Presidency of Donald Trump - wikipedia Presidency of Donald Trump administration beginning 2017 For a chronological guide to this subject, see Timeline of the presidency of Donald Trump. Presidency of Donald Trump Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States In office Since January 20, 2017 -- ( Incumbent ) Preceded by Obama presidency Seat White House, Washington, D.C. Political party Republican This article is part of a series about Donald Trump President of the United States Incumbent Presidency Transition Inauguration Timeline Executive actions proclamations pardons Polls Protests Trips international Appointments Cabinet formation Ambassadors Federal judges Neil Gorsuch Supreme Court candidates U.S. Attorneys Dismissals Sally Yates Michael Flynn James Comey Rex Tillerson Policy positions Economy tariffs Environment Paris withdrawal Foreign policy as candidate as President Immigration Social issues cannabis Presidential election 2016 campaign 2020 2000 Rallies Primaries Convention Endorsements Debates Never Trump movement Sexual misconduct allegations Russia controversies Business projects in Russia Election interference timeline Steele dossier Classified information disclosure Links of associates with Russian officials Trump campaign -- Russian meetings Special Counsel investigation 2017 2018 hide Business and personal Business career The Trump Organization The Apprentice Books Eponyms Family Foundation Legal affairs Stormy Daniels Racial views Residences Social media Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States at noon EST on January 20, 2017, succeeding Barack Obama. Trump, the Republican nominee, was a businessman and reality television personality from New York City at the time of his victory in the 2016 presidential election over the Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. While Trump lost the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes, he won the Electoral College vote by 304 to 227. His running mate, former Governor Mike Pence of Indiana, took office as the 48th Vice President of the United States on the same day. Trump 's term in office is set to end on January 20, 2021, though he is eligible for election to a second term and has declared his intention to run, announcing his reelection campaign on the day of his inauguration. Opinion polls have shown Trump to be the least popular President in the history of modern American presidential opinion polling, as of the end of his first year in office. Upon taking office, Trump repealed regulations intended to address climate change, such as the Clean Power Plan, and withdrew from the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation. Trump also withdrew the United States from the Trans - Pacific Partnership, issued a controversial executive order denying entry into the U.S. to citizens of certain countries, and withdrew from the Iran nuclear agreement. Trump ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ( DACA ) program, which had protected undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as minors from deportation. Trump also announced that the United States would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, forge closer ties to Saudi Arabia, and restrict transgender and transsexual people from the military. Trump also initiated a trade war with China, as well as against America 's closest allies, by imposing tariffs on imports. As of June 2018, the trade war wiped out all gains in the Dow Jones made in 2018, increased or was expected to increase the prices for a range of producer and consumer goods, and contributed to an increase in the interest rate on US government debt. Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to a vacant seat on the Supreme Court, whose nomination was confirmed by the Senate in April 2017. Trump worked with congressional Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but the repeal bill failed in the Senate in July. In December 2017, Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which dramatically lowered corporate and estate taxes. After Trump dismissed FBI Director James Comey in 2017, a special counsel was appointed to take over an existing FBI investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections and related matters, including coordination or links between the Trump campaign and Russian government ; the investigation has resulted in several indictments and guilty pleas involving Trump campaign advisors and staff. Contents 1 Elections 1.1 2016 elections 1.2 2018 midterm elections 1.3 Indications of 2020 presidential campaign 2 Transition period and inauguration 3 Personnel 3.1 Cabinet 3.2 Notable non-Cabinet positions 3.3 Notable departures 3.3. 1 Firing of Michael Flynn 3.3. 2 Firing of James Comey 3.4 Judicial nominees 4 First year 5 Leadership style and philosophy 5.1 False and misleading statements 5.2 Relationship with the media 5.3 Use of Twitter 6 Domestic policy 6.1 Abortion 6.2 Criminal justice 6.2. 1 Presidential pardons and commutations 6.3 Drug policy 6.4 Economy 6.5 Education 6.6 Environment and energy 6.7 Government size and deregulation 6.8 Guns 6.9 Health care 6.9. 1 Opioid epidemic 6.10 Housing and urban policy 6.11 Hurricane relief 6.12 Immigration 6.12. 1 Immigration order 6.13 LGBT policy 6.14 Science 6.15 Transportation 6.16 Veterans affairs 6.17 Voting rights 6.18 White nationalists and Charlottesville rally 7 Foreign policy 7.1 East Asia and Oceania 7.1. 1 Australia 7.1. 2 China 7.1. 3 North Korea 7.2 Europe 7.2. 1 Russia 7.2. 2 Germany 7.2. 3 United Kingdom 7.3 North America 7.3. 1 Cuba 7.3. 2 Mexico 7.4 South America 7.4. 1 Venezuela 7.5 West Asia 7.5. 1 Afghanistan 7.5. 2 Iraq and Syria 7.5. 2.1 Military action in Syria 7.5. 3 Iran 7.5. 4 Israel and the Palestinian Authority 7.5. 5 Yemen 7.6 Trade 8 Ethics 8.1 Potential conflicts of interest 8.2 Saudi Arabia 8.3 Russia 8.4 Transparency and data availability 8.5 Cost of trips 9 Approval ratings 10 See also 11 Notes 12 References Elections 2016 elections Main article : United States presidential election, 2016 Further information : United States elections, 2016 ; Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016 ; Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016 ; and 2016 Republican National Convention Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, taking 304 of the 538 electoral votes. Five other individuals received electoral votes from faithless electors. The Republican ticket of businessman Donald Trump of New York and Governor Mike Pence of Indiana won the 2016 election, defeating the Democratic ticket of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of New York and Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia. Trump won 304 electoral votes compared to Clinton 's 227, though Clinton won a plurality of the popular vote. Trump is the fifth person to win the presidency but lose the popular vote, after John Quincy Adams ( 1824 ), Rutherford B. Hayes ( 1876 ), Benjamin Harrison ( 1888 ), and George W. Bush ( 2000 ). He is also the fourth president to lose his home state in the election he won. He is the first Republican presidential candidate to carry the state of Wisconsin since Ronald Reagan ( 1984 ) and the states of Michigan and Pennsylvania since George H.W. Bush ( 1988 ). Although Republicans lost a net of two seats in the Senate elections and six seats in the House elections, they maintained their majorities in both houses for the 115th Congress. Trump made false claims that massive amounts of voter fraud in Clinton 's favor occurred during the election, and he called for a major investigation after taking office. Numerous studies have found no evidence of widespread voter fraud. After the election, Republican Mitch McConnell of Kentucky retained his position as Senate Majority Leader, while Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York replaced the retiring Harry Reid of Nevada as Senate Minority Leader. Democrat Nancy Pelosi retained her position as House Minority Leader, while Republican Paul Ryan retained his position as Speaker of the House. 2018 midterm elections Main article : United States elections, 2018 Midterm elections will be held on November 6, 2018. One - third of the Senate ( Class I ) and all 435 House seats will be up for election. Indications of 2020 presidential campaign Main articles : Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2020 and United States presidential election, 2020 Trump signaled his intent to run for a second term by filing with the FEC within hours of assuming the presidency. 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. By February 1, 2017, the campaign had already raised over $7 million. Transition period and inauguration Main articles : Presidential transition of Donald Trump and Inauguration of Donald Trump Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and President - elect Donald Trump, November 17, 2016 Prior to the election, Trump named Chris Christie as the leader of his transition team. After the election, Vice President - elect Mike Pence replaced Christie as chairman of the transition team, while Christie became a vice-chairman alongside Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former presidential candidate Ben Carson, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Trump 's transition team launched the website greatagain.gov. Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2017, shortly after Pence was inaugurated as Vice President. Accompanied by his wife, Melania Trump, Donald Trump was sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts. In his seventeen - minute inaugural address, Trump struck a dark tone with a broad condemnation of contemporary America, pledging to end `` American carnage '' and saying that America 's `` wealth, strength and confidence has dissipated ''. Trump repeated the `` America First '' slogan that he had used in the campaign and promised that `` ( e ) very decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affairs, will be made to benefit American workers and American factories ''. Aged seventy, Trump surpassed Ronald Reagan and became the oldest person to assume the presidency, and the first without any prior government or military experience. Personnel The Trump Cabinet Office Name Term President Donald Trump 2017 -- present Vice President Mike Pence 2017 -- present Secretary of State Rex Tillerson 2017 -- 2018 Mike Pompeo 2018 -- present Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin 2017 -- present Secretary of Defense James Mattis 2017 -- present Attorney General Jeff Sessions 2017 -- present Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke 2017 -- present Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue 2017 -- present Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross 2017 -- present Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta 2017 -- present Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price 2017 -- 2017 Alex Azar 2018 -- present Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos 2017 -- present Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson 2017 -- present Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao 2017 -- present Secretary of Energy Rick Perry 2017 -- present Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin 2017 -- 2018 Robert Wilkie ( acting ) 2018 -- present Secretary of Homeland Security John F. Kelly 2017 -- 2017 Kirstjen Nielsen 2017 -- present Chief of Staff Reince Priebus 2017 -- 2017 John F. Kelly 2017 -- present Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt 2017 -- present Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney 2017 -- present Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley 2017 -- present United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer 2017 -- present Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats 2017 -- present Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Mike Pompeo 2017 -- 2018 Gina Haspel 2018 -- present Administrator of the Small Business Administration Linda McMahon 2017 -- present Cabinet Main article : Cabinet of Donald Trump Further information : Formation of Donald Trump 's cabinet Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Chief of Staff John Kelly Days after the presidential election, Trump announced that he had selected RNC Chairman Reince Priebus as his Chief of Staff, a position that does not require Senate confirmation. Priebus and Senior Counselor Steve Bannon were named as `` equal partners '' within the White House power structure, although Bannon was not a member of the Cabinet. Aside from the vice president and the chief of staff, the remaining Cabinet - level positions required Senate confirmation. On November 18, Trump announced his first Cabinet designee, choosing Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions for the position of Attorney General. Trump continued to name designees for various positions in November, December, and January. Former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue was announced as the nominee for Secretary of Agriculture on January 19, completing Trump 's initial slate of Cabinet nominees. Trump is the first incoming president to benefit from the 2013 filibuster reform, which eased the use of cloture on executive and lower - level judicial nominees, reducing the amount required to invoke from an absolute supermajority of three - fifths to a bare majority. By February 8, 2017, President Donald Trump had fewer cabinet nominees confirmed than any other modern president. His final initial Cabinet - level nominee, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, was confirmed on May 12, 2017. In February 2017, Trump formally announced his cabinet structure, elevating the Director of National Intelligence and Director of the CIA to cabinet level. The Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, which had been added to the cabinet by Obama in 2009, was removed from the cabinet. Trump 's cabinet consists of 24 members, more than Barack Obama at 23 or George W. Bush at 21. In July 2017, John F. Kelly, who had served as Secretary of Homeland Security, replaced Priebus as Chief of Staff. Bannon was fired in August 2017, leaving Kelly as one of the most powerful individuals in the White House. In September 2017, Tom Price resigned as Secretary of Health and Human Services amid criticism over his use of private charter jets for his personal travel. Don J. Wright replaced Price as acting Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kirstjen Nielsen succeeded Kelly as Secretary in December 2017. