2=Philipps |first2=Dave |date=August 1, 2016 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=August 2, 2016 |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref name="RG">{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trumps-vietnam-draft-records-secret-documents-deferments/story?id=13492639 |title=Donald Trump's Own Secret: Vietnam Draft Records |last=Goldman |first=Russell |date=April 29, 2011 |publisher=[[ABC News]] |accessdate=August 1, 2016}}</ref> In 1972, he was reclassified as {{nowrap|4-F}}, disqualifying him for service.<ref name="SE" /><ref name="emery">{{cite news |last=Emery |first=David |url=https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/08/02/donald-trumps-draft-deferments/ |title=Donald Trump's Draft Deferments |publisher=[[Snopes.com]] |date=August 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2018}}</ref>

=== Ancestry and parents ===
{{Further|Trump family}}
Trump's ancestors originated from the German village of [[Kallstadt]] in the [[Palatinate (region)|Palatinate]] on his father's side, and from the [[Outer Hebrides]] in Scotland on his mother's side. All of his grandparents and his mother were born in [[Europe]].{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=x2jUDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA19 19]}}

Trump's paternal grandfather, [[Frederick Trump]], first immigrated to the United States in 1885 at the age of 16 and became a citizen in 1892.<ref name="brothelgoldrush" /> He amassed a fortune operating boomtown restaurants and boarding houses in the Seattle area and the [[Klondike, Yukon|Klondike]] region of Canada during [[Klondike Gold Rush|its gold rush]].<ref name="brothelgoldrush">{{cite news |first=Alexander |last=Panetta |title=Donald Trump's grandfather ran Canadian brothel during gold rush |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/trump-canada-yukon-1.3235254 |publisher=[[CBC News]] |accessdate=December 10, 2015 |date=September 19, 2015}}</ref> On a visit to Kallstadt, he met [[Elizabeth Christ Trump|Elisabeth Christ]] and married her in 1902. The couple permanently settled in New York in 1905.{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=x2jUDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA23 23–25]}} Frederick died from influenza during the [[1918 flu pandemic|1918 pandemic]].{{sfn|Blair|2015a|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=ig1ZCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA5 5]}}

Trump's father [[Fred Trump|Fred]] was born in 1905 in [[the Bronx]]. Fred started working with his mother in real estate when he was 15, shortly after his father's death. Their company, "E. Trump & Son",{{refn|group=nb|Some modern sources, including Donald Trump's ''[[The Art of the Deal]]'', refer to the company as "Elizabeth Trump & Son."<ref>{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Ye6e_VxM00kC&pg=PA67 |page = 67|first1 = Donald|last1 = Trump|first2 = Tony|last2 = Schwartz|title = The Art of the Deal|year = 1987|publisher=Random House|isbn = 978-0-345-47917-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kheDBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA874|title=Pop Culture Places: An Encyclopedia of Places in American Popular Culture|page=874|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-39883-4|author1=Knight|first1=Gladys L.|date=August 11, 2014}}</ref> Contemporary sources, however, refer to it as "E. Trump & Son."<ref>{{cite news |title=Advertisement for E. Trump & Son |newspaper=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] |date=November 6, 1927 |page=D3 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19995039/e_trump_son_advertisement/ |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Real estate news |newspaper=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] |date=May 5, 1930 |page=8 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19995184/real_estate_news/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>}} founded in 1923,<ref name="Blair1">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PmrwtRTQ3fMC&pg=PA120|title=The Trumps: Three Generations That Built an Empire|isbn=978-0-7432-1079-9|last=Blair| first=Gwenda|date=December 4, 2001|page=120}}</ref> was primarily active in the [[Boroughs of New York City|New York boroughs]] of [[Queens]] and [[Brooklyn]]. Fred eventually built and sold thousands of houses, barracks, and apartments.{{sfn|Blair|2015a|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=ig1ZCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA5 5]}}<ref name=dad>{{cite news |last=Blair |first=Gwenda |date=August 24, 2015 |title=The Man Who Made Trump Who He Is |url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/the-man-who-made-trump-who-he-is-121647 |newspaper=[[Politico]]|accessdate=July 24, 2016}}</ref> In 1971, Donald Trump was made president of the company, which was later renamed [[the Trump Organization]].{{sfn|Blair|2005|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=AiFeQZhakXQC&pg=PA23 23]}}

In spite of his [[German Americans|German ancestry]], "Fred Trump sought to pass himself off as Swedish amid anti-German sentiment sparked by World War II."<ref name="CNN Swedish">{{cite news|title=Trump's family denied German heritage for years |first=Jennifer|last=Hansler|date=November 28, 2017|publisher=[[CNN]] |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/28/politics/trump-family-heritage/index.html }}</ref> Donald Trump propagated this story in ''The Art of the Deal''.<ref name="CNN Swedish" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Donald Trump claimed he was of Swedish ancestry – but it's a lie|first=Vilhelm|last=Carlström|date=November 28, 2017|work=[[Business Insider]]|url=https://nordic.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-told-the-world-he-was-of-swedish-ancestry---but-its-a-lie-2016-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=For Donald Trump's Family, an Immigrant's Tale With 2 Beginnings |first=Jason|last=Horowitz|date=August 21, 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/22/us/politics/for-donald-trumps-family-an-immigrants-tale-with-2-beginnings.html}}</ref>

Trump's mother [[Mary Anne MacLeod Trump|Mary Anne MacLeod]] was born in [[Tong, Lewis]], Scotland. At age 18 in 1930, she immigrated to New York, where she worked as a maid.<ref name=Pilon>{{cite news |title=Donald Trump's Immigrant Mother |first=Mary |last=Pilon |date=June 24, 2016 |work=[[The New Yorker]] |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/donald-trumps-immigrant-mother|accessdate=April 2, 2017}}</ref> Fred and Mary were married in 1936 and raised their family in Queens.<ref name=Pilon /><ref>{{cite news |title=The Ancestral German Home of the Trumps |first=Sally |last=McGrane |date=April 29, 2016 |work=[[The New Yorker]] |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-ancestral-german-home-of-the-trumps|accessdate=April 2, 2017}}</ref>

=== Wives, siblings, and descendants ===
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Trump grew up with three elder siblings—[[Maryanne Trump Barry|Maryanne]], Fred Jr., and Elizabeth—as well as a younger brother named Robert. Maryanne is an inactive [[Federal Appeals Court]] judge on the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit|Third Circuit]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.law360.com/articles/888127/3rd-circ-judge-trump-s-sister-stops-hearing-cases |title=3rd Circ. Judge, Trump's Sister, Stops Hearing Cases |first=Cara |last=Mannion |date=February 3, 2017 |newspaper=[[Law360]] |accessdate=April 2, 2017}}</ref>

Trump has five children by three marriages, as well as nine grandchildren.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Puente |first1=Maria |title=Eric and Lara Trump announce birth of son, POTUS' ninth grandchild |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2017/09/12/eric-and-lara-trump-announce-birth-son-potus-ninth-grandchild/658130001/ |accessdate=September 12, 2017 |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=September 12, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/03/27/trumps-daughter-ivanka-gives-birth-to-third-child.html |title=Trump's daughter, Ivanka, gives birth to third child |publisher=[[Fox News]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=March 27, 2016 |accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref> His first two marriages ended in widely publicized divorces.<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/01/fashion/melania-trump-the-silent-partner.html |title=Melania Trump, the Silent Partner |date=September 30, 2015 |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=Guy |last=Trebay}}</ref>

In 1977, Trump married Czech model [[Ivana Trump|Ivana Zelníčková]] at the [[Marble Collegiate Church]] in Manhattan, in a ceremony performed by the Reverend [[Norman Vincent Peale]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2015/07/donald-ivana-trump-divorce-prenup-marie-brenner |title=After The Gold Rush |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |first=Marie |last=Brenner |date=September 1990 |accessdate=January 10, 2016}} "They were married in New York during Easter of 1977. Mayor Beame attended the wedding at Marble Collegiate Church. Donald had already made his alliance with Roy Cohn, who would become his lawyer and mentor.</ref><ref name="BarronNYT">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/06/nyregion/donald-trump-marble-collegiate-church-norman-vincent-peale.html |title=Overlooked Influences on Donald Trump: A Famous Minister and His Church |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=James |last=Barron |date=September 5, 2016 |accessdate=October 13, 2016 |quote=Mr. Trump married his first wife, Ivana, at Marble, in a ceremony performed by one of America's most famous ministers, the Rev. Norman Vincent Peale.}}</ref> They had three children: [[Donald Trump Jr.|Donald Jr.]] (born 1977), [[Ivanka Trump|Ivanka]] (born 1981), and [[Eric Trump|Eric]] (born 1984). Ivana became a naturalized United States citizen in 1988.<ref>{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1899&dat=19880527&id=LiEgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YmYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5053,3823442 |title=Ivana Trump becomes U.S. citizen |date=May 27, 1988 |accessdate=August 21, 2015}}</ref> The couple divorced in 1992, following Trump's affair with actress [[Marla Maples]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/16/ivana-trump-write-memoir-about-raising-us-presidents-donald-children |title=Ivana Trump to write memoir about raising US president's children |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=March 16, 2017 |accessdate=May 6, 2017}}</ref>

In October 1993, Maples gave birth to Trump's daughter, who was named [[Tiffany Trump|Tiffany]] in honor of high-end retailer [[Tiffany & Company]].<ref name=Slate07202016>{{cite news |last=Graham |first=Ruth |date=July 20, 2016 |title=Tiffany Trump's Sad, Vague Tribute to Her Distant Father |url=https://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/07/20/tiffany_trump_s_sad_vague_rnc_speech.html |newspaper=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |accessdate=July 24, 2016}}</ref> Maples and Trump were married two months later in December 1993.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://articles.philly.com/1993-12-21/news/25943197_1_trump-wedding-marla-maples-richest-man |title=The Donald Bids Hearts For Marla Trump Wedding Draws 1,100 Friends, But Not Many Stars |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=December 21, 1993 |accessdate=August 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222115146/http://articles.philly.com/1993-12-21/news/25943197_1_trump-wedding-marla-maples-richest-man |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |dead-url=yes}}</ref> They divorced in 1999,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20723536,00.html |title=Marla Maples Still Loves Donald Trump |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |first=Sheila Cosgrove |last=Baylis |date=August 7, 2013 |accessdate=May 6, 2017}}</ref> and Tiffany was raised by Marla in [[California]].<ref name=NYT-20161002>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/fashion/tiffany-the-other-trump.html |title=The Other Trump |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |first=Alessandra |last=Stanley |date=October 1, 2016 |accessdate=May 6, 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Trump Family Hand Up.jpg|right|thumb|[[Inauguration of Donald Trump|Trump is sworn in]] as president on January 20, 2017. From left to right: Trump, his wife [[Melania Trump|Melania]], and his children [[Donald Trump Jr.|Donald Jr.]], [[Barron Trump|Barron]], [[Ivanka Trump|Ivanka]], [[Eric Trump|Eric]], and [[Tiffany Trump|Tiffany]].]]
In 2005, Trump married his third wife, Slovenian model [[Melania Trump|Melania Knauss]], at [[Bethesda-by-the-Sea]] Episcopal Church in [[Palm Beach, Florida]].<ref name=Post52208>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40186-2005Jan26.html |title=Donald Trump, Settling Down |work=[[The Washington Post]] |first=Tina |last=Brown |date=January 27, 2005 |accessdate=May 7, 2017}}</ref> In 2006, Melania became a United States citizen<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2015/08/16/melania-trump-would-be-a-first-lady-for-the-ages/ |title=Melania Trump would be a first lady for the ages |first=Marissa |last=Charles |work=[[The New York Post]] |date=August 16, 2015|accessdate=May 4, 2017}}</ref> and gave birth to a son, [[Barron Trump|Barron]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Choron |first1=Harry |last2=Choron |first2=Sandy |title=Money |date=2011 |publisher=Chronicle Books |isbn=978-1-4521-0559-8 |page=251 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YEdwW78QWj0C&pg=PA251}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Donald Trump Fast Facts |url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/04/us/donald-trump-fast-facts/ |accessdate=March 10, 2015 |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=March 7, 2014}}</ref> Melania became [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] when Trump became president in January 2017.<ref name=NYT-Nov2016>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/09/us/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-president.html |title=Donald Trump Is Elected President in Stunning Repudiation of the Establishment |work=[[The New York Times]] |last=Flegenheimer |first=Matt |last2=Barbaro |first2=Michael |date=November 9, 2016 |accessdate=September 1, 2017}}</ref>

Upon his inauguration as president, Trump delegated the management of his real estate business to his two adult sons, Eric and Don Jr.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/12/us/politics/eric-trump-donald-trump-jr.html |title=Trump Sons Forge Ahead Without Father, Expanding and Navigating Conflicts |first=Eric |last=Lipton |first2=Susanne |last2=Craig |date=February 12, 2017 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=May 7, 2017}}</ref> His daughter Ivanka resigned from the Trump Organization and moved to Washington, D.C., with her husband [[Jared Kushner]]. She serves as an assistant to the president,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2017/03/family-affair |author=V.v.B |title=Ivanka Trump's new job |date=March 31, 2017 |accessdate=April 3, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Economist]]}}</ref> and he is a [[Senior Advisor to the President of the United States|Senior Advisor]] in the White House.<ref>{{cite news |first=Michael S. |last=Schmidt |first2=Eric |last2=Lipton |first3=Charlie |last3=Savage |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/us/politics/donald-trump-jared-kushner-justice-department.html |title=Jared Kushner, Trump's Son-in-Law, Is Cleared to Serve as Adviser |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 21, 2017 |accessdate=May 7, 2017}}</ref>

=== Religion ===
Trump is a Presbyterian.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite news |first=Katie |last=Glueck |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-religious-dealmaking-dividends-232277 |title=Trump's religious dealmaking pays dividends |newspaper=[[Politico]] |date=December 7, 2016 |accessdate=April 3, 2017 |quote=Trump is a Presbyterian, and speculation is already underway over whether, and where, he might go to church regularly in Washington.}}</ref><ref name=unplugged>{{cite news |url=https://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=42268 |title=Trump Unplugged |last=Mattera |first=Jason |date=March 14, 2011 |website=[[Human Events]] |quote=I am a Protestant. I am a Presbyterian within the Protestant group and I go to Church as much as I can. |accessdate=March 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316171032/http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=42268 |archive-date=March 16, 2011 |dead-url=yes }}</ref> His ancestors were [[Lutheran]] on his paternal grandfather's side in Germany{{sfn|Blair|2015b|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=uJifCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA28 28–29]}} and [[Scottish Presbyterian|Presbyterian]] on his mother's side in Scotland.<ref>{{cite news |first=Peter |last=Geoghegan |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/few-rooting-for-donald-trump-on-his-mother-s-scottish-island-1.2663636 |title=Few rooting for Donald Trump on his mother's Scottish island |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |date=May 28, 2016|accessdate=April 3, 2017}}</ref> His parents married in a Manhattan Presbyterian church in 1936.{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|p=29}} As a child, he attended the [[First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica|First Presbyterian Church]] in Jamaica, Queens, where he had his [[confirmation]].<ref name="BarronNYT" /> In the 1970s, his parents joined the Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan,<ref name="WaPo.March.18.17">{{cite news |last1=Schwartzman |first1=Paul |title=How Trump got religion – and why his legendary minister's son now rejects him |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/how-trump-got-religion--and-why-his-legendary-ministers-son-now-rejects-him/2016/01/21/37bae16e-bb02-11e5-829c-26ffb874a18d_story.html|accessdate=March 18, 2017 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=January 21, 2016}}</ref> part of the [[Reformed Church in America|Reformed Church]].<ref name="Christian Post 20150828" /> The pastor at Marble, [[Norman Vincent Peale]], ministered to Trump's family and mentored him until Peale's death in 1993.{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=x2jUDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA81 81]}}<ref name="WaPo.March.18.17" /> Trump has cited Peale and his works during interviews when asked about the role of religion in his personal life.<ref name="WaPo.March.18.17" /> In August 2015 Trump told reporters, "I am Presbyterian Protestant. I go to Marble Collegiate Church," adding that he attends many different churches because he travels a lot.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/28/politics/donald-trump-church-member/index.html |title=Church says Donald Trump is not an 'active member' |last=Scott |first=Eugene |date=August 28, 2018 |publisher=[[CNN]] |accessdate=October 10, 2018}}</ref> The Marble Collegiate Church then issued a statement noting that Trump and his family have a "longstanding history" with the church, but that he "is not an active member".<ref name="Christian Post 20150828">{{cite news |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/marble-collegiate-church-says-donald-trump-is-not-an-active-member-143991/ |title=Marble Collegiate Church Says Donald Trump Is Not an Active Member |work=[[The Christian Post]] |first=Leonardo |last=Blair |date=August 28, 2015 |accessdate=October 10, 2018}}</ref>

Trump said he was "not sure" whether he ever asked God for forgiveness, stating "If I do something wrong, I just try and make it right. I don't bring God into that picture." He said he tries to take [[Holy Communion]] as often as possible because it makes him "feel cleansed".<ref name=":1">{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/18/politics/trump-has-never-sought-forgiveness/ |title=Trump believes in God, but hasn't sought forgiveness |first=Eugene |last=Scott |date=July 19, 2015 |publisher=[[CNN]] |accessdate=April 3, 2017}}</ref> While [[Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016|campaigning]], Trump referred to ''[[The Art of the Deal]]'' as his second favorite book after the Bible, saying, "Nothing beats the Bible."<ref name=Weigel11Aug>{{cite news |work=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/08/11/in-michigan-trump-attacks-china-critiques-auto-bailout-and-judges-bernie-sanders-weak/ |title=In Michigan, Trump attacks China, critiques auto bailout, and judges Bernie Sanders 'weak' |date=August 11, 2015 |accessdate=August 22, 2015 |first=David |last=Weigel}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that [[Evangelicalism|evangelical Christians]] nationwide thought "that his heart was in the right place, that his intentions for the country were pure."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nytimes.com/2016/01/19/us/politics/evangelicals-see-donald-trump-as-man-of-conviction-if-not-faith.html |title=Evangelicals See Donald Trump as Man of Conviction, if Not Faith |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |first1=Maggie |last1=Haberman |authorlink=Maggie Haberman |first2=Thomas |last2=Kaplan |date=January 18, 2016|accessdate=April 3, 2017}}</ref>

Trump has associations with a number of Christian spiritual leaders, including Florida pastor [[Paula White]], who has been called his "closest spiritual confidant."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/21/politics/trump-religion-gospel/ |title=The guilt-free gospel of Donald Trump |first=Daniel |last=Burke |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=October 24, 2016 |accessdate=January 17, 2017}}</ref> In 2015, he released a list of religious advisers, including [[James Dobson]], [[Jerry Falwell Jr.]], [[Ralph Reed]], [[Michele Bachmann]], [[Robert Jeffress]], and others.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/trump-campaign-announces-evangelical-executive-advisory-board |title=Trump campaign announces evangelical executive advisory board |date=June 21, 2016 |accessdate=January 17, 2017 |publisher=Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118140319/https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/trump-campaign-announces-evangelical-executive-advisory-board |archivedate=January 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2016/june-web-only/whos-who-of-trumps-tremendous-faith-advisors.html|title=Who's Who of Trump's 'Tremendous' Faith Advisers|work=[[Christianity Today]] |accessdate=May 10, 2018}}</ref>

=== Health ===
{{Main|Health of Donald Trump}}
Trump does not drink alcohol, a reaction to [[Fred Trump Jr.|his elder brother]]'s chronic alcoholism and early death.<ref name=nytimesalc>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/03/us/politics/for-donald-trump-lessons-from-a-brothers-suffering.html |title=For Donald Trump, Lessons From a Brother's Suffering |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |last=Horowitz |first=Jason |date=January 2, 2016 |accessdate=July 24, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=McAfee |first=Tierney |url=https://www.people.com/article/donald-trump-brother-fred-death-alcoholism |title=Donald Trump Opens Up About His Brother's Death from Alcoholism: It Had a "Profound Impact on My Life" |magazine=[[People (magazine)|''People'']] |date=October 8, 2015 |quote=[T]here are a few hard and fast principles that he himself lives by: no drugs, no cigarettes and no alcohol. Trump's abstinence from alcohol was largely shaped by the death of his brother, Fred Jr., from alcoholism in 1981.}}</ref> He also said that he has never smoked cigarettes or consumed drugs, including marijuana.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part 2: Donald Trump on 'Watters' World' |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fN5OLqxNqc |accessdate=September 4, 2016 |work=Watters' World |publisher=[[Fox News]] |date=February 6, 2016 |quote=WATTERS: "Have you ever smoked weed?" TRUMP: "No, I have not. I have not. I would tell you 100 percent because everyone else seems to admit it nowadays, so I would actually tell you. This is almost like, it's almost like 'Hey, it's a sign'. No, I have never. I have never smoked a cigarette, either."}}</ref> In December 2015, Trump's personal physician, [[Harold Bornstein]], released a superlative-laden<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dr-harold-bornstein-trump-wrote-health-letter_us_5ae8f5f7e4b06748dc8d591f|title=Trump's Doctor Says Trump Basically Wrote That Glowing Health Letter: Report|last=Herreria|first=Carla|date=May 1, 2018|work=Huffington Post|accessdate=October 10, 2018}}</ref> letter of health praising Trump for "extraordinary physical strength and stamina".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.donaldjtrump.com/images/uploads/Health_Record.pdf |title=Statement on Donald J. Trump record of health |first=Harold |last=Bornstein |date=December 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204090045/https://www.donaldjtrump.com/images/uploads/Health_Record.pdf |archive-date=February 4, 2016 |accessdate=June 3, 2018}}</ref> Bornstein later said that Trump himself had dictated the contents.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Alex |last1=Marquardt |first2=Lawrence III |last2=Crook |title=Bornstein claims Trump dictated the glowing health letter |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/01/politics/harold-bornstein-trump-letter/index.html |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=May 1, 2018 |accessdate=May 20, 2018}}</ref> A followup medical report showed Trump's blood pressure, liver and thyroid functions to be in normal ranges, and that he takes a [[statin]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Sam |last=Frizell |url=https://time.com/4495117/donald-trump-doctors-letter/ |title=Donald Trump's Doctor's Letter Reveals He is Overweight, But 'In Excellent Health' |work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=September 15, 2016 |accessdate=April 3, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/us/politics/donald-trump-health.html |title=A Doctor's Assessment of Whether Donald Trump's Health Is 'Excellent' |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=Lawrence K. |last=Altman |date=September 18, 2016 |accessdate=October 20, 2017}}</ref> In January 2018, Trump was examined by White House physician [[Ronny Jackson]], who stated that he was in excellent health and that his cardiac assessment revealed no medical issues,<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump's first full presidential physical exam, explained |url=https://www.vox.com/2018/1/11/16863254/trump-physical-exam-mental-health |work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |first1=Eliza |last1=Barclay |first2=Julia |last2=Belluz |date=January 16, 2018 |accessdate=January 18, 2017}}</ref> although his weight and cholesterol level were higher than recommended,<ref name=time-20180117>{{cite news| url=https://time.com/5105096/donald-trump-physical-exam-transcript/ |first=Jamie |last=Ducharme |title=The White House Doctor Called President Trump's Health 'Excellent.' Here's the Full Summary of His Physical Exam |work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=January 17, 2018 |accessdate=January 18, 2018}}</ref> Several outside cardiologists commented that Trump's weight, lifestyle and [[Low-density lipoprotein|LDL cholesterol]] level ought to have raised serious concerns about his cardiac health.<ref name=nyt-20180117>{{cite news |first1=Michael D. |last1=Shear |first2=Gina |last2=Kolata |title=Trump's Physical Revealed Serious Heart Concerns, Outside Experts Say |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/us/politics/trump-physical-heart-health-cholesterol.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 3, 2018}}</ref>

=== Wealth ===
[[File:Las-Vegas-Trump-Hotel-8480.jpg|thumb|upright|right|alt=A tall rectangular-shaped tower in Las Vegas with exterior windows reflecting a golden hue. It is a sunny day and the building is higher than many of the surrounding buildings, also towers. There are mountains in the background.|[[Trump International Hotel Las Vegas]], with gold-infused glass<ref>{{cite news |first=Michael J. |last=Mishak |title=Trump's tower a sore spot on the Strip |date=April 30, 2011 |accessdate=November 11, 2016 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://articles.latimes.com/2011/apr/30/nation/la-na-0430-trump-vegas-20110430 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018102438/http://articles.latimes.com/2011/apr/30/nation/la-na-0430-trump-vegas-20110430 |archive-date=October 18, 2016 |dead-url=yes }}</ref>]]

Trump is the beneficiary of several trust funds set up by his father and paternal grandmother beginning in 1949.<ref name="Kessler160303">{{cite news |first=Glenn |last=Kessler |title=Trump's false claim he built his empire with a 'small loan' from his father |date=March 3, 2016 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/03/03/trumps-false-claim-he-built-his-empire-with-a-small-loan-from-his-father}}</ref> In 1976, [[Fred Trump]] set up trust funds of $1 million for each of his five children and three grandchildren (${{Inflation|US|1|1976|r=1}} million in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars). Donald Trump received annual payments from his trust fund, for example, $90,000 in 1980 and $214,605 in 1981.<ref name="Kessler160303" /> By 1993, when Trump took two loans totaling $30 million from his siblings, their anticipated shares of Fred's estate amounted to $35 million each.<ref name=OBrien2005Oct>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/23/business/yourmoney/whats-he-really-worth.html |title=What's He Really Worth? |first=Timothy L. |last=O'Brien |accessdate=February 25, 2016 |date=October 23, 2005 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name="Kessler160303" /> Upon Fred Trump's death in 1999, his will divided $20 million after taxes among his surviving children.<ref name="Kessler160303" /><ref name=Rozhon26June>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/26/nyregion/fred-c-trump-postwar-master-builder-of-housing-for-middle-class-dies-at-93.html |title=Fred C. Trump, Postwar Master Builder of Housing for Middle Class, Dies at 93 |first=Tracy |last=Rozhon |date=June 26, 1999 |accessdate=August 19, 2015 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name="For Donald Trump, Lessons From a Brother's Suffering">{{cite news |last=Horowitz |first=Jason |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/03/us/politics/for-donald-trump-lessons-from-a-brothers-suffering.html |title=For Donald Trump, Lessons From a Brother's Suffering |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 2, 2016 |quote=Then came the unveiling of Fred Sr.'s will, which Donald had helped draft. It divided the bulk of the inheritance, at least $20 million, among his children and their descendants, 'other than my son Fred C. Trump Jr.'}}</ref>

Trump has often said that he began his career with "a small loan of one million dollars" from his father, and that he had to pay it back with interest.<ref name="small-loan">{{cite news |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/26/donald-trump-my-dad-gave-me-a-small-loan-of-1-million-to-get-started.html |title=Donald Trump: My dad gave me 'a small loan' of $1 million to get started |publisher=[[CNBC]] |first=Scott |last=Stump |date=October 26, 2015 |accessdate=November 13, 2016}}</ref> In October 2018, ''The New York Times'' published an ''exposé'' drawing on more than 100,000 pages of tax returns and financial records from Fred Trump's businesses, and interviews with former advisers and employees. The ''Times'' concluded that Donald Trump "was a millionaire by age 8",<ref name="takeaways">{{cite news |last1=Barstow |first1=David |last2=Craig |first2=Susanne |last3=Buettner |first3=Russ |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-wealth-fred-trump.html |title=11 Takeaways From The Times's Investigation Into Trump's Wealth |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 2, 2018 |accessdate=October 3, 2018}}</ref> and that he had received at least $413 million (adjusted for inflation) from his father's business empire over his lifetime.<ref name="Tax_Schemes">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html |title=Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father |work=[[The New York Times]] |last1=Barstow |first1=David |last2=Craig |first2=Susanne |last3=Buettner |first3=Russ |date=October 2, 2018 |accessdate=October 2, 2018}}</ref>
According to the ''Times'', Trump borrowed at least $60 million from his father, and largely failed to reimburse him.<ref name="takeaways"/> The paper also described a number of purportedly fraudulent tax schemes, for example when Fred Trump sold shares in ''Trump Palace'' condos to his son well below their purchase price, thus masking what could be considered a hidden donation, and benefiting from a tax write-off.<ref name="Tax_Schemes"/> A lawyer for Trump said the "allegations of fraud and tax evasion are 100 percent false, and highly defamatory". A spokesman for the New York State tax department said the agency was "vigorously pursuing all appropriate areas of investigation".<ref>{{cite news |work=[[USA Today]] |first=Jon |last=Campbell |first2=Joseph |last2=Spector |title=New York could levy hefty penalties if Trump tax fraud is proven |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/10/03/new-york-trump-tax-fraud/1512265002/ |date=October 3, 2018 |accessdate=October 5, 2018}}</ref> New York City officials also indicated they are examining the matter.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/us/politics/donald-trump-fred-trump-tax-schemes.html |title=New York Regulators Examine the Trump Family's Tax Schemes |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=October 6, 2018}}</ref>

Trump appeared on the initial ''[[Forbes 400]]'' list of richest Americans in 1982 with an estimated $200 million fortune shared with his father.<ref name=wang-20160324>{{cite news |first=Jennifer |last=Wang |title=The Ups And Downs Of Donald Trump: Three Decades On And Off The Forbes 400 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferwang/2016/03/24/the-ups-and-downs-of-donald-trump-three-decades-on-and-off-the-forbes-400/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date=March 24, 2016 |accessdate=June 9, 2018}}</ref> Former ''[[Forbes]]'' reporter Jonathan Greenberg stated in 2018 that during the 1980s Trump had deceived him about his actual net worth and his share of the family assets in order to appear on the list.<ref name="WP-20180420">{{cite news |last=Greenberg |first=Jonathan |title=Trump lied to me about his wealth to get onto the Forbes 400. Here are the tapes. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/trump-lied-to-me-about-his-wealth-to-get-onto-the-forbes-400-here-are-the-tapes/2018/04/20/ac762b08-4287-11e8-8569-26fda6b404c7_story.html |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=April 20, 2018}}</ref><ref name="CNN-20180420">{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/20/politics/trump-john-barron-forbes-wealth/index.html |title=A new allegation says Trump lied about his wealth. Here's what we do know |publisher=[[CNN]] |first=Byron |last=Wolf |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=April 20, 2018}}</ref> Trump made the ''[[The World's Billionaires|Forbes World's Billionaires]]'' list for the first time in 1989,<ref name=atlantic-20110204>{{cite news |title=A History of Donald Trump's Net Worth Publicity (1988–2011) |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/04/weve-been-trying-figure-out-how-much-trump-worth-20-years/349875/ |first = Elspeth |last = Reeve |work=[[The Atlantic]] |date = April 21, 2011 |accessdate=June 7, 2018}}</ref> but he was dropped from the ''Forbes 400'' from 1990 to 1995 following business losses.<ref name=wang-20160324 /> In 2005, Deutsche Bank loan documents pegged Trump's net worth at $788 million, while ''Forbes'' quoted $2.6 billion and journalist [[Timothy L. O'Brien|Tim O'Brien]] gave a range of $150 million to $250 million.<ref name=atlantic-20110204 /> In its 2018 billionaires ranking, ''Forbes'' estimated Trump's net worth at $3.1 billion{{refn|group=nb|name=Wealth|This estimate is by ''Forbes'' in their annual ranking. [[Bloomberg Billionaires Index]] listed Trump's net worth as $2.48 billion on May 31, 2018,<ref name="BBI">{{cite news |title=Bloomberg Billionaires Index – Donald Trump |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/donald-j-trump/ |publisher=[[Bloomberg News]] |accessdate=July 16, 2018 |date=May 31, 2018}}</ref> and [[Wealth-X]] listed it as at least $3.8 billion on July 16, 2018.<ref name="WX">{{cite web |title=Donald John Trump – Wealth-X Dossiersier |url=https://www.wealthx.com/dossier/donald-john-trump/ |website=[[Wealth-X]] |accessdate=July 16, 2018}}</ref>}} (766th in the world, 248th in the U.S.)<ref name="forbes-2018-billionaires">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/donald-trump/?list=billionaires |title=The World's Billionaires – No. 766 Donald Trump |magazine=[[Forbes]] |year=2018 |accessdate=March 7, 2018}}</ref> making him one of the [[List of richest American politicians|richest politicians in American history]]. During the three years since Trump announced his presidential run in 2015, Forbes estimated his net worth declined 31% and his ranking fell 138 spots.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-forbes-wealthiest-people-in-the-us-list-2018-10|title=Trump has fallen 138 spots on Forbes' wealthiest-Americans list, his net worth down over $1 billion, since he announced his presidential bid in 2015 |work=[[Business Insider]] |accessdate=October 3, 2018}}</ref>

When he filed mandatory financial disclosure forms with the [[Federal Elections Commission]] (FEC) in July 2015, Trump claimed a net worth of about $10 billion;<ref name="financial-pr" /> however FEC figures cannot corroborate this estimate because they only show each of his largest buildings as being worth "over $50 million", yielding total assets worth more than $1.4 billion and debt over $265 million.<ref name="Yahoo News FEC" /> Trump reported a yearly income of $362 million for 2014<ref name="financial-pr">{{cite web |url=https://www.donaldjtrump.com/images/uploads/DJT_PFD_Statement_(1).pdf |title=Donald J. Trump Files Personal Financial Disclosure Statement With Federal Election Commission |first1=Corey R. |last1=Lewandowski |first2=Hope |last2=Hicks |date=July 15, 2015 |accessdate=March 8, 2016 |archive-date=March 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309043101/https://www.donaldjtrump.com/images/uploads/DJT_PFD_Statement_%281%29.pdf |dead-url=yes}}</ref> and $611 million from January 2015 to May 2016.<ref name="cnn-20160519" />

A 2016 analysis of Trump's business career in ''[[The Economist]]'' concluded that his performance since 1985 had been "mediocre compared with the stock market and property in New York."<ref name="econ_From">{{cite news |title=From the Tower to the White House |work=[[The Economist]] |date=February 20, 2016 |accessdate=February 29, 2016 |url=https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21693230-enigma-presidential-candidates-business-affairs-tower-white |quote=Mr Trump's performance has been mediocre compared with the stockmarket and property in New York.}}</ref> A subsequent analysis in ''[[The Washington Post]]'' similarly noted that Trump's estimated net worth of $100 million in 1978 would have increased to $6 billion by 2016 if he had invested it in a typical retirement fund, and concluded that "Trump is a mix of braggadocio, business failures, and real success."<ref>{{cite news |first=Ana |last=Swanson |title=The myth and the reality of Donald Trump's business empire |date=February 29, 2016 |website=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/29/the-myth-and-the-reality-of-donald-trumps-business-empire/}}</ref>

Trump stated in a 2007 deposition, "My net worth fluctuates, and it goes up and down with markets and with attitudes and with feelings, even my own feelings."<ref>{{cite news |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=August 10, 2016 |first=David A. |last=Fahrenthold |first2=Robert Jr. |last2=O'Harrow |title=Trump: A True Story |accessdate=October 14, 2018 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/trump-lies/}}</ref>

== Business career ==
{{Main|Business career of Donald Trump}}

=== Real estate ===
[[File:Trump Tower - lower part.jpg|thumb|upright|The distinctive façade of [[Trump Tower]], the headquarters of The Trump Organization, in [[Midtown Manhattan]]]]
In 1968, Trump began his career at his father Fred's real estate development company, E. Trump & Son, which, among other interests, owned middle-class rental housing in New York City's outer boroughs.{{sfn|Trump|Schwartz|2009|p=46}}<ref name=Mahler /> Trump worked for his father to revitalize the Swifton Village apartment complex in Cincinnati, Ohio, which the elder Trump had bought in 1964.<ref>{{cite news |last=Korte |first=Gregory |url=https://www.enquirer.com/editions/2002/09/01/loc_complex_was_troubled.html |title=Complex was troubled from beginning |newspaper=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]] |date=September 1, 2002 |accessdate=May 20, 2018}}</ref><ref name="mk">{{cite news |last=Kelly |first=Meg |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/02/28/the-tall-tale-of-president-trumps-cincinnati-success/ |title=The tall tale of President Trump's Cincinnati 'success'|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=February 28, 2018 |accessdate=May 19, 2018}}</ref> The management of the property was sued for racial discrimination in 1969; the suit "was quietly settled at Fred Trump's direction."<ref name="mk" /> The Trumps sold the property in 1972, with vacancy on the rise.<ref name="mk" />

When his father became chairman of the board in 1971, Trump was promoted to president of the company and renamed it The Trump Organization.{{sfn|Blair|2005|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=AiFeQZhakXQC&pg=PA23 23]}}<ref>{{cite news |first=Conor |last=Kelly |title=Meet Donald Trump: Everything You Need To Know (And Probably Didn't Know) About The 2016 Republican Presidential Candidate |date=July 27, 2015 |publisher=[[ABC News]] |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/meet-donald-trump-2016-republican-presidential-candidate/story?id=32108595}}</ref> In 1973, he and his father [[Legal affairs of Donald Trump#Lawsuits 1970–1999|drew wider attention]] when the [[Justice Department (United States)|Justice Department]] contended in a lawsuit that their company systematically discriminated against African Americans who wished to rent apartments. The Department alleged that the Trump Organization had screened out people based on race and not low income as the Trumps had stated. Under an agreement reached in 1975, the Trumps made no admission of wrongdoing and made the [[Urban League]] an intermediary for qualified minority applicants.<ref name="LookingBack">{{cite news |last=Dunlap |first=David |date=July 30, 2015 |title=1973: Meet Donald Trump |url=https://www.nytimes.com/times-insider/2015/07/30/1973-meet-donald-trump |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |quote=Trump Management ... was also to allow the league to present qualified applicants for every fifth vacancy ... Trump himself said he was satisfied that the agreement did not 'compel the Trump Organization to accept persons on welfare as tenants unless as qualified as any other tenant.'}}</ref><ref name="kranish">{{cite news |last1=Kranish |first1=Michael |last2=O'Harrow |first2=Robert Jr. |date=January 23, 2016 |title=Inside the government's racial bias case against Donald Trump's company, and how he fought it |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-the-governments-racial-bias-case-against-donald-trumps-company-and-how-he-fought-it/2016/01/23/fb90163e-bfbe-11e5-bcda-62a36b394160_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |quote=Civil rights groups in the city viewed the Trump company as just one example of a nationwide problem of housing discrimination. But targeting the Trumps provided a chance to have an impact, said [[Eleanor Holmes Norton]], who was then chairwoman of the city's human rights commission. 'They were big names.'}}</ref> Trump's attorney at the time was [[Roy Cohn]], who valued both positive and negative publicity, and responded to attacks with forceful counterattacks; Trump later emulated Cohn's style.{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=x2jUDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA64 64–69, 104]}}

==== Manhattan developments ====
In 1978, Trump launched his Manhattan real estate business by purchasing a 50 percent stake in the derelict Commodore Hotel, located next to [[Grand Central Terminal]]. The purchase was funded largely by a $70 million construction loan that was guaranteed jointly by Fred Trump and the Hyatt hotel chain.<ref name="Kessler160303" />{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=x2jUDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA84 84]}} When the remodeling was finished, the hotel reopened in 1980 as the [[Grand Hyatt New York|Grand Hyatt Hotel]].{{sfn|Wooten|2009|p=32–35}}

The same year, Trump obtained the rights to develop [[Trump Tower]], a 58-story, {{convert|664|ft|m|-high|adj=mid}} skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Expanding Empire of Donald Trump |date=April 8, 1984 |first=William |last=Geist |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/08/magazine/the-expanding-empire-of-donald-trump.html |author-link=Bill Geist}}</ref><ref name="wdc150915">{{cite news |last=Dohan|first=William C. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/29/business/dealbook/decades-old-questions-over-trumps-wealth-and-education.html |title=Decades-Old Questions Over Trump's Wealth and Education |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 28, 2015 |accessdate=June 9, 2018}}</ref> To make way for the new building, a crew of undocumented Polish workers demolished the historic [[Bonwit Teller]] store, including [[art deco]] features that had initially been marked for preservation.{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=x2jUDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA86 86–88]}} The building was completed in 1983 and houses both the primary penthouse condominium residence of Trump and the headquarters of The Trump Organization.<ref name=TrumpTowerResidence>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/us/politics/new-york-primary.html |title=With the New York Presidential Primary, the Circus Is Coming Home |first1=Matt |last1=Flegenheimer |first2=Maggie |last2=Haberman |author2link=Maggie Haberman |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 29, 2016 |accessdate=March 29, 2016}}</ref><ref name=TrumpTowerResidence1>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/nyregion/donald-trump-new-york-protests.html |title=Donald Trump Loves New York. But It Doesn't Love Him Back. |first=Alexander |last=Burns |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 9, 2016 |accessdate=December 9, 2016}}</ref> Architectural critic [[Paul Goldberger]] said in 1983 that he was surprised to find the tower's atrium was "the most pleasant interior public space to be completed in New York in some years".{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=x2jUDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA95 95]}}<ref name="Architecture: Atrium of Trump Tower is a Pleasant Surprise">Goldberger, Paul. [https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/04/arts/architecture-atrium-of-trump-tower-is-a-pleasant-surprise.html "Architecture: Atrium of Trump Tower is a Pleasant Surprise"], ''The New York Times'' (April 4, 1983).</ref>

[[File:Central Park Wollman Rink.jpg|thumb|left|[[Central Park]]'s [[Wollman Rink]] after the Trump renovation]]
In 1980, repairs began on [[Central Park]]'s [[Wollman Rink]], with an anticipated two-and-a-half year construction time frame. Because of flaws in the design and numerous problems during construction, the project remained unfinished by May 1986 and was estimated to require another 18 months and $2 million to $3 million to complete.<ref name="scorecard">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/21/nyregion/new-york-hopes-to-learn-from-rink-trump-fixed-wollman-rink-scorecard.html |title=New York Hopes to Learn From Rink Trump Fixed; Wollman Rink Scorecard |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 21, 1986 |accessdate=May 9, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Bloomberg L.P">{{cite news |last1=Freedlander |first1=David |title=A 1980s New York City Battle Explains Donald Trump's Candidacy |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/features/2015-09-29/a-1980s-new-york-city-battle-explains-donald-trump-s-candidacy |accessdate=October 23, 2016 |publisher=[[Bloomberg News]] |date=September 29, 2015}}</ref> Trump was awarded a contract as the general contractor in June 1986 to finish the repairs by December 15 with a cost ceiling of $3 million, with the actual costs to be reimbursed by the city.<ref name="Bloomberg L.P" /> Trump hired an architect, a construction company, and a Canadian ice-rink manufacturer and completed the work in four months, $775,000 under budget.<ref name="Bloomberg L.P" /> He operated the rink for a year and gave some of the profits to charity and public works projects<ref name="Trump reports large profit from Wollman Rink">{{cite news |last1=Rosenthal |first1=Andrew |authorlink1=Andrew Rosenthal |title=Trump reports large profit from Wollman Rink |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/01/nyregion/trump-reports-large-profit-from-wollman-rink.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 1, 1987 |accessdate=November 27, 2017}}</ref> in exchange for the rink's [[Concession (contract)|concession]] rights.<ref name=Fahrenthold-161029>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-boasts-of-his-philanthropy-but-his-giving-falls-short-of-his-words/2016/10/29/b3c03106-9ac7-11e6-a0ed-ab0774c1eaa5_story.html |title=Trump boasts about his philanthropy. But his giving falls short of his words. |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=October 29, 2016 |accessdate=July 3, 2018 |last=Fahrenthold |first=David A.}}</ref><ref name="Bloomberg L.P" /> Trump managed the rink from 1987 to 1995. He received another contract in 2001 which was extended until 2021.<ref name="purnicki">{{cite news |last=Purnicki |first=Joyce |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/donald-trump-don-love-riding-high-polls-nyc-bad-side-article-1.145485 |title=The Donald Trump we know (and don't love): He's riding high in polls, but NYC's seen his bad side |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |date=May 1, 2011 |accessdate=May 10, 2018}}</ref><ref name="kravitz">{{cite news |last1=Kravitz |first1=Derek |last2=Podkul |first2=Cezary |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-said-he-made-21-million-in-income-from-his-new-york-city-contracts |title=Trump Said He Made $21 Million in Income From His New York Contracts. He Actually Made a Lot Less. |publisher=[[ProPublica]] |date=February 28, 2017 |accessdate=May 10, 2018}}</ref> According to journalist [[Joyce Purnick]], Trump's "Wollman success was also the stuff of a carefully crafted, self-promotional legend."<ref name="purnicki" /> While the work was in progress, Trump called numerous press conferences, for example for the completion of the laying of the pipes and the pouring of the cement.<ref name="geist">{{cite news |last=Geist |first=William E. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/15/nyregion/about-new-york-pssst-here-s-a-secret-trump-rebuilds-ice-rink.html |title=Trump reports large profit from Wollman Rink |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 15, 1986 |accessdate=May 10, 2018}}</ref> In 1987, he also unsuccessfully tried to get the city to rename the landmark after him; the Trump logo is prominently displayed on the railing encircling the rink, on the [[ice resurfacer|Zamboni]],<ref name="purnicki" /> on the rental skates,<ref name="kravitz" /> and on the rink's website.<ref name="kravitz" /><ref name="kula">{{cite news |last1=Kula |first1=Irwin |last2=Hatkoff |first2=Craig |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/offwhitepapers/2015/08/24/donald-trump-and-the-wollman-rinking-of-american-politics/ |title=Donald Trump And The Wollman Rinking of American Politics |work=[[Forbes]] |date=August 24, 2015 |accessdate=May 10, 2018}}</ref>

In 1988 Trump acquired the [[Plaza Hotel]] in Manhattan for $407 million and appointed his wife Ivana to manage its operation.{{sfn|Wooten|2009|p=65–66}} Trump invested $50 million to restore the building, which he called "the Mona Lisa".{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=x2jUDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA190 190]}} According to hotel expert Thomas McConnell, the Trumps boosted it from a three-star to a four-star ranking. They sold it in 1995, by which time Ivana was no longer involved in the hotel's day-to-day operations.<ref name=NYT-19950412>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/12/business/trump-is-selling-plaza-hotel-to-saudi-and-asian-investors.html |title=Trump Is Selling Plaza Hotel To Saudi and Asian Investors |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |first1=David |last1=Stout |first2=Kenneth |last2=Gilpin |date=April 12, 1995 |accessdate=May 6, 2017}}</ref>

In 1994, Trump's company refurbished the Gulf and Western Building on [[Columbus Circle]] with design and structural enhancements turning it into a 44-story luxury residential and hotel property<ref name=NYT>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/17/realestate/for-a-troubled-building-a-new-twist.html |title=For a Troubled Building, a New Twist |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 17, 1994 |accessdate=November 18, 2016}}</ref><ref name=Trump-tries>{{cite news |last=Muschamp |first=Herbert |title=Trump Tries to Convert 50's Style into 90's Gold; Makeover Starts on Columbus Circle Hotel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/21/nyregion/trump-tries-convert-50-s-style-into-90-s-gold-makeover-starts-columbus-circle.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 21, 1995 |accessdate=January 18, 2017}}</ref> known as [[Trump International Hotel and Tower (New York)|Trump International Hotel and Tower]].{{sfn|Wooten|2009|p=108}}

In 1996, Trump acquired the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building, which was a vacant seventy-one story skyscraper on Wall Street. After an extensive renovation, the high-rise was renamed the Trump Building at [[40 Wall Street]].{{sfn|Wooten|2009|p=81–82}} In 1997, he began construction on [[Riverside South, Manhattan|Riverside South]], which he dubbed [[Trump Place]], a multi-building development along the [[Hudson River]]. He and the other investors in the project ultimately sold their interest for $1.8 billion in 2005 in what was then the biggest residential sale in the history of New York City.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/01/nyregion/trump-group-selling-west-side-parcel-for-18-billion.html |title=Trump Group Selling West Side Parcel for $1.8 billion |last=Bagli |first=Charles V. |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 1, 2005 |accessdate=May 17, 2016}}</ref> From 1994 to 2002, Trump owned a 50 percent share of the [[Empire State Building]]. He intended to rename it "Trump Empire State Building Tower Apartments" if he had been able to boost his share.<ref name="Trump Is Selling Plaza Hotel To Saudi and Asian Investors">Elstein, Aaron. [https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20160417/real_estate/160419898/the-deal-that-marked-donald-trumps-turn-from-new-york-real-estate-and-led-him-to-find-other-ways-to-remain-in-the-public-eye "Trump Is Selling Plaza Hotel To Saudi and Asian Investors"], ''[[Crain Communications|Crain's New York Business]]'' (April 17, 2016).</ref>{{sfn|Pacelle|2001|p=18}} In 2001, Trump completed [[Trump World Tower]].<ref name="Emporis">{{cite web |publisher=[[Emporis]] |url=https://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=100377 |title=Trump World Tower |accessdate=May 22, 2008}}</ref> In 2002, Trump acquired the former Hotel Delmonico, which was renovated and reopened in 2004 as the [[Trump Park Avenue]]; the building consisted of 35 stories of luxury condominiums.{{sfn|Wooten|2009|p=86–87}}

==== Palm Beach estate ====
{{Main|Mar-a-Lago}}
[[File:Mar-a-lago in 2009.jpg|thumb|Mar-a-Lago in 2009]]
In 1985, Trump acquired the [[Mar-a-Lago]] estate in [[Palm Beach, Florida]], for $10 million, $7 million for the real estate and $3 million for the furnishings.<ref name="CP-W">{{cite news|last=Peterson-Withorn|first=Chase|url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2018/04/23/donald-trump-has-gained-more-than-100-million-on-mar-a-lago/#2fbdf3da5adc |title =Donald Trump Has Gained More Than $100 Million On Mar-a-Lago|work =Forbes| date =April 23, 2018|accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref><ref name="APNews_3-29-1988">{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/7e30551e15715cb19a0a0906f407a91d |title=Trump Fights Property Taxes |website=AP News |date=March 29, 1988 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref> His initial offer of $28 million had been rejected, and he was able to obtain the property for the lower price after a real-estate market "slump".<ref name="town&countryprice">{{cite web |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/home-decor/a7144/mar-a-lago-history/ |title=A History of Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump's American Castle |last=Dangremond |first=Sam |date=December 22, 2017 |website=townandcountrymag.com |accessdate=July 3, 2018}}</ref> The home was built in the 1920s by heiress and socialite [[Marjorie Merriweather Post]].<ref name="Luongo">{{Cite news |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-mar-a-lago-180965214/ |title=The Ironic History of Mar-a-Lago |last=Luongo |first=Michael |date=November 2017 |work=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]] |accessdate=December 9, 2017}}</ref> After her death, her heirs unsuccessfully tried to donate the property to the government before putting it up for sale.<ref name="Luongo" /><ref name="jm_rsh">{{cite news |last1=Jordan |first1=Mary |last2=Helderman |first2=Rosalind S. |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-trumps-palm-beach-castle-and-his-30-year-fight-to-win-over-the-locals/2015/11/14/26c49a58-88b7-11e5-be8b-1ae2e4f50f76_story.html |title=Inside Trump's Palm Beach castle and his 30-year fight to win over the locals |website=[[The Washington Post]] |date=October 14, 2015 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref> In addition to using a wing of the estate as a home, Trump turned Mar-a-Lago into a private club. In order to join, prospective members had to pay an initiation fee<ref name="RLee">{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Robert |url=https://golftips.golfweek.com/golf-initiation-fees-work-20725.html |title=How Do Golf Initiation Fees Work? |website=[[Golfweek]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref> and annual dues.{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=x2jUDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA161 161]}} The initiation fee was $100,000 until 2016; it was doubled to $200,000 in January 2017.<ref name="samD10-9-17">{{cite web |last=Dangremond |first=Sam|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a9606/mar-a-lago-facts/ |title=Here's What We Know About the Membership of Mar-a-Lago |website=Town&Country|date=October 9, 2017|accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref><ref name="rf_1-25-2017">{{cite news |last=Frank |first=Robert |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/25/mar-a-lago-membership-fee-doubles-to-200000.html |title=Mar-a-Lago membership fee doubles to $200,000 |publisher=[[CNBC]] |date=January 25, 2017 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>

==== Atlantic City casinos ====
After New Jersey legalized casino gambling in 1977, Trump traveled to [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]] to explore new business opportunities. Seven years later, he opened [[Harrah's at Trump Plaza]] hotel and casino; the project was built by Trump with financing from the [[Holiday Corporation]], who also managed its operation.{{sfn|Wooten|2009|p=57–58}} It was renamed "Trump Plaza" soon after it opened.{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=x2jUDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA128 128]}} The casino's poor financial results exacerbated disagreements between Trump and Holiday Corp., which led to Trump's paying $70 million in May 1986 to buy out their interest in the property.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump Stake in Holiday |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/05/business/company-news-trump-stake-in-holiday.html|accessdate=May 31, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 5, 1986}}</ref><ref name="crudele">{{cite news |last1=Crudele |first1=John |title=Holiday Corp. Plans Restructuring |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/13/business/holiday-corp-plans-restructuring.html|accessdate=May 31, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 13, 1986}}</ref> Trump also acquired a partially completed building in Atlantic City from the [[Hilton Worldwide|Hilton Corporation]] for $320 million; when completed in 1985, that hotel and casino became [[Golden Nugget Atlantic City|Trump Castle]], and Trump's wife [[Ivana Trump|Ivana]] managed that property until 1988.{{sfn|Wooten|2009|p=59–60}}{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=x2jUDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA137 137]}}

[[File:Trump Taj Mahal, 2007.jpg|thumb|left|alt=The entrance of the Trump Taj Mahal, a casino in Atlantic City. It has motifs evocative of the Taj Mahal in India.|Entrance of the [[Trump Taj Mahal]] in [[Atlantic City]]]]
Trump acquired his third casino in Atlantic City, the [[Taj Mahal casino|Taj Mahal]], in 1988 while it was under construction, through a complex transaction with [[Merv Griffin]] and [[Resorts International]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Seven Acquisitive Executives Who Made Business News in 1988: Donald Trump – Trump Organization; The Artist of the Deal Turns Sour into Sweet |last=Cuff |first=Daniel |date=December 18, 1988 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/27/business/seven-acquisitive-executives-who-made-business-1988-donald-trump-trump.html |accessdate=May 27, 2011 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> It was completed at a cost of $1.1 billion and opened in April 1990.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/08/business/trump-s-taj-open-at-last-with-a-scary-appetite.html |title=Trump's Taj – Open at Last, With a Scary Appetite |date=April 8, 1990 |last=Glynn |first=Lenny |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=August 14, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/new-owner-of-trumps-taj-mahal-wants-to-make-casino-great-again/ |title=New owner wants to make Trump's Taj Mahal casino great again |date=May 20, 2016 |first=Wayne |last=Parry |agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=[[PBS NewsHour]] |accessdate=August 14, 2016}}</ref> The project was financed with $675 million in [[junk bonds]]<ref name=UPI9April>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/04/09/Trump-reaches-agreement-with-bondholders-on-Taj-Mahal/7261671169600/ |title=Trump reaches agreement with bondholders on Taj Mahal |agency=United Press International |date=April 9, 1991 |accessdate=March 21, 2016}}</ref> and was a major gamble by Trump.{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=x2jUDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA135 135]}} The project underwent debt restructuring the following year,<ref name=abc>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-filed-bankruptcy-times/story?id=13419250 |first=Amy |last=Bingham |title=Donald Trump's Companies Filed for Bankruptcy 4 Times |publisher=[[ABC News]] |date=April 21, 2011 |accessdate=February 20, 2015}}</ref> leaving Trump with 50 percent ownership.<ref name="NYTimes">{{cite news |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/05/business/company-news-taj-mahal-is-out-of-bankruptcy.html |title=Taj Mahal is out of Bankruptcy |accessdate=May 22, 2008 |date=October 5, 1991}}</ref> Facing "enormous debt", he sold his airline, [[Trump Shuttle]], and his 282-foot (86 m) megayacht, the ''[[Trump Princess]]'', which had been indefinitely docked in Atlantic City while leased to his casinos for use by wealthy gamblers.<ref name=Hylton>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/11/business/trump-is-reportedly-selling-yacht.html |title=Trump Is Reportedly Selling Yacht |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 11, 1990 |accessdate=July 3, 2018 |last=Hylton |first=Richard}}</ref><ref name=Schneider19May>{{cite news |url=https://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20122177,00.html |title=The Donald Ducks Out |date=May 19, 1997 |accessdate=September 10, 2015 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |first=Karen S. |last=Schneider}}</ref>{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=x2jUDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA132 132–133]}}

In 1995, Trump founded [[Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts]] (THCR), which assumed ownership of Trump Plaza, Trump Castle, and the [[Majestic Star II|Trump Casino]] in [[Gary, Indiana]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump Plaza casino stock trades today on Big Board |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |first=Floyd |last=Norris |date=June 7, 1995 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/07/business/trump-plaza-casino-stock-trades-today-on-big-board.html|accessdate=December 14, 2014}}</ref> THCR purchased Taj Mahal in 1996 and underwent bankruptcy restructuring in 2004 and 2009, leaving Trump with 10 percent ownership in the Trump Taj Mahal and other Trump casino properties.<ref name=McQuade16Aug>{{cite news |url=https://www.phillymag.com/news/2015/08/16/donald-trump-atlantic-city-empire/ |title=The Truth About the Rise and Fall of Donald Trump's Atlantic City Empire |work=[[Philadelphia (magazine)|Philadelphia]] |date=August 16, 2015 |accessdate=March 21, 2016 |first=Dan |last=McQuade}}</ref> Trump remained chairman of THCR until 2009.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://fortune.com/2016/03/10/trump-hotel-casinos-pay-failure/|title=How Donald Trump Made Millions Off His Biggest Business Failure|work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|accessdate=May 6, 2018}}</ref>

==== Golf courses ====
{{Main|Donald Trump and golf}}
[[File:Trump Turnberry Hotel - geograph.org.uk - 5273443.jpg|thumb|alt=A golf course. In the background is the Turnberry Hotel, a two-story hotel with white façade and a red roof.|[[Turnberry Hotel]] and golf course in [[Ayrshire]], Scotland]]
{{As of|December 2016}}, the Trump Organization owns or operates 18 golf course and golf resorts in the United States and abroad.<ref name=CNNMoney>{{cite news |last1=Garcia |first1=Ahiza |title=Trump's 17 golf courses teed up: Everything you need to know |url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/12/29/news/donald-trump-golf-courses/index.html |accessdate=January 21, 2018 |publisher=[[CNNMoney]] |date=December 29, 2016}}</ref> According to Trump's FEC personal financial disclosure, his 2015 golf and resort revenue amounted to $382 million,<ref name="Financial 2015">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-stat/graphics/politics/trump-archive/docs/trump-fec-financial-disclosure-2015.pdf |title=Donald Trump Personal Financial Disclosure Form 2015 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=July 15, 2015}}</ref><ref name="cnn-20160519">{{cite news |url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/05/18/news/trump-finances/ |title=A peek at Donald Trump's finances |first1=Cristina |last1=Alesci |first2=Laurie |last2=Frankel |first3=Jeanne |last3=Sahadi |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=May 19, 2016 |accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref> while his three European golf courses did not show a profit.<ref name=Melby19July>{{cite news |publisher=[[Bloomberg News]] |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-07-19/trump-is-richer-in-property-and-deeper-in-debt-in-new-valuation |title=Trump Is Richer in Property and Deeper in Debt in New Valuation |date=July 19, 2016 |first=Caleb |last=Melby |quote=In the year that Donald Trump was transformed ... into the presumptive Republican nominee, the value of his golf courses and his namesake Manhattan tower soared ... His net worth rose to $3 billion on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index ...}}</ref>

Trump began acquiring and constructing golf courses in 1999; his first property was the [[Trump International Golf Club (West Palm Beach)|Trump International Golf Club, West Palm Beach]] in [[Florida]].<ref name=Golf2007>{{cite web|title=Donald Trump: King of Clubs |url=http://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/donald-trump-king-clubs|website=[[Golf Magazine|Golf]]|date=February 21, 2007|accessdate=August 5, 2018}}</ref> By 2007, he owned four courses around the U.S.<ref name=Golf2007 /> Following the [[financial crisis of 2007–2008]], he began purchasing existing golf courses and re-designing them.<ref name=USAToday>{{cite news|last=DiMeglio|first=Steve|title=Donald Trump brings new life to world of golf |work=[[USA Today]]|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/2015/03/03/donald-trump-national-doral-miami-wgc/24322605/|date=March 3, 2015|accessdate=July 21, 2018}}</ref> His use of these courses during his presidency was controversial. Despite frequently criticizing his predecessor [[Barack Obama]] for his numerous golf outings, Trump golfed 11 times during his first eight weeks in office.<ref name=GolfDigest2017>{{cite web|last=Beall |first=Joel|title=President Trump appears to still really like golf, makes 11th trip to course in eight weeks in office|url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/president-trump-appears-to-still-really-like-golf-makes-11th-trip-to-course-in-eight-weeks-as-president |accessdate=July 21, 2018|date=March 20, 2017}}</ref> According to [[CNN]], Trump visited Trump-owned golf courses 91 times in 2017, although the White House does not disclose whether or not the president actually played on each of those visits.<ref name=CNN>{{cite news |last=Cillizza |first=Chris |publisher=[[CNN]] |title=Donald Trump's huge golf hypocrisy |url=http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/03/politics/donald-trump-golf-analysis/index.html |accessdate=July 21, 2018 |date=January 3, 2018}}</ref>

=== Branding and licensing ===
{{Main|List of things named after Donald Trump}}
[[File:Chicago September 2016-2.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago)|Trump International Hotel and Tower]] in Chicago]]
The Trump Organization expanded its business into branding and management by licensing the Trump name for a large number of building projects that are owned and operated by other people and companies. In the late 2000s and early 2010s, The Trump Organization expanded its footprint beyond New York with the branding and management of various developers' [[Trump International Hotel and Tower (disambiguation)|hotel towers]] around the world. These included projects in [[Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago)|Chicago]], [[Trump International Hotel Las Vegas|Las Vegas]], [[Old Post Office Pavilion|Washington D.C.]], [[Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower|Panama City]], [[Trump International Hotel and Tower (Toronto)|Toronto]], and [[Trump International Hotel and Tower (Vancouver)|Vancouver]]. There are also Trump-branded buildings in Dubai, [[Trump International Hotel and Tower (Honolulu)|Honolulu]], Istanbul, Manila, Mumbai, and Indonesia.<ref name="Forbes-20170320">{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferwang/2017/03/20/these-foreign-businessmen-are-paying-donald-trump-the-most-money/ |title=From Manila to Hawaii, Meet The Licensing Partners Who Paid Trump The Most |work=[[Forbes]] |first=Jennifer |last=Wang |date=March 20, 2017 |accessdate=May 6, 2017}}</ref>

The Trump name has also been licensed for various consumer products and services, including foodstuffs, apparel, adult learning courses, and home furnishings. In 2011, ''Forbes''{{'}} financial experts estimated the value of the Trump [[Brand equity|brand]] at $200 million. Trump disputed this valuation, saying his brand was worth about $3 billion.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://blogs.forbes.com/kerenblankfeld/2011/04/28/donald-trump-on-his-brand-value-forbes-numbers-are-ridiculous/ |title=Donald Trump on His Brand Value: Forbes' Numbers Are Ridiculous |work=[[Forbes]] |first=Keren |last=Blankfeld}}</ref> According to an analysis by ''The Washington Post'', there are more than 50 licensing or management deals involving Trump's name, which have generated at least $59 million in yearly revenue for his companies.<ref>{{cite news |first=Aaron |last=Williams |first2=Anu |last2=Narayanswamy |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/world/trump-worldwide-licensing/ |title=How Trump has made millions by selling his name |date=January 25, 2017 |accessdate=December 12, 2017}}</ref>

=== Lawsuits and bankruptcies ===
{{Main|Legal affairs of Donald Trump}}
{{As of|April 2018}}, Trump and his businesses had been involved in more than 4,000 state and federal legal actions, according to a running tally by ''[[USA Today]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dive into Donald Trump's thousands of lawsuits |url=https://www.usatoday.com/pages/interactives/trump-lawsuits/ |accessdate=April 17, 2018 |work=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> {{as of|2016}}, he or one of his companies had been the plaintiff in 1,900 cases and the defendant in 1,450. With Trump or his company as plaintiff, more than half the cases have been against gamblers at his [[casino]]s who had failed to pay off their debts. With Trump or his company as a defendant, the most common type of case involved personal injury cases at his hotels. In cases where there was a clear resolution, Trump's side won 451 times and lost 38.<ref name="USATodayAnalysis">{{cite news |title=Exclusive: Trump's 3,500 lawsuits unprecedented for a presidential nominee |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/06/01/donald-trump-lawsuits-legal-battles/84995854/ |accessdate=June 2, 2016 |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=June 2, 2016 |first1=Nick |last1=Penzenstadler |first2=Susan |last2=Page |quotation=About 100 additional disputes centered on other issues at the casinos. Trump and his enterprises have been named in almost 700 personal-injury claims and about 165 court disputes with government agencies ... Due to his branding value, Trump is determined to defend his name and reputation.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/282008-trump-brags-about-winning-record-in-lawsuits |title=Trump brags about winning record in lawsuits |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |date=June 2, 2016 |last=Savransky |first=Rebecca}}</ref>

Trump has never filed for [[personal bankruptcy]], although in 1990 he came within one missed bank loan payment of doing so, agreeing to a deal that temporarily ceded management control of his company to his banks and put him on a spending allowance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/27/business/banks-approve-loans-for-trump-but-take-control-of-his-finances.html|title=Banks Approve Loans for Trump, But Take Control of His Finances|first=Richard D.|last=Hylton|publisher=|accessdate=October 13, 2018}}</ref> Trump claimed to have initiated this deal with his banks as he saw the downturn in the real estate market, but bankers involved in the matter stated they initiated the negotiations before Trump had realized there was a problem.<ref name="auto">{{cite news |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=July 17, 2016 |first=Emily |last=Flitter |title=Art of the spin: Trump bankers question his portrayal of financial comeback |accessdate=October 14, 2018 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-bankruptcies-insig/art-of-the-spin-trump-bankers-question-his-portrayal-of-financial-comeback-idUSKCN0ZX0GP}}</ref> His hotel and casino businesses have been declared bankrupt six times between 1991 and 2009 in order to re-negotiate debt with banks and owners of stock and bonds.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/06/donald-trump-companies-bankruptcy-atlantic-city |title=4 Times Donald Trump's Companies Declared Bankruptcy |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=June 29, 2015 |accessdate=January 17, 2016 |first=Bryan |last=Hood}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ibtimes.com/donald-trump-questioned-his-bankruptcies-279717 |first=Hao |last=Li |title=Donald Trump Questioned on His Bankruptcies |work=[[International Business Times]] |date=April 12, 2011 |accessdate=February 19, 2015}}</ref> Because the businesses used [[Chapter 11 bankruptcy]], they were allowed to operate while negotiations proceeded. Trump was quoted by ''Newsweek'' in 2011 saying, "I do play with the bankruptcy laws – they're very good for me" as a tool for trimming debt.<ref name=publicintegrity1>{{cite news |last1=Stone |first1=Peter |title=Donald Trump's lawsuits could turn off conservatives who embrace tort reform |url=https://www.publicintegrity.org/2011/05/05/4478/donald-trumps-lawsuits-could-turn-conservatives-who-embrace-tort-reform |accessdate=March 14, 2016 |work=The Center for Public Integrity |date=May 5, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kurtz |first1=Howard |title=Kurtz: The Trump Backlash |url=https://www.newsweek.com/kurtz-trump-backlash-66503|accessdate=March 14, 2016 |work=[[Newsweek]] |date=April 24, 2011}}</ref> The six bankruptcies were the result of over-leveraged hotel and casino businesses in Atlantic City and New York: [[Trump Taj Mahal]] (1991), [[Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino]] (1992), [[Plaza Hotel]] (1992), [[Trump Castle Hotel and Casino]] (1992), Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts (2004), and [[Trump Entertainment Resorts]] (2009).<ref name=six>{{cite news |last1=Winter |first1=Tom |title=Trump Bankruptcy Math Doesn't Add Up |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-bankruptcy-math-doesn-t-add-n598376 |publisher=[[NBC News]] |accessdate=October 8, 2016}}</ref><ref name="forbes-bankruptcy">{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2011/04/29/fourth-times-a-charm-how-donald-trump-made-bankruptcy-work-for-him/ |first=Clare |last=O'Connor |title=Fourth Time's A Charm: How Donald Trump Made Bankruptcy Work For Him |work=[[Forbes]] |date=April 29, 2011 |accessdate=February 19, 2015}}</ref>

During the 1980s, more than 70 banks had lent Trump $4 billion,<ref name="auto"/> but in the aftermath of his corporate bankruptcies of the early 1990s, most major banks declined to lend to him, with a notable exception of [[Deutsche Bank]].<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Business Insider]] |date=December 8, 2017 |first=Allan |last=Smith |title=Trump's long and winding history with Deutsche Bank could now be at the center of Robert Mueller's investigation |accessdate=October 14, 2018 |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-deutsche-bank-mueller-2017-12}}</ref>

=== Side ventures ===
After Trump took over the family real estate firm in 1971 and renamed it The Trump Organization, he expanded its real estate operations and ventured into other business activities. The company eventually became the umbrella organization for several hundred individual business ventures and partnerships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33644498 |title=Five take-aways from Donald Trump's financial disclosure |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=July 23, 2015 |accessdate=January 17, 2016 |first=Anthony |last=Zurcher}}</ref>

==== Sports ====
In September 1983, Trump purchased the [[New Jersey Generals]]—an American football team that played in the [[United States Football League]] (USFL). After the 1985 season, the league folded largely due to Trump's strategy of moving games to a fall schedule where they competed with the [[NFL]] for audience, and trying to force a merger with the NFL by bringing an antitrust lawsuit against the organization.<ref name=Markazi>{{cite news |first=Arash |last=Markazi |title=5 things to know about Donald Trump's foray into doomed USFL |date=July 14, 2015 |publisher=[[ESPN]] |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/13255737/five-things-know-donald-trump-usfl-experience}}</ref><ref name=Morris>{{cite web | url=https://fortune.com/2017/09/24/donald-trump-nfl-usfl/ | title=Donald Trump Fought the NFL Once Before. He Got Crushed | website=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] | date=September 24, 2017 | accessdate=June 22, 2018 | last=Morris | first=David}}</ref>

Trump operated golf courses in several countries.<ref name=Markazi /> He hosted several boxing matches at the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, including [[Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks|Mike Tyson's 1988 heavyweight championship fight]] against [[Michael Spinks]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/25/sports/trump-gets-tyson-fight.html |title=Trump Gets Tyson Fight |accessdate=February 11, 2011 |date=February 25, 1988 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> He also acted as a financial advisor to [[Mike Tyson]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/12/sports/sports-of-the-times-trump-promoter-or-adviser.html |title=Sports of The Times; Trump: Promoter Or Adviser? |accessdate=February 11, 2011 |date=July 12, 1988 |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=Dave |last=Anderson}}</ref> In 1989 and 1990, Trump lent his name to the [[Tour de Trump]] cycling stage race, which was an attempt to create an American equivalent of European races such as the [[Tour de France]] or the [[Giro d'Italia]].<ref name=Hogan>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/donald-trump-2016-tour-de-trump-bike-race-213801 |title=The Strange Tale of Donald Trump's 1989 Biking Extravaganza |first=Kevin |last=Hogan |work=[[Politico]] |date=April 10, 2016 |accessdate=April 12, 2016}}</ref>

==== Miss Universe ====
[[File:Donald Trump star Hollywood Walk of Fame.JPG|right|thumb|upright|Trump's star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], awarded in 2007]]
{{Main|Miss Universe|Miss USA|Miss Teen USA}}
From 1996 to 2015, Trump owned part or all of the [[Miss Universe]] pageants.<ref name=pageantsaleWME>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/15/business/media/trump-sells-miss-universe-organization-to-wme-img-talent-agency.html |title=Trump Sells Miss Universe Organization to WME-IMG Talent Agency |date=September 15, 2015 |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=January 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Donald Trump just sold off the entire Miss Universe Organization |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-sells-miss-universe-img-2015-9 |accessdate=May 6, 2016 |work=[[Business Insider]] |date=September 14, 2015}}</ref> The pageants include [[Miss USA]] and [[Miss Teen USA]]. His management of this business involved his family members—daughter Ivanka once hosted Miss Teen USA.{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=x2jUDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA164 164]}} He became dissatisfied with how CBS scheduled the pageants, and took both Miss Universe and Miss USA to NBC in 2002.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/22/business/three-beauty-pageants-leaving-cbs-for-nbc.html |title=Three Beauty Pageants Leaving CBS for NBC |date=June 22, 2002 |first=Jim |last=Rutenberg |accessdate=August 14, 2016 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2002/06/22/there-she-goes-pageants-move-to-nbc/2ba81b9a-bf67-4f3e-b8d6-1c2cc881ed19/ |title=There She Goes: Pageants Move to NBC |date=June 22, 2002 |first=Lisa |last=de Moraes |work=[[The Washington Post]] |accessdate=August 14, 2016}}</ref> In 2007, Trump received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] for his work as producer of Miss Universe.<ref name="cz160129">{{cite news|last=Zara|first =Christopher|url =https://www.fastcompany.com/4023036/why-the-heck-does-donald-trump-have-a-walk-of-fame-star-anyway-its-not-the-reason-you-think|title =Why the heck does Donald Trump have a Walk of Fame star, anyway? It's not the reason you think|work =Fast Company|date =October 29, 2016|accessdate=June 16, 2018}}</ref>

Following Trump's controversial statements about illegal Mexican immigrants during his 2015 presidential campaign kickoff speech, NBC ended its business relationship with him, stating that it would no longer air the Miss Universe or Miss USA pageants on its networks.<ref name="hollywoodreporter">{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nbc-cuts-ties-donald-trump-805706?facebook_20150629 |title=NBC Cuts Ties With Donald Trump Over "Derogatory Statements," Pulls Miss USA and Miss Universe Pageants |first=Kate |last=Stanhope |date=June 29, 2015 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |accessdate=June 30, 2015}}</ref> In September 2015, Trump bought NBC's share of the Miss Universe Organization and then sold the entire company to the WME/IMG talent agency.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/15/business/media/trump-sells-miss-universe-organization-to-wme-img-talent-agency.html |title=Trump Sells Miss Universe Organization to WME-IMG Talent Agency |date=September 15, 2015 |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=February 5, 2016}}</ref>