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was fired via a tweet in March 2018 ; Trump nominated Mike Pompeo to replace Tillerson and Gina Haspel to succeed Pompeo as the Director of the CIA. Since taking office, Trump has made two unsuccessful cabinet nominations. Andrew Puzder was nominated for the position of Secretary of Labor in 2017, while Ronny Jackson, who had previously served as the president 's physician, was nominated as Secretary of Veterans Affairs in 2018. Each withdrew their name from consideration after facing opposition in the Senate. Notable non-Cabinet positions See also : Political appointments of Donald Trump White House staff Chief Strategist Steve Bannon ( 2017 ) Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway ( 2017 -- present ) Dina Powell ( 2017 -- 2018 ) Johnny DeStefano ( 2018 -- present ) Senior Advisor to the President Stephen Miller ( 2017 -- present ) Jared Kushner ( 2017 -- present ) Deputy Chiefs of Staff Katie Walsh ( 2017 ) Joe Hagin ( 2017 -- present ) Rick Dearborn ( 2017 -- 2018 ) Kirstjen Nielsen ( 2017 ) Chris Liddell ( 2018 -- present ) Press Secretary Sean Spicer ( 2017 ) Sarah Huckabee Sanders ( 2017 -- present ) Communications Director Sean Spicer ( 2017 ) Michael Dubke ( 2017 ) Anthony Scaramucci ( 2017 ) Hope Hicks ( 2017 -- 2018 ) White House Counsel Don McGahn ( 2017 -- present ) Security and international affairs National Security Advisor Michael Flynn ( 2017 ) H.R. McMaster ( 2017 -- 2018 ) John Bolton ( 2018 -- present ) Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossert ( 2017 -- 2018 ) Director of the FBI James Comey ( 2013 -- 2017 ) Christopher A. Wray ( 2017 -- present ) Domestic affairs Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Kevin Hassett ( 2017 -- present ) Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission Jay Clayton ( 2017 -- present ) Chair of the Federal Communications Commission Ajit Varadaraj Pai ( 2017 -- present ) Director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn ( 2017 -- 2018 ) Larry Kudlow ( 2018 ) Federal Reserve Board of Governors Chair Janet Yellen ( 2014 -- 2018 ) Jerome Powell ( 2018 -- present ) Vice Chair Stanley Fischer ( 2014 -- 2017 ) Other Federal Reserve Governors Randal Quarles ( 2017 -- present ) Appointed by Barack Obama Notable departures See also : List of Trump administration dismissals and resignations In the first 13 months of the Trump administration, the White House staff had a higher turnover than the previous four presidents had in the first two years of their respective administrations. By March 2018, White House staff turnover was estimated at 43 %. Name Office / Role Fired or Resigned Date Announced Days with Administration Reasons Behind Departure David Shulkin Secretary of Veterans Affairs Fired March 28, 2018 Trump replaces embattled Veterans Affairs secretary with White House physician H.R. McMaster National Security Advisor Resigned March 22, 2018 H.R. McMaster Resigns. John Bolton Named Trump 's New National Security Advisor Andrew McCabe Deputy Director of the FBI Resigned / Fired March 16, 2018 Sessions fires McCabe before he can retire Steve Goldstein Under Secretary for State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Fired March 13, 2018 Top State Department Aide Fired after Contradicting White House Account of Tillerson Ouster Rex Tillerson Secretary of State Fired March 13, 2018 Trump fires chief diplomat Tillerson after clashes, taps Pompeo John McEntee Personal Aide to President Trump Fired March 13, 2018 Longtime Trump aide fired over security clearance issue James Schawb Spokesperson for ICE Resigned December 3, 2018 ICE spokesman resigns, citing fabrications by agency chief, Sessions about Calif. immigrant arrests Gary Cohn Top Economic Advisor Resigned July 3, 2018 Top economic adviser Gary Cohn leaves White House in wake of tariff rift Hope Hicks White House Communications Director Resigned February 27, 2018 Hope Hicks, one of Trump 's closest confidants and longest - tenured aide, is resigning Josh Raffel Spokesperson for Jared and Ivanka Trump Resigned February 27, 2018 Top White House aide linked to Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner is leaving David Sorensen White House Speechwriter Resigned November 2, 2018 Second WH official resigns over domestic abuse allegations Rachel Brand Justice Department Official Resigned October 2, 2018 Rachel Brand, 3rd ranking official at Justice Dept., is stepping down Rob Porter White House Aide Resigned July 2, 2018 385 White House aide denies abuse allegations but resigns Brenda Fitzgerald CDC Director Resigned January 31, 2018 CDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald resigns Taylor Weyeneth White House Drug Office Policy Official Resigned January 25, 2018 340 Former Trump campaign aide leaving drug office after questions about credentials Rick Dearborn White House Deputy Chief of Staff Resigned December 21, 2017 383 White House Deputy Chief of Staff Rick Dearborn is resigning Carl Higbie Chief of External Affairs, CNCS Resigned November 19, 2018 153 Trump appointee Carl Higbie resigns as public face of agency that runs AmeriCorps after KFile review of racist, sexist, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBT comments on the radio Omarosa Manigault Newman White House Aide Resigned / Fired December 13, 2017 364 Omarosa Is Leaving Her White House Role Dina Powell Deputy National Security Adviser Resigned August 12, 2017 304 Dina Powell, deputy national security adviser, to depart Trump White House Tom Price HHS Secretary Resigned September 29, 2017 232 HHS Secretary Tom Price resigns amid criticism for taking charter flights at taxpayer expense Keith Schiller Director of Oval Office Operations Resigned September 20, 2017 244 Longtime Trump aide Keith Schiller tells people he intends to leave White House Sebastian Gorka White House Counterterrorism Adviser Resigned / Fired August 25, 2017 211 Sebastian Gorka Is Forced Out as White House Adviser, Officials Say Carl Icahn Special Adviser to the President on Regulatory Reform Resigned August 18, 2017 209 Billionaire Carl Icahn steps down as adviser to President Trump Steve Bannon White House Chief Strategist Fired August 18, 2017 209 Stephen Bannon Out at the White House After Turbulent Run Anthony Scaramucci White House Communications Director Fired July 31, 2017 11 Anthony Scaramucci removed as White House communications director Reince Preibus White House Chief of Staff Fired July 28, 2017 188 Reince Priebus Is Ousted Amid Stormy Days for White House Sean Spicer White House Press Secretary Resigned July 21, 2017 181 Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary Walter Shaub Office of Government Ethics Director Resigned July 19, 2017 181 Ethics Office Director Walter Shaub Resigns, Saying Rules Need To Be Tougher Tera Dahl Deputy Chief of Staff, National Security Council Resigned June 7, 2017 166 Bannon ally leaves the National Security Council after less than six months Michael Dubke White House Communications Director Resigned May 30, 2017 89 Dubke resigns as White House communications director James Comey FBI Director Fired September 5, 2017 110 F.B.I. Director James Comey Is Fired by Trump Vivek Murthy Surgeon General Resigned * April 24, 2017 Trump Administration Dismisses Surgeon General Vivek Murthy K.T. McFarland Deputy National Security Advisor Resigned September 4, 2017 118 F.B.I. Director James Comey Is Fired by Trump Katie Walsh Deputy Chief of Staff Resigned March 30, 2017 68 McFarland to Exit White House as McMaster Consolidates Power Michael Flynn National Security Advider Resigned / Fired February 13, 2017 23 Flynn resigns amid controversy over Russia contacts Sally Yates Acting Attorney General Fired January 31, 2017 11 Trump fires acting AG after she declines to defend travel ban Firing of Michael Flynn On February 13, 2017, Trump fired Michael Flynn from the post of National Security Adviser. The given reason for the termination was that he had lied to Vice President Pence about his communications with the Russian Ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak. Flynn was fired amidst the ongoing controversy concerning Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections and accusations that Trump 's electoral team colluded with Russian agents. In May 2017, Sally Yates, a holdover from the Obama administration, testified before the Senate Judiciary 's Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism that she had told White House Counsel Don McGahn in late January 2017 that Flynn had misled Vice President Mike Pence and other administration officials and warned that Flynn was potentially compromised by Russia. Flynn remained in his post for another two weeks and was fired after The Washington Post broke the story. Yates was fired by Donald Trump on January 30 because `` she defiantly refused to defend his executive order closing the nation 's borders to refugees and people from predominantly Muslim countries ''. In December 2017, Trump tweeted, `` I had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI. He has pled guilty to those lies. '' As lying to the FBI is a crime, and given that Trump allegedly requested then - FBI director James Comey to stop investigating Flynn a day after Flynn was fired, The Toronto Star described four law professors ( from Duke, Harvard, Texas and Yale ) as agreeing that Trump 's tweet `` helps to establish his corrupt purpose -- an attempt to protect an ally he knew had done something illegal. '' Firing of James Comey Main article : Dismissal of James Comey On May 9, 2017, Trump fired FBI Director James Comey. In explaining his decision to fire Comey, the Trump administration cited Comey 's handling of the Hillary Clinton email controversy. In firing Comey, Trump relied on a memo written by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein that criticized Comey for publicly announcing that the case involving Hillary Clinton 's emails would not be prosecuted. Rosenstein argued that Comey overstepped his role and that the Justice Department determines whether a case should be prosecuted. However, many critics of Trump accused him of using Comey 's handling of the Clinton investigation as a pretext for Comey 's dismissal ; instead, these critics argue that Comey was dismissed due to his investigation into the Trump administration 's ties with Russia. Governance experts said that the firing of Comey was highly significant and abnormal, with the action raising concerns about checks and balances in American democracy broadly. Days after firing Comey, Trump stated that he would have fired Comey regardless of Rosenstein 's recommendations, describing Comey as a `` showboat ''. In a meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the US, Trump asserted Comey was a `` nut job '' and that this would relieve pressure off of him regarding his relationship with Russia. In the aftermath of Comey 's firing, various news outlets compared the firing to the `` Saturday Night Massacre '', a constitutional crisis that occurred during Richard Nixon 's administration. Comey had prepared detailed memos, some of which classified information, documenting most of his meetings and telephone conversations with President Trump. He told the Senate Intelligence Committee that he created written records immediately after his conversations with Trump because he `` was honestly concerned that he ( Trump ) might lie about the nature of our meeting ''. The Times noted that contemporaneous notes created by FBI agents are frequently relied upon `` in court as credible evidence of conversations ''. In his memo about a February 14, 2017, Oval Office meeting, Comey says Trump attempted to persuade him to abort the investigation into General Flynn. Judicial nominees Further information : Donald Trump Supreme Court candidates, List of federal judges appointed by Donald Trump, and Donald Trump judicial appointment controversies Trump took office with a Supreme Court of the United States vacancy, which arose after the February 2016 death of Antonin Scalia and Republican obstruction to prevent then - President Obama from filling the vacancy. Republicans also delayed consideration of dozens of Obama 's nominees in other court seats, which meant that Trump entered office with 108 judicial openings to fill. On January 31, 2017, Trump nominated federal appellate judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Gorsuch 's appointment was confirmed on April 7, 2017, after a 54 -- 45 vote. Prior to this nomination, 60 votes had been required for Supreme Court nominees to be moved to a confirmation vote over a filibuster, via invoking cloture. The 60 - vote total previously needed to advance the vote was not met due to Democratic opposition. To allow the nomination to proceed, the `` nuclear option '' was deployed, requiring only a simple majority, 51 votes, for cloture for a nominee. In his first year in office, Trump appointed twelve judges to the United States courts of appeals, setting a new record. Bloomberg News noted that Trump 's judicial nominees tended to be young and favored by the conservative Federalist Society. Compared to President Obama, Trump has nominated fewer non-white and female judges. First year See also : First 100 days of Donald Trump 's presidency and Timeline of the presidency of Donald Trump Month Events January 2017 Play media President Trump 's Inaugural Address, January 20, 2017 Began presidency when sworn in on January 20, 2017. Directed all federal agencies to minimize the `` unwarranted economic and regulatory burdens '' of the Affordable Care Act. Froze any work on new regulations that agencies had started during the previous administration. Withdrew the U.S. from the Trans - Pacific Partnership, an unratified free trade agreement, re-instated the Mexico City policy against funding abortion advocacy abroad, and froze federal hiring. Decided to fast - track `` high - priority infrastructure projects '', and supported the construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines. Directed the Department of Homeland Security to build part of a new wall on the Mexico -- United States border, to the extent of available funding. Banned former government officials from lobbying agencies where they had worked, for a five - year period. Nominated conservative judge Neil Gorsuch to fill a Supreme Court vacancy ; Gorsuch was confirmed and took office in April 2017. Issued Executive Order 13769, referred to as `` The Muslim Ban '', which restricted the immigration of Syrian refugees and members of certain Muslim majority nations. February 2017 Trump with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe Loosened many financial regulations imposed by the 2010 Dodd -- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Announced his full Cabinet, comprising 24 members. Removed the position of Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, and elevated the Director of National Intelligence and Director of the CIA to cabinet - level. Proposed a 10 % increase of $54 billion in military spending, diverted from numerous other budgets, including that of the State Department and the Environmental Protection Agency. Delivered his first speech to Congress addressing a wide range of issues including drug abuse, gang crime, immigration, terrorism, the Mexico border wall, infrastructure, foreign trade, and the stock market. March 2017 Donald and Ivanka Trump with Jared Kushner and German Chancellor Angela Merkel Accused the Obama Administration of intercepting communications at his offices in Trump Tower in October 2016. Defined the budget and objectives of NASA, including a crewed mission to Mars as early as 2033. Signed four Congressional Review Act disapproval resolutions into law, eliminating regulations from the Obama administration on teacher preparedness, resource management planning, and the `` Federal Acquisition Regulation and Fair Pay and Safe Workspaces '' rule. Removed a directive to consider climate change during deliberations under the National Environmental Policy Act, removed restrictions on fracking, and directed the Environmental Protection Agency to suspend, revise or abolish the Clean Power Plan. April 2017 President Trump and Jordanian King Abdullah II Donated first quarter salary ( $78,333.32 ) to the National Park Service, concomitant with Administration 's proposed cuts of $1.5 billion to Dept. of Interior funding. Dropped a MOAB bomb on an ISIS cave complex in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. Extended the Veterans ' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014. Signed executive order intended to prevent abuse of the H - 1B visa program and give preference to U.S. - made products. Directed the Department of Commerce to begin an investigation on whether steel imports are a threat to U.S. national security. May 2017 President Trump during the 43rd G7 summit in Taormina, Italy Removed James Comey from his position as FBI Director. Ordered an investigation of purported voter fraud in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Investigation to be conducted by a commission led by Vice President Pence. At the Arab Islamic American Summit in Riyadh, enjoined Muslim leaders to `` drive out extremists '' from their countries, and signed a large arms deal with Saudi Arabia. Attended the 43rd G7 summit with world leaders of G7 in Taormina, Italy, to discuss world issues such as trade, climate change and the migration crisis. June 2017 Play media President Trump announcing the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, June 1, 2017 Withdrew the U.S. from the 2015 Paris climate agreement. Announced plans to modernize and privatize the U.S. air traffic control system. Partially rolled back the Cuban Thaw policy of easing restrictions with Cuba, initiated by the Obama administration. Reinstated the National Space Council under Vice President Pence. July 2017 Play media President Trump giving remarks at the 2017 National Scout Jamboree, July 25, 2017 Retweeted a doctored video of himself performing a professional wrestling maneuver on Vince McMahon at WrestleMania 23, with the CNN logo superimposed on McMahon 's head. Attended the 2017 G20 Hamburg summit in Germany, meeting with numerous world leaders including Enrique Peña Nieto, Angela Merkel, and Vladimir Putin. Allocated $500 million to support the domestic production of glass pharmaceutical packaging, with representatives from Merck, Pfizer and Corning. Commissioned the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. August 2017 President Trump taking part in the Hurricane Harvey response Instructed the Pentagon to develop a policy on transgender service members, notably considering their individual combat deployability, and curtailing subsidies for medical treatment or operations. Pardoned Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who had been convicted for contempt of court. Barred the U.S. financial system from dealing in new bonds and stocks issued by the Venezuelan government and its state oil company PDVSA. Re-allowed the sale of surplus military equipment to local and state police agencies. Donated $1 million of personal funds to recovery efforts in Texas following Hurricane Harvey. September 2017 President Trump with South Korean President Moon Jae - in Ceased to accept applications to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ( DACA ) program. Simultaneously confirmed that current DACA recipients will be unaffected until March 5, 2018. Signed a $15.25 billion disaster relief bill for Hurricane Harvey and Irma, which includes raising the federal debt ceiling for the next three months. Gave his maiden speech to the United Nations General Assembly, in which he threatened U.S. retaliation for any attack committed by North Korea, warned of possible further action against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his regime, denounced Iran as a `` corrupt dictatorship '', and described the Iran nuclear deal as an `` embarrassment ''. Expanded sanctions against North Korea, targeting individuals and companies trading with North Korea, including foreign banks. Denounced national anthem protests within the National Football League ( NFL ), and recommended participating players be fired. Introduced new travel restrictions on North Korea, Venezuela, and Chad, in addition to Somalia, Yemen, Syria, Libya and Iran listed under Executive Order 13780. Iraq is no longer subject to the travel ban. Directed the Department of Education to allocate at least $200 million per year in grant funds to the study of science and engineering. October 2017 Trump and kids during Halloween Announced U.S. withdrawal from the UNESCO, citing an `` anti-Israel bias ''. Declared a nationwide public health emergency about the opioid crisis, ordering all federal agencies to take measures to prevent related deaths. Advocated an end to the Green Card Lottery program following a terrorist attack in New York City committed by a recipient of the program. November 2017 President Trump and his staff on Air Force One Signed $250 billion worth of binding and non-binding gas, aviation, communications and food - crop deals with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Reinstated North Korea to the U.S. list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, from which it had been removed in October 2008. Retweeted anti-Muslim propaganda posted by Jayda Fransen, deputy leader of British far - right organization Britain First and convicted criminal. December 2017 President Donald and First Lady Melania Trump 's official 2017 Christmas portrait Announced 85 % and 50 % reductions respectively to Utah 's Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument. Formally endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore. Recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and will relocate the U.S. embassy there from Tel Aviv. The Senate passed President Trump 's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act shortly after midnight without Democratic votes, 51 to 48. A procedural mistake in the House on December 19 necessitated a second vote in the House, which later passes in favor, 224 to 201. All ten members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV / AIDS are dismissed. Leadership style and philosophy False and misleading statements As president, Trump has made a large number of false statements in public speeches and remarks. 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, and 1,628 total in his first 298 days in office according to the `` Fact Checker '' analysis of The Washington Post, or an average of 5.5 per day. The Post fact - checker 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 can not possibly keep up. '' Maria Konnikova, writing in Politico Magazine, wrote : `` All Presidents lie... But Donald Trump is in a different category. The sheer frequency, spontaneity and seeming irrelevance of his lies have no precedent... Trump seems to lie for the pure joy of it. A whopping 70 percent of Trump 's statements that PolitiFact checked during the campaign were false, while only 4 percent were completely true, and 11 percent mostly true. '' Senior administration officials have also regularly given false, misleading or tortured statements to the media. By May 2017, Politico reported that the repeated untruths by senior officials made it difficult for the media to take official statements seriously. Trump 's presidency started out with a series of falsehoods initiated by Trump himself. The day after his inauguration, he falsely accused the media of lying about the size of the inauguration crowd. Then he proceeded to exaggerate the size, and Sean Spicer backed up his claims. When Spicer was accused of intentionally misstating the figures, Kellyanne Conway, in an interview with NBC 's Chuck Todd, defended Spicer by stating that he merely presented `` alternative facts ''. Other notable claims by Trump which fact checkers rated false include the claim that his electoral college victory was a `` landslide '' and that Hillary Clinton received 3 - 5 million illegal votes. Relationship with the media President Donald Trump talking to the press, March 21, 2017, before signing S. 422, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act, in the Oval Office Early into his presidency, the Trump administration developed a highly contentious relationship with the media, repeatedly describing it as the `` fake news media '' and `` the enemy of the people ''. Trump both 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 ). At the same time, the Trump White House gave temporary press passes to far - right pro-Trump fringe outlets, such as InfoWars, The Gateway Pundit, and The Daily Caller, which are known for publishing hoaxes and conspiracy theories. 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 ''. Trump 's clams were notably defended by Press Secretary, Sean Spicer, who claimed that the inauguration crowd had been the biggest in history, a claim disproven by photographs. Trump 's senior adviser Kellyanne Conway then defended Sean Spicer when asked about the falsehood, saying t it was an `` alternative fact '', not a falsehood. On February 16, less than a month into his presidency, Trump held a press conference claiming that the media was not speaking for the people, but for special interests. He claimed that they were dishonest, out of control and doing a disservice to the American people. On February 17, 2017, Trump tweeted, `` The FAKE NEWS media ( failing @ nytimes, @ NBCNews, @ ABC, @ CBS, @ CNN ) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People ! '' Trump 's first press conference was also the last ( as of May 2018 ). For comparison, Barack Obama had held 11 solo press conferences by the end of his first year, George W. Bush held five, and Bill Clinton held 12. Also in February, Trump objected to news media 's reliance on anonymous sources for some of its news. Four days later, a BuzzFeed report detailed Trump 's own request to be quoted only as a `` senior administration official '' at a `` private meeting with national news anchors '', with the internet media website citing `` attendees at the meeting ''. On February 24, the Trump administration blocked reporters from The New York Times, BuzzFeed News, CNN, Los Angeles Times and Politico from attending an off - camera briefing with Press Secretary Sean Spicer. Reporters from Time magazine and The Associated Press chose not to attend the briefing in protest at the White House 's actions. The New York Times described the move as `` a highly unusual breach of relations between the White House and its press corps '', and the White House Correspondents ' Association issued a statement of protest. In March, all major U.S. television networks declined to air a paid campaign ad placed by the 2020 Trump campaign which included a graphic claiming that mainstream media is `` fake news ''. In a statement, CNN said that they refused the ad per policy because it was false to state that mainstream media is fake news. Lara Trump, daughter - in - law to Trump and adviser for his campaign, called the rejection a `` chilling precedent against free speech rights. '' The relationship between Trump, the media, and fake news has been studied. One study found that between October 7 and November 14, 2016, while 1 in 4 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 % of people with the most conservative online information diets ''. 