==== Trump University ====
{{Main|Trump University}}
Trump University was a for-profit education company that was founded by Trump and his associates, Michael Sexton and Jonathan Spitalny. The company ran a real estate training program and charged between $1,500 and $35,000 per course.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gitell |first=Seth |date=March 8, 2016 |title=I Survived Trump University |url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/03/i-survived-trump-university-213710 |newspaper=[[Politico]] |accessdate=March 18, 2016}}</ref><ref name=vf>{{cite news |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2014/01/trump-university-fraud-scandal |title=Big Hair on Campus: Did Donald Trump Defraud Thousands of Real-Estate Students? |last=Cohan |first=William D. |website=Vanity Fair|accessdate=March 6, 2016}}</ref><ref name=nyt511>{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Barbaro |title=New York Attorney General Is Investigating Trump's For-Profit School |date=May 19, 2011 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/20/nyregion/trumps-for-profit-school-said-to-be-under-investigation.html}}</ref> In 2005, New York State authorities notified the operation that its use of the word "university" was misleading and violated state law. After a second such notification in 2010, the name of the company was changed to the "Trump Entrepreneurial Institute".<ref name="AppealsCourt2016" /> Trump was also found personally liable for failing to obtain a business license for the operation.<ref name="reuters.2014">{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/16/us-trump-nyag-lawsuit-idUSKCN0I52MW20141016 |first=Karen |last=Freifeld |title=New York judge finds Donald Trump liable for unlicensed school |agency=Reuters |date=October 16, 2014 |accessdate=February 20, 2015}}</ref>

Ronald Schneckenberg, a sales manager for Trump University, said in a testimony that he was reprimanded for not trying harder to sell a $35,000 real estate class to a couple who could not afford it.<ref name=ronald_tu>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/01/us/politics/donald-trump-university.html |title=Former Trump University Workers Call the School a 'Lie' and a 'Scheme' in Testimony |last=Barbaro |first=Michael |last2=Eder |first2=Steve |date=May 31, 2016 |website=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref> Schneckenberg said that he believed "Trump University was a fraudulent scheme" which "preyed upon the elderly and uneducated to separate them from their money."<ref name=ronald_tu />

In 2013, New York State filed a $40 million civil suit against Trump University; the suit alleged that the company made false statements and defrauded consumers.<ref name="AppealsCourt2016">{{cite news |first=David |last=Halperin |title=NY Court Refuses to Dismiss Trump University Case, Describes Fraud Allegations |date=March 3, 2016 |website=[[HuffPost]] |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/davidhalperin/ny-court-refuses-to-dismi_b_9358360.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/02/27/donald-trumps-misleading-claim-that-hes-won-most-of-lawsuits-over-trump-university/ |first=Michelle Ye Hee |last=Lee |title=Donald Trump's misleading claim that he's 'won most of' lawsuits over Trump University |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=February 27, 2016 |accessdate=February 27, 2016}}</ref> In addition, two class-action civil lawsuits were filed in federal court relating to Trump University; they named Trump personally as well as his companies.<ref name=twofront>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/08/26/trump-entrepreneur-initiative-case/2700811/ |title=Trump faces two-front legal fight over 'university' |work=[[USA Today]] |first=Kevin |last=McCoy |date=August 26, 2013}}</ref> During the [[Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016|presidential campaign]], Trump criticized presiding Judge [[Gonzalo P. Curiel]], alleging bias in his rulings because of his Mexican heritage.<ref name=RappeportNYT>{{cite news |last=Rappeport |first=Alan |date=June 3, 2016 |title=That Judge Attacked by Donald Trump? He's Faced a Lot Worse |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/us/politics/donald-trump-university-judge-gonzalo-curiel.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate= June 4, 2016}}</ref><ref name=Ford>{{cite magazine |last=Ford |first=Matt |date=June 3, 2016 |title=Why Is Donald Trump So Angry at Judge Gonzalo Curiel? |magazine=The Atlantic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/donald-trump-gonzalo-curiel/485636/|accessdate=June 3, 2016}}</ref> Shortly after Trump won the presidency, the parties agreed to a settlement of all three pending cases, whereby Trump paid a total of $25 million and denied any wrongdoing.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/19/us/politics/trump-university.html |title=Donald Trump Agrees to Pay $25 Million in Trump University Settlement |last=Eder |first=Steve |date=November 18, 2016 |work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=November 18, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/donald-trump-nearing-settlement-trump-university-fraud-case-article-1.2878780 |title=Donald Trump Agrees to Pay $25 Million in Trump University Settlement |date=November 18, 2016 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |accessdate=November 18, 2016}}</ref>

=== Foundation ===
{{Main|Donald J. Trump Foundation}}
The Donald J. Trump Foundation is a U.S.-based private foundation<ref name=":0b">{{cite news |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/133404773 |title=Nonprofit Explorer – ProPublica |website=[[ProPublica]] |first1=Mike |last1=Tigas |first2=Sisi |last2=Wei |accessdate=September 9, 2016}}</ref> that was established in 1988 for the initial purpose of giving away proceeds from the book ''Trump: The Art of the Deal''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.guidestar.org/profile/13-3404773 |title=Donald J Trump Foundation Inc – GuideStar Profile |publisher=[[GuideStar]] |accessdate=September 9, 2016}}</ref><ref name=":1b">{{Cite news |first=David A. |last=Fahrenthold |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/09/01/trump-pays-irs-a-penalty-for-his-foundation-violating-rules-with-gift-to-florida-attorney-general/ |title=Trump pays IRS a penalty for his foundation violating rules with gift to aid Florida attorney general |website=[[The Washington Post]] |date=September 1, 2016}}</ref> The foundation's funds have mostly come from donors other than Trump,<ref name="WaPoMissing">{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-portrait-of-trump-the-donor-free-rounds-of-golf-but-no-personal-cash/2016/04/10/373b9b92-fb40-11e5-9140-e61d062438bb_story.html |title=Missing from Trump's list of charitable giving: His own personal cash |date=April 10, 2016 |first1=David A. |last1=Fahrenthold |last2=Helderman |first2=Rosalind S. |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> who has not given personally to the charity since 2008.<ref name="WaPoMissing" />

The foundation's tax returns show that it has given to health care and sports-related charities, as well as conservative groups.<ref>Solnik, Claude. [https://libn.com/2016/09/15/taking-a-peek-at-trumps-foundation-tax-returns/ "Taking a peek at Trump's (foundation) tax returns"], ''[[Long Island Business News]]'' (September 15, 2016): "charitable giving to conservative political groups, healthcare and sports-related charities."</ref> In 2009, for example, the foundation gave $926,750 to about 40 groups, with the biggest donations going to the [[Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children#Arnold Palmer Medical Center|Arnold Palmer Medical Center Foundation]] ($100,000), the [[New York–Presbyterian Hospital]] ($125,000), the [[Police Athletic League]] ($156,000), and the [[Clinton Foundation]] ($100,000).<ref name="SearchingforEvid">{{Cite news |first1=David A. |last1=Fahrenthold |first2=Danielle |last2=Rindler |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/trump-charity-donations/ |title=Searching for evidence of Trump's personal giving |website=[[The Washington Post]] |date=August 18, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Qiu |first1=Linda |title=Yes, Donald Trump has given to the Clinton Foundation |url=https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2016/aug/28/david-plouffe/yes-donald-trump-donated-100000-clinton-foundation/ |website=politifact |accessdate=October 17, 2018}}</ref> From 2004 to 2014, the top donors to the foundation were Vince and Linda McMahon of [[WWE]], who donated $5 million to the foundation after Trump appeared at [[WrestleMania]] in 2007.<ref name="WaPoMissing" /> Trump later named Linda McMahon as [[Administrator of the Small Business Administration]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/07/trump-picks-wrestling-magnate-linda-mcmahon-to-lead-small-business-administration.html |title=Trump picks wrestling magnate Linda McMahon to lead Small Business Administration |last=Pramuk |first=Jacob |date=December 7, 2016 |publisher=[[CNBC]]}}</ref>

In 2016, ''The Washington Post'' reported that the charity had committed several potential legal and ethical violations, including alleged self-dealing and possible tax evasion.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=September 15, 2016 |first=Chris |last=Cillizza |first2=David A. |last2=Fahrenthold |title=Meet the reporter who's giving Donald Trump fits |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/15/how-the-reporter-behind-the-trump-foundation-stories-does-it/}}</ref> Also in 2016, the New York State Attorney General's office notified the Trump Foundation that the foundation appeared to be in violation of New York laws regarding charities, ordering it to immediately cease its fundraising activities in New York.<ref name="hit">{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/13/politics/eric-schneiderman-donald-trump-foundation/ |title=NY attorney general is investigating Trump Foundation practices |date=September 14, 2016 |publisher=[[CNN]] |accessdate=September 25, 2016 |last1=Bradner |first1=Eric |last2=Frehse |first2=Rob |quotation=The Post had reported that the recipients of five charitable contributions listed by the Trump Foundation had no record of receiving those donations. But the newspaper updated its report after CNN questioned the accuracy of three of the five donations it had cited.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://fortune.com/2016/09/14/donald-trump-foundation/ |title=Trump Foundation Falls Under Investigation By New York Attorney General |date=September 14, 2016 |last=Toh |first=Michelle|accessdate=September 27, 2016 |website=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=October 3, 2016 |first=David A. |last=Fahrenthold |title=Trump Foundation ordered to stop fundraising by N.Y. attorney general's office |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-foundation-ordered-to-stop-fundraising-by-ny-attorney-generals-office/2016/10/03/1d4d295a-8987-11e6-bff0-d53f592f176e_story.html}}</ref> A Trump spokesman called the Attorney General's investigation a "partisan hit job".<ref name="hit" /> In response to mounting complaints, Trump's team announced in late December 2016 that the Trump Foundation would be dissolved to remove "even the appearance of any conflict with [his] role as President."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/24/trump-university-shut-down-conflict-of-interest |title=Donald Trump to dissolve his charitable foundation after mounting complaints |last=Jacobs |first=Ben |date=December 24, 2016 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=December 25, 2016}}</ref> According to an IRS filing in November 2017, the foundation intended to shut down and distribute its assets (about $970,000) to other charities. However, the New York Attorney General's office had to complete their ongoing investigation before the foundation could legally shut down,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/donald-trump-shutting-down-his-charitable-foundation-n822636|title=Donald Trump is shutting down his charitable foundation |date=November 20, 2017|publisher=[[NBC News]]|accessdate=November 28, 2017}}</ref> and in June 2018 they filed a civil suit against the foundation for $2.8 million in restitution and additional penalties.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/14/politics/new-york-lawsuit-trump-foundation/index.html |title=New York attorney general sues Trump Foundation |publisher=[[CNN]] |first1=Chris |last1=Isidore |first2=Melanie |last2=Schuman |date=June 14, 2018 |accessdate=June 15, 2018}}</ref> The suit names Trump himself as well as his adult children Donald Jr., Eric, and Ivanka.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/392392-five-things-to-know-about-the-lawsuit-against-the-trump-foundation|title=Five things to know about the lawsuit against the Trump Foundation|last=Thomsen|first=Jacqueline|date=June 14, 2018|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|accessdate=June 15, 2018}}</ref>

=== Conflicts of interest ===
Before being inaugurated as president, Trump moved his businesses into a revocable trust run by his eldest sons and a business associate.<ref name="NPR012018">{{cite news |last1=Marilyn |first1=Geewax |title=Trump Has Revealed Assumptions About Handling Presidential Wealth, Businesses |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/01/20/576871315/trump-has-revealed-assumptions-about-handling-presidential-wealth-businesses |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="BBC041817">{{cite news |title=A list of Trump's potential conflicts |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38069298 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=April 18, 2017}}</ref> According to ethics experts, as long as Trump continues to profit from his businesses, the measures taken by Trump do not help to avoid conflicts of interest.<ref name="Venook">{{cite news |last1=Venook |first1=Jeremy |title=Trump's Interests vs. America's, Dubai Edition |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/08/donald-trump-conflicts-of-interests/508382/ |work=[[The Atlantic]] |date=August 9, 2017}}</ref> Because Trump would have knowledge of how his administration's policies would affect his businesses, ethics experts recommend that Trump sell off his businesses.<ref name="BBC041817" /> Multiple lawsuits have been filed alleging that Trump is violating the [[Title of Nobility Clause|emoluments clause]] of the [[United States Constitution]] due to his business interests; they argue that these interests allow foreign governments to influence him.<ref name="Venook" /><ref name="LaFraniere">{{cite news |last1=LaFraniere |first1=Sharon |title=Lawsuit on Trump Emoluments Violations Gains Traction in Court |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/25/us/politics/trump-emoluments-lawsuit.html |date=January 25, 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=January 25, 2018}}</ref> Previous presidents in the modern era have either divested their holdings or put them in blind trusts,<ref name="NPR012018" /> and he is the first president to be sued over the emoluments clause.<ref name="LaFraniere" />

== Media career ==
=== Books ===
{{Main|Bibliography of Donald Trump}}
Trump has published numerous books. His first published book in 1987 was ''[[Trump: The Art of the Deal]]'', in which Trump is credited as co-author with [[Tony Schwartz (author)|Tony Schwartz]], who has stated that he did all the writing for the book.<ref name=Kruse>{{cite web | url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/06/01/donald-trump-deals-negotiation-art-of-deal-218584 | title=He Pretty Much Gave In to Whatever They Asked For | website=[[Politico]] | date=June 1, 2018 | accessdate=June 11, 2018 | last=Kruse | first=Michael}}</ref><ref name=janemayer>{{cite web|authorlink=Jane Mayer|website=[[The New Yorker]]|accessdate=June 19, 2017 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwriter-tells-all|title=Donald Trump's Ghostwriter Tells All|first=Jane|last=Mayer|date=July 25, 2016}}</ref><ref name="JaneM160720">{{cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/donald-trump-threatens-the-ghostwriter-of-the-art-of-the-deal|title=Donald Trump Threatens the Ghostwriter of "The Art of the Deal"|last=Mayer|first=Jane|website=[[The New Yorker]]|date=July 20, 2016|accessdate=June 11, 2018}}</ref> It reached the top of the [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Best Seller list]], stayed there for 13 weeks, and altogether held a position on the list for 48 weeks.<ref name=janemayer /> According to ''[[The New Yorker]]'', "The book expanded Trump's renown far beyond New York City, promoting an image of himself as a successful dealmaker and tycoon."<ref name=janemayer />
Trump's published writings shifted post-2000 from stylized memoirs to financial tips and political opinion.<ref name=lozada>{{cite news |first=Carlos |last=Lozada |work=[[The Washington Post]] |title=I just binge-read eight books by Donald Trump. Here's what I learned. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/book-party/wp/2015/07/30/i-just-binge-read-eight-books-by-donald-trump-heres-what-i-learned/ |date=July 30, 2015 |accessdate=June 18, 2017 }}</ref>

=== Film and television ===
==== Wrestling ====
In 1988 and 1989, Trump hosted [[WrestleMania IV]] and [[WrestleMania V|V]] at [[Boardwalk Hall]], and he has been an active participant in several World Wrestling shows.<ref name=wwebio>{{cite web |url=https://www.wwe.com/superstars/donald-trump |title=Donald Trump bio |publisher=[[WWE]] |accessdate=March 14, 2015}}</ref> In 2013, he was inducted into the celebrity wing of the [[WWE Hall of Fame]] at [[Madison Square Garden]] for his contributions to the promotion.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wwe.com/classics/wwe-hall-of-fame/donald-trump-announced-for-wwe-hall-of-fame-26090724 |title=Donald Trump announced for WWE Hall of Fame |first=Ryan |last=Murphy |publisher=[[WWE]]}}</ref>

==== ''The Apprentice'' ====
In 2003, Trump became the executive producer and host of the NBC reality show ''[[The Apprentice (U.S. TV series)|The Apprentice]]'', in which contestants competed for a one-year management job with the Trump Organization; applicants were successively eliminated from the game with the [[catchphrase]] "You're fired".<ref name="jk-8-7-15">{{cite news |first=Jacob |last=Koffler |title=Donald Trump's 16 Biggest Business Failures and Successes |date=August 7, 2015 |work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=https://time.com/3988970/donald-trump-business/}}</ref><ref name="Kruse" /><ref name="born_7-17-16">{{cite news |last1=Grynbaum |first1=Michael M. |last2=Parker |first2=Ashley |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/business/media/donald-trump-apprentice.html |title=Donald Trump the Political Showman, Born on 'The Apprentice' |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 16, 2016 |accessdate=July 8, 2018}}</ref> He went on to be co-host of ''[[The Celebrity Apprentice]]'', in which celebrities compete to win money for their charities.<ref name="jk-8-7-15" /><ref name="born_7-17-16" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Nussbaum |first=Emily |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/31/the-tv-that-created-donald-trump |title=The TV That Created Donald Trump |work=[[The New Yorker]] |date=July 31, 2017 |accessdate=July 8, 2018}}</ref>

In February 2015, Trump stated that he was "not ready" to sign on for another season of the show because of the possibility of a presidential run.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.unionleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20150227/NEWS0605/150229334/1010/Art |work=[[New Hampshire Union Leader]] |title=Trump won't renew 'Apprentice' so that he might focus on a presidential run |first=Paul |last=Feeley |date=February 27, 2015 |accessdate=July 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710152015/http://www.unionleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20150227%2FNEWS0605%2F150229334%2F1010%2FArt |archive-date=July 10, 2015 |dead-url=yes }}</ref> Despite this, NBC announced they were going ahead with production of a 15th season.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/03/nbc-still-planning-for-apprentice-despite-donald-trumps-204171.html |work=[[Politico]] |title=NBC still planning for 'Apprentice,' despite Donald Trump's presidential claims |first=Dylan |last=Byers |date=March 18, 2015 |accessdate=July 28, 2015}}</ref> In June, after widespread negative reaction stemming from Trump's campaign announcement speech, NBC released a statement saying, "Due to the recent derogatory statements by Donald Trump regarding immigrants, NBCUniversal is ending its business relationship with Mr. Trump."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bgr.com/2015/06/29/nbc-fires-donald-trump-the-apprentice/ |title=NBC Just Fired Presidential Hopeful Donald Trump from 'The Apprentice' |first=Jacob |last=Siegel |date=June 29, 2015 |website=[[Boy Genius Report]] |accessdate=July 28, 2015}}</ref>

==== Acting ====
{{Main|Donald Trump filmography}}
Trump has made [[cameo appearances]] in 12 films and 14 television series,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/casting-notes-donald-trump-cameos-in-wall-street-2-jeremy-piven-and-kate-walsh-go-to-canada/ |title=Casting Notes: Donald Trump Cameos in Wall Street 2; Jeremy Piven and Kate Walsh go to Canada |first=Russ |last=Fischer|publisher=[[/Film|Slashfilm.com]] |date=November 30, 2009 |accessdate=September 18, 2018}}</ref> including as the father of one of the characters in ''[[The Little Rascals (film)|The Little Rascals]]''.<ref name=Atlantic>{{cite news |first=Adrienne |last=LaFrance |title=Three Decades of Donald Trump Film and TV Cameos |date=December 21, 2015 |website=[[The Atlantic]] |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/12/three-decades-of-donald-trump-film-and-tv-cameos/421257/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Lockett|first=Dee|url =https://www.vulture.com/2016/06/donald-trump-was-in-the-little-rascals.html|title =Yes, Donald Trump Did Actually Play a Spoiled Rich Kid's Dad in The Little Rascals|work =Vulture| date =June 21, 2016|accessdate=July 14, 2018}}</ref> He performed a song with [[Megan Mullally]] at the [[57th Primetime Emmy Awards]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite news|last=Shanley|first=Patrick|url = https://www.businessinsider.com/megan-mullally-donald-trump-emmys-stephen-colbert-2016-12 |title =Emmys Flashback: When Trump Sang the 'Green Acres' Theme in Overalls|work =The Hollywood Reporter| date =September 15, 2016|accessdate=July 14, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Nededog|first=Jethro|url = https://www.businessinsider.com/megan-mullally-donald-trump-emmys-stephen-colbert-2016-12 |title =Megan Mullally regrets helping Trump with a 'landslide' win: 'I'm not giving him any points'|work =Business Insider| date =December 15, 2016|accessdate=July 14, 2018}}</ref>

Trump receives a pension as a member of the [[Screen Actors Guild]].<ref name="jh_2016">{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-did-donald-trump-get-810566 |title=How Did Donald Trump Get a $110K SAG Pension? |newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=July 22, 2015 |accessdate=January 17, 2016 |first=Jonathan |last=Handel}}</ref> His financial disclosure forms mentioned an annual pension of $110,000 in 2016 and $85,000 in 2017.<ref name="jh_2016" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-23/inside-candidate-trump-s-110-000-hollywood-pension-disclosure |title=Inside Donald Trump's $110,000 Hollywood Pension Disclosure |publisher=[[Bloomberg News]] |date=July 22, 2015 |accessdate=January 17, 2016 |first=Christopher |last=Palmeri}}</ref><ref name="jh-2017">{{cite news|last=Handler|first=Jonathan|url =https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/trump-ethics-filing-again-shows-sag-pension-entertainment-income-1014417|title =Trump Ethics Filing Reveals SAG Pension, Entertainment Income|work =The Hollywood Reporter| date =June 16, 2017|accessdate=July 14, 2018}}</ref>

=== Radio and television commentary ===
Starting in the 1990s, Trump was a guest about 24 times on the nationally syndicated ''[[The Howard Stern Show|Howard Stern Show]]'' on talk radio.{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=x2jUDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA166 166]}} Trump also had his own short-form talk radio program called ''[[Trumped!]]'' (one to two minutes on weekdays) from 2004 to 2008.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Massie|first1=Christopher|last2=Kaczynski|first2=Andrew|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christophermassie/theres-hours-of-audio-of-donald-trumps-nationally-syndicated |title=There Are Hours Of Audio Of Donald Trump's Nationally Syndicated Radio Show In The 2000s|work=BuzzFeed News|date = March 16, 2016|accessdate=October 21, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.people.com/people/article/0,,632500,00.html |title=The Donald to Get New Wife, Radio Show |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=April 29, 2004 |accessdate=November 19, 2013 |first=Stephen M. |last=Silverman}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Bob|last=Tedeschi|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/06/technology/now-for-sale-online-the-art-of-the-vacation.html |title=Now for Sale Online, the Art of the Vacation |work=The New York Times|date = February 6, 2006|accessdate=October 21, 2018}}</ref> In 2011, Trump was given a weekly unpaid guest commentator spot on ''[[Fox & Friends]]'' that continued until he started his Presidential candidacy in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last=Grynbaum |first=Michael M. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/01/business/media/fox-news-trump-bill-shine.html/|title =Fox News Once Gave Trump a Perch. Now It's His Bullhorn. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 1, 2018 |accessdate=July 7, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Gertz |first=Matthew |url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/05/trump-media-feedback-loop-216248 |title=I've Studied the Trump-Fox Feedback Loop for Months. It's Crazier Than You Think. |work=[[Politico]] |date=January 5, 2018 |accessdate=July 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Montopoli |first=Brian |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-gets-regular-fox-news-spot/ |title=Donald Trump gets regular Fox News spot |publisher=[[CBS News]] |date=April 1, 2011 |accessdate=July 7, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Grossman |first1=Matt |last2=Hopkins |first2=David A. |title=How the conservative media is taking over the Republican Party |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/09/09/how-the-conservative-media-is-taking-over-the-republican-party/ |accessdate=October 19, 2018 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=September 9, 2016}}</ref>

== Public profile ==

=== Approval ratings ===
Presidential [[Opinion polling on the Donald Trump administration|approval polls]] taken during the first ten months of Trump's term have shown him to be the least popular U.S. president in the history of modern opinion polls.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.langerresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/1193a3TrumpYearLater.pdf |title=ABC News/Washington Post Poll: A year after his surprise election, 65 percent say Trump's achieved little |first=Gary |last=Langer |date=November 5, 2017 |publisher=Langer Research Associates |accessdate=November 5, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/220742/trump-job-approval-slipped-third-quarter.aspx |title=Trump Job Approval Slips to 36.9% in His Third Quarter |first=Jeffrey M. |last=Jones |publisher=[[Gallup (company)|Gallup]] |date=October 20, 2017 |accessdate=October 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/poll-trumps-performance-lags-behind-even-tepid-public-expectations/2017/11/04/35d2a912-bf4d-11e7-959c-fe2b598d8c00_story.html |title=Poll: Trump's performance lags behind even tepid public expectations |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=November 5, 2017 |last1=Balz |first1=Dan |last2=Clement |first2=Scott}}</ref> A [[Pew Research Center]] global poll conducted in July 2017, found "a median of just 22 percent has confidence in Trump to do the right thing when it comes to international affairs". This compares to a median of 64 percent rate of confidence for his predecessor [[Barack Obama]]. Trump received a higher rating in only two countries: Russia and Israel.<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Image Suffers as Publics Around World Question Trump's Leadership|url=https://www.pewglobal.org/2017/06/26/u-s-image-suffers-as-publics-around-world-question-trumps-leadership/|website=Pew Research Center|accessdate=January 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111013256/http://www.pewglobal.org/2017/06/26/u-s-image-suffers-as-publics-around-world-question-trumps-leadership/|archive-date=January 11, 2018|dead-url=yes}}</ref> An August 2017 POLITICO/Morning consult poll found on some measures "that majorities of voters have low opinions of his character and competence".<ref>{{cite news |title=Poll: Trump hits new low after Charlottesville |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/23/trump-charlottesville-polls-241917 |newspaper=[[Politico]] |date=August 23, 2017}}</ref> Trump is the only elected president who did not place first on Gallup's poll of men Americans most admired in his first year in office, coming in second behind Barack Obama.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fortune.com/2017/12/28/gallup-most-admired-man-and-woman-obama-clinton/|title=Trump Is the Only Elected U.S. President Not to Be Named America's Most Admired Man In His First Year|last=Bach|first=Natasha|website=Fortune|date=December 28, 2017|accessdate=June 11, 2018}}</ref><ref name="gallup1678">{{cite web|url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/1678/most-admired-man-woman.aspx|title=Most Admired Man and Woman|website=Gallup|accessdate=June 12, 2018}}</ref>

=== False statements ===
{{Main|Veracity of statements by Donald Trump}}
As president, Trump has frequently made false statements in public speeches and remarks.<ref name="Qiu">{{cite news |first=Linda |last=Qiu |title=Fact-Checking President Trump Through His First 100 Days |date=April 29, 2017 |website=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/29/us/politics/fact-checking-president-trump-through-his-first-100-days.html}}</ref><ref name="KesslerLee">{{cite news |first=Glenn |last=Kessler |first2=Michelle Ye Hee |last2=Lee |title=President Trump's first 100 days: The fact check tally |date=May 1, 2017 |website=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/05/01/president-trumps-first-100-days-the-fact-check-tally/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Linda |last=Qiu |title=In One Rally, 12 Inaccurate Claims From Trump |date=June 22, 2017 |website=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/us/politics/factcheck-donald-trump-iowa-rally.html}}</ref><ref name=Dale1340330 /> Trump uttered "at least one false or misleading claim per day on 91 of his first 99 days" in office according to ''The New York Times'',<ref name="Qiu" /> and 1,318 total in his first 263 days in office according to the "Fact Checker" political analysis column of ''The Washington Post'',<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Michelle Ye Hee |last2=Kessler |first2=Glenn |last3=Kelly |first3=Meg |title=President Trump has made 1,318 false or misleading claims over 263 days |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/10/10/president-trump-has-made-1318-false-or-misleading-claims-over-263-days |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=October 10, 2017 |accessdate=November 5, 2017}}</ref> which also wrote, "President Trump is the most fact-challenged politician that The Fact Checker has ever encountered ... the pace and volume of the president's misstatements means that we cannot possibly keep up."<ref name="KesslerLee" /> On Trump's 601st day in office, their tally exceeded 5,000 false or misleading claims, and it had risen to an average of 8.3 per day from 4.9 during his first 100 days in office.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=September 13, 2018 |first=Glenn |last=Kessler |first2=Salvador |last2=Rizzo |first3=Meg |last3=Kelly |title=President Trump has made more than 5,000 false or misleading claims |accessdate=October 16, 2018 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/13/president-trump-has-made-more-than-false-or-misleading-claims/}}</ref> According to one study, the rate of false statements has increased, with the percentage of his words that are part of a false claim rising over the course of his presidency.<ref name="Dale1340330">{{cite news |last1=Dale |first1=Daniel |title=Trump has said 1,340,330 words as president. They're getting more dishonest, a Star study shows |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/analysis/2018/07/14/trump-has-said-1340330-words-as-president-theyre-getting-more-dishonest-a-star-study-shows.html |accessdate=July 14, 2018 |work=[[Toronto Star]] |date=July 14, 2018}}</ref> In general, news organizations have been hesitant to label these statements as "lies".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/reader-center/donald-trump-lies-falsehoods.html |title=Lies? False Claims? When Trump's Statements Aren't True |date=June 25, 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=July 7, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Dale |first1=Daniel |title=Donald Trump has spent a year lying shamelessly. It hasn't worked |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/analysis/2017/12/22/donald-trump-has-spent-a-year-lying-shamelessly-it-hasnt-worked.html |accessdate=July 14, 2018 |work=[[Toronto Star]] |date=December 22, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Dale1340330" />

=== Racial views ===
{{Main|Racial views of Donald Trump}}
Trump has a history of making racially controversial remarks and taking actions that are perceived as racially motivated.<ref>* {{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/us/politics/trump-racism.html |title=A President Who Fans, Rather Than Douses, the Nation's Racial Fires |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 12, 2018 |first=Peter |last=Baker |authorlink=Peter Baker (author)}}
* {{cite news |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/we-must-denounce-trumps-racist-actions-not-just-his-racist-words/ |title=We Must Denounce Trump's Racist Actions, Not Just His Racist Words |publisher=[[The Nation]] |date=January 11, 2018 |accessdate=January 12, 2018 |last=Warren |first=Dorian}}
* {{cite news |url=https://fortune.com/2016/06/07/donald-trump-racism-quotes/ |title=Is Donald Trump Racist? Here's What the Record Shows |website=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |date=June 7, 2016 |accessdate=January 12, 2018 |last=D'Antonio |first=Michael |authorlink=Michael D'Antonio}}
* {{cite news |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/trumps-long-history-of-racism-w497876 |title=Trump's Long History of Racism |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=August 15, 2017 |accessdate=January 12, 2018 |last=Berney |first=Jesse}}</ref> In 1975, he settled a 1973 Department of Justice lawsuit that alleged housing discrimination against black renters.<ref name=Mahler>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/28/us/politics/donald-trump-housing-race.html |title='No Vacancies' for Blacks: How Donald Trump Got His Start, and Was First Accused of Bias |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 27, 2016 |accessdate=January 13, 2018 |last=Mahler |first=Jonathan |last2=Eder |first2=Steve}}</ref><ref name=pbs-20170822 /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.vox.com/2016/7/25/12270880/donald-trump-racism-history|title=Donald Trump's long history of racism, from the 1970s to 2018 |work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]}}</ref> He was accused of racism for insisting that a group of black and Latino teenagers were guilty of raping a white woman in the 1989 [[Central Park jogger case|Central Park jogger attack]], even after they were exonerated by DNA evidence in 2002. He continued to maintain this position as late as 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-says-central-park-five-are-guilty-despite-dna-n661941 |title=Donald Trump Says Central Park Five Are Guilty, Despite DNA Evidence |last=Sarlin |first=Benjy |date=October 7, 2016 |publisher=[[NBC News]] |accessdate=January 13, 2018}}</ref>

Starting in 2011, Trump was a major proponent of [[Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories|"birther" conspiracy theories]] alleging that Barack Obama was born in Kenya, and questioned his eligibility to serve as president.<ref name=NYT2016>{{cite news |last1=Parker |first1=Ashley |last2=Eder |first2=Steve |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/us/politics/donald-trump-birther-obama.html |title=Inside the Six Weeks Donald Trump Was a Nonstop 'Birther' |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-perpetuated-birther-movement-years/story?id=42138176 |title=How Donald Trump Perpetuated the 'Birther' Movement for Years |publisher=[[ABC News]] |date=September 16, 2016 |first=Alana |last=Abramson}}</ref> Trump later took credit for pushing the White House to release the "long-form" birth certificate from [[Hawaii]],<ref name="released">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/us/politics/28obama.html |title=With Document, Obama Seeks to End 'Birther' Issue |work=[[The New York Times]] |last=Shear |first=Michael D. |date=April 27, 2011 |accessdate=August 27, 2016}}</ref><ref name=Madison27April>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-takes-credit-for-obama-birth-certificate-release-but-wonders-is-it-real/ |title=Trump takes credit for Obama birth certificate release, but wonders 'is it real?' |first=Lucy |last=Madison |publisher=[[CBS News]] |date=April 27, 2011 |accessdate=May 9, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.trump.com/biography/ |title=Donald J. Trump – Biography |publisher=[[The Trump Organization]] |accessdate=August 27, 2016 |archive-date=August 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828101458/https://www.trump.com/biography/ |dead-url=no |quote=In 2011, after failed attempts by both Senator McCain and Hillary Clinton, Mr. Trump single handedly forced President Obama to release his birth certificate, which was lauded by large segments of the political community.}}</ref> and he stated during his presidential campaign that his stance had made him "very popular".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trumps-history-raising-birther-questions-president-obama/story?id=33861832 |title=Donald Trump's History of Raising Birther Questions About President Obama |publisher=[[ABC News]] |last=Keneally |first=Meghan |date=September 18, 2015 |accessdate=August 27, 2016}}</ref> In September 2016, he publicly acknowledged that Obama was born in the United States,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/15/politics/donald-trump-obama-birther-united-states/ |title=Trump finally admits it: 'President Barack Obama was born in the United States' |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=September 16, 2016 |first1=Stephen |last1=Collinson |first2=Jeremy |last2=Diamond}}</ref> and falsely claimed that the rumors had been started by [[Hillary Clinton]] during her [[Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2008|2008 campaign]].<ref name="nyt-drops">{{cite news |work=[[The New York Times]] |title=Trump Drops False 'Birther' Theory, but Floats a New One: Clinton Started It |first1=Maggie |last1=Haberman |authorlink=Maggie Haberman |first2=Alan |last2=Rappeport |date=September 16, 2016 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/17/us/politics/donald-trump-birther-obama.html}}</ref>

[[File:President Trump Gives a Statement on the Infrastructure Discussion.webm|thumb|start=07:19|Trump makes a statement (begins at 07:20 into the video) on the [[Unite the Right rally]] in Charlottesville published by the White House]]
According to an analysis in [[Political Science Quarterly]], Trump made "explicitly racist appeals to whites" during his 2016 presidential campaign.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Schaffner |first1=Brian F. |last2=Macwilliams |first2=Matthew |last3=Nteta |first3=Tatishe |title=Understanding White Polarization in the 2016 Vote for President: The Sobering Role of Racism and Sexism |journal=Political Science Quarterly |date=March 2018 |volume=133 |issue=1 |pages=9–34 |doi=10.1002/polq.12737}}</ref> Trump launched his campaign with a speech in which he stated: "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. ... They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists, and some, I assume, are good people."<ref name="AnnouncingCandidacy" /><ref name="6/15/15transcript" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Here Are All the Times Donald Trump Insulted Mexico|url=https://time.com/4473972/donald-trump-mexico-meeting-insult/|accessdate=January 13, 2018|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=August 31, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Five Insults Donald Trump Has Fired At Mexicans In The Presidential Race|url=https://news.sky.com/story/five-insults-donald-trump-has-fired-at-mexicans-in-the-presidential-race-10559438|accessdate=January 13, 2018|publisher=[[Sky News]]|date=September 1, 2016}}</ref> Later, his attacks on a Mexican-American judge were criticized as racist.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/08/us/politics/paul-ryan-donald-trump-gonzalo-curiel.html |title=Paul Ryan Calls Donald Trump's Attack on Judge 'Racist,' but Still Backs Him |date=June 7, 2016 |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=January 13, 2018}}</ref> His comments following [[Unite the Right rally|a 2017 far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia]], were seen as implying a moral equivalence between white supremacist marchers and those who protested them.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/15/politics/trump-charlottesville-delay/index.html |title=Trump: 'Both sides' to blame for Charlottesville |last=Merica |first=Dan |date=August 26, 2017 |publisher=[[CNN]] |accessdate=January 13, 2018}}</ref> In a January 2018 Oval Office meeting to discuss immigration legislation with Congressional leaders, Trump reportedly referred to El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, and African countries as "shitholes".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.factcheck.org/2018/01/trump-say-immigration-meeting/ |title=What Did Trump Say at Immigration Meeting? |website=[[FactCheck.org]] |first=Eugene |last=Kiely |date=January 16, 2018 |accessdate=February 19, 2018 |quote=Durbin quoted the president as saying of African nations, 'Those shitholes send us the people that they don't want.'}}</ref> His remarks were condemned as racist worldwide, as well as by many members of Congress.<ref name=zack>{{cite news |last=Beauchamp |first=Zack |title=Trump's "shithole countries" comment exposes the core of Trumpism |publisher=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |date=January 11, 2018 |url=https://www.vox.com/2018/1/11/16880804/trump-shithole-countries-racism |accessdate=January 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Dawsey |first=Josh |title=Trump's history of making offensive comments about nonwhite immigrants |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=January 11, 2018 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-attacks-protections-for-immigrants-from-shithole-countries-in-oval-office-meeting/2018/01/11/bfc0725c-f711-11e7-91af-31ac729add94_story.html |accessdate=January 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Trump's 'shithole' comment denounced across the globe |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/12/trump-shithole-comment-reaction-337926 |accessdate=January 13, 2018 |work=[[Politico]] |date=January 12, 2018}}</ref> Trump has denied accusations of racism multiple times, saying he is the "least racist person".<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump's own words revive debate over whether he's racist |url=https://www.apnews.com/bce2dc7a054e4541bc77e2971c1bde4e/Trump%2527s-own-words-revive-debate-over-whether-he%2527s-racist |publisher=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Donald Trump denies being a racist after 'shithole' row |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42685356 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |accessdate=January 15, 2018}}</ref>

Trump's racially insensitive statements<ref name=pbs-20170822>{{cite news |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/every-moment-donald-trumps-long-complicated-history-race |title=Every moment in Trump's charged relationship with race |date=January 12, 2018 |work=[[PBS NewsHour]] |accessdate=January 13, 2018}}</ref> have been condemned by many observers in the U.S. and around the world,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/12/unkind-divisive-elitist-international-outcry-over-trumps-shithole-countries-remark |title='There's no other word but racist': Trump's global rebuke for 'shithole' remark |date=January 13, 2018 |work=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=January 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/11/british-mps-condemn-racist-incompetent-trump.html|title=British MPs Condemn 'Racist,' 'Incompetent' Trump for Endorsing 'Vile Fascist' Group |last=Raymond |first=Adam K. |date=November 30, 2017 |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |accessdate=January 13, 2018}}</ref> but accepted by his supporters either as a rejection of [[political correctness]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-s-history-breaking-decorum-remarks-race-ethnicity-n837181 |title=Trump's history of breaking decorum with remarks on race, ethnicity |last=Salama |first=Vivian |date=January 12, 2018 |publisher=[[NBC News]] |accessdate=January 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://morningconsult.com/2017/06/29/poll-majority-trump-voters-say-political-correctness-right/ |title=Poll: Majority of Trump Voters Say His Political Correctness Is 'About Right' |last=Nichols |first=Laura |date=June 29, 2017 |publisher=[[Morning Consult]] |accessdate=January 13, 2018}}</ref> or because they harbor similar racial sentiments.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump's 'shithole' comment is his new rock bottom |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/11/politics/trump-rock-bottom/index.html |accessdate=January 13, 2018 |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=January 12, 2018}}</ref><ref name=nation-20170508>{{cite news |title=Economic Anxiety Didn't Make People Vote Trump, Racism Did |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/economic-anxiety-didnt-make-people-vote-trump-racism-did/ |accessdate=January 13, 2018 |work=[[The Nation]] |date=May 8, 2017}}</ref> Several studies and surveys have stated that racist attitudes and racial resentment have fueled Trump's political ascendance, and have become more significant than economic factors in determining party allegiance of voters.<ref name=nation-20170508 /><ref name=vox-20171215>{{cite news |title=The past year of research has made it very clear: Trump won because of racial resentment |url=https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/12/15/16781222/trump-racism-economic-anxiety-study |accessdate=January 14, 2018 |work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |date=December 15, 2017}}</ref> In a June 2018 [[Quinnipiac University]] poll, 49 percent of respondents believed that Trump is racist while 47 percent believed he is not. Additionally, 55 percent said he "has emboldened people who hold racist beliefs to express those beliefs publicly."<ref name=Quinnipiac=180703>{{cite web | url=https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2554 | title=Harsh Words For U.S. Family Separation Policy, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Voters Have Dim View Of Trump, Dems On Immigration | website=[[Quinnipiac University Polling Institute]] | date=July 3, 2018 | accessdate=July 5, 2018}}</ref><ref name=Marcin>{{cite web | url=https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-racist-44-percent-white-americans-poll-survey-new-1007434 | title=44 Percent Of White Americans Think Donald Trump Is Racist, New Poll Finds | website=[[Newsweek]] | date=July 5, 2018 | accessdate=July 5, 2018 | first=Tim | last=Marcin}}</ref>

=== Relationship with the press ===
[[File:President Trump's First 100 Days- 45 (33573172373).jpg|thumb|President Trump talking to the press, March 2017]]

Throughout his career, Trump has sought media attention. His interactions with the press turned into what some sources called a "love-hate" relationship.<ref name=Parnes>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/385245-trumps-love-hate-relationship-with-the-press |title=Trump's love-hate relationship with the press |website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |date=April 28, 2018 |accessdate=July 4, 2018 |last=Parnes |first=Amy}}</ref><ref name=Ingram-160301>{{cite news |url=https://fortune.com/2016/03/01/media-love-hate-trump/ |title=Love and Hate: The Media's Co-Dependent Relationship With Donald Trump |website=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |date=March 1, 2016 |accessdate=July 4, 2018 |last=Ingram |first=Mathew}}</ref><ref name=AN-170124>{{cite news |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1043476/science-technology |title=Trump's love-hate relationship with media intensifies |website=[[Arab News]] |date=January 24, 2017 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref> Trump began promoting himself in the press in the 1970s.<ref name=Dantonio-160710>{{cite interview |title=Who is Donald Trump? |date=July 10, 2016 |accessdate=July 4, 2018 |last=D'Antonio |first=Michael |publisher=[[CNN]] |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/10/opinions/donald-trump-biography-michael-dantonio/index.html}}</ref>

During his 2016 presidential campaign, Trump accused the press of intentionally misinterpreting his words and of being biased,<ref name=Walsh-160724 /><ref name=Blake-150706 /> although he benefited from a record amount of free media coverage, elevating his standing in the Republican primaries.<ref name=Cillizza-160614 /> After winning the election, Trump told journalist [[Lesley Stahl]] that he intentionally demeaned and discredited the media "so when you write negative stories about me no one will believe you".<ref>{{cite news |last=Thomsen |first=Jacqueline |title='60 Minutes' correspondent: Trump said he attacks the press so no one believes negative coverage |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/388855-60-minutes-correspondent-trump-said-he-attacks-the-press-so-no-one |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |accessdate=May 23, 2018}}</ref> Into his presidency, much of the press coverage of Trump and his administration was negative.<ref name=Bump-180509>{{cite news |title=Trump makes it explicit: Negative coverage of him is fake coverage |website=[[The Washington Post]] |date=May 9, 2018 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/05/09/trump-makes-it-explicit-negative-coverage-of-him-is-fake-coverage/ |last=Bump |first=Philip |accessdate=May 9, 2018}}</ref><ref name=AP-170217>{{cite news |url=https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/02/17/president-donald-trump-twitter-media-enemy-of-the-american-people/ |title=Trump Calls Media 'Enemy Of The American People' In Latest Attack |agency=[[Associated Press]] |publisher=[[KPIX-TV]] |location=San Francisco, California |date=February 17, 2017|accessdate=February 17, 2017}}</ref>

Trump has often referred to the press as "fake news media" and "the enemy of the people".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bondarenko|first1=Veronika|title=Trump keeps saying 'enemy of the people' — but the phrase has a very ugly history|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-president-trumps-phrase-an-enemy-of-the-people-2017-2|work=[[Business Insider]]|accessdate=October 25, 2017}}</ref> He has privately and publicly mused about taking away critical reporters' White House press credentials (despite, during his campaign, promising not to do so once he became president).<ref name=":17">{{Cite news |url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/05/09/media/president-trump-press-credentials/index.html |title=Trump's latest shot at the press corps: 'Take away credentials?' |first=Brian |last=Stelter |first2=Kaitlan |last2=Collins |publisher=[[CNNMoney]] |accessdate=May 9, 2018}}</ref> On his first day in office, Trump falsely accused journalists of understating the size of the crowd at his inauguration, and called the media "among the most dishonest human beings on earth".

The relationship between Trump, the media, and [[fake news]] has been studied. One study found that between October 7 and November 14, 2016, while one in four Americans visited a [[fake news website]], "Trump supporters visited the most fake news websites, which were overwhelmingly pro-Trump" and "almost 6 in 10 visits to fake news websites came from the 10 percent of people with the most conservative online information diets".<ref name="Guess_Nyhan_Reifler_1/9/2018">{{cite web | last1=Guess | first1=Andrew | last2=Nyhan | first2=Brendan | last3=Reifler | first3=Jason | date=January 9, 2018 | title=Selective Exposure to Misinformation: Evidence from the consumption of fake news during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign | website=Dartmouth.edu | url=https://www.dartmouth.edu/~nyhan/fake-news-2016.pdf | accessdate=February 4, 2018 }}</ref><ref name="Allcott">{{cite journal | author1=H. Allcott | author2=M.Gentzkow | year=2017 | title=Social Media and Fake News in the 2016 election | journal=Journal of Economic Perspectives | volume=31 | number=2 | pages=211–236 | accessdate=May 3, 2017 | url=https://web.stanford.edu/~gentzkow/research/fakenews.pdf | doi=10.1257/jep.31.2.211 }}</ref> [[Brendan Nyhan]], one of the authors of the study by researchers from [[Princeton University]], [[Dartmouth College]], and the [[University of Exeter]], stated in an interview on NBC News: "People got vastly more misinformation from Donald Trump than they did from fake news websites".<ref>{{cite web | last=Sarlin | first=Benjy | title='Fake news' went viral in 2016. This professor studied who clicked | publisher=[[NBC News]] | date=January 14, 2018 | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/fake-news-went-viral-2016-expert-studied-who-clicked-n836581 | accessdate=February 4, 2018}}</ref>

=== Popular culture ===
{{Main|Donald Trump in popular culture|Donald Trump in music}}
Trump has been the subject of comedians, flash cartoon artists, and online caricature artists. He has been parodied regularly on [[Saturday Night Live parodies of Donald Trump|''Saturday Night Live'']] by [[Phil Hartman]], [[Darrell Hammond]], and [[Alec Baldwin]], and in ''[[South Park]]'' as [[Mr. Garrison]]. ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Bart to the Future]]", written during his [[Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2000|2000 campaign for the Reform party]], anticipated a future Trump presidency. A dedicated parody series called ''[[The President Show]]'' debuted in April 2017 on [[Comedy Central]], while another one called ''[[Our Cartoon President]]'' debuted on [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] in February 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/04/donald-trump-impression-gets-a-comedy-central-show/521718/ |title='Donald Trump' Gets a Comedy Central Series |first=Megan |last=Garber |work=[[The Atlantic]] |date=April 3, 2017 |accessdate=April 4, 2017}}</ref>

Trump's wealth and lifestyle had been a fixture of [[hip hop]] lyrics since the 1980s, as he was named in hundreds of songs, most often in a positive tone.<ref name=538-hiphop /><ref>{{cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3PDW6g1ceU |title=25 years of Donald Trump mentions in hip hop |via=YouTube |author=mantolius |date=February 25, 2016 |accessdate=November 15, 2016}}</ref> Mentions of Trump turned negative and pejorative after he ran for office in 2015.<ref name=538-hiphop>{{cite news |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/clinton-trump-hip-hop-lyrics |title=Hip-Hop Is Turning On Donald Trump |work=[[FiveThirtyEight]] |date=July 14, 2016 |first=Allison |last=McCann}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Eminem attacks Donald Trump: 'He's got people brainwashed' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/dec/20/eminem-attacks-donald-trump-people-brainwashed |website=[[The Guardian]] |date=December 20, 2017 |first=Ben |last=Beaumont-Thomas |accessdate=August 27, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Why top protest songs in hip-hop don't mention Donald Trump: 'He's irrelevant to the movement' |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/top-protest-songs-hip-hop-mention-donald-trump/story?id=56822845 |publisher=[[ABC News]] |date=July 28, 2018 |first=Deena |last=Zaru |accessdate=August 27, 2018}}</ref>

=== Social media ===
{{Main|Donald Trump on social media}}
Trump's presence on social media has attracted attention worldwide since he joined [[Twitter]] in March 2009. He communicated heavily on Twitter during the 2016 election campaign, and has continued to use this channel during his presidency. The attention on Trump's Twitter activity has significantly increased since he was sworn in as president. He uses Twitter as a direct means of communication with the public, sidelining the press.<ref name="federalist-sidelining">{{cite web |url=https://thefederalist.com/2017/01/23/donald-trumps-social-media-use-key-sidelining-press-2/ |title=Donald Trump's Social Media Use Is Key To Sidelining The Press |first=Dustin |last=Steeve |date=January 23, 2017 |work=[[The Federalist (website)|The Federalist]] |accessdate=May 31, 2017}}</ref> Many of the assertions he tweeted have been proven false.<ref name="NYT-20170427">{{cite news |last=Qui |first=Linda |title=Fact-Checking President Trump Through His First 100 Days |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/29/us/politics/fact-checking-president-trump-through-his-first-100-days.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 27, 2017 |accessdate=June 25, 2017}}</ref><ref name="WP-20170501">{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Glenn |last2=Lee |first2=Michelle Ye Hee |title=Fact Checker Analysis – President Trump's first 100 days: The fact check tally |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/05/01/president-trumps-first-100-days-the-fact-check-tally/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=May 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 25, 2017}}</ref><ref name="CT-20170624">{{cite news |last1=Drinkard |first1=Jim |last2=Woodward |first2=Calvin |title=Fact check: Trump's missions unaccomplished despite his claims |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/factcheck/ct-fact-check-trump-missions-20170624-story.html |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=June 24, 2017 |accessdate=June 25, 2017}}</ref>

=== Recognitions ===
{{further|List of honors and awards received by Donald Trump}}
In December 2016, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' named Trump as its "[[Time Person of the Year|Person of the Year]]".<ref name=PersonYear>{{cite news |last1=Gibbs |first1=Nancy |title=Why Donald Trump is TIME's Person of the Year |url=https://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2016-donald-trump-choice/ |accessdate=December 7, 2016 |work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=December 7, 2016}}</ref> In an interview on ''[[The Today Show]]'', he said he was honored by the award, but he took issue with the magazine for referring to him as the "President of the Divided States of America."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kim |first1=Eun Kyung |title=Donald Trump: Mitt Romney is still in the running for secretary of state |url=https://www.today.com/news/donald-trump-mitt-romney-still-running-secretary-state-t105685 |accessdate=December 7, 2016 |work=[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]] |date=December 7, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Davis |first1=Julie Hirschfeld |title=Mitt Romney Still in the Running for Secretary of State, Trump Says |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/us/politics/mitt-romney-donald-trump-secretary-of-state.html |accessdate=December 7, 2016 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 7, 2016}}</ref> In the same month, he was named ''[[Financial Times]]'' [[Financial Times Person of the Year|Person of the Year]].<ref name="FT 2016">{{cite news|last1=Luce|first1=Edward|title=FT Person of the Year: Donald Trump|url=https://www.ft.com/content/b7bb61ec-c054-11e6-81c2-f57d90f6741a|accessdate=December 17, 2017|work=[[Financial Times]]|date=December 12, 2016}}</ref> In December 2016, ''[[Forbes]]'' ranked Trump the [[Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People|second most powerful person in the world]], after [[Vladimir Putin]] and before [[Angela Merkel]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The World's Most Powerful People |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2016/12/14/the-worlds-most-powerful-people-2016/ |newspaper=[[Forbes]] |date=December 2016|accessdate=December 14, 2016}}</ref> In 2015, [[Robert Gordon University]] revoked the honorary Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) it had granted Trump in 2010, stating that "Mr. Trump has made a number of statements that are wholly incompatible with the ethos and values of the university."<ref name="Scot">{{cite news|title=Donald Trump: Robert Gordon University strips honorary degree|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-35054360|publisher=[[BBC News]] |accessdate=December 9, 2015 |date=May 3, 2018}}</ref>

== Political career ==

=== Political activities up to 2015 ===
Trump's political party affiliation has changed numerous times over the years. He registered as a Republican in Manhattan in 1987,<ref name="PolitiFact.24.Aug.15" /> switched to Independent in 1999, Democrat in 2001, and back to Republican in 2009.<ref name="PolitiFact.24.Aug.15">{{cite news |last1=Gillin |first1=Joshua |title=Bush says Trump was a Democrat longer than a Republican 'in the last decade' |url=https://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2015/aug/24/jeb-bush/bush-says-trump-was-democrat-longer-republican-las/|accessdate=March 18, 2017 |publisher=[[PolitiFact]] |date=August 24, 2015}}</ref> He made donations to both the Democratic and the Republican party, party committees, and candidates until 2010 when he stopped donating to Democrats and increased his donations to Republicans considerably.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kurtzleben|first=Danielle|url = https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/07/28/426888268/donald-trumps-flipping-political-donations?t=1536218394951 |title =Most of Donald Trump's Political Money Went To Democrats — Until 5 Years Ago|work =NPR| date =July 28, 2015|accessdate=September 5, 2018}}</ref>

In 1987 Trump spent almost $100,000 ({{Inflation|US|100000|1987|fmt=eq}}) to place full-page advertisements in three major newspapers, proclaiming that "America should stop paying to defend countries that can afford to defend themselves."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/02/nyregion/trump-gives-a-vague-hint-of-candidacy.html |title=Trump Gives a Vague Hint of Candidacy |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |first=Michael |last=Oreskes |date=September 2, 1987 |accessdate=February 17, 2016}}</ref> The advertisements also advocated for "reducing the budget deficit, working for peace in Central America, and speeding up nuclear disarmament negotiations with the Soviet Union."<ref name="democrat.gala">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/18/us/trump-urged-to-head-gala-of-democrats.html |title=Trump Urged To Head Gala Of Democrats |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 18, 1987}}</ref> After rumors of a presidential run, Trump was invited by Democratic senator [[John Kerry]] of Massachusetts, [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|House Speaker]] [[James Claude Wright Jr.|Jim Wright]] of Texas, and Arkansas congressman [[Beryl Anthony Jr.]], to host a fundraising dinner for Democratic Congressional candidates and to switch parties. Anthony told ''The New York Times'' that "the message Trump has been preaching is a Democratic message." Asked whether the rumors were true, Trump denied being a candidate, but said, "I believe that if I did run for President, I'd win."<ref name="democrat.gala" /> According to a [[Gallup (company)|Gallup]] poll in December 1988, Trump was the tenth most admired man in America.{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=x2jUDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA3 3]}}{{sfn|Gallup|1990|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=G7Tf_1GzlHEC&pg=PA3 3]}}

==== 2000 presidential campaign ====
{{Main|Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2000}}

In 1999, Trump filed an [[exploratory committee]] to seek the nomination of the [[Reform Party of the United States of America|Reform Party]] for the 2000 presidential election.<ref name="NYTimes.Revolution" /><ref>{{cite news |first=Richard |last=Winger |authorlink=Richard Winger |title=Donald Trump Ran For President in 2000 in Several Reform Party Presidential Primaries |date=December 25, 2011 |website=[[Ballot Access News]] |url=https://ballot-access.org/2011/12/25/donald-trump-ran-for-president-in-2000-in-several-reform-party-presidential-primaries/}}</ref> A July 1999 poll matching him against likely Republican nominee [[George W. Bush]] and likely Democratic nominee [[Al Gore]] showed Trump with seven percent support.<ref>{{cite news |title=Donald Trump eyeing a run at the White House |last=Johnson |first=Glen |work=Standard-Speaker |location=Hazelton, Pennsylvania}}</ref> Trump eventually dropped out of the race, but still went on to win the Reform Party primaries in California and Michigan.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ballot-access.org/2011/12/25/donald-trump-ran-for-president-in-2000-in-several-reform-party-presidential-primaries/ |title=Ballot Access News – Donald Trump Ran For President in 2000 in Several Reform Party Presidential Primaries |publisher=ballot-access.org |accessdate=July 1, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://primary2000.sos.ca.gov/returns/pres/00.htm |title=CA Secretary of State – Primary 2000 – Statewide Totals |publisher=ca.gov |accessdate=July 1, 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216145038/https://primary2000.sos.ca.gov/returns/pres/00.htm |archivedate=February 16, 2015 }}</ref> After his run, Trump left the party due to the involvement of [[David Duke]], [[Pat Buchanan]], and [[Lenora Fulani]].<ref name="NYTimes.Revolution">{{cite news |first=Donald J. |last=Trump |title=What I Saw at the Revolution |date=February 19, 2000 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/19/opinion/what-i-saw-at-the-revolution.html}}</ref> Trump also considered running for president in 2004.<ref>{{cite news |last=Travis |first=Shannon |title=Was he ever serious? How Trump strung the country along, again |url=https://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/05/16/trump.again/ |publisher=[[CNN]] |accessdate=June 7, 2015 |date=May 17, 2011}}</ref> In 2005, Trump said that he voted for [[George W. Bush]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/2005/01/20/donald-trump-in-no-spin-zone.html |title=Donald Trump in the No Spin Zone |publisher=[[Fox News]] |date=January 20, 2005 |accessdate=June 17, 2018}}</ref> In 2008, he endorsed Republican [[John McCain]] for president.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/18/trump-endorses-mccain/ |title=Trump endorses McCain |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=September 18, 2008 |accessdate=July 12, 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Donald Trump (5440995138).jpg|thumb|left|Trump speaking at the [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] in February 2011]]

==== 2012 presidential speculation ====
Trump publicly speculated about running for president in [[United States presidential election, 2012|the 2012 election]], and made his first speaking appearance at the [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] (CPAC) in February 2011. The speech is credited for helping kick-start his political career within the Republican Party.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.towleroad.com/2011/02/goproud-leads-trump-in-2012-movement-at-cpac/ |title=GOProud Leads 'Trump in 2012' Movement at CPAC |publisher=[[Towleroad.com]] |date=February 10, 2011}}</ref>
On May 16, 2011, Trump announced he would not run for president in the 2012 election.<ref name=cnnnotrunning>{{cite news |author=CNN Political Unit |title=Trump not running for president |url=https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/16/breaking-trump-not-running-for-president/ |date=May 16, 2011 |publisher=[[CNN]] |accessdate=May 16, 2011}}</ref> In February 2012, Trump endorsed [[Mitt Romney]] for president.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump endorses Romney, cites tough China position and electability |date=February 2, 2012 |publisher=[[Fox News]] |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/02/trump-plans-to-endorse-romney-sources-say.html}}</ref>

Trump's presidential ambitions were generally not taken seriously at the time.<ref>{{cite news |last1=MacAskill |first1=Ewen |title=Donald Trump bows out of 2012 US presidential election race |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/16/donald-trump-us-presidential-race |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=May 16, 2011| quote="Few US political commentators took his campaign seriously and many suggested he was only in it for the publicity."}}</ref> Trump's moves were interpreted by some media as possible promotional tools for his reality show ''The Apprentice''.<ref name=cnnnotrunning /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2011/0210/Donald-Trump-says-he-might-run-for-president.-Three-reasons-he-won-t |title=Donald Trump says he might run for president. Three reasons he won't. |work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] |date=February 10, 2011 |accessdate=April 21, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/11/donald-trump-cpac-president-act_n_821923.html |title=Donald Trump Brings His 'Pretend To Run For President' Act To CPAC |work=[[HuffPost]] |accessdate=April 21, 2011 |first=Jason |last=Linkins |date=February 11, 2011}}</ref> Before the 2016 election, The New York Times speculated that Trump "accelerated his ferocious efforts to gain stature within the political world" after Obama lampooned him at the [[White House Correspondents' Association]] Dinner in April 2011.<ref>Haberman, Maggie and Alexander Burns. [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/13/us/politics/donald-trump-campaign.html "Donald Trump's Presidential Run Began in an Effort to Gain Stature."] ''New York Times''. March 12, 2016. April 13, 2018.</ref>

==== 2013–2015 ====
In 2013, Trump was a featured CPAC speaker.<ref name="CPAC1">{{cite news |title=Donald Trump to address CPAC |url=https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/donald-trump-address-cpac-205409450--politics.html |publisher=[[Yahoo! News]] |accessdate=March 6, 2013}}</ref> In a sparsely-attended speech, he railed against illegal immigration while seeming to encourage immigration from Europe, bemoaned Obama's "unprecedented media protection", advised against harming Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and suggested that the government "take" Iraq's oil and use the proceeds to pay a million dollars each to families of dead soldiers.<ref>{{cite news |first=Lucy |last=Madison |title=Trump: Immigration reform a "suicide mission" for GOP |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=[[CBS News]] |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-immigration-reform-a-suicide-mission-for-gop/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Dan |last=Amira |title=Photos of Donald Trump Delivering His Self-Aggrandizing CPAC Speech to a Half-Empty Ballroom |date=March 15, 2013 |website=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] (magazine) |url=https://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/03/donald-trump-cpac-speech-empty-seat-photos.html}}</ref> He spent over $1 million that year to research a possible 2016 candidacy.<ref name="NYPost2016">{{cite news |title=Trump researching 2016 run |date=May 27, 2013 |website=[[Page Six]] |url=https://pagesix.com/2013/05/27/trump-researching-2016-run/}}</ref>

In October 2013, New York Republicans circulated a memo suggesting Trump should run for governor of the state in 2014 against [[Andrew Cuomo]]. Trump responded that while New York had problems and its taxes were too high, he was not interested in the governorship.<ref>{{cite news |last=Spector |first=Joseph |title=N.Y. Republicans want Donald Trump to run for governor |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/10/14/trump-new-york-governor/2979589/ |work=[[USA Today]] |date=October 14, 2013 |accessdate=October 31, 2013}}</ref> A February 2014 Quinnipiac poll had shown Trump losing to the more popular Cuomo by 37 points in a hypothetical election.<ref>{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Jake |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-trumped-by-andrew-cuomo-in-new-york-governor-race-poll-finds/ |title=Trump trumped by Cuomo in N.Y. governor race, poll finds |date=February 13, 2014 |publisher=[[CBS News]] |accessdate=February 9, 2017}}</ref> In February 2015, Trump told NBC that he was not prepared to sign on for another season of ''The Apprentice'', as he mulled his political future.<ref name=Feely1>{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Feely |title=Trump won't renew 'Apprentice' so that he might focus on a presidential run |date=February 27, 2015 |website=[[New Hampshire Union Leader]] |url=https://www.unionleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20150227/NEWS0605/150229334 |accessdate=July 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712222329/http://www.unionleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20150227%2FNEWS0605%2F150229334 |archive-date=July 12, 2018 |dead-url=yes }}</ref>

=== 2016 presidential campaign ===

==== Republican primaries ====
{{Main|Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016}}
[[File:Donald Trump Laconia Rally, Laconia, NH 4 by Michael Vadon July 16 2015 19.jpg|thumb|alt=Trump speaking behind a brown wooden podium, wearing a dark blue suit and a red tie. The podium sports a blue "TRUMP" sign.|Trump campaigning in [[Laconia, New Hampshire]], July 2015]]
On June 16, 2015, Trump announced his candidacy for President of the United States at Trump Tower in Manhattan. In the speech, Trump discussed [[Illegal immigration to the United States|illegal immigration]], [[offshoring]] of American jobs, the [[U.S. national debt]], and [[Islamic terrorism]], which all remained large priorities during the campaign. He also announced his campaign slogan: "[[Make America Great Again]]".<ref name="6/15/15transcript">{{cite speech |url=https://time.com/3923128/donald-trump-announcement-speech/ |title=Here's Donald Trump's Presidential Announcement Speech |via=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |first=Donald |last=Trump |author-link=Donald Trump |date=June 16, 2015 |location=Trump Tower, New York City}} ''Transcript of full speech''</ref><ref name="AnnouncingCandidacy">{{cite web |title=Donald Trump Presidential Campaign Announcement Full Speech (C-SPAN) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apjNfkysjbM |website=YouTube |publisher=[[C-SPAN]] |accessdate=June 2, 2018 |format=Video |date=June 16, 2015}}</ref> Trump said his wealth would make him immune to pressure from campaign donors.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/donald-trump-2016-announcement-10-best-lines-119066 |first=Adam B. |last=Lerner |title=The 10 best lines from Donald Trump's announcement speech |work=[[Politico]]| date=June 16, 2015 |accessdate=June 7, 2018}}</ref> He declared that he was funding his own campaign,<ref>{{cite tweet |user=realDonaldTrump |author-link=Donald Trump |number=640280850182090752 |title=By self-funding my campaign, I am not controlled by my donors, special interests or lobbyists. I am only working for the people of the U.S.! |date=September 5, 2015 |accessdate=June 7, 2018}}</ref> but according to ''The Atlantic'', "Trump's claims of self-funding have always been dubious at best and actively misleading at worst."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/trumps-self-funding-lie/482691/ |title=The Lie of Trump's 'Self-Funding' Campaign |work=[[The Atlantic]] |first=David A. |last=Graham |date=May 13, 2016 |accessdate=June 7, 2018}}</ref>

In the primaries, Trump stood among seventeen candidates vying for the 2016 Republican nomination; this was the largest presidential field in American history.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://time.com/3948922/jim-gilmore-virginia-2016/|title=More People Are Running for Presidential Nomination Than Ever|last=Linshi|first=Jack|date=July 7, 2015|accessdate=February 14, 2016|website=Time}}</ref> Trump's campaign was initially not taken seriously by political analysts, but he quickly rose to the top of opinion polls.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/123228/how-donald-trump-evolved-joke-almost-serious-candidate|title=How Donald Trump Evolved From a Joke to an Almost Serious Candidate|work=[[The New Republic]]|accessdate=July 23, 2018}}</ref>

On [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016#March 1, 2016: Super Tuesday|Super Tuesday]], Trump won the plurality of the vote, and he remained the front-runner throughout the remainder of the primaries. By March 2016, Trump became poised to win the Republican nomination.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/03/23/why-donald-trump-is-poised-to-win-the-nomination-and-lose-the-general-election-in-one-poll/|title=Why Donald Trump is poised to win the nomination and lose the general election, in one poll|last=Bump|first=Philip|date=March 23, 2016|work=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> After a landslide win in [[Indiana Republican primary, 2016|Indiana]] on May 3, 2016—which prompted the remaining candidates Cruz and [[John Kasich]] to suspend their presidential campaigns—[[Republican National Committee|RNC]] Chairman [[Reince Priebus]] declared Trump the presumptive Republican nominee.<ref name="politico_priebus">{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/reince-priebus-donald-trump-is-nominee-222767|title=RNC Chairman: Trump is our nominee|last=Nussbaum|first=Matthew|date=May 3, 2016|accessdate=May 4, 2016|work=[[Politico]]}}</ref>

=== General election ===
{{Main|Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016}}
After becoming the presumptive Republican nominee, Trump shifted his focus to the [[United States presidential election, 2016|general election]]. Trump began campaigning against Hillary Clinton, who became the presumptive Democratic nominee on June 6, 2016.

Clinton had established a significant lead over Trump in [[Nationwide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2016|national polls]] throughout most of 2016. In early July, Clinton's lead narrowed in national polling averages following the FBI's re-opening of its investigation into her ongoing [[Hillary Clinton email controversy|email controversy]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/amp/poll-clinton-trump-now-tied-gop-convention-kicks-n611936 |title=Poll: Clinton and Trump Now Tied as GOP Convention Kicks Off |last1=Hartig |first1=Hannah |date=July 19, 2016 |publisher=[[NBC News]] |last2=Lapinski |first2=John |last3=Psyllos |first3=Stephanie}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2016-general-election-trump-vs-clinton |title=2016 General Election: Trump vs. Clinton |accessdate=October 3, 2016 |website=[[HuffPost]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_clinton-5491.html |title=General Election: Trump vs. Clinton |accessdate=October 3, 2016 |website=RealClearPolitics}}</ref>

[[File:Donald Trump and Mike Pence RNC July 2016.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Donald Trump and his running mate for vice president, Mike Pence. They appear to be standing in front of a huge screen with the colors of the American flag displayed on it. Trump is at left, facing toward the viewer and making "thumbs-up" gestures with both hands. Pence is at right, facing toward Trump and clapping.|Candidate Trump and running mate [[Mike Pence]] at the [[Republican National Convention]], July 2016]]
On July 15, 2016, Trump announced his selection of Indiana Governor [[Mike Pence]] as his running mate.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/15/donald-trump-officially-names-mike-pence-as-his-vp.html|title=Donald Trump officially names Mike Pence for VP|last=Levingston|first=Ivan|date=July 15, 2016|publisher=[[CNBC]]}}</ref> Four days later on July 19, Trump and Pence were officially nominated by the Republican Party at the Republican National Convention.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/07/19/republicans-start-process-to-nominate-trump-for-president.html |title=Trump closes the deal, becomes Republican nominee for president |date=July 19, 2016 |publisher=[[Fox News]]}}</ref> The list of convention speakers and attendees included former presidential nominee [[Bob Dole]], but the other prior nominees did not attend.<ref name="missing">{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-conventions/9-elephants-room-rnc-what-s-missing-speakers-list-n609471 |title=9 Elephants in the Room at RNC: Who's Missing From the Speakers List |last=Timm |first=Jane C. |date=July 17, 2016 |accessdate=August 16, 2016 |publisher=[[NBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/05/politics/john-mccain-jeff-flake-donald-trump/ |title=Flake, McCain split over backing Trump |last=Raju |first=Manu |date=May 5, 2016 |accessdate=May 7, 2016 |publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref>

Two days later, Trump officially accepted the nomination in a 76-minute speech. The historically long speech received mixed reviews, with net negative viewer reactions according to CNN and Gallup polls.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-rnc-ratings-20160722-snap-story.html |title=35 million TV viewers watch Donald Trump's acceptance speech at GOP convention |last=Battaglio |first=Stephen |date=July 22, 2016 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |accessdate=July 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/25/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-poll/index.html |title=Trump bounces into the lead |last=Agiesta |first=Jennifer |accessdate=August 3, 2016 |publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/194000/first-time-trump-image-par-clinton.aspx |title=For First Time, Trump's Image on Par With Clinton's |last=Newport |first=Frank |date=July 26, 2016 |accessdate=August 3, 2016 |website=[[Gallup (company)|Gallup News]]}}</ref>

On September 26, 2016, Trump and Clinton faced off in [[United States presidential election debates, 2016#First presidential debate (Hofstra University)|their first presidential debate]], which was held at [[Hofstra University]] in [[Hempstead, New York]], and moderated by [[NBC News]] anchor [[Lester Holt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uspresidentialelectionnews.com/2016-debate-schedule/2016-presidential-debate-schedule/|title=2016 Presidential Debate Schedule|last=Central|first=2016 Election|date=September 23, 2015|accessdate=September 30, 2016}}</ref> The TV broadcast was the most watched presidential debate in United States history.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/09/27/media/debate-ratings-record-viewership/index.html|title=Debate breaks record as most-watched in U.S. history|last=Stelter|first=Brian|date=September 27, 2016|accessdate=September 30, 2016|publisher=[[CNNMoney]]}}</ref> The [[United States presidential election debates, 2016#Second presidential debate (Washington University in St. Louis)|second presidential debate]] was held at [[Washington University in Saint Louis|Washington University]] in Saint Louis, Missouri. The beginning of that debate was dominated by references to a recently leaked tape of [[Donald Trump and Billy Bush recording|Trump making sexually explicit comments]], which Trump countered by referring to alleged sexual misconduct on the part of Bill Clinton. Prior to the debate, Trump had invited four women who had accused Clinton of impropriety to a press conference. The [[United States presidential election debates, 2016#Third presidential debate (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)|final presidential debate]] was held on October 19 at the [[University of Nevada, Las Vegas]]. Trump's refusal to say whether he would accept the result of the election, regardless of the outcome, drew particular attention, with some saying it undermined democracy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-37706499|title=US presidential debate: Trump won't commit to accept election result|date=October 20, 2016|accessdate=October 27, 2016|publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-20/how-the-us-media-viewed-the-third-presidential-debate/7950418|title=How US media reacted to the third presidential debate|date=October 20, 2016|accessdate=October 27, 2016|publisher=[[ABC News]]}}</ref>

=== Political positions ===
{{Main|Political positions of Donald Trump}}
Trump's campaign platform emphasized renegotiating [[U.S.–China relations]] and free trade agreements such as [[NAFTA]] and the [[Trans-Pacific Partnership]], strongly enforcing immigration laws, and building [[Mexico–United States barrier|a new wall]] along the U.S.–Mexico border. His other campaign positions included pursuing [[energy independence]] while opposing climate change regulations such as the [[Clean Power Plan]] and the [[Paris Agreement]], modernizing and expediting [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs#Benefits|services for veterans]], repealing and replacing the [[Affordable Care Act]], abolishing [[Common Core]] education standards, [[Infrastructure-based development|investing in infrastructure]], simplifying the [[Internal Revenue Code|tax code]] while reducing taxes for all economic classes, and imposing [[tariff]]s on imports by companies that offshore jobs. During the campaign, he also advocated a largely [[United States non-interventionism|non-interventionist]] approach to foreign policy while increasing military spending, extreme vetting or banning immigrants from Muslim-majority countries<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37982000|title=Trump's promises before and after election|date=September 19, 2017|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> to pre-empt domestic Islamic terrorism, and aggressive military action against the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]].