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 ''. In May 2018, Trump tweeted that `` 91 % of the Network News about me is negative ( Fake ). '' The Washington Post described this Trump making it `` explicit '' that negative coverage on him has to be fake. Also that month, journalist Lesley Stahl recounted that after Trump won the 2016 presidential election, he had told her that he kept attacking the media to `` demean '' and `` discredit '', `` so when you write negative stories about me no one will believe you ''. Also in May 2018, Trump attacked The New York Times on their coverage of a White House briefing on the 2018 North Korea -- United States summit. Trump claimed that the anonymous `` senior White House official '' that the newspaper quoted `` does n't exist '', instructing : `` Use real people, not phony sources ''. Following Trump 's claim, journalists provided audio evidence of the official being introduced as Matt Pottinger of the National Security Council, with White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah insisting that Pottinger 's anonymity was required. The White House 's invitation for the briefing to journalists also surfaced. Use of Twitter Main articles : Donald Trump on social media and List of nicknames used by Donald Trump Trump continued the use of Twitter from the presidential campaign. Trump has continued to personally tweet from @ realDonaldTrump, his personal account, while his staff tweet on his behalf using the official @ POTUS account. His use of Twitter has been unconventional for a president, initiating controversy and becoming news in their own right. The Trump administration has described Trump 's tweets as `` official statements by the President of the United States ''. A federal judge ruled in May 2018 that Trump 's blocking of other Twitter users due to opposing political views violated the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and that he must unblock them ; however, according to a plaintiff, Trump has yet to comply with the unblocking order. The administration has appealed the court 's ruling. Twitter activity of Donald Trump from his first tweet in May 2009 to September 2017. Retweets are not included. His tweets have been reported as ill - considered, impulsive, vengeful, and bullying, often being made late at night or in the early hours of the morning. His tweets about a Muslim ban were successfully turned against his administration to halt two versions of travel restrictions from Muslim - majority countries. He has used Twitter to threaten and intimidate his political opponents and potential political allies needed to pass bills. While trying to pass the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act, Trump attacked the conservative House Freedom Caucus, whose votes he needed. Trump repeatedly used belittling nicknames such as Little Marco, Lyin ' Ted, and Crooked Hillary for his opponents during his campaign and continued the practice once elected, such as Sneaky Dianne Feinstein and Dicky Durbin. He used the nickname `` Rocket Man '' for Kim Jong Un of North Korea both in tweets and at a United Nations meeting. Many tweets appear to be based on stories that Trump has seen in the media, including far - right news websites such as Breitbart, and television shows such as Fox & Friends. One notable example is the Trump Tower wiretapping allegations which appeared to originate in an unsubstantiated claim by Andrew Napolitano on Fox News. Despite a lack of evidence for the claims, Trump continued to push the claim in media and through Twitter. Trump has used Twitter to attack federal judges who have ruled against him in court cases. Trump has also used Twitter to criticize officials within his own administration, including then - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, then - National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and at various times Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Tillerson was eventually fired via a tweet by Trump. Trump has also tweeted that his Justice Department is part of the American `` deep state '' ; that `` there was tremendous leaking, lying and corruption at the highest levels of the FBI, Justice & State '' Departments ; and that the special counsel investigation is a `` WITCH HUNT ! '' Domestic policy See also : Social policy of Donald Trump Abortion Main article : Abortion policy of Donald Trump Trump, in his first few days in office, signed an executive order reinstating the Mexico City policy that requires all foreign non-governmental organizations that receive federal funding to refrain from performing or promoting abortion as a method of family planning in other countries. Criminal Justice Trump has signed new anti-sex - trafficking legislation on April 16, 2018 In November 2017, the New York Times summarized the Trump administration 's `` general approach to law enforcement '' as `` cracking down on violent crime, not regulating the police departments that fight it. The changes to collaborative reform reflect the administration 's broader effort to overhaul programs that the Obama administration used to ease tensions between communities and the police. '' The response from law enforcement to these changes were mixed. In February 2017, Trump signed 3 executive orders pertaining to criminal justice : one calling for a reduction in crime ( particularly illegal immigration, illegal drug trade and violent crime ), one calling for the Department of Homeland Security to combat drug cartels, and another prosecuting those who commit crimes against law enforcement. Critics of the executive orders emphasized that they would disproportionately affect people of color by encouraging racial profiling and targeting undocumented immigrants. Trump pays tribute to fallen police officers, May 15, 2017 In July 2017, the Department of Justice announced that it planned to reinstate the use of asset forfeiture, namely to seize the property of crime suspects. This would reintroduce asset forfeiture to 24 states that have banned the practice or limited its use so that it could only be used upon conviction. Local authorities in those states could now seize property from individuals who have not even been charged with a crime if the property is forwarded to the federal government. Previously, during a February 2017 meeting with sheriffs, when a sheriff complained about how `` a state senator in Texas... was talking about legislation to require conviction before we could receive that forfeiture money '', Trump responded to laughter, `` Who is the state senator ? Do you want to give his name ? We 'll destroy his career. '' In a July 2017 speech to police officers, Trump appeared to advocate police brutality, stating `` And when you see these towns and when you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon -- you just see them thrown in, rough -- I said, ' Please do n't be too nice ' '', and, `` Like when you guys put somebody in the car, and you 're protecting their head, you know, the way you put your hand over. I said, ' You can take the hand away, O.K. ? ' '' His remarks drew loud applause and laughter. The speech was condemned by law enforcement authorities. Presidential pardons and commutations Main article : List of people granted executive clemency by Donald Trump Trump has issued a number of presidential pardons. In August 2017, he pardoned Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who had been convicted of contempt of court for failing to comply with court orders to stop racially profiling Hispanics. In March 2018 he pardoned Kristian Saucier, a sailor convicted for taking pictures aboard a nuclear submarine. In April 2018, Trump pardoned Lewis `` Scooter '' Libby, chief of staff to former Vice President Dick Cheney, who was convicted of obstruction of justice and perjury in the investigation of the leak of the covert identity of Central Intelligence Agency officer Valerie Plame Wilson. In May 2018, Trump granted a posthumous pardon to black heavyweight boxer Jack Johnson, who had been convicted in 1913 for taking his white girlfriend across state lines, per the `` moral purity '' Mann Act of 1910. That same month, Trump pardoned conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza, who was convicted of illegal campaign contributions in a 2012 Senate race. The New York Times remarked that Trump took no action on more than 10,000 pending applications and that he solely used his pardon power on `` public figures whose cases resonated with him given his own grievances with investigators. '' In June 2018, Trump commuted the sentence of Alice Johnson, a 63 - year old who was serving a life sentence for a nonviolent drug offense, after Kim Kardashian met Trump to lobby for her cause. Drug policy Main article : Cannabis policy of the Donald Trump administration In May 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered federal prosecutors to seek maximum sentencing for drug offenses. This was a departure from policy by Obama 's DOJ to reduce long jail sentencing for lower - level drug crimes. According to The New York Times, the action ran `` contrary to the growing bipartisan consensus coursing through Washington and many state capitals in recent years -- a view that America was guilty of excessive incarceration and that large prison populations were too costly in tax dollars and the toll on families and communities. '' In January 2018, Sessions rescinded federal policy that had barred federal law enforcement officials from aggressively enforcing federal cannabis law in states where the drug is legal. The decision created uncertainty as to the legality of recreational and medical marijuana. The decision was harshly criticized by Cory Gardner, Republican Senator of Colorado, who said that Sessions ' decision `` directly contradicts '' what Sessions told Gardner prior to his confirmation as Attorney General ; Gardner threatened to hold up the confirmation of Justice Department nominees unless Sessions backed down. The Trump administration 's decision contradicted then - candidate Trump 's statement that marijuana legalization should be `` up to the states ''. That same month, the Department of Veterans Affairs said that it would not research cannabis as a potential treatment against PTSD and chronic pain ; veterans organizations had pushed for such a study. Economy Main article : Economic policy of Donald Trump See also : 2018 United States federal budget and Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 Play media Nominee Steven Mnuchin delivers his opening statement before the Senate Finance Committee at the confirmation hearing for him to become Secretary of the Treasury. Prior to Trump 's election, the American economy had been expanding for over seven years, with steady growth in employment, a declining unemployment rate, and steadily rising home values, stock values and household income / wealth. Trump 's economic policies centered around tax cuts, deregulation, trade protectionism and immigration reduction. As candidate and president, Trump has claimed his policies would spur much higher GDP growth, stating in December 2017, `` I see no reason why we do n't go to 4, 5, even 6 percent, '' figures that few if any economists consider possible on a sustained basis. During the 2016 campaign, Trump proposed $1 trillion in investments in infrastructure such as roads, bridges, and airports. On February 12, 2018, Trump released a $1.5 trillion federal infrastructure plan during a meeting with several governors and mayors at The White House. Congress showed little enthusiasm for the plan, with The Hill reporting, `` President Trump 's infrastructure plan appears to have crashed and burned in Congress '' One of the Trump administration 's first actions was to indefinitely suspend a cut in fee rates for mortgages that the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ) had announced under the Obama administration. The cut in fee rates would have saved individuals with lower credit scores around $500 per year on a typical loan. In September 2017, the Department of Justice said that it would not defend in courts a mandate that would have extended overtime benefits to more than 4 million workers. In September 2017, the Trump administration proposed a tax overhaul. The proposal would reduce the corporate tax rate to 20 % ( from 35 % ) and eliminate the estate tax. On individual tax returns it would change the number of tax brackets from seven to three, with tax rates of 12 %, 25 %, and 35 % ; apply a 25 % tax rate to business income reported on a personal tax return ; eliminate the alternative minimum tax ; eliminate personal exemptions ; double the standard deduction ; and eliminate many itemized deductions ( specifically retaining the deductions for mortgage interest and charitable contributions ). It was unclear from the details offered whether a middle - class couple with children would have seen a tax increase or decrease. Trump and Vice-President Pence met with key automobile industry leaders, January 24, 2017 According to fact - checkers, Trump 's assertion that the plan would not benefit wealthy people such as himself was false, as the elimination of the estate tax ( which only applies to inherited wealth greater than $11 million for a married couple ) benefits only the heirs of the very rich ( such as Trump 's children ), and there is a reduced tax rate for people who report business income on their individual returns ( as Trump does ). If Trump 's tax plan had been in place in 2005 ( the one recent year in which his tax returns were leaked ), he would have saved $31 million in taxes from the alternative minimum tax cut alone. If the most recent estimate of the value of Trump 's assets is correct, the repeal of the estate tax could save his family about $1.1 billion. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin argued that the corporate income tax cut will benefit workers the most ; however, many economists and the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation and Congressional Budget Office estimate that owners of capital benefit vastly more than workers. According to The New York Times, the plan would result in a `` huge windfall '' for the very wealthy, it would not benefit those in the bottom third of the income distribution and it lacked sufficient details to ascertain if middle class Americans will see their taxes rise or fall. The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center estimated that the richest 0.1 % and 1 % would benefit the most in raw dollar amounts and percentage terms from the tax plan, earning 10.2 % and 8.5 % more income after taxes respectively. Middle - class households would on average earn 1.2 % more after tax, but 13.5 % of middle class households would see their tax burden increase. The poorest fifth of Americans would earn 0.5 % more. A preliminary estimate by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget found that the tax plan would add more than $2 trillion over the next decade to the federal debt, while the Tax Policy Center found that it would add $2.4 trillion to the debt. During President Trump 's first foreign trip to Saudi Arabia, Trump announced an arms deal with Saudi Arabia, May 2017 In October 2017, after the Senate deadlocked 50 - 50, Vice President Pence cast the tie - breaking vote to reverse a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ( CFPB ) rule that placed limits on mandatory arbitration and made it easier for aggrieved consumers to pursue class actions against banks. Democrats and other supporters of the rule argued that it provided consumer protection against mistreatment by banks ; however, under the rules, individuals with individual complaints would still be subject to arbitration. Financial firms lobbied for years against the rule and the Associated Press characterized the decision to end the regulation as a victory for Wall Street banks. The White House said, `` By repealing this rule, Congress is standing up for everyday consumers and community banks and credit unions, instead of the trial lawyers, who would have benefited the most from the CFPB 's uninformed and ineffective policy. '' In December 2017, the Trump administration scrapped a proposed rule from the Obama administration that airlines disclose baggage fees, saying that rule would have `` limited public benefit ''. Consumer advocates had said that the lack of transparency among airlines about prices made it difficult for consumers to compare prices and rules. According to the Washington Post, the Trump administration had dramatically reduced enforcement of regulations against airlines ; the fines levied by the administration in 2017 were less than half of what the Obama administration did the year before. In January and March 2018, ProPublica and the Associated Press reported that