His political positions have been described as [[Populism|populist]],<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=What Is Populism?|last=Muller|first=Jan-Werner|publisher=[[University of Pennsylvania Press]]|year=2016|isbn=978-0-8122-9378-4|location=|page=101|quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/27/magazine/how-can-donald-trump-and-bernie-sanders-both-be-populist.html|title=How Can Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Both Be 'Populist'?|last=Kazin|first=Michael|date=March 22, 2016|work=[[The New York Times Magazine]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/donald-trump-working-class-voters-219231|title=Trump's 6 populist positions|last=Becker|first=Bernie|date=February 13, 2016|website=[[Politico]]}}</ref> and some of his views cross party lines. For example, his economic campaign plan calls for large reductions in income taxes and deregulation,<ref name="Donaldjtrump.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/tax-reform|title=Tax Reform | Donald J Trump for President |publisher=Donaldjtrump.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104052211/https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/tax-reform |archivedate=January 4, 2016 |deadurl=yes |accessdate=January 6, 2016}}</ref> consistent with Republican Party policies, along with significant infrastructure investment,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/12/16/one-thing-donald-trump-got-right-about-how-the-u-s-is-spending-its-money/ |title=Liberals will love something Donald Trump said last night |last=Ehrenfreund |first=Max |date=December 16, 2015 |website=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> usually considered a Democratic Party policy.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-democrats-support-infrastructure-overhaul-pledge-1-trillion-rebuild-president-elect-a7488396.html |title=Democrats can finally agree with Donald Trump on something |last=Sharman |first=Jon |date=December 21, 2016 |accessdate=December 21, 2016 |website=[[The Independent]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/trump-infrastructure-cities/512432/ |title=Would Trump's Infrastructure Plan Fix America's Cities? |last=Williams |first=Mason B. |date=January 7, 2017 |website=[[The Atlantic]]}}</ref> According to political writer [[Jack Shafer]], Trump may be a "fairly conventional American populist when it comes to his policy views", but he attracts [[earned media|free media attention]], sometimes by making outrageous comments.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/did-media-reporters-create-trump-2016-campaign-213840 |title=Did We Create Trump? |last=Shafer |first=Jack |date=May 2016 |quote=... Trump's outrageous comments about John McCain, Muslims, the 14th Amendment and all the rest ...|website=[[Politico]]}}</ref>{{sfn|Trump|Schwartz|2009|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ye6e_VxM00kC&pg=PA56 56]}}

Trump has supported or leaned toward varying political positions over time.<ref name="davida.fahrenthold">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/08/17/20-times-donald-trump-has-changed-his-mind-since-june/ |title=20 times Donald Trump has changed his mind since June |last=Fahrenthold |first=David A. |date=August 17, 2015 |work=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref name="thehillFLIP">{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/247643-meet-the-press-tracks-trumps-flip-flops |title='Meet the Press' tracks Trump's flip-flops |last=Hensch |first=Mark |date=July 12, 2015 |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref><ref name="real Donald">{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/will-the-real-donald-trump-please-stand-up-120607 |title=Will the real Donald Trump please stand up? |last=Noah |first=Timothy |date=July 26, 2015 |newspaper=[[Politico]]}}</ref> ''[[Politico]]'' has described his positions as "eclectic, improvisational and often contradictory",<ref name="real Donald" /> while NBC News counted "141 distinct shifts on 23 major issues" during his campaign.<ref name="nbcnews.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/full-list-donald-trump-s-rapidly-changing-policy-positions-n547801 |title=A Full List of Donald Trump's Rapidly Changing Policy Positions |last=Timm |first=Jane C. |accessdate=July 12, 2016 |publisher=[[NBC News]]}}</ref>

=== Campaign rhetoric ===
In his campaign, Trump said that he disdained [[political correctness]]; he also stated that the media had intentionally misinterpreted his words, and he made other claims of adverse [[media bias]].<ref name=Walsh-160724>{{cite news |first=Kenneth T. |last=Walsh |title=Trump: Media Is 'Dishonest and Corrupt' |date=August 15, 2016 |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-08-15/trump-media-is-dishonest-and-corrupt |quote='If the disgusting and corrupt media covered me honestly and didn't put false meaning into the words I say, I would be beating Hillary by 20 percent,' Trump also tweeted Sunday.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Ted |last=Koppel |title=Trump: "I feel I'm an honest person" |date=July 24, 2016 |publisher=[[CBS News]] |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-i-feel-im-an-honest-person/ |quote='Well, I think that I'm an honest person,' Trump said. 'I feel I'm an honest person. And I don't mind being criticized at all by the media, but I do wanna – you know, I do want them to be straight about it.'}}</ref><ref name=Blake-150706>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/06/donald-trumps-failing-war-on-political-correctness/ |title=Donald Trump is waging war on political correctness. And he's losing. |first=Aaron |last=Blake |date=July 6, 2015 |work=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> In part due to his fame, and due to his willingness to say things other candidates would not, and because a candidate who is gaining ground automatically provides a compelling news story, Trump received an unprecedented amount of [[earned media|free media coverage]] during his run for the presidency, which elevated his standing in the Republican primaries.<ref name=Cillizza-160614>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/06/14/this-harvard-study-is-a-powerful-indictment-of-the-medias-role-in-donald-trumps-rise/ |title=This Harvard study is a powerful indictment of the media's role in Donald Trump's rise |first=Chris |last=Cillizza |date=June 14, 2016 |work=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>

Fact-checking organizations have denounced Trump for making a record number of false statements compared to other candidates.<ref name="whoppers">{{cite news |url=https://www.factcheck.org/2015/12/the-king-of-whoppers-donald-trump/ |title=The 'King of Whoppers': Donald Trump |publisher=[[FactCheck.org]] |date=December 21, 2015}}</ref><ref name="year">{{cite web |url=https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2015/dec/21/2015-lie-year-donald-trump-campaign-misstatements/ |title=2015 Lie of the Year: the campaign misstatements of Donald Trump |publisher=[[PolitiFact]] |date=December 21, 2015 |first1=Angie Drobnic |last1=Holan |first2=Linda |last2=Qiu}}</ref><ref name="wapo-false">{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Farhi |title=Think Trump's wrong? Fact checkers can tell you how often. (Hint: A lot.) |date=February 26, 2016 |website=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-existential-crisis-of-professional-factcheckers-in-the-year-of-trump/2016/02/25/e994f210-db3e-11e5-81ae-7491b9b9e7df_story.html}}</ref> At least four major publications—''Politico'', ''The Washington Post'', ''The New York Times'', and the ''Los Angeles Times''—have pointed out lies or falsehoods in his campaign statements, with the ''Los Angeles Times'' saying that "Never in modern presidential politics has a major candidate made false statements as routinely as Trump has".<ref>{{cite news |publisher=[[CNN]] |url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/09/25/media/newspapers-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-lies/index.html |title=The weekend America's newspapers called Donald Trump a liar |first=Brian |last=Stelter |date=September 26, 2016}}</ref> [[NPR]] said that Trump's campaign statements were often opaque or suggestive.<ref>{{cite news |last=McCammon |first=Sarah |title=Donald Trump's controversial speech often walks the line |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=August 10, 2016 |quote=Many of Trump's opaque statements seem to rely on suggestion and innuendo.}}</ref>

Trump's penchant for [[hyperbole]] is believed to have roots in the New York real estate scene, where Trump established his wealth and where puffery abounds.<ref name="reuters-20150828" /> Trump has called his public speaking style "truthful hyperbole", an effective political tactic that may, however, backfire for overpromising.<ref name="reuters-20150828">{{cite news |first1=Emily |last1=Flitter |first2=James |last2=Oliphant |title=Best president ever! How Trump's love of hyperbole could backfire |date=August 28, 2015 |agency=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-hyperbole-insight-idUSKCN0QX11X20150828 |quote=Trump's penchant for exaggeration could backfire – he risks promising voters more than he can deliver ... Optimistic exaggeration ... is a hallmark of the cutthroat New York real estate world where many developers, accustomed to ramming their way into deals, puff up their portfolios. 'A little hyperbole never hurts,' he wrote ... For Trump, exaggerating has always been a frequent impulse, especially when the value of his Trump brand is disputed.}}</ref>

=== White supremacist support ===
According to [[Michael Barkun]], the Trump campaign was remarkable for bringing fringe ideas, beliefs, and organizations into the mainstream.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Barkun |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Barkun |year=2017 |title=President Trump and the ''Fringe'' |journal=[[Terrorism and Political Violence]] |volume=29 |issue=3 |page=437 |doi=10.1080/09546553.2017.1313649 |issn=1556-1836}}</ref> During his presidential campaign, Trump was accused of pandering to white supremacists.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lopez |first1=German |title=We need to stop acting like Trump isn't pandering to white supremacists |url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/8/13/16140504/trump-charlottesville-white-supremacists|accessdate=January 2, 2018 |work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |date=August 14, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Blow |first1=Charles M. |title=Is Trump a White Supremacist? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/opinion/trump-white-supremacist.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kharakh |first1=Ben |last2=Primack |first2=Dan |title=Donald Trump's Social Media Ties to White Supremacists |url=https://fortune.com/donald-trump-white-supremacist-genocide/ |work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |date=March 22, 2016}}</ref> He retweeted open racists,<ref>{{cite news |last1=White |first1=Daniel |title=Trump Criticized for Retweeting Racist Account |url=https://time.com/4190482/donald-trump-twitter-racist-retweet/ |work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=January 26, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=White Nationalists and the Alt-Right Celebrate Trump's Victory |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/11/09/white-nationalists-and-alt-right-celebrate-trump%E2%80%99s-victory |publisher=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]] |accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref> and repeatedly refused to condemn David Duke, the Ku Klux Klan or white supremacists, in an interview on CNN's ''[[State of the Union (TV series)|State of the Union]]'', saying that he would first need to "do research" because he knew nothing about Duke or white supremacists.<ref>{{cite news |title=Donald Trump Refuses to Condemn KKK, Disavow David Duke Endorsement |url=https://time.com/4240268/donald-trump-kkk-david-duke/ |accessdate=January 20, 2018 |work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=February 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lozada |first1=Carlos |title=Donald Trump and the alt-right: A marriage of convenience |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/book-party/wp/2016/12/30/donald-trump-and-the-alt-right-a-marriage-of-convenience/ |accessdate=March 18, 2017 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=December 30, 2016}}</ref> Duke himself was an enthusiastic supporter of Trump throughout the 2016 primary and election, and has stated that he and like-minded people voted for Trump because of his promises to "take our country back".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.vox.com/2017/8/12/16138358/charlottesville-protests-david-duke-kkk |title="Why we voted for Donald Trump": David Duke explains the white supremacist Charlottesville protests |last=Nelson |first=Libby |date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |accessdate=August 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/08/15/david-duke-reaction-trump-news-conference/570517001/ |title=Former KKK leader David Duke praises Trump for his 'courage' |last=Cummings |first=William |date=August 15, 2017 |work=[[USA Today]] |accessdate=August 18, 2018}}</ref>

After repeated questioning by reporters, Trump said that he disavowed David Duke and the KKK.<ref>{{cite news |title=Donald Trump 'Disavows' David Duke's Remarks on 'Jewish Extremists' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/05/donald-trump-is-pressured-to-reject-david-dukes-remarks-on-jewish-extremists/ |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 5, 2016 |first=Maggie |last=Haberman}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Trump disavows 'alt-right' supporters |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38069469 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=November 23, 2016}}</ref><ref name="cnnduke">{{cite news |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=March 3, 2016 |first=Eugene |last=Scott |title=Trump denounces David Duke, KKK |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/03/politics/donald-trump-disavows-david-duke-kkk/index.html}}</ref> Trump said on [[MSNBC]]'s ''[[Morning Joe]]'': "I disavowed him. I disavowed the KKK. Do you want me to do it again for the 12th time? I disavowed him in the past, I disavow him now."<ref name="cnnduke"/>

The [[alt-right]] movement coalesced around Trump's candidacy,<ref name="WPechoes">{{cite news |last=Ohlheiser |first=Abby |title=Anti-Semitic Trump supporters made a giant list of people to target with a racist meme |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/06/03/anti-semitic-trump-supporters-made-a-giant-list-of-people-to-target-with-a-racist-meme/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=June 3, 2016}}</ref> due in part to its [[opposition to multiculturalism]] and [[Opposition to immigration|immigration]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Weigel |first=David |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/racial-realists-are-cheered-by-trumps-latest-strategy/2016/08/20/cd71e858-6636-11e6-96c0-37533479f3f5_story.html |title ='Racialists' are cheered by Trump's latest strategy |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=August 20, 2016 |accessdate=June 23, 2018}}</ref><ref name="CNNexplained">{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/25/politics/alt-right-explained-hillary-clinton-donald-trump/ |title=Clinton is attacking the 'Alt-Right' – What is it? |first=Gregory |last=Krieg |accessdate=August 25, 2016 |date=August 25, 2016 |publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref><ref name="ft">{{cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e148d930-6cdb-11e6-9ac1-1055824ca907.html |title='Alt-right' movement makes mark on US presidential election |first=Demetri |last=Sevastopulo |work=[[Financial Times]]}}</ref>
Members of the alt-right enthusiastically supported Trump's campaign.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hawley |first1=George |title=Making Sense of the Alt-Right |date=2017 |publisher=[[Columbia University Press]] |isbn=978-0-231-54600-3}}</ref>
In August 2016, he appointed [[Steve Bannon]]—the executive chairman of [[Breitbart News]]—as his campaign CEO; Bannon described Breitbart News as "the platform for the alt-right."<ref>{{cite news |title=Clickbait scoops and an engaged alt-right: everything to know about Breitbart News |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/nov/15/breitbart-news-alt-right-stephen-bannon-trump-administration |accessdate=November 18, 2016 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=November 15, 2016 |first=Jason |last=Wilson}}</ref> Trump personally condemned the alt-right in an interview after the election.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump disavows 'alt-right' supporters |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38069469 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=November 22, 2016 |accessdate=October 25, 2017}}</ref>

=== Financial disclosures ===
As a presidential candidate, Trump disclosed details of his companies, assets, and revenue sources to the extent required by the FEC. His 2015 report listed assets above $1.4 billion and outstanding debts of at least $265 million.<ref name="Yahoo News FEC">{{cite news |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-wealth-details-released-federal-regulators-165854286--finance.html/ |publisher=[[Yahoo! News]] |title=Donald Trump wealth details released by federal regulators |accessdate=August 9, 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801033902/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-wealth-details-released-federal-regulators-165854286--finance.html |archivedate=August 1, 2015}}</ref><ref name="images.businessweek.com">[https://images.businessweek.com/cms/2015-07-22/7-22-15-Report.pdf Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure Report] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075146/https://images.businessweek.com/cms/2015-07-22/7-22-15-Report.pdf |date=March 4, 2016 }} (U.S. OGE Form 278e). ''[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]''. July 15, 2015.</ref> The 2016 form showed little change.<ref name="cnn-20160519" />

Trump [[Donald Trump's tax returns|did not release his tax returns]] during his presidential campaign or afterward,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/05/11/romney-calls-decision-by-trump-not-to-release-tax-returns-disqualifying.html |title=Romney calls decision by Trump not to release tax returns 'disqualifying' |date=May 11, 2016 |accessdate=July 18, 2016 |publisher=[[Fox News]]}}</ref><ref name="cc180417">{{cite news |last=Cillizza |first=Chris |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/17/politics/tax-day-trump-returns/index.html |title=Happy Tax Day! Donald Trump still has never released his tax returns! |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=April 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 9, 2018}}</ref> contrary to usual practice by every candidate since [[Gerald Ford]] in 1976 and to his promise in 2014 to do so if he ran for office.<ref name="Rappeport">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/11/donald-trump-breaks-with-recent-history-by-not-releasing-tax-returns/ |title=Donald Trump Breaks With Recent History by Not Releasing Tax Returns |last=Rappeport |first=Alan |date=May 11, 2016 |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=July 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="jd170126">{{cite news |last=Disis |first=Jill |url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/01/23/news/economy/donald-trump-tax-returns/index.html |title=Presidential tax returns: It started with Nixon. Will it end with Trump? |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=January 26, 2017 |accessdate=June 9, 2018}}</ref><ref name="kpe160226">{{cite news |last=Erb |first=Kelly Phillip |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2016/02/26/trump-wont-release-tax-returns-citing-irs-audit-is-it-a-legitimate-excuse/#1b365d58736c |title=Trump Won't Release Tax Returns, Citing IRS Audit: Is It A Legitimate Excuse? |work=[[Forbes]] |date=August 12, 2016 |accessdate=June 9, 2018}}</ref> Trump's refusal led to speculation that he was hiding something.<ref name="Collinson25Feb">{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/24/politics/mitt-romney-donald-trump-taxes/ |title=Donald Trump rejects Mitt Romney's ironic tax attack |last1=Collinson |first1=Stephen |date=February 25, 2016 |accessdate=February 25, 2016 |publisher=[[CNN]] |last2=Diamond |first2=Jeremy |last3=Khan |first3=Hasan}}</ref> He said that his tax returns were being audited, and his lawyers had advised him against releasing them.<ref name="CNNtax26Feb">{{cite news |url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/02/26/pf/taxes/trump-tax-returns-audit/ |title=Trump says he can't release tax returns because of audits |last=Isidore |first=Chris |date=February 26, 2016 |accessdate=February 26, 2016 |last2=Sahadi |first2=Jeanne |publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref><ref name="Browning26Feb">{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-02-26/trump-s-12-years-of-audits-very-unusual-ex-irs-agent-says |title=Trump's 12 Years of Audits 'Very Unusual,' Ex-IRS Agent Says |last=Browning |first=Lynnley |date=February 26, 2016 |publisher=[[Bloomberg News]] |accessdate=February 26, 2016}}</ref> Trump has told the press that his tax rate was none of their business, and that he tries to pay "as little tax as possible".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/13/politics/donald-trump-tax-rate-none-of-your-business/ |title=Trump on his tax rate: 'None of your business' |last=Kopan |first=Tal |date=May 13, 2016 |publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref><ref name="Politico24Jan">{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/donald-trump-tax-returns-218160 |title=Trump vows to release his tax returns |last=Wilhelm |first=Colin |date=January 24, 2016 |work=[[Politico]] |accessdate=February 22, 2016 |quote=It's a little tax}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2016/02/26/468278769/fact-check-donald-trump-cant-release-his-taxes-while-being-audited |title=Fact-Check: Donald Trump Can't Release His Taxes While Being Audited? |last=Zarroli |first=Jim |date=February 26, 2016 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref>

In October 2016, portions of Trump's state filings for 1995 were leaked to a reporter from ''The New York Times''. They show that Trump declared a loss of $916 million that year, which could have let him avoid taxes for up to 18 years. During the second presidential debate, Trump acknowledged using the deduction, but declined to provide details such as the specific years it was applied.<ref name="nyt-20161010">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/10/us/politics/donald-trump-taxes.html |title=Donald Trump Acknowledges Not Paying Federal Income Taxes for Years |last1=Eder |first1=Steve |date=October 10, 2016 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |last2=Twohey |first2=Megan}}</ref> He said that he did use the tax code to avoid paying taxes.<ref name="2debatetranscript">{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/2016-presidential-debate-transcript-229519 |title=Full transcript: Second 2016 presidential debate |author=Politico Staff |work=[[Politico]] |date=October 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/10/01/us/politics/donald-trump-taxes.html |title=Pages From Donald Trump's 1995 Income Tax Records |date=October 1, 2016 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-taxes.html |title=Donald Trump Tax Records Show He Could Have Avoided Taxes for Nearly Two Decades, The Times Found |first=David |last=Barstow |first2=Susanne |last2=Craig |first3=Russ |last3=Buettner |first4=Megan |last4=Twohey |date=October 1, 2016 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

On March 14, 2017, the first two pages of Trump's 2005 federal income tax returns were leaked to [[Rachel Maddow]] and shown on [[MSNBC]]. The document states that Trump had a gross adjusted income of $150 million and paid $38 million in federal taxes. The White House confirmed the authenticity of these documents and stated: "Despite this substantial income figure and tax paid, it is totally illegal to steal and publish tax returns."<ref name="nyt-taxes">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/us/politics/donald-trump-taxes.html |title=Trump Wrote Off $100 Million in Business Losses in 2005 |last1=Baker |first1=Peter |last2=Drucker |first2=Jesse |last3=Craig |first3=Susanne |last4=Barstow |first4=David |date=March 15, 2017 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=March 15, 2017}}</ref><ref name="hill-taxes">{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/324016-wh-releases-trump-tax-info-ahead-of-msnbc-report-made-150m-in-2005 |title=WH releases Trump tax info ahead of MSNBC report: He paid $38M in federal taxes in '05 |last1=Jagoda |first1=Naomi |accessdate=March 15, 2017 |website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>

=== Sexual misconduct allegations ===
{{Main|Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations}}
A total of 19 women have accused Trump of sexual misconduct {{as of|2017|12|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/what-about-the-19-women-who-accused-trump/547724/ |title=What About the 19 Women Who Accused Trump of Sexual Misconduct? |last=Ford |first=Matt |website=[[The Atlantic]] |date=December 7, 2017}}</ref> Trump and his campaign have denied {{as of|2016|10|lc=y}} all of the sexual misconduct accusations, which Trump has called "false smears", and alleged a conspiracy against him.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/10/12/media/new-york-times-donald-trump-lawsuit-threat/|title=Donald Trump threatens to sue New York Times over sexual harassment report|last=Byers|first=Dylan|date=October 12, 2016|accessdate=October 13, 2016|publisher=[[CNNMoney]]}}</ref><ref name="Fox Trump demands retraction">{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/10/13/trump-demands-nyt-retracts-libelous-article-about-alleged-assault-as-new-claims-emerge.html |title=Trump demands NYT retracts 'libelous article' about alleged assault as new claims emerge |date=October 13, 2016 |accessdate=October 13, 2016 |publisher=[[Fox News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/us/politics/donald-trump-women.html |title=Donald Trump Calls Allegations by Women 'False Smears' |last1=Healy |first1=Patrick |last2=Rappeport |first2=Alan |date=October 13, 2016 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=October 13, 2016}}</ref>

Two days before the [[United States presidential election debates, 2016#Second presidential debate (Washington University in St. Louis)|second presidential debate]], a [[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|2005 recording]] surfaced in which Trump was heard bragging about forcibly kissing and groping women.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-surrogates-have-their-own-baggage-women-voters-n673056|title=Donald Trump Surrogates Have Their Own Baggage With Women Voters|last=Sakuma|first=Amanda|date=October 26, 2016|publisher=[[NBC News]]|quote=... newly unearthed audio recordings showed Trump bragging about forcibly kissing women and grabbing them by the genitals.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/10/14/more-women-accuse-donald-trump-aggressive-sexual-behavior/Dq1F8bLwre4dOAgEeFazxN/story.html|title=More women accuse Trump of aggressive sexual behavior|last=Jan|first=Tracy|date=October 14, 2016|quote=Trump has been confronted with a slew of allegations of sexual misconduct over the past week, starting with a report in ''The Washington Post'' of a 2005 tape featuring him bragging about forcibly kissing women and grabbing them by the genitals.|website=[[The Boston Globe]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/09/us-election-donald-trump-calls-republican-leaders-traitors-and-h/|title=US presidential debate recap: Polls split on whether Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton won poisonous argument|last1=Lawler|first1=David|date=October 13, 2016|last2=Henderson|first2=Barney|quote=... it was a matter of minutes before the lewd tape, in which Mr Trump brags about 'grabbing p----' and forcibly kissing women, was brought up.|last3=Allen|first3=Nick|last4=Sherlock|first4=Ruth|website=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref> The [[Microphone gaffe|hot mic]] recording was captured on a studio bus in which Trump and [[Billy Bush]] were preparing to film an episode of ''[[Access Hollywood]].'' In the tape, Trump said: "I just start kissing them ... I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it, you can do anything ... grab 'em by the pussy."<ref name=NBC080716>{{cite news |last1=Timm |first1=Jane C. |title=Trump caught on hot mic making lewd comments about women in 2005 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-hot-mic-when-you-re-star-you-can-do-n662116 |publisher=[[NBC News]] |date=October 7, 2016 |accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref> During the recording, Trump also spoke of his efforts to seduce a married woman, saying he "moved on her very heavily".<ref name=NBC080716 />

Trump's language on the tape was described by the media as "vulgar", "sexist", and descriptive of [[sexual assault]]. The incident prompted him to make his first public apology during the campaign,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/08/us/politics/donald-trump-women.html |title=Donald Trump Apology Caps Day of Outrage Over Lewd Tape |last1=Burns |first1=Alexander |date=October 7, 2016 |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=October 8, 2016 |last2=Haberman |first2=Maggie |last3=Martin |first3=Jonathan |author2link=Maggie Haberman}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://crcconnection.com/2016/10/08/donald-trumps-vulgar-conversation-about-women-caught-on-hot.html |title=Donald Trump's vulgar conversation about women caught on hot mic |last=Jensen |first=Salvatore |date=October 8, 2016 |work=Cosumnes Connection |accessdate=October 8, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009190958/https://crcconnection.com/2016/10/08/donald-trumps-vulgar-conversation-about-women-caught-on-hot.html |archivedate=October 9, 2016}}</ref> and caused outrage across the political spectrum,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/299895-kaine-on-lewd-trump-tapes-makes-me-sick-to-my-stomach |title=Kaine on lewd Trump tapes: 'Makes me sick to my stomach' |last=Hagen |first=Lisa |date=October 7, 2016 |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |accessdate=October 8, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://fox59.com/2016/10/08/pence-to-fill-in-for-donald-trump-saturday-following-video-leak/ |title=Pence to fill in for Donald Trump Saturday following video leak |last=Stacey |first=Madison |date=October 8, 2016 |accessdate=October 8, 2016 |publisher=[[WXIN-TV]] |location=Indianapolis, Indiana}}</ref> with many Republicans withdrawing their endorsements of his candidacy and some urging him to quit the race.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/07/the-gops-brutal-responses-to-the-new-trump-video-broken-down/ |title=Here's the fast-growing list of Republicans calling for Donald Trump to drop out |last=Blake |first=Aaron |date=October 8, 2016 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |accessdate=October 8, 2016}}</ref> Subsequently, at least 15 women<ref name="Vox">{{cite news |url=https://www.vox.com/2016/10/13/13269448/trump-sexual-assault-allegations |title=A brief guide to the 17 women Trump has allegedly assaulted, groped or harassed |last1=Nelson |first1=Libby |last2=Frostenson |first2=Sarah |date=October 20, 2016 |accessdate=October 21, 2016 |publisher=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]}}</ref> came forward with new accusations of sexual misconduct, including unwanted kissing and groping, resulting in widespread media coverage.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-growing-list-of-women-who-have-stepped-forward-to-accuse-trump-of-touching-them-inappropriately/2016/10/15/a65ddf1c-92df-11e6-9c85-ac42097b8cc0_story.html |title=The growing list of women who have stepped forward to accuse Trump of touching them inappropriately |last1=Helderman |first1=Rosiland |work=[[The Washington Post]] |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-accusers-sexual-assault-153559631.html |title=The women who have accused Donald Trump |last=Stableford |first=Dylan |date=October 17, 2016 |publisher=[[Yahoo! News]] |accessdate=October 18, 2016}}</ref> In his two public statements in response to the controversy, Trump alleged that former President Bill Clinton had "abused women" and that Hillary had bullied her husband's victims.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-defends-lewd-2005-conversation-about-women-as-locker-room-banter/ |title="I never said I'm a perfect person," Trump says about lewd comments |date=October 7, 2016 |accessdate=December 11, 2016 |publisher=[[CBS News]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>

=== Election to the presidency ===
{{Main|United States presidential election, 2016}}
[[File:ElectoralCollege2016.svg|thumb|upright=1.5|2016 electoral vote results]]
On November 8, 2016, Trump received 306 pledged [[Electoral College (United States)|electoral votes]] versus 232 for Clinton. The official counts were 304 and 227 respectively, after [[Faithless electors in the United States presidential election, 2016|defections on both sides]].<ref>{{cite news |first1=Kiersten |last1=Schmidt |first2=Wilson |last2=Andrews |title=A Historic Number of Electors Defected, and Most Were Supposed to Vote for Clinton |date=December 19, 2016 |accessdate=January 31, 2017 |website=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/19/us/elections/electoral-college-results.html}}</ref> Trump received a smaller share of the popular vote than Clinton, which made him the fifth person to be elected president [[United States presidential elections in which the winner lost the popular vote|while losing the popular vote]].<ref>{{cite web|last = Desilver|first = Drew.|url = https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/12/20/why-electoral-college-landslides-are-easier-to-win-than-popular-vote-ones/| title = Trump's victory another example of how Electoral College wins are bigger than popular vote ones| website = [[Pew Research Center]]| date = December 20, 2017}}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|Records on this matter date from the year 1824. The number "five" includes the elections of 1824, 1876, 1888, 2000, and 2016. Despite their similarities, some of these five elections had peculiar results; e.g. [[John Quincy Adams]] trailed in ''both'' the national popular vote and the electoral college in 1824 (since no-one had a majority in the electoral college, Adams was chosen by the House of Representatives), and [[Samuel Tilden]] in 1876 remains the only losing candidate to win an actual majority of the popular vote (rather than just a [[Plurality (voting)|plurality]]).<ref>{{cite book|last = Thomas|first = G. Scott|title = Counting the Votes: A New Way to Analyze America's Presidential Elections|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=XvxPCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA125|page = 125|publisher = ABC-CLIO|date = 2015|isbn = 978-1-4408-3883-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last = Cheney|first = Kyle|url = https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/donald-trump-electoral-college-232665|title = Trump lawyer cites 1876 crisis to rebuke Electoral College suit| website = [[Politico]]|date = December 14, 2016}}</ref>}} Clinton was ahead nationwide by 2.1 percentage points, with 65,853,514 votes ({{percentage| 65,853,514| 136,669,276|2|pad=yes}}) to 62,984,828 votes ({{percentage| 62,984,828| 136,669,276|2|pad=yes}}); neither candidate reached a [[Majority rule|majority]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Official 2016 Presidential General Election Results |url=https://transition.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2016/federalelections2016.pdf |publisher=[[Federal Election Commission]] |date=December 2017 |accessdate=February 12, 2018}}</ref>

Trump's victory was considered a stunning political upset by most observers, as polls had consistently showed Hillary Clinton with a nationwide—though diminishing—lead, as well as a favorable advantage in most of the competitive states. Trump's support had been modestly underestimated throughout his campaign,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/election-results-2016-clinton-trump-231070 |title=Trump pulls off biggest upset in U.S. history |work=[[Politico]] |date=November 9, 2016 |first=Maxwell |last=Tani |accessdate=November 9, 2016}}</ref> and many observers blamed errors in polls, partially attributed to pollsters overestimating Clinton's support among well-educated and nonwhite voters, while underestimating Trump's support among white working-class voters.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/upshot/why-trump-won-working-class-whites.html |title=Why Trump Won: Working-Class Whites |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 9, 2016 |first=Nate |last=Cohn |accessdate=November 9, 2016}}</ref>
Actually, the polls were relatively accurate,<ref>{{cite news |work=[[FiveThirtyEight]] |date=January 17, 2017 |first=Nate |last=Silver |title=Can You Trust Trump's Approval Rating Polls? |url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/can-you-trust-polling-in-the-age-of-trump/}}</ref> but media outlets and pundits alike showed overconfidence in a Clinton victory despite a large number of undecided voters and a favorable concentration of Trump's core constituencies in competitive states.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[FiveThirtyEight]] |date=September 21, 2017 |first=Nate |last=Silver |title=The Media Has A Probability Problem |url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-media-has-a-probability-problem/}}</ref>

Trump won 30 states, including [[Michigan]], [[Pennsylvania]], and [[Wisconsin]], which had been called a [[Blue wall (politics)|blue wall]] of Democratic strongholds since the 1990s. Clinton won 20 states and the [[District of Columbia]].
Trump's victory marked the return of a Republican White House combined with [[United States Presidents and control of Congress|control of]] both chambers of [[United States Congress|Congress]].

Trump is [[List of Presidents of the United States by net worth|the wealthiest president in U.S. history]], even after [[Real versus nominal value (economics)|adjusting]] for [[inflation]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-richest-us-president-in-history-2017-1 |title=Donald Trump is officially the richest US president in history |last=Martin |first=Emmie |date=January 23, 2017 |work=[[Business Insider]] |accessdate=September 9, 2017}}</ref> He is also [[List of Presidents of the United States by previous experience|the first president without prior government or military service]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Peter |last=Weber |title=Donald Trump will be the first U.S. president with no government or military experience |date=November 9, 2016 |website=[[The Week]] |url=https://theweek.com/speedreads/660840/donald-trump-first-president-no-government-military-experience}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Jesse |last=Yomtov |title=Where Trump ranks among least experienced presidents |date=November 8, 2016 |website=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/11/08/donald-trump-experience-president/93504134/}}</ref><ref name="voxexp">{{cite news |url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/11/13587532/donald-trump-no-experience |title=Donald Trump will be the only US president ever with no political or military experience |last=Crockett |first=Zachary |date=November 11, 2016 |work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |accessdate=January 3, 2017}}</ref> Of the 43{{refn|group=nb|[[Grover Cleveland]] was the [[List of Presidents of the United States|22nd and 24th president]].<ref name="Will Trump Be The 44th Or 45th President? Yes And Yes NPR Ethics Handbook">{{cite news |title=Will Trump Be The 44th Or 45th President? Yes And Yes NPR Ethics Handbook |url=http://ethics.npr.org/memos-from-memmott/will-trump-be-the-44th-or-45th-president-yes-and-yes/ |publisher=[[NPR]] |accessdate=June 4, 2017}}</ref>}} previous presidents, 38 had held prior elective office, two had not held elective office but had served in the Cabinet, and three had never held public office but had been commanding generals.<ref name="voxexp" />

=== Protests ===
{{Main|Protests against Donald Trump}}
[[File:Women's March on Washington (32593123745).jpg|thumb|Women's March in Washington on January 21, 2017, a day after the inauguration]]
Some rallies during the primary season were accompanied by protests or violence, including attacks on Trump supporters and vice versa both inside and outside the venues.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/10/trump-protester-sucker-punched-at-north-carolina-rally-videos-show/|title=Trump supporter charged after sucker-punching protester at North Carolina rally|last=Moyer|first=Justin Wm.|date=March 11, 2016|work=[[The Washington Post]]|accessdate=August 31, 2016|last2=Starrs|first2=Jenny|last3=Larimer|first3=Sarah}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/06/03/ugly-bloody-scenes-in-san-jose-as-protesters-attack-trump-supporters-outside-rally/|title=Ugly, bloody scenes in San Jose as protesters attack Trump supporters outside rally|last=Sullivan|first=Sean|date=June 3, 2016|work=[[The Washington Post]]|accessdate=August 31, 2016|last2=Miller|first2=Michael E.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/27/politics/donald-trump-san-diego-protesters/|title=Pro-Trump, anti-Trump groups clash in San Diego|last=Diamond|first=Jeremy|date=May 28, 2016|accessdate=August 31, 2016|publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref> Trump's election victory sparked protests across the United States, in opposition to his policies and his inflammatory statements. Trump initially said on Twitter that these were "professional protesters, incited by the media", and were "unfair", but he later tweeted, "Love the fact that the small groups of protesters last night have passion for our great country."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/11/10/trump-tweet-professional-protesters-media/93624612/|title=Trump calls protests 'unfair' in first controversial tweet as president-elect|last=Cummings|first=William|date=November 11, 2016|work=[[USA Today]]|accessdate=November 27, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://uk.businessinsider.com/trump-tweets-that-protesters-have-passion-for-our-great-country-2016-11|title=Trump says protesters have 'passion for our great country' after calling demonstrations 'very unfair'|last=Colson|first=Thomas|date=November 11, 2016|newspaper=[[Business Insider]]|accessdate=November 14, 2016}}</ref>

In the weeks following Trump's inauguration, massive anti-Trump demonstrations took place, such as the [[2017 Women's March|Women Marches]], which gathered 2,600,000 people worldwide,<ref name="USAToday01a">{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/21/womens-march-aims-start-movement-trump-inauguration/96864158/|title=At 2.6 million strong, Women's Marches crush expectations|last1=Przybyla|first1=Heidi M.|date=January 22, 2017|work=[[USA Today]]|accessdate=January 22, 2017|last2=Schouten|first2=Fredreka|edition=online}}</ref> including 500,000 in Washington alone.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/womens-march-on-washington-pink-pussy-hat-500000-donald-trump-resist-latest-a7540396.html|title=We asked ten people why they felt empowered wearing a pink 'pussy' hat|last1=Buncombe|first1=Andrew|date=January 22, 2017|work=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=January 15, 2017}}</ref> Moreover, marches against his [[Executive Order 13769|travel ban]] began across the country on January 29, 2017, just nine days after his inauguration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thinkprogress.org/muslim-ban-protests-344f6e66022e/ |title=Here's your list of all the protests happening against the Muslim Ban – ThinkProgress |publisher=Thinkprogress.org |date= |accessdate=September 18, 2018}}</ref>

== Presidency ==
{{Main|Presidency of Donald Trump}}
{{for timeline|Timeline of the presidency of Donald Trump}}

=== Early actions ===
{{See also|Presidential transition of Donald Trump|First 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency}}
Trump was [[inauguration of Donald Trump|inaugurated]] as the 45th president of the United States on January 20, 2017. During his first week in office, he signed [[List of executive actions by Donald Trump#Executive orders|six executive orders]]: interim procedures in anticipation of repealing the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] (Obamacare), withdrawal from the [[Trans-Pacific Partnership]] negotiations, re-instatement of the [[Mexico City Policy]], unlocking the [[Keystone XL]] and [[Dakota Access Pipeline]] construction projects, reinforcing border security, and beginning the planning and design process to construct a [[Mexico–United States barrier#Trump administration|wall along the U.S. border with Mexico]].<ref name=exec-summary>{{cite news |last1=Quigley |first1=Aidan |title=All of Trump's executive actions so far |url=https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2017/01/all-trump-executive-actions-000288|accessdate=January 28, 2017 |work=[[Politico]] |date=January 25, 2017}}</ref>

On January 31, Trump [[Neil Gorsuch Supreme Court nomination|nominated]] U.S. Appeals Court judge [[Neil Gorsuch]] to fill the seat on the [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court]] previous held by Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] until his death in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-picks-colo-appeals-court-judge-neil-gorsuch-for-supreme-court/2017/01/31/2b08a226-e55e-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html |title=Trump picks Colo. appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court |last=Barnes |first=Robert |date=January 31, 2017 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |accessdate=February 1, 2017}}</ref>

=== Domestic policy ===

==== Economy and trade ====
{{Main|Economic policy of Donald Trump|Trump tariffs}}

In December 2017, Trump signed the [[Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017]], which cut the corporate tax rate to 21 percent, lowered personal tax brackets, increased child tax credit, doubled the [[Estate tax in the United States|estate tax]] threshold to $11.2 million, and limited the state and local tax deduction to $10,000.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/15/us/politics/final-republican-tax-bill-cuts.html |title=What's in the Final Republican Tax Bill |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |first1=Wilson |last1=Andrews |first2=Alicia |last2=Parlapiano |date=December 15, 2017 |accessdate=December 22, 2017}}</ref> The reduction in individual tax rates ends in 2025. While people would generally get a tax cut, those with higher incomes would see the most benefit.<ref name="BBC tax cuts">{{cite news |last1=Sherman |first1=Natalie |last2=Palumbo |first2=Daniele |title=Can Trump claim credit for bonus rush? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-42812453 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=January 26, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kurtzleben |first1=Danielle |title=CHARTS: See How Much Of GOP Tax Cuts Will Go To The Middle Class |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/12/19/571754894/charts-see-how-much-of-gop-tax-cuts-will-go-to-the-middle-class |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref> Households in the lower or middle class would also see a small tax increase after the tax cuts expire. The bill is estimated to increase deficits by $1.5 trillion over 10 years.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Seipel |first1=Arnie |last2=Kurtzleben |first2=Danielle |title=Trump Celebrates Legislative Win After Congress Passes $1.5 Trillion Tax Cut Bill |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/12/20/572157392/gop-poised-for-tax-victory-after-a-brief-delay |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=December 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Berman |first1=Russell |title=What's in—and Out of—the Final Republican Tax Bill |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/final-trump-republican-tax-bill-promises-details/548603/ |work=[[The Atlantic]] |date=December 12, 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Donald Trump in Ypsilanti (33998674940) (cropped2).jpg|thumb|Trump speaking to automobile workers in Michigan, March 2017]]
Trump has been described as a [[protectionist]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://business.financialpost.com/fp-comment/lawrence-solomon-donald-trumps-protectionism-fits-right-in-with-republicans |title=Lawrence Solomon: Donald Trump's protectionism fits right in with Republicans |accessdate=July 22, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-lays-out-protectionist-views-in-trade-speech-1467145538 |title=Donald Trump Lays Out Protectionist Views in Trade Speech |last=Epstein |first=Reid J. |date=June 28, 2016 |last2=Nelson |first2=Colleen McCain |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] {{subscription required}} |accessdate=July 22, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/11/us/politics/-trade-donald-trump-breaks-200-years-economic-orthodoxy-mercantilism.html |title=On Trade, Donald Trump Breaks With 200 Years of Economic Orthodoxy |last=Appelbaum |first=Binyamin |date=March 10, 2016 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=July 22, 2016}}</ref> because he criticized [[NAFTA]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-calls-nafta-a-disaster/ |title=Trump calls NAFTA a "disaster" |date=September 25, 2015 |publisher=[[CBS News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/07/06/news/economy/trump-nafta/ |title=Election 2016: Your money, your vote. Yes, 'President Trump' really could kill NAFTA – but it wouldn't be pretty |date=July 6, 2016 |accessdate=September 1, 2016 |publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref> cancelled negotiations towards the [[Trans-Pacific Partnership]] (TPP),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/23/politics/trump-tpp-things-to-know/index.html |title=Trump's TPP withdrawal: 5 things to know |last=Bradner |first=Eric |date=January 23, 2017 |publisher=[[CNN]] |accessdate=March 12, 2018}}</ref> imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum,<ref name=Turak>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/02/trumps-protectionist-steel-tariffs-criticized-by-economist-adam-posen.html |title='Straight up stupid,' 'incompetent' and 'misguided': Economist Adam Posen rips Trump's tariffs |publisher=[[CNBC]] |date=March 2, 2018 |accessdate=March 15, 2018 |last=Turak |first=Natasha}}</ref><ref name=Inman>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/mar/10/war-over-steel-trump-tips-global-trade-turmoil-tariffs |title=The war over steel: Trump tips global trade into new turmoil |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=March 10, 2018 |accessdate=March 15, 2018 |last=Inman |first=Phillip}}</ref> and proposed to significantly raise tariffs on Chinese and Mexican exports to the United States.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-contempt-for-the-free-market/2015/10/21/2f61d87c-7815-11e5-bc80-9091021aeb69_story.html |title=Donald Trump's contempt for the free market |last=Lane |first=Charles |date=October 21, 2015 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |accessdate=July 22, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/01/07/donald-trump-says-he-favors-big-tariffs-on-chinese-exports/ |title=Donald Trump Says He Favors Big Tariffs on Chinese Exports |last=Haberman |first=Maggie |authorlink=Maggie Haberman |date=January 7, 2016 |website=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=July 22, 2016}}</ref> He has also been critical of the [[World Trade Organization]], threatening to leave unless his proposed tariffs are accepted.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-conventions/trump-i-m-running-against-hillary-not-rest-world-n615581 |title=Trump: I'm Running Against Clinton, Not 'Rest of the World' |accessdate=July 31, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/policy/finance/289005-trump-suggests-leaving-wto-over-import-tax-proposal |title=Trump suggests leaving WTO over import tax proposal |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |last=Needham |first=Vicki |date=July 24, 2016 |accessdate=July 31, 2016}}</ref>

In March 2018, Trump signed an order imposing import tariffs of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminum, with exemptions for Canada, Mexico, and possibly other countries.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43337951 |title=Trump tariffs: US President imposes levy on steel and aluminium |date=March 8, 2018 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |accessdate=March 9, 2018}}</ref> In response, the EU imposed retaliatory tariffs targeting $3.4 billion in U.S. exports.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dw.com/en/eus-retaliatory-tariffs-on-us-products-come-into-effect/a-44342588 |title=EU's retaliatory tariffs on US products come into effect |website=[[Deutsche Welle]] |date=June 22, 2018 |accessdate=June 24, 2018}}</ref><ref name=Ewing>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/business/economy/europe-tariffs-trump-trade.html |title=Europe Retaliates Against Trump Tariffs |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 21, 2018 |accessdate=June 24, 2018 |last=Ewing |first=Jack}}</ref>

In July, the United States and China imposed tariffs on $34 billion of each other's goods,<ref name=Boudreau-180706>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/06/trump-china-tariffs-farmers-672103 |title=Trump country hit hard by Chinese tariffs |website=[[Politico]] |date=July 6, 2018 |accessdate=July 6, 2018 |first=Catherine |last=Boudreau}}</ref><ref name=Hjelmgaard-180706>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/07/06/trade-war-china-retaliates-after-trump-launches-34-billion-import-duties/762301002/ |title=Trump launches $34 billion trade war and China 'immediately' fires back |website=[[USA Today]] |date=July 6, 2018 |accessdate=July 6, 2018 |first=Kim |last=Hjelmgaard}}</ref> expanded to $50 billion in August.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.caixinglobal.com/2018-06-15/us-imposes-tariffs-on-50-billion-of-chinese-imports-101271958.html |title=Trade War Back on Stage With New U.S. Tariffs - Caixin Global |work=Caixin |first1=Han |last1=Wei |first2=Zhang |last2=Qi |date=June 15, 2018 |accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref> In September the U.S. introduced a 10% tariff on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods, poised to increase to 25% by the end of the year, and threatened further tariffs on an additional $267 billion if China retaliates.<ref name=Reuters-20180918>{{cite news |first1=Yawen |last1=Chen |first2=David |last2=Lawder |title=China says Trump forces its hand, will retaliate against new U.S. tariffs |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-tariffs/trump-slaps-tariffs-on-200-billion-in-chinese-goods-threatens-267-billion-more-idUSKCN1LX2M3 |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=September 18, 2018 |accessdate=September 23, 2018}}</ref> China countered the move with a 10% tariff on $60 billion of U.S. imports,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/18/china-says-new-tariffs-on-us-goods-worth-60-billion-effective-sept-24.html |title=China hits back: It will impose tariffs on $60 billion worth of US goods effective Sept. 24 |publisher=[[CNBC]] |date=September 18, 2018 |first=Tae |last=Kim}}</ref> which combined with the previous round of tariffs, covers almost all $110 billion of U.S. imports to China.<ref name=Reuters-20180918 />

According to some analysts, the escalating [[2018 China–United States trade war|trade war with China]]<ref name=Zaharia-180706>{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/how-trade-war-with-us-can-hurt-china-and-economies-including-australia-20180706-p4zpv2.html |title=How trade war with US can hurt China and economies including Australia |website=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=July 6, 2018 |accessdate=July 6, 2018 |first=Marius |last=Zaharia}}</ref> could impact $2{{nbsp}}trillion in global trade.<ref name=Kool-180706>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2018/07/06/tariffs-china-us-potential-2-trillion-trade-war-fallout/762018002/ |title=Analysis: Tariffs from China, US have potential for $2 trillion trade war fallout |website=[[USA Today]] |date=July 6, 2018 |accessdate=July 6, 2018 |first=Tom |last=Kool}}</ref><ref name=Chang-180703>{{cite news |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fitch-warns-president-trumps-trade-fight-could-cost-the-world-2-trillion-in-global-trade-2018-07-03 |title=Fitch warns President Trump's trade fight could cost the world $2 trillion in global trade |website=[[Market Watch]] |date=July 3, 2018 |accessdate=July 6, 2018 |first=Sue |last=Chang}}</ref>

==== Energy and climate ====
{{Main|Environmental policy under the Trump administration}}
While campaigning Trump's energy policy advocated domestic support for both fossil and renewable energy sources in order to curb reliance on Middle-Eastern oil and possibly turn the U.S. into a net energy exporter.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/an-america-first-energy-plan |title=An America first energy plan |date=May 26, 2016 |accessdate=December 3, 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203120726/https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/an-america-first-energy-plan |archivedate=December 3, 2016}}</ref> However following his election his "America First Energy Plan" did not mention renewable energy and instead focused on fossil fuels.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/business/energy-environment/trump-energy-plan-climate.html|title=Trump Got Nearly $1 Million in Energy-Efficiency Subsidies in 2012|last=Tabuchi|first=Hiroko|date=March 3, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=May 27, 2018}}</ref> Environmentalists have expressed concerns because he has announced plans to make large budget cuts in programs that research renewable energy and to roll back Obama-era policies directed at curbing climate change and limiting environmental pollution.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump proposes cuts to climate and clean-energy programs |url=https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/03/how-trump-is-changing-science-environment/ |date=February 12, 2018 |publisher=[[National Geographic Society]] |accessdate=May 27, 2018}}</ref>

Trump rejects the [[scientific consensus on climate change]]<ref name="ParkerDavenport">{{cite news |first1=Ashley |last1=Parker |first2=Coral |last2=Davenport |title=Donald Trump's Energy Plan: More Fossil Fuels and Fewer Rules |date=May 26, 2016 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/27/us/politics/donald-trump-global-warming-energy-policy.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Jason |last=Samenow |title=Donald Trump's unsettling nonsense on weather and climate |date=March 22, 2016 |website=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/03/22/donald-trumps-unsettling-nonsense-on-weather-and-climate/}}</ref> and his former [[Environmental Protection Agency]] chief, [[Scott Pruitt]], does not believe that carbon emissions are the main cause of global warming. While admitting that the climate is warming, Pruitt believes that warming is not necessarily harmful and could be beneficial.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Embury-Dennis |first1=Tom |title=Trump's environment chief Scott Pruitt suggests climate change could be good for humanity |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/scott-pruitt-epa-global-warming-good-humanity-trump-climate-change-environment-protection-agency-a8200196.html |website=[[The Independent]] |accessdate=February 27, 2018}}</ref> Based on numerous studies, climate experts disagree with his position.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bacon |first1=John|title=Scientists rebuff EPA chief's claim that global warming may be good |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/02/08/epa-chief-scott-pruitt-global-warming-may-good-thing/318850002/ |website=[[USA Today]] |accessdate=May 28, 2018}}</ref>
On June 1, 2017, Trump announced [[United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement|the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement]], making the U.S. the only nation in the world to not ratify the agreement.<ref name=autogeneratedlcv>{{cite web |url=https://www.lcv.org/assets/docs/presidential-candidates-on.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018073305/https://www.lcv.org/assets/docs/presidential-candidates-on.pdf |archivedate=October 18, 2016 |publisher=[[League of Conservation Voters]] |title=In Their Own Words: 2016 Presidential Candidates on Climate Change |format=PDF |accessdate=July 12, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/01/politics/trump-paris-climate-decision/index.html |title=Trump on Paris accord: 'We're getting out' |last1=Liptak |first1=Kevin |last2=Acosta |first2=Jim |date=June 1, 2017 |publisher=[[CNN]] |accessdate=June 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Dennis |first1=Brandy |title=As Syria embraces Paris climate deal, it's the United States against the world |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/11/07/as-syria-embraces-paris-climate-deal-its-the-united-states-against-the-world/ |website=[[The Washington Post]] |accessdate=May 28, 2018}}</ref>

==== Government size and deregulation ====
Trump's early policies have favored [[deregulation|rollback and dismantling of government regulations]]. He signed a [[Congressional Review Act]] disapproval resolution, the first in 16 years and second overall.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Adriance |first1=Sam |title=President Trump Signs First Congressional Review Act Disapproval Resolution in 16 Years |url=https://www.natlawreview.com/article/president-trump-signs-first-congressional-review-act-disapproval-resolution-16-years |date=February 16, 2017 |publisher=[[The National Law Review]] |accessdate=March 8, 2017}}</ref> During his first six weeks in office, he abolished ninety federal regulations.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Farand |first1=Chloe |title=Donald Trump Disassembles 90 Federal State Regulations in Just Over a Month in White House |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-federal-state-regulations-month-oval-office-white-house-us-president-deregulate-a7614031.html |date=March 6, 2017 |work=[[The Independent]] |accessdate=March 7, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Trump-Era Trend: Industries Protest. Regulations Rolled Back. A Dozen Examples |url=https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3480299-10-Examples-Industries-Push-Followed-by-Trump.html#document/p60/a341284 |work=[[The New York Times]] |via=[[DocumentCloud]] | accessdate=March 7, 2017 |date=March 5, 2017 |quotation=More than 90 Obama-era federal regulations have been revoked or delayed or enforcement has been suspended, in many cases based on requests from the industries the rules target.}}</ref>

On January 23, 2017, Trump ordered a [[2017 United States federal hiring freeze|temporary government-wide hiring freeze]], except for those working in certain areas.<ref name="NYT_federal-hiring-freeze_2017">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/23/us/politics/federal-hiring-freeze.html |title=Trump Orders Broad Hiring Freeze for Federal Government |first=Michael D. |last=Shear |date=January 23, 2017 |accessdate=January 23, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name="Fox_News_2017_hiring-freeze">{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/24/trump-orders-hiring-freeze-for-much-federal-government.html |publisher=[[Fox News]] |title=Trump Orders Hiring Freeze for Much of Federal Government |date=January 24, 2017 |accessdate=March 6, 2017}}</ref> The [[Comptroller General of the United States|Comptroller General]] of the [[Government Accountability Office]] told a [[United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform|House committee]] that hiring freezes have not proven to be effective in reducing costs.<ref name="eyoder">{{cite news |last=Yoder |first=Eric |title=Hiring freeze could add to government's risk, GAO chief warns |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=February 16, 2017 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/16/hiring-freeze-could-add-to-governments-risk-gao-chief-warns/ |quotation='We've looked at hiring freezes in the past by prior administrations and they haven't proven to be effective in reducing costs and they cause some problems if they're in effect for a long period of time,' Comptroller General Gene Dodaro told a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing.}}</ref> Unlike some past freezes, the current freeze bars agencies from adding contractors to make up for employees leaving.<ref name="eyoder" /> A week later Trump signed [[Executive Order 13771]], which directed administrative agencies to repeal two existing regulations for every new regulation they issue.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump Signs Executive Order to Drastically Cut Federal Regs |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/30/trump-signs-executive-order-to-drastically-cut-federal-regs.html |date=January 30, 2017 |publisher=[[Fox News]] | accessdate=March 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=The White House, Office of the Press Secretary |authorlink1=White House Office of the Press Secretary |title=Presidential Executive Order on Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/30/presidential-executive-order-reducing-regulation-and-controlling|accessdate=May 16, 2017 |date=January 30, 2017}}</ref> Agency defenders expressed opposition to Trump's criticisms, saying that the bureaucracy exists to protect people against well-organized, well-funded interest groups.<ref name="mcalabresi">{{cite news |last=Calabresi |first=Massimo |title=Inside Donald Trump's War against the State |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=March 9, 2017 |url=https://time.com/4696428/donald-trump-war-state-government/ |quotation=Staffed by experts who oversee an open governmental process, they say, the federal bureaucracy exists to protect those who would otherwise be at the mercy of better-organized, better-funded interests.}}</ref>

==== Health care ====
In 1999, Trump told ''[[Larry King Live]]'': "I believe in universal healthcare."<ref name="Kertscher">{{cite news |last1=Kertscher |first1=Tom |title=Donald Trump wants to replace Obamacare with a single-payer health care system, GOP congressman says |url=https://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2015/sep/11/reid-ribble/donald-trump-wants-replace-obamacare-single-payer-/ |website=Politifact Wisconsin |accessdate=January 12, 2017 |date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> Trump's 2000 book, ''The America We Deserve'', argued strongly for a [[single-payer healthcare]] system based on the [[Healthcare in Canada|Canadian model]],<ref name="AWD2000">{{cite book |last1=Trump |first1=Donald |title=The America We Deserve |date=2000 |publisher=Renaissance Books |location=Los Angeles |isbn=978-1-58063-131-0 |pages=258–278 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PV6qZU_xev8C&pg=PT258 |accessdate=January 12, 2017}}</ref> and he has voiced admiration for the [[NHS Scotland|Scottish National Health Service]].<ref name="Kertscher" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Millward |first1=David |title=Trump under attack as he praises NHS care |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11789000/Trump-under-attack-as-praises-NHS-care.html|accessdate=January 25, 2017 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=August 7, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Learmonth |first1=Andrew |title=US presidential hope Donald Trump hails the NHS in Scotland |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/14898942.US_presidential_hope_Donald_Trump_hails_the_NHS_in_Scotland/|accessdate=January 25, 2017 |work=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |date=August 8, 2015}}</ref>

During his campaign, Trump repeatedly vowed to repeal and replace [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] (ACA or "Obamacare").<ref name="Kodjak">{{cite news |last1=Kodjak |first1=Alison |title=Trump Can Kill Obamacare With Or Without Help From Congress |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/11/09/501203831/trump-can-kill-obamacare-with-or-without-help-from-congress |accessdate=January 12, 2017 |work=[[All Things Considered]] |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=November 9, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Walsh">{{cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=Deirdre |last2=Lee |first2=MJ |title=Trump wants Obamacare repeal 'quickly,' but Republicans aren't ready |url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/paul-ryan-obamacare-repeal-and-replace/index.html |accessdate=January 12, 2017 |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=January 10, 2017}}</ref> Shortly after taking office, he urged Congress to repeal and replace it. In May of that year, the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] voted to repeal it.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/331937-house-passes-obamacare-repeal |title=House passes Obamacare repeal |last=Sullivan |first=Peter |date=May 4, 2017 |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |accessdate=July 31, 2017}}</ref> Over the course of several months' effort, however, the Senate was unable to pass any version of a repeal bill.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/27/politics/health-care-debate-thursday/index.html |title=GOP Obamacare repeal bill fails in dramatic late-night vote |date=July 28, 2017 |publisher=[[CNN]] |accessdate=July 31, 2017}}</ref> Trump has expressed a desire to "let Obamacare fail", and the Trump administration has cut the ACA [[Annual enrollment|enrollment period]] in half and drastically reduced funding for advertising and other ways to encourage enrollment.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/18/trump-tweet-obamacare-repeal-failure-240664 |title=Trump says he plans to 'let Obamacare fail' |last=Nelson |first=Louis |date=July 18, 2017 |work=[[Politico]] |accessdate=September 29, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Jeffrey">{{cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/trump-obamacare-sabotage-enrollment-cuts_us_59a87bffe4b0b5e530fd5751 |title=Trump Ramps Up Obamacare Sabotage With Huge Cuts To Enrollment Programs |last=Young |first=Jeffrey |date=August 31, 2017 |work=[[HuffPost]] |accessdate=September 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/31/trump-obamacare-outreach-cuts-242225 |title=Trump administration slashes Obamacare outreach |last=Pradhan |first=Rachana |date=August 31, 2017 |work=[[Politico]] |accessdate=September 29, 2017}}</ref> The tax reform Trump signed into law at the end of his first year in office effectively repealed [[Individual shared responsibility provision|the individual health insurance mandate]] that was a major element of the Obamacare health insurance system; this repeal is scheduled to be implemented in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |first=Robert |last=Pear |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/18/us/politics/tax-cut-obamacare-individual-mandate-repeal.html |title=Without the Insurance Mandate, Health Care's Future May Be in Doubt |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Peter |last=Sullivan |url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/362838-senate-gop-repeals-obamacare-mandate |title=Senate GOP repeals ObamaCare mandate |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |date=December 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=[[Health Affairs]] |date=December 20, 2017 |first=Timothy |last=Jost |title=The Tax Bill And The Individual Mandate: What Happened, And What Does It Mean? |url=https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20171220.323429/full/}}</ref>

==== Social issues ====
{{Main|Social policy of Donald Trump}}
Trump favored changing the 2016 Republican platform to affirm [[Abortion in the United States|women's right to abortion]] in the three exceptional cases of rape, incest, and circumstances endangering the health of the mother.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/21/politics/donald-trump-republican-platform-abortion/ |title=Trump: I would change GOP platform on abortion |last=Wright |first=David |date=April 21, 2016 |publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref> He has said that he is committed to appointing [[pro-life]] justices.<ref name="60min" /> He personally supports "traditional marriage"<ref name="MEhren2">{{cite news |first=Max |last=Ehrenfreund |title=Here's what Donald Trump really believes |date=July 22, 2015 |website=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/07/22/heres-what-donald-trump-really-believes/}}</ref> but considers the [[Same-sex marriage in the United States|nationwide legality]] of [[same-sex marriage]] a "settled" issue.<ref name="60min">{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/14/politics/trump-gay-marriage-abortion-supreme-court/ |title=Trump: Same-sex marriage is 'settled,' but Roe v Wade can be changed |publisher=[[CNN]] |first=Ariane |last=De Vogue |date=November 15, 2016 |accessdate=November 30, 2016}}</ref>

Trump supports a broad interpretation of the [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution|Second Amendment]] and says he is [[Gun politics in the United States|opposed]] to [[gun control]] in general,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newsweek.com/brief-history-donald-trumps-stance-gun-rights-461705 |title=A brief history of Donald Trump's stance on gun rights |work=[[Newsweek]] |last=Gorman |first=Michele |date=May 20, 2016}}</ref><ref name="OWSAR">{{cite web |title=Second Amendment Rights |url=https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/second-amendment-rights |website=Donald J. Trump for President|accessdate=May 22, 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107050849/https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/second-amendment-rights |archivedate=January 7, 2016 |quote=There has been a national background check system in place since 1998 ... Too many states are failing to put criminal and mental health records into the system ... What we need to do is fix the system we have and make it work as intended.}}</ref> although his views have shifted over time.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/20/politics/donald-trump-gun-positions-nra-orlando/ |title=The times Trump changed his positions on guns |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=June 20, 2016 |first=Gregory |last=Krieg}}</ref> Trump opposes [[Legality of cannabis by U.S. jurisdiction|legalizing recreational marijuana]] but supports legalizing [[medical cannabis|medical marijuana]].<ref name="Cannabis">{{cite web |title=Donald Trump on Marijuana |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4541840/donald-trump-marijuana |publisher=[[C-SPAN]] |accessdate=October 17, 2018}}</ref> He favors [[Capital punishment in the United States|capital punishment]],<ref name="Cop_killers">{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/10/politics/donald-trump-police-officers-death-penalty/ |title=Trump: Death penalty for cop killers |date=December 11, 2015 |publisher=[[CNN]] |last1=Diamond |first1=Jeremy |accessdate=March 15, 2016}}</ref><ref name="FullPageAd1989">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/01/nyregion/angered-by-attack-trump-urges-return-of-the-death-penalty.html |title=Angered by Attack, Trump Urges Return of the Death Penalty |date=May 1, 1989 |work=[[The New York Times]] |last1=Foderaro |first1=Lisa |accessdate=March 15, 2016}}</ref> as well as the use of [[waterboarding]] and "a hell of a lot worse" methods.<ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite news |last1=McCarthy |first1=Tom |title=Donald Trump: I'd bring back 'a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/06/donald-trump-waterboarding-republican-debate-torture |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=February 8, 2016}}</ref><ref name="ABC News">{{cite news |title=Ted Cruz, Donald Trump Advocate Bringing Back Waterboarding |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/ted-cruz-donald-trump-advocate-bringing-back-waterboarding-36764410 |publisher=[[ABC News]] |date=February 6, 2016 |accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

=== Immigration ===
{{Main|Immigration policy of Donald Trump}}
[[File:POTUS visits DHS (31741970743).jpg|thumb|Trump conferring with Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of Homeland Security [[John F. Kelly]], January 25, 2017]]
Trump's proposed immigration policies were a topic of bitter and contentious debate during the campaign. He promised to build a more substantial [[Mexico–United States barrier|wall]] on the [[Mexico–United States border]] to keep out [[illegal immigrants]] and vowed that Mexico would pay for it.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37243269 |title=Who pays for Donald Trump's wall? |date=February 6, 2017 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |accessdate=December 9, 2017}}</ref> He pledged to massively deport [[Illegal immigrant population of the United States|illegal immigrants residing in the United States]],<ref name="CBC_August29_2015">{{cite news |title=Donald Trump emphasizes plans to build 'real' wall at Mexico border |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/donald-trump-emphasizes-plans-to-build-real-wall-at-mexico-border-1.3196807 |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]|accessdate=September 29, 2015 |date=August 19, 2015}}</ref> and criticized [[Birthright citizenship in the United States|birthright citizenship]] for creating "[[anchor babies]]".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2015/08/donald-trump-has-some-thoughts-about-the-constitution |title=Donald Trump: The 14th Amendment is Unconstitutional |work=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]] |date=August 19, 2015 |accessdate=November 22, 2015 |first=Inae |last=Oh}}</ref> He said that deportation would focus on criminals, visa overstays, and security threats.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abc13.com/politics/trump-vows-no-amnesty-in-immigration-speech/1493776/ |title=Trump retreats on deportations, vows no amnesty |date=September 1, 2016 |agency=[[Associated Press]]|accessdate=September 2, 2016}}</ref>

==== Travel ban ====
{{Further|Executive Order 13769|Executive Order 13780}}
Following the [[November 2015 Paris attacks]], Trump made a controversial proposal to ban Muslim foreigners from entering the United States until stronger vetting systems could be implemented.<ref>{{cite news |first=Eugene |last=Scott |title=Trump: My Muslim friends don't support my immigration ban |date=December 13, 2015 |publisher=[[CNN]] |url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/13/politics/donald-trump-muslim-ban-state-of-the-union/}}</ref><ref name=Barro>{{cite news |first=Josh |last=Barro |title=How Unpopular Is Trump's Muslim Ban? Depends How You Ask |date=December 15, 2015 |website=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/16/upshot/how-unpopular-is-trumps-muslim-ban-depends-how-you-ask.html |quote=Donald J. Trump's proposal to bar Muslim noncitizens from entering the United States ...}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first1=Jill |last1=Colvin |first2=Bill |last2=Barrow |title=Donald Trump's supporters see plenty of sense in views that his critics denounce |date=December 14, 2015 |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2015-12-14/trump-supporters-shrug-off-the-fuss-say-he-gets-it |quote=He said American citizens, including Muslim members of the military, would be exempt, as would certain world leaders and athletes coming to the U.S. to compete.}}</ref> He later reframed the proposed ban to apply to countries with a "proven history of terrorism".<ref name=Scots>Johnson, Jenna. [https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-donald-trump-muslim-ban-20160625-story.html "Trump now says Muslim ban only applies to those from terrorism-heavy countries"], ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' (June 25, 2016): "[A] reporter asked Trump if [he] would be OK with a Muslim from Scotland coming into the United States and he said it 'wouldn't bother me.' Afterward, [spokeswoman] Hicks said in an email that Trump's ban would now just apply to Muslims in terror states ..."</ref><ref>Detrow, Scott. [https://www.npr.org/2016/06/13/481910989/trump-expands-immigration-ban-to-countries-with-proven-history-of-terrorism Trump Calls To Ban Immigration From Countries With 'Proven History Of Terrorism'], NPR. (June 13, 2016): "I will suspend immigration from areas of the world where there's a proven history of terrorism against the United States, Europe or our allies until we fully understand how to end these threats."</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/07/22/us/politics/trump-immigration-ban-how-could-it-work.html |title=Trump Vows to Stop Immigration From Nations 'Compromised' by Terrorism. How Could It Work? |last=Park |first=Haeyoun |date=July 22, 2016 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=July 25, 2016}}</ref>

On January 27, 2017, Trump signed [[Executive Order 13769]], which suspended admission of refugees for 120 days and denied entry to citizens of [[Iraq]], [[Iran]], [[Libya]], [[Somalia]], [[Sudan]], [[Syria]], and [[Yemen]] for 90 days, citing security concerns. The order was imposed without warning and took effect immediately.<ref name="BBC.March.6.17">{{cite news |title=Trump signs new travel ban directive |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39183153|accessdate=March 18, 2017 |publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=March 6, 2017}}</ref> Confusion and protests caused chaos at airports.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grinberg |first1=Emanuella |last2=Park |first2=Madison |title=2nd day of protests over Trump's immigration policies |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/29/politics/us-immigration-protests/|accessdate=March 18, 2017 |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=January 30, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/28/airports-us-immigration-ban-muslim-countries-trump |title=US airports on frontline as Donald Trump's travel ban causes chaos and protests |date=January 28, 2017 |work=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=July 19, 2017}}</ref> The administration then clarified that visitors with a [[Permanent residence (United States)|green card]] were exempt from the ban.<ref>{{cite news |last1=D. Shear |first1=Michael |last2=Cooper |first2=Helene |title=Trump Bars Refugees and Citizens of 7 Muslim Countries |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/us/politics/trump-syrian-refugees.html|accessdate=January 28, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 27, 2017}}</ref><ref name=Shear>Shear, Michael. [https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/us/politics/white-house-official-in-reversal-says-green-card-holders-wont-be-barred.html "White House Official, in Reversal, Says Green Card Holders Won't Be Barred"], ''The New York Times'' (January 29, 2017).</ref>

On January 30, [[Sally Yates]], the acting [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]], directed Justice Department lawyers not to defend the executive order, which she deemed unenforceable and unconstitutional;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/30/politics/donald-trump-immigration-order-department-of-justice/index.html |title=Trump fires acting AG after she declines to defend travel ban |first1=Evan |last1=Perez |first2=Jeremy |last2=Diamond |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=January 30, 2017 |accessdate=March 12, 2018}}</ref> Trump immediately dismissed her.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statement on the Appointment of Dana Boente as Acting Attorney General |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/30/statement-appointment-dana-boente-acting-attorney-general |publisher=The White House |accessdate=August 29, 2017 |date=January 30, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Trump Fires Acting Attorney General Who Defied Him |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/us/politics/trump-immigration-ban-memo.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=August 29, 2017 |date=January 30, 2017}}</ref> [[Legal challenges to Executive Orders 13769 and 13780|Multiple legal challenges]] were filed against the order, and on February 5 a federal judge in Seattle blocked its implementation.<ref>Devlin Barrett & Dan Frosch [https://www.wsj.com/articles/legal-feud-over-trump-immigration-order-turns-to-visa-revocations-1486153216 Federal Judge Temporarily Halts Trump Order on Immigration, Refugees: Ruling applies nationwide to tens of thousands], ''The Wall Street Journal'' (February 5, 2017).</ref><ref name="LiptakStands">Adam Liptak, [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/05/us/politics/trumps-travel-ban.html Where Trump's Travel Ban Stands], ''The New York Times'' (February 5, 2017).</ref> On March 6, Trump issued [[Executive Order 13780|a revised order]], which excluded Iraq, gave specific exemptions for [[Permanent residence (United States)|permanent residents]], and removed priorities for Christian minorities.<ref name="Chakraborty3/6/17">{{cite news |last1=Chakraborty |first1=Barnini |title=Trump Signs New Immigration Order, Narrows Scope of Travel Ban |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/06/trump-signs-new-immigration-order-narrows-scope-travel-ban.html |date=March 6, 2017 |publisher=[[Fox News]] | accessdate=March 6, 2017}}</ref><ref name="BBC.March.6.17" /> Again federal judges in three states blocked its implementation.<ref>Dan Levine & Mica Rosenberg, [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-court-idUSKBN16M17N Hawaii judge halts Trump's new travel ban before it can go into effect], Reuters (March 15, 2017).</ref> On June 26, 2017, the [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court]] ruled that the ban could be enforced on visitors who lack a "credible claim of a ''bona fide'' relationship with a person or entity in the United States."<ref name="TravelBanScotus1">{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-travel-ban-supreme-court-20170626-story.html |title=Trump says Supreme Court decision on travel ban a 'clear victory for our national security' |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |first=Mark |last=Sherman |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=June 26, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2017}}</ref>

The temporary order was replaced by [[Presidential Proclamation 9645]] on September 24, 2017, which permanently restricts travel from the originally targeted countries except Iraq and Sudan, and further bans travelers from North Korea and Chad, and certain Venezuelan officials.<ref name="Guardian.Oct.10.13">{{cite news |last=Laughland |first=Oliver |date=September 25, 2017 |title=Trump travel ban extended to blocks on North Korea, Venezuela and Chad |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/25/trump-travel-ban-extended-to-blocks-on-north-korea-and-venezuela |work=[[The Guardian]]| accessdate = October 13, 2017}}</ref> After lower courts partially blocked the new restrictions with injunctions, the Supreme Court allowed the September version to go into full effect on December 4.<ref>{{cite news |title=Supreme Court lets Trump's latest travel ban go into full effect |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-immigration/supreme-court-lets-trumps-latest-travel-ban-go-into-full-effect-idUSKBN1DY2NY |first=Lawrence |last=Hurley |date=December 4, 2017 |agency=Reuters}}</ref> In January 2018, the Supreme Court announced that it would hear a challenge to the travel ban.<ref name=NYT-20180119>{{cite news|last1=Liptak|first1=Adam|title=Supreme Court to Consider Challenge to Trump's Latest Travel Ban|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/us/politics/supreme-court-trump-travel-ban.html|accessdate=January 26, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 19, 2018}}</ref> The Court heard oral arguments on April 25,<ref>{{cite news |title=Key moments from the Supreme Court travel ban hearing |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/25/politics/supreme-court-travel-ban-hearing/index.html |first=Joan |last=Biskupic |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=April 25, 2018 |accessdate=May 24, 2018}}</ref><ref name=NYT-20180119 /> and ultimately upheld the travel ban in a June ruling.<ref name=Wagner>{{cite news | url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/supreme-court-travel-ban/index.html | title=Supreme Court upholds Trump's travel ban | publisher=[[CNN]] | date=June 26, 2018 | accessdate=June 26, 2018 | last=Wagner | first=Meg | last2=Ries | first2=Brian}}</ref>

==== DACA ====
While running for president, Trump said that he intended to repeal the [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]] (DACA) on "day one" of his presidency. The program, introduced in 2012, allowed people who had either entered or remained in the United States illegally as minors to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and be eligible for a work permit.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-daca-20170216-story.html |title=The White House has found ways to end protection for 'Dreamers' while shielding Trump from blowback |first=Brian |last=Bennett |first2=Michael A. |last2=Memoli |date=February 16, 2017 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |accessdate=February 22, 2017}}</ref>