the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau had under Mick Mulvaney 's tenure reduced enforcement of rules that protected consumers from predatory payday lenders. In January 2018, ProPublica analyzed specific claims made by President Trump about job creation in companies during the first year of his presidency ; Trump claimed that 2.4 million jobs had been or would be created as a result of his policies. ProPublica found that only 136,000 new jobs were created, and that only 63,000 of those jobs could be potentially attributed to Trump 's policies. For the first year when the Trump administration was fully in charge of the budget, the fiscal year of 2018, the federal government was on track to borrow nearly a trillion dollars ; `` this is the first time borrowing has jumped this much ( as a share of GDP ) in a non-recession time since Ronald Reagan was president. '' The budget shortfall was primarily due to the GOP tax bill of 2017. During his tenure, Trump repeatedly sought to intervene in the economy in ways to determine corporate winners and losers. This was a shift from Republican orthodoxy. Trump, for example, sought to compel power grid operators to buy coal and nuclear energy to prevent those energy producers from shutting down due to competition from cheaper energy sources. Trump also sought tariffs on metals to protect domestic metal producers. Trump also publicly attacked Boeing and Lockheed Martin, sending their stocks tumbling. Trump has repeatedly singled out Amazon for criticism and advocated steps that would harm the company, such as ending a mutually lucrative arrangement between Amazon and the US Postal Service and raising taxes on Amazon. Trump has linked his criticism of Amazon to the fact that Amazon is owned by Jeff Bezos, who also owns The Washington Post, which Trump has derided as `` fake news ''. Education U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and President Trump visit Saint Andrew 's Catholic School in Orlando, Florida, March 3, 2017 In March 2017, the Trump administration revoked a memo issued by the Obama administration, which provided protections for people in default on student loans. In September 2017, the Education Department announced that it would cancel agreements with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ( CFPB ) to police student loan fraud. The Education Department said that the CFPB had over-stepped its boundaries by addressing student loan fraud on its own, without directing the cases to the Education Department : the CFPB said that it was `` surprised and disappointed '' by the decision, and it had not overstepped its boundaries. In September 2017, the Trump administration announced that it would rewrite a guidance by the Obama administration that instructed schools and universities to combat sexual harassment and sexual violence. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos had previously criticized the guidance for undermining the rights of those accused of sexual harassment. In May 2018, an investigation by The New York Times found that DeVos had marginalized an investigative unit within the Department of Education which under Obama investigated predatory activities by for - profit colleges. The unit had been scaled down from a dozen employees to three, and had been repurposed to process student loan forgiveness applications and focus on smaller compliance cases. An investigation started under Obama into the practices of DeVry Education Group, which operates for - profit colleges, was halted in early 2017, and the former dean at DeVry was made into the supervisor for the investigative unit later that summer. DeVry paid a $100 million fine in 2016 for defrauding students. Environment and energy Further information : Environmental policy of the Trump administration A 2018 study in the American Journal of Public Health found that that in the first six months of Pruitt 's tenure as EPA head that the agency had adopted a pro-business attitude unlike that of any previous administration. The study argued `` that the Pruitt - led EPA has moved away from the public interest and explicitly favored the interests of the regulated industries. '' The study found that the agency was vulnerable to regulatory capture and that the consequences for public and environmental health could be far - reaching. At the end of 2017, The Washington Post summarized Pruitt 's leadership of the EPA in 2017 as follows, `` In legal maneuvers and executive actions, in public speeches and closed - door meetings with industry groups, he has moved to shrink the agency 's reach, alter its focus, and pause or reverse numerous environmental rules. The effect has been to steer the EPA in the direction sought by those being regulated. Along the way, Pruitt has begun to dismantle former president Barack Obama 's environmental legacy, halting the agency 's efforts to combat climate change and to shift the nation away from its reliance on fossil fuels. '' In December 2017, a New York Times analysis of EPA enforcement data found that the Trump administration had adopted a far more lenient approach to enforcing federal pollution laws than the Obama and Bush administrations. The Trump administration has brought fewer cases against polluters, sought a lower total of civil penalties and made fewer requests of companies to retrofit facilities to curb pollution. According to the New York Times, `` confidential internal E.P.A. documents show that the enforcement slowdown coincides with major policy changes ordered by Mr. Pruitt 's team after pleas from oil and gas industry executives. '' In its first few days, the Trump administration instructed the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) `` to remove the website 's climate change page, which contains links to scientific global warming research, as well as detailed data on emissions ''. Anticipating political interference that could result in loss of government data on climate, scientists had already started to source links and copy the data into independent servers. In January 2017, the Trump administration instituted a temporary media blackout for the EPA, which prevents EPA staff from issuing press releases or blog updates, posting to official EPA social media, or awarding new contracts or grants. The transition team clarified that this was to make sure the messages going out reflect the new administration 's priorities. In February 2017, the Trump administration ended its earlier freeze on EPA contract and grant approvals, and the appearance of some EPA press releases that week indicated the media blackout was partially lifted. In February 2017, Trump and Congress removed a rule that required oil, gas and mining firms to disclose how much they paid foreign governments. The industries claimed the rule gave global rivals a competitive edge, although EU, Canadian, Russian, Chinese and Brazilian energy firms are bound by similar requirements. In October 2017, the Trump administration withdrew from the international Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative ( EITI ) EITI was aimed at fighting corruption by requiring the disclosure of payments and donations made by oil, gas and mining companies to governments. The official portrait of Scott Pruitt as EPA Administrator. That same month, Trump invalidated the Stream Protection Rule implemented by the Obama administration a few months prior. The regulation was intended to prevent coal mining debris from being dumped into nearby streams, and to lessen the impact of coal mining on groundwater and surface waters. Trump declared the regulation `` wasteful ''. In March 2017, Trump issued an executive order aimed at reversing multiple Obama administration policies meant to tackle climate change. Trump said he was `` putting an end to the war on coal '', removing `` job - killing regulations '' and `` restrictions on American energy '' to make `` America wealthy again ''. Trump ended the moratorium on federal coal leasing, revoked several Obama executive orders including the Presidential Climate Action Plan, and also removed guidance for federal agencies on taking climate change into account during National Environmental Policy Act action reviews. Trump also ordered reviews and possibly modifications to several directives, such as the Clean Power Plan, the estimate for the `` social cost of carbon '' emissions, carbon dioxide emission standards for new coal plants, methane emissions standards from oil and natural gas extraction, as well as any regulations inhibiting domestic energy production. In April 2017, the Trump administration halted a rule which limited dumping by power plants of toxic wastewater containing metals like arsenic and mercury into public waterways. In June 2017, Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement, a 2015 climate change accord reached by 200 nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions, defying broad global backing for the plan. The agreement was signed by the Obama administration. In August 2017, the Trump administration ordered the National Academy of Sciences to stop conducting a study on the public health effects of mountaintop removal coal - mining. The study began in 2016, with the Interior Department committing more than $1 million to the study. The study was launched at the request of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and the state Bureau for Public Health to better understand the health effects of mountaintop removal coal - mining in Appalachia. In December 2017, the Interior Department suspended a $580,000 study by the National Academy intended to make offshore drilling safer. In February 2018, the EPA ended a multimillion - dollar program that distributed grants for research the effects of chemical exposure on children. In August 2017, the Trump administration rolled back regulations that required the federal government to account for climate change and sea - level rise when building infrastructure. In October 2017, the EPA announced that it would begin the process of repealing the Clean Power Plan which curbs greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. In October 2017, The New York Times reported that the chemical industry was satisfied with changes done at the EPA which expedited the process for approving new chemicals and made the process of evaluating the safety of those chemicals less stringent. Officials and longtime scientists at the EPA expressed concerns that the agency 's ability to stop hazardous chemicals was being compromised. In May 2018, Politico reported on internal emails showing that Pruitt 's aides in early 2018 prevented the publication of a health study showing that some toxic chemicals endanger humans at far lower levels than the EPA previously characterized as safe. The aides said that the study would be a `` potential public relations nightmare '' and would attract the attention of the public, media and Congress. In June 2018, the EPA scaled back its health and safety risk assessments of chemicals. Trump signing the Presidential memoranda to advance the construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines. January 24, 2017 In December 2017, the Trump administration sharply reduced the size of two national monuments in Utah by approximately two million acres, making it the largest reduction of public land protections in American history. Shortly afterwards, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke advocated for downsizing four additional national monuments and change the way that six additional monuments were managed. In December 2017, the New York Times reported that the EPA had in a no - bid contract hired an opposition research firm associated with the Republican Party for $120,000 to investigate EPA employees who had expressed criticism of the management of the EPA under Pruitt 's tenure or the Trump administration. In December 2017, President Trump - who had repeatedly called scientific consensus on climate a `` hoax '' before becoming President - for the first time as President called into question climate change by falsely implying that cold weather at the end of December meant that climate change was not occurring. In January 2018, the Trump administration singled out the state of Florida as an exemption from the administration 's offshore drilling plan. The move stirred controversy because it came after the Governor of Florida, Republican Rick Scott ( who is considering a 2018 Senate run ), complained about the offshore drilling plan. The move raised ethical questions because Trump owns a resort in Florida and because Florida is a swing state that Trump would like to win in the 2020 presidential election. NBC News said that the decision had the appearance of `` transactional favoritism '' and that it was likely to lead to lawsuits. That same month, the Trump administration enacted 30 % tariffs on solar panels. The American solar energy industry is highly reliant on foreign parts ( 80 % of parts are made abroad ) ; as a result, the tariffs could raise the costs of solar energy, reduce innovation and reduce jobs in the industry. Bloomberg News described the move as the Trump administration `` most targeted strike on the ( renewables ) industry '' in a series of actions taken to undermine renewables. In February 2018, it was reported that Pruitt had, as head of the EPA, fought to retain a loophole which allowed one trucking company to skirt emissions rules, allowing the firm to produce trucks that emit 40 to 55 times the air pollutants of other new trucks. In March 2018, leaked memos showed that the EPA 's Office of Public Affairs sent guidelines to EPA employees to use climate change denial talking points in official communications about climate change. The guidelines noted that `` Human activity impacts our changing climate in some manner, '' but that the degree of the impact was uncertain and that there are `` clear gaps '' in science on the topic. In April 2018, Pruitt announced a policy change within the EPA whereby EPA regulators would be prohibited from considering scientific research unless the raw data of the research was made publicly available. This would limit EPA regulators ' use of much environmental research, given that participants in many such studies provide personal health information which is kept confidential. The EPA cited two bipartisan reports and various nonpartisan studies about the use of science in government to defend the decision. However, the authors of those reports dismissed that the EPA followed their rejections, with one author saying, `` They do n't adopt any of our recommendations, and they go in a direction that 's completely opposite, completely different. They do n't adopt any of the