In September 2017, Attorney General [[Jeff Sessions]] announced that the DACA program would be repealed after six months.<ref name=nytimes-20170905>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/us/politics/trump-daca-dreamers-immigration.html |title=Trump Moves to End DACA and Calls on Congress to Act |last1=Shear |first1=Michael D. |last2=Hirschfeld Davis |first2=Julie |date=September 5, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=September 6, 2017}}</ref> Trump argued that "top legal experts" believed that DACA was unconstitutional, and called on Congress to use the six-month delay to pass legislation solving the "Dreamers" issue permanently.<ref name="Kopan">{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/05/politics/daca-trump-congress/index.html |title=Trump ends DACA, but gives Congress window to save it |last=Kopan |first=Tal |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=September 5, 2017}}</ref> {{As of|2018|3}}, when the delay expired, no legislation had been agreed on DACA.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Tal|last1 = Kopan|title=DACA's March 5 'deadline' marks only inaction|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/05/politics/daca-deadline-march-5-passing-immigration-courts/index.html|publisher=[[CNN]]|date = March 5, 2018}}</ref> Several states immediately challenged the DACA rescission in court.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kopan |first1=Tal |title=Blue states sue Trump over DACA |url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/06/politics/daca-trump-states-lawsuits/index.html |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=September 6, 2017 |accessdate=September 6, 2017}}</ref> Two injunctions in January and February 2018 allowed renewals of applications and stopped the rolling back of DACA, and in April 2018 a federal judge ordered the acceptance of new applications; this would go into effect in 90 days.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jordan|first1=Miriam|title=U.S. Must Resume DACA and Accept New Applications, Federal Judge Rules|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/us/daca-dreamers-trump.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 24, 2018}}</ref>

==== Family separation at border ====
{{Main|Trump administration family separation policy}}

In April 2018, Trump enacted a [[Trump administration family separation policy|"zero tolerance"]] immigration policy that took adults irregularly entering the U.S. into custody for criminal prosecution and forcibly separated children from parents, eliminating the policy of previous administrations that made exceptions for families with children.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/danvergano/health-effects-parent-child-separation | title=Immigrant Children Who Are Forcibly Separated From Their Parents Face Long-Term Trauma | last=Vergano | first=Dan | accessdate=June 20, 2018 | date=June 15, 2018 | work=[[BuzzFeed]] News}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | last =Bachega | first =Hugo | title =Separation of migrant families: What other countries do | publisher=[[BBC News]] | date =June 7, 2018 | url =https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44374756}}</ref> By mid-June, more than 2,300 children had been placed in shelters, including "tender age" shelters for babies and toddlers,<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=June 20, 2018 |first=Garance |last=Burke |first2=Martha |last2=Mendoza |title=Toddlers Separated From Parents at the Border Are Being Detained in 'Tender Age' Shelters |accessdate=July 24, 2018 |url=http://time.com/5316764/toddler-immigrants-tender-age-shelters/ |deadurl=yes |archivedate=June 20, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620044511/http://time.com/5316764/toddler-immigrants-tender-age-shelters/}}</ref> culminating in demands from Democrats, Republicans, Trump allies, and religious groups that the policy be rescinded.<ref name=Colvin>{{cite news | url=https://time.com/5314595/donald-trump-family-separation-policy-dividing-republicans/ | title=President Trump's Family Separation Policy Is Dividing Republicans | website=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date=June 18, 2018 | accessdate=June 18, 2018 | last=Colvin | first=Jill | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618091110/http://time.com/5314595/donald-trump-family-separation-policy-dividing-republicans/ | archive-date=June 18, 2018 | dead-url=yes | df=mdy-all }}</ref> Trump falsely asserted that his administration was merely following the law.<ref name=Davis>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/us/politics/trump-immigration-separation-border.html |title=Separated at the Border From Their Parents: In Six Weeks, 1,995 Children |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 15, 2018 |accessdate=June 18, 2018 |last=Davis |first=Julie}}</ref><ref name=Mcardle>{{cite news |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/news/white-house-blames-democrats-for-separation-of-families-at-border/ |title=White House Blames Democrats for Separation of Families at Border |website=[[National Review]] |date=June 15, 2018 |accessdate=June 18, 2018 |last=Mcardle |first=Maiead}}</ref><ref name=Sarlin>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/immigration-border-crisis/despite-claims-gop-immigration-bill-would-not-end-family-separation-n883701 |title=Despite claims, GOP immigration bill would not end family separation, experts say |publisher=[[NBC News]] |date=June 15, 2018 |accessdate=June 18, 2018 |last=Sarlin |first=Benjy}}</ref>
On June 20, Trump signed an executive order to end family separations at the U.S. border.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 20, 2018 |first=Michael D. |last=Shear |first2=Abby |last2=Goodnough |first3=Maggie |last3=Haberman |title=Trump Retreats on Separating Families, but Thousands May Remain Apart |accessdate=June 20, 2018 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/us/politics/trump-immigration-children-executive-order.html}}</ref> On June 26 a federal judge in San Diego issued a preliminary injunction requiring the Trump administration to stop detaining immigrants parents separately from their minor children, and to reunite family groups that had been separated at the border.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/26/politics/federal-court-order-family-separations/index.html|title=Federal judge orders reunification of parents and children, end to most family separations at border|last=Jarrett|first=Laura|date=June 27, 2018|publisher=[[CNN]]|accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref>

=== Foreign policy ===
{{Main|Foreign policy of the Donald Trump administration|Foreign policy of Donald Trump}}
[[File:G7 Taormina family photo 2017-05-26.jpg|thumb|President Trump together with other leaders at the [[43rd G7 summit]] in Italy]]
[[File:Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, King Salman of Saudi Arabia, Melania Trump, and Donald Trump, May 2017.jpg|thumb|Trump, King [[Salman of Saudi Arabia]], and Egyptian President [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]] at the [[2017 Riyadh summit]] in Saudi Arabia]]

Trump has been described as a [[Non-interventionism|non-interventionist]]<ref name="Cassidy">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/donald-trump-is-transforming-the-g-o-p-into-a-populist-nativist-party |title=Donald Trump Is Transforming the G.O.P. Into a Populist, Nativist Party |last=Cassidy |first=John |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=February 29, 2016 |accessdate=March 5, 2016}}</ref><ref name="rucker">{{cite news |first1=Philip |last1=Rucker |first2=Robert |last2=Costa |title=Trump questions need for NATO, outlines noninterventionist foreign policy |date=March 21, 2016 |website=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/03/21/donald-trump-reveals-foreign-policy-team-in-meeting-with-the-washington-post/}}</ref> and as an American [[Nationalism|Nationalist]].<ref name="nationalinterest.org">{{cite news |url=https://nationalinterest.org/feature/donald-trump-american-nationalist-14237 |title=Donald Trump, American Nationalist |newspaper=[[The National Interest]] |date=November 3, 2015}}</ref> He has repeatedly stated that he supports an "[[America First (policy)|America First]]" foreign policy.<ref>{{cite news |first=Christiane |last=Amanpour |title=Donald Trump's speech: 'America first,' but an America absent from the world |date=July 22, 2016 |publisher=[[CNN]] |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/22/opinions/donald-trump-speech-amanpour/}}</ref> He supports increasing United States military defense spending,<ref name="nationalinterest.org" /> but favors decreasing United States spending on [[NATO]] and in the Pacific region.<ref>{{cite news |title=Donald Trump reveals his isolationist foreign-policy instincts |date=May 22, 2016 |website=[[The Economist]] |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2016/03/aipac-and-foreign-policy}}</ref> He says America should look inward, stop "nation building", and re-orient its resources toward domestic needs.<ref name="rucker" />

In order to confront the [[Islamic State of Iraq and Syria]] (ISIS), Trump in 2015 called for seizing the oil in ISIS-occupied areas, using U.S. air power and ground troops.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]] |date=November 2, 2016 |first=David |last=Corn |title=Trump Once Called for Sending US Ground Troops to Fight ISIS and "Take That Oil" |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/11/trump-secret-plan-combat-troops-isis-oil-iraq-syria/}}</ref> In 2016, Trump advocated sending 20,000 to 30,000 U.S. troops to the region,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/11/politics/donald-trump-30000-troops-isis/ |title=Trump wants 30,000 troops. Would that defeat ISIS? |last=Gaouette |first=Nicole |date=March 11, 2016 |publisher=[[CNN]] |accessdate=July 12, 2016}}</ref> a position he later retracted.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2016-03-21/the-latest-early-voting-begins-ahead-of-wisconsin-primary |title=Donald Trump now says he would "never ever" deploy 20,000 to 30,000 American troops to combat Islamic State militants, despite suggesting he would be open to that at a recent debate |date=March 21, 2016 |work=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |accessdate=July 12, 2016}}</ref>

Trump has praised [[China]]'s President [[Xi Jinping]],<ref>"[https://www.dw.com/en/us-president-donald-trump-praises-chinas-xi-jinping-for-consolidating-grip-on-power/a-42817441 US President Donald Trump praises China's Xi Jinping for consolidating grip on power]". [[Deutsche Welle]]. March 4, 2018.</ref> [[Philippines]] President [[Rodrigo Duterte]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3857619/donald-trump-praises-philippines-duterte/ |title=Donald Trump repeatedly praises Philippines' President Duterte during Asia trip |website=[[Global News]] |date=November 13, 2017 |author1=Jonathan Lemire |author2=Jill Colvin}}</ref> [[Egypt]]ian President [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]],<ref>{{cite news |work=[[The Independent]] |date=May 21, 2017 |first=Rachael |last=Revesz |title=Donald Trump praises Egypt President al-Sisi and plans trip to Cairo |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-praises-egypt-president-abdel-fattah-al-sisi-safety-visit-cairo-saudi-arabia-meeting-a7747171.html}}</ref> [[Turkey]]'s President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]],<ref>{{cite news |publisher=[[Bloomberg News]] |date=September 21, 2017 |first=Margaret |last=Talev |first2=Jennifer |last2=Jacobs |title=Trump Praises Erdogan for 'High Marks' Amid Crackdown Concerns |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-21/trump-praises-erdogan-for-high-marks-amid-crackdown-concerns}}</ref> King [[Salman of Saudi Arabia]]<ref>{{cite news |publisher=[[CNBC]] |date=November 6, 2017 |first=Angelica |last=LaVito |title=Trump praises Saudi king after crackdown |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/06/trump-praises-saudi-king-after-crackdown.html}}</ref> and Italy's Prime Minister [[Giuseppe Conte]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tpi.it/2018/06/15/trump-elogia-conte/|title=Donal Trump elogia il premier italiano Giuseppe Conte: "È fantastico" – Video|date=June 15, 2018|publisher=}}</ref> On April 7, 2017, Trump ordered a [[2017 Shayrat missile strike|missile strike]] against a Syrian airfield in retaliation for the [[Khan Shaykhun chemical attack]].<ref name="bbcnewssyriawartrumpsmissilestrike">{{cite news |title=Syria war: Trump's missile strike attracts US praise – and barbs |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39529605|accessdate=April 8, 2017 |publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=April 7, 2017}}</ref> On April 13, 2018, he announced [[2018 bombing of Damascus and Homs|missile strikes]] against the regime of [[President of Syria|Syrian President]] [[Bashar al-Assad]], following a suspected chemical attack near [[Damascus]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/04/13/trump-announces-u-s-military-strikes-in-syria.html |title=Trump announces U.S. military strikes in Syria |date=April 13, 2018 |publisher=[[Fox News]] |accessdate=April 14, 2018}}</ref> According to investigative journalist [[Bob Woodward]], Trump had ordered his Defense Secretary James Mattis to assassinate Assad, but Mattis declined.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump wanted Syria's Assad assassinated, Bob Woodward claims in extraordinary new book |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-bob-woodward-fear-book-syria-assad-kill-claims-a8523176.html |work=[[The Independent]] |date=September 4, 2018 |first=Chris |last=Stevenson}}</ref>

Trump actively supported the [[Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen]] against the [[Houthis]] and signed a $110{{nbsp}}billion agreement to sell arms to Saudi Arabia.<ref name="prince">{{cite news |title=Trump praises arms sales as he meets Saudi crown prince |url=https://www.ft.com/content/94204940-2c47-11e8-9b4b-bc4b9f08f381 |work=[[Financial Times]] |date=March 20, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Senate Votes Down Ending Trump's Support for Saudi-led War in Yemen |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/senate-votes-down-ending-trump-s-support-for-saudi-led-war-in-yemen-1.5931874 |work=[[Haaretz]] |date=May 21, 2018}}</ref><ref name=Phelps-170520>{{cite news |title =Trump signs $110 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia on 'a tremendous day' |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-signs-110-billion-arms-deal-saudi-arabia/story?id=47531180 |publisher=[[ABC News]] |date=May 20, 2017 |accessdate=July 6, 2018 |first=Jordyn |last=Phelps |first2=Ryan |last2=Struyk}}</ref> Trump also praised his relationship with [[Saudi Arabia]]'s powerful Crown Prince [[Mohammad bin Salman]].<ref name="prince"/>

In November 2017, the Trump administration tightened the rules on trade with [[Cuba]] and individual visits to the county, undoing the Obama administration's [[Cuban thaw|loosening of restrictions]]. According to an administration official, the new rules were intended to hinder trade with businesses with ties to the Cuban military, intelligence and security services.<ref>{{cite news|last1=DeYoung|first1=Karen|title=White House implements new Cuba policy restricting travel and trade|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/white-house-implements-new-cuba-policy-restricting-travel-and-trade/2017/11/08/a5597dee-c49b-11e7-aae0-cb18a8c29c65_story.html|work=[[The Washington Post]]|date=November 8, 2017}}</ref>

U.S. troop numbers in [[Afghanistan]] increased from 8,500 to 14,000, {{as of|2017|1|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jaffe |first1=Greg |last2=Ryan |first2=Missy |title=Up to 1,000 more U.S. troops could be headed to Afghanistan this spring |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/up-to-1000-more-us-troops-could-be-headed-to-afghanistan-this-spring/2018/01/21/153930b6-fd1b-11e7-a46b-a3614530bd87_story.html |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=January 21, 2018}}</ref> reversing Trump's pre-election position critical of further involvement in Afghanistan.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gordon |first1=Michael R. |last2=Schmitt |first2=Eric |last3=Haberman |first3=Maggie |title=Trump Settles on Afghan Strategy Expected to Raise Troop Levels |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/20/world/asia/trump-afghanistan-strategy-mattis.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 20, 2017}}</ref> U.S. officials said then that they aimed to "force the Taliban to negotiate a political settlement"; in January 2018, however, Trump spoke against talks with the Taliban.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rampton |first1=Roberta |last2=Landay |first2=Jonathan |title=Trump rejects peace talks with Taliban in departure from Afghan strategy |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-blast-trump/trump-rejects-peace-talks-with-taliban-in-departure-from-afghan-strategy-idUSKBN1FI2BU |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=January 29, 2018}}</ref>

==== Iran ====
{{Main|Iran–United States relations#2017–present: Trump administration | United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action}}
During the campaign Trump maintained that "Iran is now the dominant Islamic power in the [[Middle East]] and on the road to nuclear weapons."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://jewishjournal.com/news/nation/186652/|title=Trump targets Clinton on tenure at State Dept.|last=JacobK|date=June 22, 2016|work=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]]|accessdate=March 25, 2017}}</ref> He [[Trump and JCPOA|opposed]] the [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action]] (JCPOA or "Iran nuclear deal") that was negotiated with the United States, Iran, and five other world powers in 2015, calling it "terrible" and saying that the Obama administration negotiated the agreement "from desperation."<ref name="KatyTurIranInterview">[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-weighs-iran-deal-n391926 Donald Trump Weighs in on Iran Deal] (interview with [[Katy Tur]]), NBC News (July 14, 2015).</ref> At one point he said that despite opposing the content of the deal, he would attempt to enforce it rather than abrogate it.<ref>{{cite news |first=Igor |last=Bobic |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-iran-deal_55d0a844e4b0ab468d9d907e |title=Donald Trump Would Not Rip Up The Iran Deal |work=[[Huffington Post]] |date=August 16, 2015}}</ref> However, in a speech to the [[American Israel Public Affairs Committee]] (AIPAC) in March 2016, Trump said that his "number-one priority is to dismantle the disastrous deal with Iran."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://time.com/4267058/donald-trump-aipac-speech-transcript/ |title=Read Donald Trump's Speech to AIPAC |last=Begley |first=Sarah |magazine=Time |accessdate=May 16, 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Demonstrations and protests against United States recognition of Jerusalem in Tehran 032.jpg|thumb|Protest against Trump's [[United States recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel|recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel]], Tehran, December 11, 2017]]
Shortly after taking office, Trump put Iran 'on notice' following their [[Iranian missile tests|ballistic missile tests]] on January 29, 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-02/white-house-puts-iran-on-notice-over-ballistic-missile-test/8234734 |title= White House warns Iran 'officially on notice' following 'destabilising' ballistic missile test |work=[[ABC News (Australia)]] |first=Stephanie |last=March |date=February 2, 2017 |accessdate=August 23, 2018}}</ref> In February 2018, the Trump administration imposed sanctions on Iran's 25 individuals and entities, which it said were but "initial steps", with Trump's National Security Advisor [[Michael T. Flynn]] adding that "the days of turning a blind eye to Iran's hostile and belligerent actions toward the United States and the world community are over."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/02/03/statement-national-security-advisor-michael-t-flynn-iran |title=Statement by National Security Advisor Michael T. Flynn on Iran |publisher=Whitehouse.gov |date=February 3, 2017 |accessdate=June 12, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/as0004.aspx |title=Treasury Sanctions Supporters of Iran's Ballistic Missile Program and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – Qods Force |publisher=Treasury.gov |date=February 13, 2017 |accessdate=June 12, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trump administration tightens Iran sanctions, Tehran hits back|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-idUSKBN15H253|agency=Reuters|date=February 3, 2016}}</ref>

Trump reportedly lobbied "dozens" of European officials against doing business with Iran during the May [[2017 Brussels summit]]; this likely violated the terms of the JCPOA, under which the U.S. may not pursue "any policy specifically intended to directly and adversely affect the normalization of trade and economic relations with Iran." The Trump administration certified in July 2017 that Iran had upheld its end of the agreement.<ref>{{cite news |last=Aleem |first=Zeeshan |url=https://www.vox.com/2017/7/21/16003746/trump-iran-deal-zarif |title=Iran says the US is violating the nuclear deal. It has a point |website=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |date=July 21, 2017 |accessdate=July 22, 2017}}</ref> On May 18, 2018, Trump announced the United States' unilateral departure from the JCPOA.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/cead755353a1455bbef08ef289448994/Trump-decides-to-exit-nuclear-accord-with-Iran|title=Trump declares US leaving 'horrible' Iran nuclear accord|last=Lederman|first=Josh|date=May 8, 2018|agency=[[Associated Press]]|accessdate=May 8, 2018}}</ref>

==== Israel ====
[[File:President Trump visit to Israel May 22-23, 2017 DSC 3982F (34847749905).jpg|thumb|Trump and Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] at [[Yad Vashem]], May 2017]]
Regarding the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]], Trump has stated the importance of being a neutral party during potential negotiations, while also having stated that he is "a big fan of Israel".<ref name="consol">{{cite news |title=Would Donald Trump be 'neutral' between Israel and its enemies? |url=https://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2016/mar/01/conservative-solutions-pac/would-donald-trump-be-neutral-between-israel-and-i/ |publisher=[[PolitiFact]] |accessdate=October 17, 2018}}</ref> During the campaign he said he would relocate [[Embassy of the United States, Tel Aviv|the U.S. embassy in Israel]] to [[Jerusalem]] from its current location, [[Tel Aviv]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Moving US embassy to Jerusalem may be slipping down Trump's agenda |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/23/us-embassy-jerusalem-trump-israel|accessdate=February 4, 2017 |work=[[The Guardian]] |agency=Reuters |date=January 23, 2017}}</ref> On May 22, 2017, Trump was the first U.S. president to visit the [[Western Wall]] in Jerusalem, during his first foreign trip, which included Israel, Italy, [[Vatican City|the Vatican]], and [[Belgium]].<ref>{{cite news |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 24, 2017 |first=Mark |last=Landler |first2=Jason |last2=Horowitz |title=With Gift and in Conversation, Vatican Presses Trump on Climate Change |accessdate=May 14, 2018 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/24/world/europe/pope-trump-vatican-meet.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Rafferty |first=Andrew |date=May 23, 2017 |title=Trump Becomes First Sitting U.S. President to Visit Western Wall |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/trumps-first-foreign-trip/trump-becomes-first-sitting-u-s-president-visit-western-wall-n762891 |publisher=[[NBC News]] |accessdate=May 24, 2017}}<br />{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Luke |last2=Holland |first2=Steve |date=May 23, 2017 |title=In U.S. presidential first, Trump prays at Jerusalem's Western Wall |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-israel-wall-idUSKBN18I1V6 |agency=[[Reuters]] |location=London, England|accessdate=May 24, 2017}}<br />{{cite news |last=Diamond |first=Jeremy |date=May 23, 2017 |title=Trump makes historic visit to Western Wall |url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/22/politics/trump-israel-western-wall/ |publisher=[[CNN]] |accessdate=May 24, 2017}}</ref> Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on December 6, 2017, despite criticism and warnings from world leaders. Trump added that he would initiate the process of establishing a new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/06/trump-move-embassy-jerusalem-israel-reaction-281973 |last=Nelson |first=Louis |last2=Nussbaum |first2=Matthew |title=Trump says U.S. recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital, despite global condemnation |website=[[Politico]] |date=December 6, 2017 |accessdate=December 6, 2017}}</ref> which was later opened on May 14, 2018.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Ynetnews]] |title=US Embassy opens in Jerusalem: 'When Trump makes a promise, he keeps it' |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5260407,00.html |accessdate=July 25, 2018 |date=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The [[United Nations General Assembly]] condemned the move, adopting a resolution that "calls upon all States to refrain from the establishment of diplomatic missions in the Holy City of Jerusalem" in an emergency session on December 21, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/ES-10/L.22&Submit=Search&Lang=E |title=Illegal Israeli actions in Occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory – Turkey and Yemen: draft resolution – Status of Jerusalem |publisher=[[United Nations General Assembly]] |date=December 19, 2017 |accessdate=December 21, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/21/world/middleeast/trump-jerusalem-united-nations.html |title=Defying Trump, U.N. General Assembly Condemns U.S. Decree on Jerusalem |first=Rick |last=Gladstone |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 21, 2017 |accessdate=December 21, 2017}}</ref>

==== NATO ====
As a candidate Trump questioned whether he, as president, would automatically extend [[North Atlantic Treaty|security guarantees to NATO members]],<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/21/us/politics/donald-trump-issues.html |title=Donald Trump Sets Conditions for Defending NATO Allies Against Attack |last=Sanger |first=David E. |date=July 20, 2016 |last2=Haberman |first2=Maggie |author2link=Maggie Haberman |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=July 31, 2016}}</ref> and suggested that he might leave NATO unless changes are made to the alliance.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.factcheck.org/2016/05/whats-trumps-position-on-nato/ |title=What's Trump's Position on NATO? |publisher=factcheck.org |accessdate=July 31, 2016}}</ref> As president, he reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to NATO in March 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-senate-nato-russia-republicans-562655 |title=Trump supports NATO, but Senate holds up expansion |date=March 1, 2017 |agency=Reuters |work=[[Newsweek]]|accessdate=May 2, 2017}}</ref> However, he has repeatedly accused fellow NATO members of paying less than their fair share of the expenses of the alliance.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Peter |title=Trump Says NATO Allies Don't Pay Their Share. Is That True? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/26/world/europe/nato-trump-spending.html |accessdate=July 12, 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 26, 2018}}</ref>

==== North Korea ====
[[File:Kim and Trump shaking hands at the red carpet during the DPRK–USA Singapore Summit.jpg|thumb|Trump meets [[Kim Jong-un]] at [[2018 North Korea–United States summit|the Singapore summit]] in June 2018]]
During the campaign and the early months of his presidency, Trump said he hoped that China would help to rein in North Korea's nuclear ambitions and missile tests.<ref name="over" /> However, North Korea accelerated [[2017 North Korean missile tests|their missile]] and [[2017 North Korean nuclear test|nuclear tests]] leading to increased tension.<ref name="over">{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/17/524316419/pence-tells-north-korea-the-era-of-strategic-patience-is-over |title=Pence Tells North Korea: 'The Era Of Strategic Patience Is Over' |last=Kennedy |first=Merrit |date=April 17, 2017 |publisher=[[NPR]] |accessdate=April 19, 2017}}</ref> In July, the country tested two long-range missiles identified by Western observers as [[intercontinental ballistic missile]]s, potentially capable of reaching [[Alaska]], [[Hawaii]], and the U.S. mainland.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/29/asia/north-korea-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-test/index.html |title=US slams North Korea missile test as Kim claims 'whole US mainland' in reach |last=Lendon |first=Brad |date=July 30, 2017 |publisher=[[CNN]] |accessdate=August 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wright |first1=David |title=North Korean ICBM Appears Able to Reach Major US Cities |url=https://allthingsnuclear.org/dwright/new-north-korean-icbm |website=All Things Nuclear |publisher=[[Union of Concerned Scientists]] |accessdate=July 28, 2017 |date=July 28, 2017}}</ref> In August, Trump dramatically escalated his rhetoric against North Korea, warning that further provocation against the U.S. would be met with "fire and fury like the world has never seen."<ref name="philly">{{cite news |url=https://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/presidential/trump-escalates-rhetoric-on-threat-from-north-korea-20170810.html |title=Trump escalates rhetoric on threat from North Korea |last1=Rucker |first1=Philip |last2=Deyoung |first2=Karen |date=August 10, 2017 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |accessdate=August 11, 2017}}</ref> North Korean leader [[Kim Jong-un]] then threatened to direct the country's next missile test toward [[Guam]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-08-10/north-korea-details-plan-to-fire-missile-salvo-toward-guam |title=Trump doubles down on 'fire and fury' vow as wargames near |last=Talmadge |first=Eric |last2=Lemire |first2=Jonathan |date=August 11, 2017 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |accessdate=September 30, 2017}}</ref>

On June 12, 2018, after several rounds of preliminary staff-level meetings, Trump and Kim held [[2018 North Korea–United States summit|a bilateral summit in Singapore]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump-Kim summit: Kim Jong Un gave unwavering commitment to denuclearisation, says Trump |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/north-korean-leader-kim-gave-unwavering-commitment-to-denuclearisation-trump |website=[[The Straits Times]] |accessdate=June 13, 2018 |date=June 12, 2018}}</ref> In a joint declaration, both countries vowed to "join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula", while North Korea repeated its April 2018 promise to "work towards the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."<ref>{{cite web |title=Joint Statement of President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the Singapore Summit |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/joint-statement-president-donald-j-trump-united-states-america-chairman-kim-jong-un-democratic-peoples-republic-korea-singapore-summit/ |website=The White House |accessdate=June 12, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Rosenfeld">{{cite news |last1=Rosenfeld |first1=Everett |title=Document signed by Trump and Kim includes four main elements related to 'peace regime' |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/12/trump-and-kim-sign-agreement-document-after-summit-in-singapore.html |publisher=[[CNBC]] |accessdate=June 12, 2018 |date=June 12, 2018}}</ref>

==== Russia ====
{{Main|Russia–United States relations}}
[[File:Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump at the 2017 G-20 Hamburg Summit (4).jpg|thumb|Putin and Trump at the [[2017 G20 Hamburg summit|G20 Hamburg summit]], July 2017]]
During his campaign and as president, Trump repeatedly said that he wants better relations with Russia,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-urges-good-relationship-with-russia-in-tweets/ |title=Donald Trump urges 'good relationship' with Russia in tweets |last=Flores |first=Reena |date=January 7, 2017 |publisher=[[CBS News]]|accessdate=May 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/trump-gop-russia-sanctions/ |title=GOP warns Trump not to lift Russia sanctions after call with Putin |last=Berry |first=Lynn |date=January 29, 2017 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=[[PBS NewsHour]]|accessdate=May 2, 2017}}</ref> and he has praised Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] as a strong leader.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/11/14/trump-faces-backlash-over-appointing-bannon-as-a-top-aide-a-choice-critics-say-will-empower-white-nationalists/ |title=Trump, Putin agree in phone call to improve 'unsatisfactory' relations between their countries, Kremlin says |last1=Viebeck |first1=Elise |date=November 14, 2016 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |accessdate=March 14, 2017 |last2=Markon |first2=Jerry |last3=DeYoung |first3=Karen}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/trump-putin-bromance |title=Trump and Putin's Bromance Could Change the World |last=Conrad |first=Peter |date=January 13, 2017 |work=[[GQ]] |accessdate=May 29, 2017}}</ref> Trump had pledged to hold a summit meeting with Putin,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Oliphant |first1=Roland |last2=Millward |first2=David |title=Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin ready to hold summit following historic phone call |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/28/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-hold-historic-telephone-call/|accessdate=May 31, 2017 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=January 28, 2017}}</ref> stating that Russia could help the U.S. in [[Military intervention against ISIL|fighting ISIS]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/trump-suggests-us-accept-russias-annexation-crimea/ |title=Trump suggests U.S. accept Russia's annexation of Crimea |date=August 1, 2016 |work=[[PBS NewsHour]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |accessdate=February 19, 2017}}</ref> According to Putin and some political experts and diplomats, the [[Russia–United States relations|U.S.–Russian relations]], which were already at the lowest level since the end of the [[Cold War]], have further deteriorated since Trump took office in January 2017.<ref>{{cite news |title=US-Russia relations fail to improve in Trump's first year and they are likely to get worse |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-first-year-inauguration-anniversary-russia-vladimir-putin-relations-moscow-a8168801.html |work=[[The Independent]] |date=January 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Vladimir Putin says US-Russia relations are worse since Donald Trump took office |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-us-russia-relations-worse-military-syria-chemical-attack-barack-obama-a7679796.html |work=[[The Independent]] |date=April 12, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=U.S.-Russian relations worst Ambassador Antonov can remember |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-s-russian-relations-worst-ambassador-antonov-can-remember-n861391 |publisher=[[NBC News]] |date=March 30, 2018}}</ref>

Trump and Putin met in a [[2018 Russia–United States summit]] in Helsinki on July 16, 2018. Trump drew harsh bipartisan criticism in the United States for appearing to side with Putin's denial of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, rather than accepting the findings of the [[United States intelligence community]].<ref name="zurcher">{{cite news |last1=Zurcher |first1=Anthony |title=Trump-Putin summit: After Helsinki, the fallout at home |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44830012 |accessdate=July 18, 2018 |publisher=[[BBC Online]] |date=July 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/07/trump-putin/565238/|title=Trump Sides With the Kremlin, Against the U.S. Government |last=Calamur |first=Krishnadev |date=July 16, 2018 |work=[[The Atlantic]] |accessdate=July 18, 2018}}</ref> His comments were strongly criticized by many congressional Republicans and most media commentators, even those who normally support him.<ref name="break">{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/16/politics/congress-reaction-trump-putin-comments/index.html|title=Top Republicans in Congress break with Trump over Putin comments|last=Fox|first=Lauren|date=July 16, 2018|publisher=[[CNN]]|accessdate=July 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-allies-abandoning-him-after-putin-press-conference-2018-7|title=Trump's staunchest media allies are facing their biggest test yet — and some of them are finally abandoning him|last=Relman|first=Eliza|date=July 18, 2018|work=[[Business Insider]]|accessdate=July 18, 2018}}</ref>

=== Personnel ===
{{Main|Political appointments by Donald Trump}}
The Trump administration has been characterized by high turnover, particularly among White House staff. By the end of Trump's first year in office, 34 percent of his original staff had resigned, been fired, or been reassigned.<ref name="Trimble">{{cite news |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-12-28/trumps-white-house-has-highest-turnover-rate-in-40-years |title=Trump White House Has Highest Turnover in 40 Years |last=Trimble |first=Megan |date=December 28, 2017 |work=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |accessdate=March 16, 2018}}</ref> {{As of|2018|7|pre=early}}, 61 percent of Trump's senior aides had left<ref name="Wise -180702">{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/395222-ap-trump-admin-sets-record-for-white-house-turnover |title=AP: Trump admin sets record for White House turnover |website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |date=July 2, 2018 |accessdate=July 3, 2018 |last=Wise |first=Justin}}</ref> and 141 staffers had left in the past year.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-white-house-sets-turnover-records-analysis-shows-n888396 |title=Trump White House sets turnover records, analysis shows |publisher=[[NBC News]] |date=July 2, 2018 |accessdate=July 3, 2018 |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> Both figures set a record for recent presidents{{emdash}}more change in the first 13 months than his four immediate predecessors saw in their first two years.<ref name="Keith">{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/03/07/591372397/white-house-staff-turnover-was-already-record-setting-then-more-advisers-left |title=White House Staff Turnover Was Already Record-Setting. Then More Advisers Left |last=Keith |first=Tamara |publisher=[[NPR]] |accessdate=March 16, 2018}}</ref> Notable early departures included National Security Advisor [[Mike Flynn]] (after just 25 days in office), Chief of Staff [[Reince Priebus]], replaced by retired Marine General [[John F. Kelly]] on July 28, 2017,<ref name=Baker>{{cite news |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/us/politics/reince-priebus-white-house-trump.html |title=Reince Priebus Pushed Out After Rocky Tenure as Trump Chief of Staff |first=Peter |last=Baker |first2=Maggie |last2=Haberman}}</ref> and Press Secretary [[Sean Spicer]].<ref name="Keith" /> Close personal aides to Trump such as [[Steve Bannon]], [[Hope Hicks]], [[John McEntee (political aide)|John McEntee]] and [[Keith Schiller]], have quit or been forced out.<ref name=Brookings />

Trump has been slow to appoint second-tier officials in the executive branch, saying that many of the positions are unnecessary. {{As of|2017|10}}, there were hundreds of sub-cabinet positions vacant.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/10/12/557122200/trump-leaves-top-administration-positions-unfilled-says-hollow-government-by-des |title=Trump Leaves Top Administration Positions Unfilled, Says Hollow Government By Design |last=Keith |first=Tamara |date=October 12, 2017 |publisher=[[NPR]] |accessdate=March 16, 2018}}</ref> At the end of his first year in office, [[CBS News]] reported that "of the roughly 600 key executive branch positions, just 241 have been filled, 135 nominated candidates await confirmation while 244 slots have no nominee at all."<ref name="one year">{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/one-year-into-trump-presidency-key-executive-branch-positions-remain-unfilled/ |title=One year into Trump's presidency, hundreds of key executive branch positions remain unfilled |date=January 19, 2018 |publisher=[[CBS News]] |accessdate=March 16, 2018}}</ref>{{needs update|date=June 2018}}

==== Cabinet ====
{{Main|Cabinet of Donald Trump|Formation of Donald Trump's Cabinet}}
[[File:Donald Trump Cabinet meeting 2017-03-13 04.jpg|thumb|Cabinet meeting, March 2017]]
Trump's [[Formation of Donald Trump's cabinet|cabinet nominations]] included U.S. Senator from Alabama [[Jeff Sessions]] as [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]],<ref name=nominations-20161118>{{cite pr |url=https://www.greatagain.gov/news/president-elect-donald-j-trump-selects-us-senator-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-lt-gen-michael.html |title=President Donald J. Trump Selects U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency |location=New York City |publisher=Office of the President Elect and of the Vice President Elect |date=November 18, 2016 |accessdate=November 18, 2016}}</ref> financier [[Steve Mnuchin]] as [[Secretary of the Treasury]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38141686 |title=Former US banker Steve Mnuchin confirms he will be US treasury secretary |date=November 30, 2016 |publisher=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=November 30, 2016}}</ref> retired Marine Corps General [[James Mattis]] as [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Lamothe |first=Dan |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-has-chosen-retired-marine-gen-james-mattis-for-secretary-of-defense/2016/12/01/6c6b3b74-aff9-11e6-be1c-8cec35b1ad25_story.html |title=Trump has chosen retired Marine Gen. James Mattis for secretary of defense |work=[[The Washington Post]] |accessdate=December 1, 2016}}</ref> and [[ExxonMobil]] CEO [[Rex Tillerson]] as [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/12/us/politics/rex-tillerson-secretary-of-state-trump.html |title=Rex Tillerson, Exxon C.E.O., chosen as Secretary of State |date=December 12, 2016|accessdate=December 26, 2016}}</ref> Trump also brought on board politicians who had opposed him during the presidential campaign, such as neurosurgeon [[Ben Carson]] as [[Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]],<ref>{{cite news |first=Trip |last=Gabriel |title=Trump Chooses Ben Carson to Lead HUD |date=December 5, 2016 |accessdate=December 5, 2016 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/us/politics/ben-carson-housing-urban-development-trump.html}}</ref> and South Carolina Governor [[Nikki Haley]] as [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations|Ambassador to the United Nations]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sc-gov-nikki-haley-tapped-to-be-trumps-un-ambassador/2016/11/23/c1395cb6-b144-11e6-8616-52b15787add0_story.html |work=[[The Washington Post]] |title=Gov. Nikki Haley tapped to be Trump's U.N. ambassador |date=November 23, 2016 |accessdate=November 23, 2016 |first=Robert |last=Costa}}</ref>

While most of Trump's nominees were approved by the GOP majority in the Senate, the confirmation of education reform activist [[Betsy DeVos]] as [[United States Secretary of Education|Secretary of Education]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=David |title=Betsy Devos, billionaire philanthropist, picked as Trump education secretary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/23/betsy-devos-education-secretary-trump-administration |accessdate=November 23, 2016 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=November 23, 2016}}</ref> required Vice President Pence to cast a rare [[List of tie-breaking votes cast by vice presidents of the United States|tie-breaking vote]], the first in a Cabinet nominee's Senate confirmation.<ref>{{cite news |title=DeVos Confirmed as Education Secretary, Pence Casts Historic Tie-Breaking Vote |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/07/devos-confirmed-as-education-secretary-pence-casts-historic-tie-breaking-vote.html |date=February 7, 2017 |publisher=[[Fox News]] |accessdate=February 8, 2017}}</ref>

Two of Trump's 15 original cabinet members were gone within 15 months: Health and Human Services Secretary [[Tom Price (American politician)|Tom Price]] was forced to resign in September 2017 due to excessive use of private charter jets and military aircraft, and Trump replaced Secretary of State [[Rex Tillerson]] with [[Mike Pompeo]] in March 2018 over disagreements on foreign policy.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-incredibly-and-historically-unstable-first-year-of-trumps-cabinet/ |title=The Incredibly And Historically Unstable First Year Of Trump's Cabinet |last=Jones-Rooy |first=Andrea |date=November 29, 2017 |work=[[FiveThirtyEight]] |accessdate=March 16, 2018}}</ref><ref name=Brookings>{{cite news |url=https://www.brookings.edu/research/tracking-turnover-in-the-trump-administration/ |title=Tracking Turnover in the Trump Administration |date=March 16, 2018 |publisher=[[Brookings Institution]] |accessdate=March 16, 2018}}</ref> EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned in July 2018 amidst multiple investigations into his conduct.<ref name=Hersher-180705>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/07/05/594078923/scott-pruitt-out-at-epa |title=Scott Pruitt Out At EPA |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=July 5, 2018 |accessdate=July 5, 2018 |first=Rebecca |last=Hersher |first2=Brett |last2=Neelyin}}</ref>

=== Investigations ===
==== Russian interference ====
{{Main|Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections|Links between Trump associates and Russian officials}}
In January 2017, American intelligence agencies—the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], and the [[National Security Agency|NSA]], represented by the [[Director of National Intelligence]]—jointly stated with "[[Analytic confidence#Levels of analytic confidence in national security reports|high confidence]]" that the Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election to favor the election of Trump.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/us/politics/trump-russia-intelligence-agencies-cia-fbi-nsa.html|title=Trump Misleads on Russian Meddling: Why 17 Intelligence Agencies Don't Need to Agree|last=Rosenberg|first=Matthew|date=July 6, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name="Declassified Report">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/06/us/politics/document-russia-hacking-report-intelligence-agencies.html|title=Intelligence Report on Russian Hacking|date=January 6, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=January 8, 2017|page=ii|quote=We assess Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election. Russia's goals were to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency. We further assess Putin and the Russian Government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump. We have high confidence in these judgments.}}</ref> In March 2017, FBI Director [[James Comey]] told Congress that "the FBI, as part of our counterintelligence mission, is investigating the Russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. That includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government, and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and Russia's efforts."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/its-official-the-fbi-is-investigating-trumps-links-to-russia/520134/|title=It's Official: The FBI Is Investigating Trump's Links to Russia|last=Berman|first=Russell|date=March 20, 2017|work=[[The Atlantic]]|accessdate=June 7, 2017}}</ref> Later, in testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee on June 8, he affirmed he has "no doubt" that Russia interfered in the 2016 election, adding "they did it with purpose and sophistication".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/videos/james-comey-no-doubt-russia-interfered-in-2016-election/|title=James Comey: "No doubt" Russia interfered in 2016 election|date=June 8, 2017|accessdate=June 8, 2017|publisher=[[CBS News]]}}</ref>

Trump's connections to Russia have been widely reported by the press.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/13/donald-trump-russia-vladimir-putin-us-election-hack |title=Trump's relationship with Russia – what we know and what comes next |last=McCarthy |first=Tom |date=December 13, 2016 |work=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/03/the-web-of-relationships-between-team-trump-and-russia/ |title=The web of relationships between Team Trump and Russia |last=Bump |first=Philip |date=March 3, 2017 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> One of Trump's campaign managers, [[Paul Manafort]], had worked for several years to help pro-Russian politician [[Viktor Yanukovich]] win the Ukrainian presidency.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/19/paul-manaforts-complicated-ties-to-ukraine-explained/|title=Paul Manafort's complicated ties to Ukraine, explained|last=Phillips|first=Amber|date=August 19, 2016|work=[[The Washington Post]]|accessdate=June 14, 2017}}</ref> Other Trump associates, including former National Security Advisor [[Michael T. Flynn]] and political consultant [[Roger Stone]], have been connected to Russian officials.<ref name="many">{{cite news|url=https://time.com/4433880/donald-trump-ties-to-russia/|title=Donald Trump's Many, Many, Many, Many Ties to Russia|last1=Nesbit|first1=Jeff|date=August 15, 2016|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|accessdate=February 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/21/us/roger-stone-donald-trump-russia.html|title=Roger Stone, the 'Trickster' on Trump's Side, Is Under F.B.I. Scrutiny|last=Haberman|first=Maggie|date=March 21, 2017|authorlink=Maggie Haberman|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Russian agents were overheard during the campaign saying they could use Manafort and Flynn to influence Trump.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/335035-nyt-russians-discussed-using-manafort-flynn-to-influence-trump |title=NYT: Russians discussed using Manafort, Flynn to influence Trump |last=Williams |first=Katie Bo |date=May 24, 2017 |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |accessdate=May 28, 2017}}</ref>
Members of Trump's campaign and later his White House staff, particularly Flynn, were in contact with Russian officials both before and after the November election.<ref name="Reuters2">{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-contacts-idUSKCN18E106 |title=Exclusive: Trump campaign had at least 18 undisclosed contacts with Russians: sources |last1=Parker |first1=Ned |date=May 18, 2017 |accessdate=May 19, 2017 |agency=Reuters |last2=Landay |first2=Jonathan |last3=Strobel |first3=Warren}}</ref> On December 29, 2016, Flynn talked with Russian Ambassador [[Sergey Kislyak]] about sanctions that had been imposed the same day; Trump later fired Flynn for falsely claiming he had not discussed the sanctions.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/13/politics/michael-flynn-white-house-national-security-adviser/ |title=Flynn resigns amid controversy over Russia contacts |last1=Murray |first1=Sara |date=February 14, 2017 |accessdate=March 2, 2017 |publisher=[[CNN]] |last2=Borger |first2=Gloria |last3=Diamond |first3=Jeremy}}</ref>

==== Dismissal of James Comey ====
{{Main|Dismissal of James Comey}}
On May 9, 2017, Trump dismissed FBI Director James Comey. He first attributed this action to recommendations from Attorney General [[Jeff Sessions]] and Deputy AG [[Rod Rosenstein]],<ref name=Apuzzo>{{cite news |last1=Michael D. Shear |last2=[[Matt Apuzzo]] |title=TRUMP FIRES COMEY AMID RUSSIA INQUIRY – Clinton Email Investigation Cited – Democrats Seek Special Counsel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/us/politics/james-comey-fired-fbi.html|accessdate=May 10, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 10, 2017 |page=A1}}</ref> which criticized Comey's conduct in the investigation about [[Hillary Clinton email controversy#October 2016 – Additional investigation|Hillary Clinton's emails]].<ref name=Guardian-20170509>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/09/james-comey-fbi-fired-donald-trump |title=Donald Trump fires FBI director Comey over handling of Clinton investigation |last=Smith |first=David |date=May 9, 2017 |work=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=May 9, 2017}}</ref> On May 11, Trump stated that he was concerned with the ongoing "Russia thing"<ref name=Barrett-20170511>{{cite news |last1=Barrett |first1=Devlin |last2=Rucker |first2=Philip |title=Trump said he was thinking of Russia controversy when he decided to fire Comey |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-says-fbi-director-comey-told-him-three-times-he-wasnt-under-investigation-once-in-a-phone-call-initiated-by-the-president/2017/05/11/2b384c9a-3669-11e7-b4ee-434b6d506b37_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=May 11, 2017 |accessdate=May 12, 2017}}</ref> and that he had intended to fire Comey earlier, regardless of DoJ advice.<ref name=theweek-20170511>{{cite news |url=https://theweek.com/speedreads/698368/president-trump-just-completely-contradicted-official-white-house-account-comey-firing |title=President Trump just completely contradicted the official White House account of the Comey firing |date=May 11, 2017 |work=[[The Week]] |accessdate=May 11, 2017}}</ref>

According to a [[Comey memo]] of a private conversation on February 14, 2017, Trump said he "hoped" Comey would drop the investigation into Michael Flynn.<ref name="Wilber">{{cite news |last1=Wilber |first1=Del Quentin |last2=Viswanatha |first2=Aruna |title=Trump Asked Comey to Drop Flynn Investigation, According to Memo Written by Former FBI Director |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-asked-comey-to-drop-flynn-investigation-according-to-memo-written-by-former-fbi-director-1494974774 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] {{subscription required}}|date=May 16, 2017 |accessdate=May 16, 2017}}</ref>
In March and April, Trump had told Comey that the ongoing suspicions formed a "cloud" impairing his presidency,<ref name="comeytestimony">{{cite web |last1=Comey |first1=James |title=Statement for the Record Senate Select Committee on Intelligence |url=https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/os-jcomey-060817.pdf |website=United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence |publisher=United States Government |accessdate=June 7, 2017 |page=7 |format=PDF |date=June 8, 2017}}</ref> and asked him to publicly state that he was not personally under investigation.<ref name="schmidt">{{cite news |last1=Schmidt |first1=Michael S. |last2=Goldman |first2=Adam |title=Comey to Testify Trump Pressured Him to Say He Wasn't Under Investigation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/us/politics/james-comey-statement-testimony.html |accessdate=June 7, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 7, 2017}}</ref> He also asked intelligence chiefs [[Dan Coats]] and [[Michael S. Rogers|Michael Rogers]] to issue statements saying there was no evidence that his campaign colluded with Russia during the 2016 election.<ref name=Sciutto>{{cite news |last1=Sciutto |first1=Jim |last2=Watkins |first2=Eli |title=Trump asked DNI, NSA to deny evidence of Russia collusion |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/22/politics/donald-trump-intelligence-community/index.html |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=May 23, 2017}}</ref> Both refused, considering this an inappropriate request, although not illegal.<ref name=Dilanian>{{cite news |last1=Dilanian |first1=Ken |last2=Windrem |first2=Robert |title=Trump Asked Top Intel Officials to Push Back Publicly on Russia Probe |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-asked-top-intel-officials-push-back-publicly-russia-probe-n763336 |publisher=[[NBC News]] |date=May 22, 2017}}</ref> Comey eventually testified on June 8 that while he was director, the FBI investigations did not target Trump himself.<ref name="comeytestimony" /><ref name=nyt-20110608>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/08/us/politics/trump-speech-faith-freedom-coalition.html |title='I Was Right': As Trump Watches Comey on TV, Anxiety Yields to Relief |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |first1=Glenn |last1=Thrush |author1link=Glenn Thrush |first2=Maggie |last2=Haberman |author2link=Maggie Haberman |date=June 8, 2017 |accessdate=June 9, 2017}}</ref> In a statement on Twitter Trump implied that he had "tapes" of conversations with Comey, before later stating that he did not in fact have such tapes.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Mark |last1=Landler |first2=Maggie |last2=Haberman |author-link=Maggie Haberman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/us/politics/trump-comey-tapes.html |title=Trump Says He Did Not Tape Comey Conversations |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 22, 2017}}</ref>

==== Special counsel ====
{{Main|Special Counsel investigation (2017–present)}}
On May 17, 2017, [[United States Deputy Attorney General|Deputy Attorney General]] [[Rod Rosenstein]] appointed [[Robert Mueller]], a former [[Director of the FBI]], to serve as [[special counsel]] for the [[United States Department of Justice]] (DOJ). In this capacity, Mueller oversees the [[Special Counsel investigation (2017–present)|investigation]] into "any links and/or coordination between Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump, and any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/17/us/politics/document-Robert-Mueller-Special-Counsel-Russia.html |title=Rod Rosenstein's Letter Appointing Mueller Special Counsel |last1=Rosenstein |first1=Rod |date=May 17, 2017 |website=[[The New York Times]] |dead-url=no |accessdate=May 18, 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518015032/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/17/us/politics/document-Robert-Mueller-Special-Counsel-Russia.html |archivedate=May 18, 2017}}</ref> Trump has repeatedly denied any collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bump|first1=Philip|title=Analysis {{!}} Trump and the White House have denied Russian collusion more than 140 times|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/01/11/trump-and-the-white-house-have-denied-russian-collusion-more-than-140-times/|work=[[The Washington Post]]|date=January 11, 2018}}</ref> Mueller is also investigating the Trump campaign's possible ties to [[Saudi Arabia]], the [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Turkey]], [[Qatar]], [[Israel]], and [[China]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump Jr. and Other Aides Met With Gulf Emissary Offering Help to Win Election |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/19/us/politics/trump-jr-saudi-uae-nader-prince-zamel.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Joshua |last=Keating |title=It's Not Just a "Russia" Investigation Anymore |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/mueller-investigation-spreads-to-qatar-israel-uae-china-turkey.html |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |date=March 8, 2018}}</ref>

''The Washington Post'' reported that days after Comey's dismissal the special counsel started investigating whether Trump had obstructed justice.<ref name=Vitkovskaya>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/06/15/the-president-is-under-investigation-for-obstruction-of-justice-how-did-we-get-here/ |title=Trump Is Officially under Investigation. How Did We Get Here? |work=[[The Washington Post]] |last=Vitkovskaya |first=Julie |date=June 16, 2017 |accessdate=June 16, 2017 |quote=Trump is officially under investigation... Special counsel investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice... The president is being investigated...}}</ref> Trump's lawyer [[Jay Sekulow]] stated that he had not been notified of any such investigation.<ref>{{cite interview |last=Sekulow |first=Jay |author-link=Jay Sekulow |interviewer=[[John Dickerson (journalist)|John Dickerson]] |title=Transcript: Jay Sekulow on "Face the Nation," June 18, 2017 |work=[[Face the Nation]] |publisher=[[CBS News]] |date=June 18, 2017 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transcript-jay-sekulow-on-face-the-nation-june-18-2017/ |accessdate=June 19, 2017 |quote=SEKULOW: The president is not and has not been under investigation. <br /> DICKERSON: How do you know? <br /> SEKULOW: Because we've received no notice of investigation. There has been no notification from the special counsel's office that the president is under investigation.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-18/trump-not-under-investigation-for-obstruction-lawyer-tells-nbc |title=Trump Not Under Investigation for Obstruction, Lawyer Says |date=June 18, 2017 |publisher=[[Bloomberg News]]}}</ref> ABC News later reported that the special counsel was gathering preliminary information about possible [[obstruction of justice]] but had not launched a full-scale investigation.<ref name="thomas17">{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=Pierre |date=June 19, 2017 |title=Where things stand with special counsel Mueller's Russia probe |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/things-stand-special-counsel-muellers-russia-probe/story?id=48142304 |publisher=[[ABC News]] |quote=According to sources familiar with the process ... [a]n assessment of evidence and circumstances will be completed before a final decision is made to launch an investigation of the president of the United States regarding potential obstruction of justice.}}</ref>

In January 2018, ''The New York Times'' reported that Trump had ordered Mueller to be fired in June, after learning that Mueller was investigating possible obstruction of justice, but backed down after White House Counsel [[Don McGahn]] said he would quit;<ref>{{cite news |first1=Michael S. |last1=Schmidt |first2=Maggie |last2=Haberman |title=Trump Ordered Mueller Fired, but Backed Off When White House Counsel Threatened to Quit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/25/us/politics/trump-mueller-special-counsel-russia.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 25, 2018}}</ref> Trump called the report "fake news".<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump denies trying to fire Mueller |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42827507 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |accessdate=January 26, 2018 |date=January 25, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Helderman">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-moved-to-fire-mueller-in-june-bringing-white-house-counsel-to-the-brink-of-leaving/2018/01/25/9184a49e-0238-11e8-bb03-722769454f82_story.html |title=Trump moved to fire Mueller in June, bringing White House counsel to the brink of leaving |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=January 26, 2018 |accessdate=January 26, 2018 |last=Helderman |first=Rosalind |last2=Dawsey |first2=Josh |url-access=limited}}</ref> ''The New York Times'' reported in April 2018 that Trump had again wanted the investigation shut down in early December 2017, but stopped after learning the news reports he based his decision on were incorrect.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Haberman |first1=Maggie |last2=Schmidt |first2=Michael S. |title=Trump Sought to Fire Mueller in December |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/10/us/politics/trump-sought-to-fire-mueller-in-december.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 10, 2018}}</ref> In April 2018, following an FBI raid on the office and home of Trump's private attorney [[Michael Cohen (lawyer)|Michael Cohen]], Trump mused aloud about firing Mueller.<ref name="NBC041118">{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-president-trump-has-power-fire-mueller-n864556 |title=White House: President Trump 'certainly believes he has the power' to fire Mueller |last=Salama |first=Vivian |date=April 10, 2018 |publisher=[[NBC News]] |accessdate=April 11, 2018}}</ref>

In January 2018, ''The Washington Post'' reported that Mueller wants to interview Trump about the removal of Michael Flynn and James Comey.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leonnig |first1=Carol D. |last2=Horwitz |first2=Sari |last3=Dawsey |first3=Josh |title=Mueller seeks to question Trump about Flynn and Comey departures |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mueller-seeks-to-question-trump-about-flynn-and-comey-departures/2018/01/23/e6652db6-0068-11e8-9d31-d72cf78dbeee_story.html |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=January 23, 2018}}</ref> Trump has expressed a willingness to do the interview; according to ''The New York Times'', some of his lawyers have warned against doing so. Mueller can subpoena Trump to testify if Trump refuses.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump's lawyers want him to refuse Mueller interview request: NY Times |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-lawyers/trumps-lawyers-want-him-to-refuse-mueller-interview-request-ny-times-idUSKBN1FQ0BC |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=February 6, 2018}}</ref> {{As of|March 2018}}, Trump is reportedly a "subject" of the investigation, meaning his conduct is being looked at, but not a "target" which would indicate the likelihood of criminal charges.<ref name=subject>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mueller-told-trumps-attorneys-the-president-remains-under-investigation-but-is-not-currently-a-criminal-target/2018/04/03/d7832cf0-36c1-11e8-acd5-35eac230e514_story.html |title=Mueller told Trump's attorneys the president remains under investigation but is not currently a criminal target |first1=Carol D. |last1=Leonnig |first2=Robert |last2=Costa |date=April 3, 2018 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>

In August 2018, Trump wrote that Attorney General Jeff Sessions "should stop" the special counsel investigation "right now"; he also referred to it as a "rigged witch hunt".<ref name=Morin-180801>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/01/trump-calls-on-sessions-to-stop-mueller-probe-755030 |title=Trump calls on Sessions to stop Mueller probe |website=[[Politico]] |date=August 1, 2018 |accessdate=August 1, 2018 |first=Rebecca |last=Morin}}</ref><ref name=Chiacu-180801>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/trump-says-attorney-general-should-stop-mueller-probe-right-now-idUSKBN1KM539 |title=Trump says attorney general should stop Mueller probe 'right now' |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=August 1, 2018 |accessdate=August 1, 2018 |first=Doina |last=Chiacu}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-sessions-twitter-stop-rigged-witch-hunt/story?id=56962100 |title=Trump to Sessions: Shut down Russia probe |last=Keneally |first=Meghan |last2=Mallin |first2=Alexander |date=August 1, 2018 |publisher=[[ABC News]] |accessdate=August 1, 2018}}</ref>

==== Other legal affairs ====
{{Main|Legal affairs of Donald Trump}}

Adult film actress [[Stormy Daniels]] has alleged that she and Trump had an affair in 2006,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Luckhurst |first1=Toby |title=The Stormy Daniels-Donald Trump story explained |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43334326 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |accessdate=March 11, 2018}}</ref> which Trump denied.<ref name = Nelson>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/07/trump-stormy-daniels-payment-444133 |title=White House on Stormy Daniels: Trump 'denied all these allegations' |last=Nelson |first=Louis |date=March 7, 2018 |work=[[Politico]] |accessdate=March 16, 2018}}</ref> In January 2018, it was reported that just before the 2016 presidential election Daniels was paid $130,000 by Trump's attorney [[Michael Cohen (lawyer)|Michael Cohen]] as part of a [[non-disclosure agreement]] (NDA); Cohen later said he paid her with his own money.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/13/politics/michael-cohen-stormy-daniels-payment/index.html |title=Trump's lawyer says he paid $130,000 to porn star ahead of election |last1=Tatum |first1=Sophie |last2=Cuomo |first2=Chris |date=February 14, 2018 |publisher=[[CNN]] |accessdate=March 16, 2018}}</ref> In February 2018, Daniels sued Cohen's company asking to be released from the NDA and be allowed to tell her story. Cohen obtained a [[restraining order]] to keep her from discussing the case.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-tries-silence-stormy-daniels-n854646 |title=Trump lawyer Michael Cohen tries to silence adult-film star Stormy Daniels |last=Fitzpatrick |first=Sarah |date=March 8, 2018 |publisher=[[NBC News]] |accessdate=March 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-tries-move-stormy-daniels-lawsuit-federal-court-claims-she-n857491 |title=Trump tries to move Stormy Daniels lawsuit to federal court, claims she owes him $20 million |last1=Fitzpatrick |first1=Sarah |last2=Connor |first2=Tracy |date=March 16, 2018 |publisher=[[NBC News]] |accessdate=March 17, 2018}}</ref> In March, Daniels claimed in court that the NDA never came into effect because Trump did not sign it personally.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |title=Stormy Daniels files lawsuit against Trump |first=Brandon |last=Carter |quote=Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, claims in her suit filed Tuesday that the nondisclosure agreement is not valid because Trump never signed the deal, according to documents revealed publicly by her attorney, Michael Avenatti. |date=March 6, 2018 |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/377095-stormy-daniels-files-lawsuit-against-trump-report}}</ref> In April, Trump said that he did not know about Cohen paying Daniels, why Cohen had made the payment or where Cohen got the money from.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-06/donald-trump-says-he-didnt-know-about-payment-to-stormy-daniels/9625396 |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |title=Trump breaks his silence on payment to porn star Stormy Daniels |date=April 6, 2018 |accessdate=May 3, 2018}}</ref> In May, Trump's annual financial disclosure revealed that he reimbursed Cohen in 2017 for payments related to Daniels.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/05/16/611660586/trump-acknowledges-financial-liability-for-stormy-daniels-payment |title=Trump Acknowledges Financial 'Liability' For Stormy Daniels Payment |publisher=[[NPR]] |accessdate=May 16, 2018}}</ref> In August 2018, in a case brought by the office of the [[United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York]],<ref name=otherinvestigations>{{cite news |date=September 2, 2018 |last1=Blumenthal |first1=Paul |title=It's Not Just Robert Mueller. President Donald Trump Faces Six Separate Investigations And Lawsuits |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-investigations_us_5b85861de4b0511db3d229d7 |work=[[HuffPost]] |accessdate=September 3, 2018}}</ref> Cohen pleaded guilty in federal court to breaking campaign finance laws, admitting to paying [[hush money]] of $130,000 to Daniels and $150,000 indirectly to ''[[Playboy]]'' model [[Karen McDougal]], and said that he did it at the direction of Trump,<ref>{{cite news |first1=Larry |last1=Neumeister |first2=Tom |last2=Hays |title=Cohen pleads guilty, implicates Trump in hush-money scheme |url=https://apnews.com/74aaf72511d64fceb1d64529207bde64 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=August 22, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Trump accused of directing hush money |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45265546 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=August 22, 2018}}</ref> with the aim of influencing the presidential election.<ref>{{cite news |date=August 24, 2018 |last1=Wise |first1=Justin |title=Shep Smith: Trump's 'hush money' wasn't about sex but about influencing election |url=http://thehill.com/homenews/media/403526-shep-smith-trumps-hush-money-payments-arent-about-sex-theyre-about-influencing |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |accessdate=August 25, 2018}}</ref> In response, Trump said that he only knew about the payments "later on", and that he paid back Cohen personally, not out of campaign funds.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Singman |first1=Brooke |title=Trump insists he learned of Michael Cohen payments 'later on,' in 'Fox & Friends' exclusive |url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/22/trump-insists-learned-michael-cohen-payments-later-on-in-fox-friends-exclusive.html |publisher=[[Fox News]] |accessdate=August 23, 2018}}</ref> Cohen also said he would cooperate fully with the [[Special Counsel investigation (2017–present)|Special Counsel investigation]] into collusion with Russia.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45270339 |title=Trump ex-lawyer 'happy' to aid Russia probe |date=August 22, 2018 |publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>

[[Attorney General for the District of Columbia|D.C. Attorney General]] [[Karl Racine]] and [[Attorney General of Maryland|Maryland Attorney General]] [[Brian Frosh]] have [[D.C. and Maryland v. Trump|filed a lawsuit in June 2017]] alleging that President Trump violated the [[Foreign Emoluments Clause]] of the United States Constitution by continuing to profit from his businesses, such as the [[Old Post Office (Washington, D.C.)#Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C.|Trump International Hotel in D.C.]], as well as receiving foreign government payments through his businesses.<ref name=otherinvestigations/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-york-files-suit-against-president-trump-alleging-his-charity-engaged-in-illegal-conduct/2018/06/14/c3cbf71e-6fc9-11e8-bd50-b80389a4e569_story.html |title=New York files suit against President Trump, alleging his charity engaged in 'illegal conduct' |last=Fahrenthold |first=David A. |date=June 14, 2018 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |accessdate=June 14, 2018}}</ref>

[[New York Attorney General]] [[Barbara Underwood]] has [[Donald J. Trump Foundation#2018 legal actions by New York State|filed a lawsuit in June 2018]] against President Trump, alleging that his charity, the [[Donald J. Trump Foundation]], had under his direction illegally coordinated with the 2016 Trump campaign, as well as made other illegal payments to benefit Trump and his businesses.<ref name=otherinvestigations/><ref>{{cite news |last1=LaFrainere |first1=Sharon |title=Maryland and D.C. Sue Trump Over His Private Businesses |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/us/trump-lawsuit-private-businesses.html |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 12, 2017}}</ref>

=== Impeachment efforts ===
{{Main|Efforts to impeach Donald Trump}}
[[File:Congressman Al Green's Floor Speech on the Impeachment of President Trump.webm|thumb|Congressman [[Al Green (politician)|Al Green]] delivers a speech calling for impeachment of President Trump, June 2017.]]
Formal efforts to start the process of [[Impeachment in the United States|impeachment]] against Trump, who took office in January 2017, have been initiated by [[United States House of Representatives|Representatives]] [[Al Green (politician)|Al Green]] and [[Brad Sherman]], both [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]].<ref name="greensherman">See:
* {{cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/06/07/reps-green-and-sherman-announce-plan-to-file-articles-impeachment.html |publisher=[[Fox News]] |date=June 7, 2017 |accessdate=June 7, 2017 |title=Reps. Green and Sherman announce plan to file articles of impeachment |first=Brooke |last=Singman}}
* For the draft resolutions, see: {{citation |first=Brad |last=Sherman |authorlink=Brad Sherman |url=https://sherman.house.gov/sites/sherman.house.gov/files/SHERMA_017_xml.pdf |title=Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors |publisher=[[United States House of Representatives]] |date=June 12, 2017 |accessdate=June 12, 2017}} and {{citation |url=https://www.congress.gov/crec/2017/05/17/CREC-2017-05-17-pt1-PgH4227-5.pdf |date=May 17, 2017 |accessdate=May 17, 2017 |title=Calling for Impeachment of the President |work=[[Congressional Record]] |first=Al |last=Green |authorlink=Al Green (politician) |volume=63 |number=85 |pages=H4227–H4228 |publisher=[[United States House of Representatives]]}} ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Au1cwXN8M video at YouTube] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609214304/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Au1cwXN8M|date=June 9, 2017}})</ref><ref name=rollcall>{{cite news |url=http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/democratic-rep-sherman-files-article-of-impeachment-against-trump|title=Democratic Rep. Sherman Drafts Article of Impeachment Against Trump|date=June 12, 2017|accessdate=June 12, 2017|work=[[Roll Call]]}}</ref> Other people and groups have asserted that Trump has engaged in impeachable activity during [[Presidency of Donald Trump|his presidency]].<ref name="Independent-1-20-2017">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-impeachment-effort-website-rootsaction-emoluments-clause-conflict-of-interest-ethics-a7538406.html |title=Website aiming to impeach Donald Trump so popular it crashed |first=Rachael |last=Revesz |date=January 20, 2017 |accessdate=January 20, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref><ref name="WashPost-1-20-2017">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/01/20/the-campaign-to-impeach-president-trump-has-begun/ |title=The campaign to impeach President Trump has begun |first=Matea |last=Gold |date=January 20, 2017 |accessdate=January 20, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> Talk of impeachment began before Trump took office.<ref name="VanityFair">{{cite news |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/12/democrats-pave-the-way-to-impeach-donald-trump |title=Democrats Are Paving the Way to Impeach Donald Trump |first=Emily Jane |last=Fox |date=December 15, 2016 |accessdate=December 15, 2016 |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]}}</ref><ref name="ZT2016">{{cite news |last=Teachout |first=Zephyr |authorlink=Zephyr Teachout |date=November 17, 2016 |accessdate=November 17, 2016 |title=Trump's Foreign Business Ties May Violate the Constitution |url=https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2016/11/17/would-trumps-foreign-business-ties-be-constitutional/trumps-foreign-business-ties-may-violate-the-constitution |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

Serious proposals to impeach Trump for obstruction of justice were made in May 2017, after Trump fired FBI Director [[James Comey]]<ref name=hamedy>{{cite news |first=Saba |last=Hamedy |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/10/politics/richard-blumenthal-james-comey-cnntv/ |title=Blumenthal: Comey firing 'may well produce impeachment proceedings' |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=May 11, 2017 |accessdate=May 11, 2017}}</ref><ref name=roarty>{{cite news |first=Alex |last=Roarty |url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article149758184.html |title=Democrats talk of an 'impeachment clock' for Trump |publisher=[[The McClatchy Company]] |date=May 10, 2017 |accessdate=May 10, 2017}}</ref><ref name=easley>{{Cite news |url=http://thehill.com/homenews/house/332772-dem-reps-trump-is-moving-towards-impeachment |title=Dem reps: Trump is 'moving' toward impeachment |last=Easley |first=Jonathan |date=May 10, 2017 |accessdate=May 10, 2017 |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref> and allegations surfaced that Trump had asked Comey to drop the investigation against [[Michael Flynn]].<ref name="arewegetting">{{cite news |url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/05/16/cnn_wolf_blitzer_are_we_moving_toward_impeachment_of_trump.html |title=CNN's Wolf Blitzer: "Are We Getting Closer" To Impeachment Of Donald Trump? |publisher=[[RealClearPolitics]] |date=May 16, 2017 |accessdate=May 16, 2017}}</ref> A December 2017 resolution of impeachment failed in the House by a 58–364 margin.<ref name="DeBonis">{{cite news |last1=DeBonis |first1=Mike |title=House votes to kill Texas lawmaker's Trump impeachment effort |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/12/06/house-democratic-leaders-oppose-texas-lawmakers-trump-impeachment-effort/ |website=[[The Washington Post]] |date=December 6, 2017}}</ref> Since the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] control both the House and the [[United States Senate|Senate]], the likelihood of impeachment during the 2017–2019 [[115th United States Congress|115th Congress]] is considered remote.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bump |first1=Philip |title=No matter how bad it gets for him, here's why Trump isn't getting impeached this year [analysis] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/07/14/no-matter-how-bad-it-gets-for-him-heres-why-trump-isnt-getting-impeached-this-year |accessdate=July 14, 2017 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=July 14, 2017}}</ref><ref name="NYT-Dems">{{cite news |title=Pledge to Impeach Trump, a Key Donor Demands of Democrats |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/11/us/tom-steyer-trump-impeachment.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=October 17, 2018}}</ref>

Trump has argued against his own impeachment because "I don't think they can impeach somebody that's doing a great job".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Micklethwait |first1=John |last2=Jacobs |first2=Jennifer |last3=Talev |first3=Margaret |title=Trump Says Democrats Can't Impeach Him Because He's Doing a 'Great Job' |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-30/trump-says-his-great-job-means-democrats-can-t-impeach-him |publisher=[[Bloomberg News]] |accessdate=September 5, 2018}}</ref>

Independently of impeachment, some commentators have speculated that Trump could be stripped of his powers and duties for incapacity under the [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|25th Amendment of the Constitution]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://globalnews.ca/news/3454725/theres-a-process-to-remove-incapable-presidents-but-it-probably-wont-be-used-on-trump-yet/ |title=There's a process to remove incapable presidents, but it probably won't be used on Trump – yet |first=Patrick |last=Cain |publisher=Globalnews.ca |date=May 16, 2017 |accessdate=May 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Parton |first1=Heather Digby |authorlink=Digby (blogger) |title=Efforts to impeach Donald Trump |url=http://www.salon.com/2017/01/25/dont-look-now-its-president-pence-donald-trump-can-be-deposed-even-without-impeachment/ |work=[[Salon (website)|Salon]] |date=January 25, 2017 |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Prokop |first1=Andrew |title=The 25th Amendment, explained: how a president can be declared unfit to serve |url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/2/9/14488980/25th-amendment-trump-pence |publisher=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |date=January 12, 2018 |accessdate=January 12, 2018}}</ref>

=== 2020 presidential campaign ===
{{Main|Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2020}}

Trump signaled his intention to run for a second term by filing with the FEC within hours of assuming the presidency.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-hints-at-re-election-bid-vowing-eight-years-of-great-things/article/2612632 |title=Trump hints at re-election bid, vowing 'eight years' of 'great things' |last=Westwood |first=Sarah |work=[[The Washington Examiner]] |date=January 22, 2017|accessdate=February 19, 2017}}</ref> This transformed his 2016 election committee into a 2020 reelection one.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.azfamily.com/story/34380443/trump-breaks-precedent-files-on-first-day-as-candidate-for-re-election |title=Trump breaks precedent, files as candidate for re-election on first day |publisher=Azfamily.com |date=January 31, 2017|accessdate=February 19, 2017}}</ref> Trump marked the official start of the campaign with a rally in [[Melbourne, Florida]], on February 18, 2017, less than a month after taking office.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/trump-kicks-off-his-2020-reelection-campaign-on-saturday/516909/ |title=Trump Kicks Off His 2020 Reelection Campaign on Saturday |last=Graham |first=David A. |work=[[The Atlantic]] |date=February 15, 2017|accessdate=February 19, 2017}}</ref> By January 2018, Trump's reelection committee had $22 million in hand<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-31/trump-s-2020-re-election-committee-has-22-1-million-in-bank |title=Trump's 2020 Re-Election Committee Has $22.1 Million in the Bank |last=McCormick |first=John |last2=Jacobs |first2=Jennifer |date=January 31, 2018 |publisher=[[Bloomberg News]] |accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref> and it had raised a total amount exceeding $50 million towards the 2020 campaign {{as of|July 2018|lc=yes}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00580100/?tab=summary |title=Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. / Presidential – Principal campaign committee / Financial summary |website=www.fec.gov |publisher=[[Federal Election Commission]] |date=June 30, 2018 |accessdate=August 15, 2018}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
{{See also|Bibliography of Donald Trump}}

{{Refbegin|30em|indent=yes}}
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AiFeQZhakXQC |title=Donald Trump: Master Apprentice |last=Blair |first=Gwenda |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-7432-7510-1 |ref=harv}}
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ig1ZCgAAQBAJ |title=Donald Trump: The Candidate |last=Blair |first=Gwenda |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=2015a |isbn=978-1-4391-2937-1 |ref=harv}}
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uJifCgAAQBAJ |title=The Trumps: Three Generations That Built an Empire |last=Blair |first=Gwenda |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=2015b|orig-year=First published 2001 |isbn=978-1-5011-3936-9 |ref=harv}}
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G7Tf_1GzlHEC |title=The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion 1989 |last=Gallup |first=George, Jr. |authorlink=George Gallup Jr. |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |year=1990 |isbn=978-0-8420-2344-3 |ref=harv}}
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Xjp3R1PqO4C |title=Empire: A Tale of Obsession, Betrayal, and the Battle for an American Icon |last=Pacelle |first=Mitchell |publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]] |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-471-23865-2 |ref=harv}}
* {{cite book |title=Trump Revealed: The Definitive Biography of the 45th President |last1=Kranish |first1=Michael |authorlink=Michael Kranish |last2=Fisher |first2=Marc |authorlink2=Marc Fisher |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=2017|orig-year=First published 2016 |isbn=978-1-5011-5652-6 |ref=harv |title-link=Trump Revealed}}
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mTB6Ip_FW-UC |title=Taming the Beast: Wall Street's Imperfect Answers to Making Money |last=Light |first=Larry |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-118-08420-5 |ref=harv}}
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ye6e_VxM00kC |title=Trump: The Art of the Deal |first1=Donald J. |last1=Trump |first2=Tony |last2=Schwartz |authorlink2=Tony Schwartz (author) |publisher=[[Random House]] |year=2009|orig-year=First published 1987 |isbn=978-0-446-35325-0 |ref=harv}}
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NIPOonZnkDEC |title=Donald Trump: From Real Estate to Reality TV |last=Wooten |first=Sara |publisher=[[Enslow Publishers]] |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-7660-2890-6 |ref=harv}}
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* [https://www.donaldjtrump.com/ Donald J. Trump for President campaign website]
* [https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/607230 Donald Trump] at ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''
* [https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/donald-trump "Donald Trump collected news and commentary"]. ''The New York Times''.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170223112959/https://topics.wsj.com/person/T/Donald-Trump/159 "Donald Trump collected news and commentary"]. ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''.
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