recommendations of any of the sources they cite. I 'm not sure why they cited them. '' In May 2018, Science reported that the Trump administration pulled a $10 - million - a-year research line for NASA 's Carbon Monitoring System. Science reported that the Trump administration had unsuccessfully sought to kill other aspects of NASA 's climate science program. Government size and deregulation In the first six weeks of his tenure, Trump suspended -- or in a few cases, revoked -- over 90 regulations. On January 23, 2017, Trump ordered a temporary government - wide hiring freeze of the civilian work force in the executive branch. This prevented federal agencies, except for the offices of the new presidential appointees, national security, the military and public safety, from filling vacant positions. The hiring freeze was lifted on April 12, 2017. In January 2017, Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to repeal two existing regulations for every one new regulation, and to do so in such a way that the total cost of regulations does not increase. In February 2017, Trump signed an order requiring all federal agencies to create task forces to look at and determine which regulations hurt the U.S. economy. A September 2017 Bloomberg BNA review of the effects of the executive order found that due to unclear wording in the order and the large proportion of regulations that it exempts, the order had had little effect since it was signed. The Trump OMB released an analysis on February 23, 2018 indicating that the economic benefits of regulations significantly outweigh the economic costs. On February 28, 2017, Trump announced he did not intend on filling many of the governmental positions that were still vacant, as he considered them unnecessary. According to CNN on February 25, nearly 2,000 vacant governmental positions existed. Guns See also : Repeal of the Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 In February 2017, the Trump administration rolled back a regulation implemented by the Obama administration, which would have prohibited approximately 75,000 individuals who received Social Security checks due to mental illness and who were deemed unfit to handle their financial affairs from owning guns. In March 2018, Trump ordered the Department of Justice to issue a regulation to regulate bump stocks as machine guns, which would effectively make them illegal. In April 2017, Trump told a crowd of National Rifle Association members : `` You are my friends... I will never, ever infringe on the right of the people to keep and bear arms. '' The association spent $30 million to support Trump 's presidential campaign. Health Care CBO estimated in May 2017 that the Republican AHCA would reduce the number of persons with health insurance by 23 million during 2026, relative to current law. Further information : 2017 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act replacement proposals The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( also known as `` Obamacare '' or the ACA ) elicited major opposition from the Republican Party from its inception, and Trump called for a repeal of the law during the 2016 election campaign. On taking office, Trump promised to pass a healthcare bill that would result in better and less expensive insurance that would cover everyone. Alex Azar WWSG Photo In March 2017, Trump endorsed the American Health Care Act ( AHCA ), a bill proposed by House Republicans that would repeal the individual mandate and make several other major changes to the ACA. Opposition from several House Republicans, including members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus and the centrist Tuesday Group, led to the defeat of this version of the bill on March 24, 2017. After Trump and Speaker Ryan canceled a House vote on the AHCA, Trump stated that the `` best thing politically is to let Obamacare explode ''. Several weeks later on May 4, the House of Representatives voted in favor of a new version of the AHCA which would have repealed the ACA, sending the bill to the Senate for deliberation. Over the next months the Senate made several attempts to create a repeal bill ; however, all the proposals were ultimately rejected in a series of Senate votes in late July. Trump reacted by alternately urging Congress to keep trying and threatening to `` let Obamacare implode ''. The individual mandate was ultimately repealed in December 2017 by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The CBO released an analysis on May 23, 2018 indicating that through 2019 repeal of the individual mandate would increase the number of uninsured by 3 million -- on top of the estimated 3.2 million who became uninsured during 2017 -- and increase individual healthcare insurance premiums by 10 %. The CBO projected that another 3 million would become uninsured over the following two years due to repeal of the mandate. Trump repeatedly expressed a desire to `` let Obamacare fail '', and the Trump administration has been accused of trying to `` sabotage Obamacare '' by various actions. The open enrollment period was cut from 12 weeks to 6, and the advertising budget for enrollment was cut by 90 %. Organizations helping people shop for coverage, known as navigators, will get 39 % less money. In September 2017, the administration ordered HHS regional directors not to participate in state open enrollment events, as they had in previous years. A September 2017 report by Congressional Budget Office ( CBO ) found that enrollment in the Affordable Care Act health care exchanges would be lower in 2018 and future years than its previous forecasts, due to the Trump administration 's cuts to advertisement spending for enrollment, a smaller enrollment window, and less outreach. The CBO also found that insurance premiums would rise sharply in 2018 due to the Trump administration 's refusal to commit to continuing paying Affordable Care Act subsidies, which added uncertainty to the insurance market and led insurers to raise premiums for fear they will not get subsidized. In October 2017, the Trump administration ended subsidy payments to health insurance companies, saying that they are `` moving toward lower costs and more options in the health care market ''. The decision was expected to raise premiums in 2018 for middle - class families by an average of about 20 percent nationwide and cost the federal government nearly $200 billion more than it saved over a ten - year period. People with lower incomes would be unaffected because the Affordable Care Act provides government subsidies -- in the form of tax credits -- that ensure their out - of - pocket insurance costs remain stable. In October 2017, the Trump administration modified a requirement that employer - provided health insurance policies had to cover birth control methods free of charge to women. Any company or nonprofit could opt out of the requirement if they had religious or moral objections to birth control. Survey results indicate that more than 10 % of companies with more than 200 employees would opt out of birth control coverage if they had the option to whereas the Trump administration said that no more than 120,000 women would be affected. The Trump administration in justifying the action said that contraceptive use caused harms, such as risky sex behavior, cited the potential side effects of contraceptives, and asserted that the relationship between contraceptive use and unintended pregnancy was uncertain and complex. Indiana University professor of pediatrics Aaron E. Carroll noted `` there is ample evidence that contraception works, that reducing its expense leads to more women who use it appropriately, and that using it does n't lead to riskier sexual behavior. '' In December 2017, the Trump administration reduced the enforcement of penalties against nursing homes that harm residents. The nursing home industry had called for the change whereas advocates for nursing home residents said that the Trump administration had weakened a valuable patient - safety tool. In February 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) announced that it would cut 80 % of its efforts to stop infectious - disease epidemics worldwide due to budget cuts. In May 2018, Trump announced that he would not allow Medicare to use its bargaining power to negotiate lower drug prices from pharmaceutical companies, abandoning a promise he made as candidate. In June 2018, the Trump administration sided with a lawsuit to overturn key provisions of the Affordable Care Act, including protections for individuals with pre-existing conditions. Opioid epidemic Donald Trump at the 15th Annual Opioid Takeback Day In September 2017, Trump nominated Tom Marino to lead the Office of National Drug Control Policy and become the nation 's drug czar. In October 2017, Marino withdrew his name from consideration after a joint Washington Post and 60 Minutes investigation found that Marino had been the chief architect of a bill that crippled the enforcement powers of the DEA and worsened the opioid crisis in the United States. By November 2017, the White House had yet to name another person to head its Office of National Drug Control Policy and had not released a strategy to combat the opioid epidemic. In November 2017, it was announced that Kellyanne Conway would lead White House efforts to combat the opioid epidemic ; Conway had no experience or expertise on matters of public health, substance abuse, or law enforcement. Conway sidelined drug experts and opted instead for the use of political staff. Politico wrote that the Trump administration 's `` main response '' to the opioid crisis had `` so far has been to call for a border wall and to promise a `` just say no '' campaign. '' In October 2017, the Trump administration declared a 90 - day public health emergency over the opioid epidemic and pledged to urgently mobilize the federal government in response to the crisis. On January 11, 2018, 12 days before the declaration ran out, Politico noted that `` beyond drawing more attention to the crisis, virtually nothing of consequence has been done. '' The administration had not proposed any new resources or spending, had not started the promised advertising campaign to spread awareness about addiction, and had yet to fill key public health and drug positions in the administration. In January 2018, The Washington Post reported that one of the top officials at the Office of National Drug Control Policy, which is tasked with multibillion - dollar anti-drug initiatives and curbing the opioid epidemic, was a 24 - year old campaign staffer from the Trump 2016 campaign who lied on his CV and whose stepfather went to jail for manufacturing illegal drugs ; after the administration was contacted about the official 's qualifications and CV, the administration gave him a job with different tasks in the ONDCP. Housing and Urban policy United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Ben Carson, on the first day of the job. In December 2017, The Economist described the Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ) led by Ben Carson as `` directionless ''. Most of the top HUD positions were unfilled and Carson 's leadership was `` inconspicuous and inscrutable ''. Of the policies that HUD was enacting, The Economist wrote, `` it is hard not to conclude that the governing principle at HUD is to take whatever the Obama administration was doing, and do the opposite. '' Under Carson 's tenure, HUD scaled back the enforcement of fair housing laws, and halted several fair housing investigations started by the Obama administration. In March 2018, HUD removed the words `` inclusive '' and `` free from discrimination '' from its mission statement. In June 2017, the Trump administration designated Lynne Patton, an event planner, who had worked on the Trump campaign and planned Eric Trump 's wedding to lead HUD 's New York and New Jersey office ( which oversees billions of federal dollars ). Hurricane relief President Trump signs the Hurricane Harvey relief bill at Camp David, September 8, 2017 On August 28, 2017, the Category 4 Hurricane Harvey made landfall in southeastern Texas, and caused 40 - 60 inch rainfall and massive flooding in the Houston area. The next day, Trump visited Corpus Christi, Texas near where Harvey made landfall, and then visited the Austin, Texas Emergency Operations Center. During the Corpus Chritsti visit he praised the work of FEMA administrator Brock Long, Texas Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, and Texas Governor Greg Abbott, and praised the crowd size. Politico wrote that during his visit, `` the president did n't meet a single storm victim, see an inch of rain or get near a flooded street. '' In September, Trump personally donated $1 million designated for hurricane relief to twelve organizations, in what Glenn Thrush called `` one of the largest financial commitments made by a sitting president to a charitable cause ''. On September 8 President Donald Trump signed into law H.R. 601, which among other spending actions designated $15 billion for Hurricane Harvey relief. On September 10, two weeks after Hurricane Harvey hit Texas and Louisiana, the Category 4 Hurricane Irma hit the southwestern tip of Florida and then moved up Florida Gulf coast causing extensive damage and prolonged power outages. Trump visited the damage area and relief efforts on September 14, promising full financial backing for the state 's recovery. On September 20, Puerto Rico was struck by Category 4 Hurricane Maria, causing widespread devastation, knocking out the power system and phone towers, destroying buildings, and causing widespread flooding. The Trump administration came under criticism for a delayed response to the humanitarian crisis on the island. Politicians on both sides of the aisle had called for immediate aid for Puerto Rico, and criticized Trump for focusing on a feud with the NFL instead. Trump did not comment on Puerto Rico for several days while the crisis was unfolding. According to The Washington Post, the White House did not feel a sense of urgency until `` images of the utter destruction and desperation -- and criticism of the administration 's response -- began to appear on television. '' Trump later dismissed the criticism, saying he was `` very proud '' of an `` amazing '' response and that efforts to distribute necessary supplies and services were `` doing well ''. The Washington Post noted, `` on the ground in Puerto Rico, nothing could be further from the truth. '' Carmen Yulín Cruz, the mayor of Puerto Rico 's capital San Juan, repeatedly criticized US relief efforts, saying that they were not reaching the people who needed the aid ; on September 29 she made a desperate plea for help, saying that people are `` dying, starving, thirsty ''. Trump responded by criticizing Puerto Rico officials, saying that they had `` poor leadership ability '' and `` want everything to be done for them '', and repeatedly pointing out Puerto Rico 's debt crisis. On September 28 the Army dispatched Lt. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan to Puerto Rico to assess the situation and see how the military could be more effective in helping. In January 2018, FEMA officially ended its humanitarian mission in Puerto Rico ; at the time of FEMA 's departure, one third of Puerto Rico residents still lacked electricity and some places lacked running water. A March 2018 Politico analysis of the Trump administration 's response indicated that the administration and Trump himself showed far more attention to Hurricane Harvey in Texas and that the response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico was slower and weaker. The official death rate reported by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is 64 ; the Commonwealth has commissioned George Washington University to assess the death toll and is awaiting that report. An academic study based on household surveys and reported in the New England Journal of Medicine estimated that the number of hurricane - related deaths during the period September 20, 2017 to December 31, 2017 was around 4,600 ( range 793 - 8,498 ) Immigration Main article : Immigration policy of Donald Trump See also : Immigration reform Prior to taking office, Trump promised to deport the 11 million illegal immigrants living in the United States and to build a wall along the Mexico -- United States border. Trump later stated that in certain areas fencing would be acceptable. On January 25, 2017, Trump signed an executive order which directed the Secretary of Homeland Security ( DHS ) to begin work on a wall. In February 2017, an internal DHS report estimated that Trump 's proposed border wall would cost $21.6 billion and take 3.5 years to build ( far higher than estimates by the Trump 2016 campaign ( $12 billion ) and the $15 billion estimate from Republican congressional leaders ). Other analyses estimated a total cost of up to $25 billion, with the cost of private land acquisitions and fence maintenance pushing the total cost up further. In August 2017, the transcript of the January 2017 phone call between Trump and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto was leaked ; in the phone call, Trump conceded that he would fund the border wall, not by charging Mexico as he promised during the campaign, but through other ways and implored the Mexican President to stop saying publicly that the Mexican government would not pay for the border wall. Kirstjen Nielsen is sworn in at a hearing on her nomination to become the 6th Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. The Trump administration embraced the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy ( RAISE ) Act in August 2017. The RAISE Act sought to reduce levels of legal immigration to the United States by 50 % by halving the number of green cards issued. The bill would also impose a cap of 50,000 refugee admissions a year and would end the visa diversity lottery. A study by Penn Wharton economists found that the legislation would by 2027 `` reduce GDP by 0.7 percent relative to current law, and reduce jobs by 1.3 million. By 2040, GDP will be about 2 percent lower and jobs will fall by 4.6 million. Despite changes to population size, jobs and GDP, there is very little change to per capita GDP, increasing slightly in the short run and then eventually falling. '' In August 2017, the Trump administration terminated a program that granted temporary legal residence to unaccompanied Central American minors. 2,714 individuals would have to renew their legal residence status through other more difficult immigrant channels. In November 2017, the Temporary Protected Status of 60,000 Haitians after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, which gave them temporary residency permits, was revoked. In January 2018, the Trump administration announced that approximately 200,000 Salvadorans, who were given Temporary Protected Status in the U.S. after a series of devastating earthquakes in 2001, would have their residency permits revoked ; which means that they would have to leave the country, seek new permits or stay as undocumented immigrants. The Salvadorans are parents to an estimated 190,000 U.S. - born children. In October 2017, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis added additional background checks for non-citizens who served in the military and extended the time that the service members had to serve before they could receive necessary paperwork to pursue US citizenship. As a result of these changes, the number of service members who applied for citizenship through their service declined by 65 % in the first quarter of fiscal year 2018. In October 2017, the Trump administration began to separate undocumented immigrant families charged for crossing the border illegally. In May 2018, the administration announced that it would increase the practice of family separation. Past administrations had historically not separated children from their parents, except in few cases. Between October 2017 and May 2018, approximately 700 children were separated from their parents. Research shows that children separated from their parents are more likely to suffer from anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as develop behavioral problems and suffer worse education outcomes. The administration defended the policy of family separation, arguing that it deterred illegal border crossings and asylum seeking. White House Chief of Staff John Kelly said the policy was not cruel, and said that the `` children will be taken care of -- put into foster care or whatever. '' In December 2017, the Trump administration announced that it would make it illegal for spouses of H - 1B visa holders to work in the United States. In January 2018, the Trump administration proposed spending $18 billion over the next 10 years on a wall on the Mexican border, more than half of the $33 billion spending blueprint for border security. Trump 's plan would reduce funding for border surveillance, radar technology, patrol boats and customs agents ; experts and officials say that these are more effective at curbing illegal immigration and preventing terrorism and smuggling than a border wall. Later that month, Trump was widely criticized after referring to Haiti, El Salvador, and African nations in general as `` shithole countries '' at a bipartisan meeting on immigration. Multiple international leaders condemned his remarks as racist. By February 2018, arrests of undocumented immigrants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement increased by 40 % during Trump 's tenure. Arrests of noncriminal undocumented immigrants were twice as high as during Obama 's final year in office. Arrests of undocumented immigrants with criminal convictions only increased slightly. In March 2018, the Commerce Department announced that it would add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. Experts noted that the inclusion of such a question would likely result in severe undercounting of the population and faulty data, as undocumented immigrants would be less likely to respond to the census. Blue states, especially California, are therefore likely to get less congressional apportionment and fund apportionment than they would otherwise get, because they have larger undocumented populations. In response, Xavier Becerra, California 's attorney general, announced his attention to sue the Trump administration over the decision. In May 2018, the Trump administration announced it would separate children from parents caught unlawfully crossing the southern border into the United States. Later that month, Trump falsely accused Democrats of creating that policy despite it originating from his own administration. Six weeks into the Trump administration 's policy of separating children from parents, about 2,000 migrant children had been separated from their families. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Physicians and the American Psychiatric Association condemned the policy, with the American Academy of Pediatrics saying that the policy was causing `` irreparable harm '' to the children. The Washington Post quoted a White House official as saying that Trump 's decision to separate migrant families was gain the political leverage to force Democrats and moderate Republicans to accept hardline immigration legislation. Immigration order See also : Executive Order 13769, Executive Order 13780, and s : Proclamation 9645 Trump signing Executive Order 13769 at the Pentagon as the Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of Defense James Mattis look on, January 27, 2017 During his first nine months in office, Trump issued several directives aimed at restricting entry of certain people into the United States. After each of those directives there have been respective legal challenges. On January 27, 2017, Trump signed an executive order which indefinitely suspended admission of asylum seekers fleeing the Syrian Civil War, suspended admission of all other refugees for 120 days, and denied entry to citizens of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days. The order also established a religious test for refugees from Muslim nations by giving priority to refugees of other religions over Muslim refugees. Later, the administration seemed to reverse a portion of part of the order, effectively exempting visitors with a green card. After the order was challenged in the federal courts, several federal judges issued rulings enjoining the government from enforcing the order. On January 30, Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates after she stated she would not defend the order in court ; Yates was replaced by Dana Boente, who stated the Justice Department would defend the order. A new executive order was signed in March which places limits on travel to the U.S. from six different countries for 90 days, and by all refugees who do not possess either a visa or valid travel documents for 120 days. The new executive order revoked and replaced the former Executive Order 13769 issued in January. On June 26, the Supreme Court partially stayed certain injunctions that were put on the order by two federal appeals courts earlier, allowing the executive order to mostly go into effect. Oral argument concerning the legality of the order were scheduled to be held in October 2017. However, on October 10 the Court dismissed the case, saying that the orders had been replaced by a new proclamation, so challenges to the previous executive orders are moot. On September 24, 2017, Trump signed a proclamation that placed limits on the six countries in the second executive order and added Chad, North Korea, and Venezuela. On October 17, 2017, Judge Derrick Watson, of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii issued another temporary restraining order in response to a petition by the state of Hawaii. On December 4, 2017, the Supreme Court allowed the September 2017 travel restrictions to go into effect while legal challenges in Hawaii and Maryland are heard. The decision effectively bars most citizens of Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Chad and North Korea from entry into the United States along with some groups of people from Venezuela. LGBT policy Main article : Social policy of Donald Trump § LGBT issues See also : LGBT rights in the United States On January 31, 2017, Trump announced that his administration would keep intact the 2014 executive order that protects employees from anti-LGBTQ workplace discrimination while working for federal contractors. However, in March 2017, the Trump administration rolled back key components of the Obama administration 's workplace protections for LGBT people. The Trump administration rescinded requirements that federal contractors prove that they are complying with the LGBT workplace protections, which makes it difficult to tell if a contractor had refrained from discriminatory practices against LGBT individuals. LGBT advocates argued that this was a signal that the Trump administration would not enforce workplace violations against LGBT people. In February 2017, the Trump administration rescinded an Obama directive ( interpreting gender identity under Title IX ) that allowed transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms matching their chosen gender identity. In March 2017, the Trump administration rolled back efforts to collect data on LGBT Americans. The Health and Human Services removed a question about sexual orientation in a survey of the elderly. The U.S. Census Bureau, which had planned to ask about sexual orientation and gender identity in the 2020 Census and the American Community Survey, scrapped those plans in March 2017. In December 2017, the Center for Disease Control was prohibited from using the term `` transgender ''. The Director of the CDC denied these reports. On July 26, 2017, Trump tweeted that transgender individuals would not be allowed `` to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military '', citing the alleged `` disruption '' and `` tremendous medical costs '' of having transgender service members. However, a RAND study of 18 countries that allow transgender individuals to serve in the military found `` little or no impact on unit cohesion, operational effectiveness, or readiness ''. Also, according to Scientific American, studies have shown that the medical costs for transgender service members would be `` minimal ''. According to the Rand Corporation, about 4,000 active - duty and reserve service members were transgender in 2016. The ban was blocked by a federal court. In March 2018, Trump announced a new policy on transgender service members, namely a ban on those with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, which would effectively be a ban on most transgender service members. The policy was stayed in Karnoski vs. Trump ( Western District of Washington ) on April 13, 2018, when the court ruled that the 2018 memorandum essentially repeated the same issues as its predecessor order from 2017, that transgender service members ( and transgender individuals as a class ) were a protected class entitled to strict scrutiny of adverse laws ( or at worst, a quasi-suspect class ), and ordered that matter continue to a full trial hearing on the legality of the proposed policy. That same day, the DOJ argued in court that federal civil rights law did not ban employers from discriminating against employees based on sexual orientation. The Obama administration had decided that it did. In September 2017, the DOJ filed a brief on behalf of a baker who was found to have violated the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act by refusing to bake a cake for a same - sex couple. The Washington Post described the decision as part of `` a series of steps the Trump administration has taken to rescind Obama administration positions favorable to gay rights ''. In October 2017, Attorney General Sessions ordered the DOJ to no longer side with transgender plaintiffs in workplace discrimination lawsuits invoking the Civil Rights Act. Science The Trump administration marginalized the role of science in policymaking. It was the first administration since 1941 not to name a White House science advisor. While preparing for talks with Kim Jong Un, the White House did not do so with the assistance of a White House science adviser or senior counselor trained in nuclear physics. The position of chief scientist in the State Department or the Department of Agriculture were not filled. The administration nominated Sam Clovis to be chief scientist in the Agriculture Department but he had no scientific background and the White House later withdrew the nomination. The administration successfully nominated Jim Bridenstine, who had no background in science and rejected the scientific consensus on climate change, to lead NASA. The Interior Department, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Food and Drug Administration disbanded advisory committees. March 2017, the Energy Department prohibited the use of the term `` climate change ''. In December 2017, the Trump administration sent a list to the Center for Disease Control ( CDC ) on words that the agency that was prohibited from using in its official communications. These words included `` transgender, '' `` fetus, '' `` evidence - based, '' `` science - based, '' `` vulnerable, '' `` entitlement, '' and `` diversity. '' The Director of the CDC denied these reports. Transportation Trump proposed privatizing air traffic control in June 2017. In February 2018 Bill Shuster, the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, announced there was not enough support in Congress for the plan. Veterans Affairs Prior to David Shulkin 's firing in April 2018, The New York Times described the Department of Veterans Affairs ( VA ) as `` rare spot of calm in the Trump administration ''. Shulkin built upon changes started under the Obama administration to do a long - term overhaul of the VA system. In May 2018, legislation to increase vets ' access to private care was stalled, as was a VA overhaul which sought to synchronize medical records. In May 2018, there were reports of a large number of resignations of senior staffers and a major re-shuffling. Voting rights In May 2017, the Trump administration created the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity ( commonly referred to as the Voter Fraud Commission ), with the stated purpose to review the extent of voter fraud. The commission was created in the wake of Trump 's false claim that millions of unauthorized votes cost him the popular vote in the 2016 United States presidential election. It was chaired by Vice President Mike Pence, while the vice chair and day - to - day administrator was Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, best known for promoting restrictions on access to voting. The commission began its work by requesting each state to turn over detailed information about all registered voters in their database. Most states rejected the request, citing privacy concerns or state laws. Multiple lawsuits were filed against the commission. In November 2017, Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, a Democratic member of the commission, said that Kobach was refusing to share working documents and scheduling information with him and the other Democrats on the commission. He filed suit, and in December a federal judge ordered the commission to hand over the documents. In January 2018, the Trump administration disbanded the commission, and informed Dunlap that it would not obey the court order to provide the documents because the commission no longer existed. In the announcement disbanding the commission, Trump blamed states for not handing over requested voter information to the commission, while still maintaining that there was `` substantial evidence of voter fraud '', an assertion which is contrary to existing research and expert assessments, which have shown voter fraud to be extremely rare. Election integrity experts argued that the commission was disbanded because of the lawsuits, which would have led to greater transparency and accountability in the commission and thus prevented the Republican members of the commission from producing a sham report to justify restrictions on voting rights. In January 2018, it was revealed that the Commission had, in its requests for Texas voter data, specifically asked for data that identifies voters with Hispanic surnames. White nationalists and Charlottesville rally See also : Unite the Right rally Anti-Trump protest in Greensboro by anti-fascist group On August 13, 2017, Trump condemned violence `` on many sides '' after a gathering of hundreds of white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia, the previous day ( August 12 ) turned deadly. A white supremacist drove a car into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing one woman and injuring 19 others. According to Attorney General Sessions, that action met the definition of domestic terrorism. During the rally there had been other violence, as some counter-protesters charged at the white nationalists with swinging clubs and mace, throwing bottles, rocks, and paint. Trump did not expressly mention Neo-Nazis, white supremacists, or the alt - right movement in his remarks on August 13, but the following day ( August 14 ) he did denounce white supremacists. He condemned `` the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups ''. Then the next day ( August 15 ), he again blamed `` both sides ''. Many Republican and Democratic elected officials condemned the violence and hatred of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and alt - right activists. Trump came under criticism from world leaders and politicians, as well as a variety of religious groups and anti-hate organizations for his remarks, which were seen as muted and equivocal. The New York Times reported that Trump `` was the only national political figure to spread blame for the ' hatred, bigotry and violence ' that resulted in the death of one person to ' many sides ' '', and said that Trump had `` buoyed the white nationalist movement on Tuesday as no president has done in generations ''. White nationalist groups felt `` emboldened '' after the rally and planned additional demonstrations. Foreign policy Main article : Foreign policy of the Donald Trump administration See also : List of international presidential trips made by Donald Trump President Trump together with other leaders at the 43rd G7 summit in Italy, May 2017 A controversial hiring freeze was in place at the State Department from April 2017 to May 2018. During Rex Tillerson 's tenure as Secretary of State ( February 2017 -- March 2018 ), he implemented drastic budget cuts, pushed out a large amount of Senior Foreign Service officers, and left many senior positions in the State Department and ambassador postings vacant. East Asia and oceania Australia See also : Australia -- United States relations President Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, May 4, 2017 Trump 's first phone call as President with the Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, took place in February and lasted around twenty - five minutes. During the call, Trump disagreed with Turnbull about a deal made during Barack Obama 's presidency. The agreement called for the United States to review approximately 1,250 asylum seekers for entry into the United States. The refugees are currently held on Nauru and Manus Island by Australian authorities. On February 2, 2017, Trump tweeted that the refugee agreement was a `` dumb deal ''. Notwithstanding the disagreement, Vice President Mike Pence, while on a visit to Australia in April 2017, stated the United States will abide by the deal. Trump and Turnbull met on May 4 in New York City aboard USS Intrepid to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea. This was their first face - to - face meeting. China See also : China -- United States relations and Trump -- Tsai call During the transition phase, Trump became the first president or president - elect since 1979 to speak directly to the President of Taiwan. This called into question whether Trump would continue to follow the long - standing one - China policy of the United States regarding the political status of Taiwan. President Trump with Chinese President Xi Jinping with their spouses, April 2017 At the end of January 2017, China moved its long - range nuclear - capable missiles closer to the Russian border, where they would be in reach of the United States. The Independent wrote that the action was `` apparently in response to President Donald Trump 's ' aggression. ' '' On August 14, 2017, Trump directed U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to investigate whether China was stealing U.S. technology and intellectual property. The investigation would look at Chinese practices that force American companies to disclose their proprietary intellectual information so they can do business in China. In response, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying suggested prospects of a trade war would emerge if the U.S. decided to pursue the case, stating, `` There is no future and no winner in a trade war and both sides will be the losers ''. In May 2018, Trump announced that he was working with China 's leader Xi Jinping to prevent the collapse of the Chinese social media firm ZTE, with Trump saying `` too many jobs in China lost. '' ZTE had been fined $1.2 billion and sanctioned by the United States after the firm traded with Iran and North Korea when those countries were under sanctions. Trump 's move came within two days of an Agence France - Presse report that the Chinese government had invested $500 million in MNC Lido City, a planned theme park in Indonesia that since 2015 had plans to feature a hotel and golf course developed by The Trump Organization, and since 2016 had been receiving loans from the Chinese state - owned company Sinosure. North Korea See also : North Korea -- United States relations President Trump meets with USPACOM officials at Camp H.M. Smith in Hawaii, November 2, 2017 North Korea first tested nuclear weapons in 2006, further straining U.S. and North Korean relations. Shortly after Trump took office, North Korea launched five ballistic missiles towards Japan, and North Korea claimed that the launches were practice strikes against U.S. bases in Japan. After the missile launches, the U.S. began installing a missile defense system in South Korea. During the campaign and the early days of his presidency, Trump advocated getting China to rein in its ally North Korea. In April 2017 he said, `` If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will. That is all I am telling you. '' In July 2017, North Korea tested two long - range missiles, identified by observers as intercontinental ballistic missiles potentially capable of reaching Alaska, Hawaii, and the U.S. mainland. In August Trump significantly escalated his rhetoric against North Korea, saying that further provocation against the U.S. will be met with `` fire and fury like the world has never seen ''. In response Kim Jong - un threatened to direct its next missile test toward Guam. Trump doubled down on his `` fire and fury '' warning, saying, `` maybe that statement was n't tough enough '' and adding that if North Korea took steps to attack Guam, `` Things will happen to them like they never thought possible. '' In June 2017, Rex Tillerson announced that North Korea had released Otto Warmbier, an American university student who had been detained by North Korea for 17 months prior. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson issued a statement saying that the State Department secured Warmbier 's release at the direction of Trump. When he was returned to the United States, Warmbier was unresponsive and had suffered from extensive brain damage that he has sustained while in North Korea captivity ; he died days later. In March 2018, Trump accepted an invitation to a face - to - face summit with Kim Jong Un ; the date and location for the encounter was set on June 12 and in Singapore. In April 2018, Mike Pompeo was sent to North Korea to meet with Kim Jong Un. South Korean president Moon Jae - in credited President Trump with facilitating rapproachment on the Korean peninsula. Moon also stated that Trump should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts and `` maximum pressure '' approach to North Korean missile tests. In May 2018, Trump cancelled the Singapore face - to - face. The cancellation came amid a recent return of bellicose rhetoric from North Korea and expressions of disapproval by the North Korean government of denuclearization demands made by the Trump administration. The cancellation took the South Korean government by surprise. On June 1, 2018, Trump announced that the meeting was `` back on '' for June 12 in Singapore. At its conclusion the two leaders signed a joint statement, agreeing to security guarantees for North Korea, new peaceful relations, reaffirmation of the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, recovery of soldiers ' remains, and follow - up negotiations between high - level officials. In addition, immediately following the summit, Trump unilaterally announced that the US would discontinue `` provocative '' joint military exercises with South Korea and would `` eventually '' withdraw troops stationed there. Europe Trump and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, April 2017 Russia See also : Russia -- United States relations President - elect Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the phone on November 14, 2017, to discuss future efforts to improve the U.S. - Russia ties and the settlement of Syrian crisis among others. In January 2017, a week after his inauguration, President Trump had a 50 - minute telephone conversation with Putin that was hailed by both governments as a step towards improvement of relations between the two countries ; the presidents agreed to arrange a face - to - face meeting for a later date. On June 8, 2018, Trump called for Russia to be readmitted to the G - 7, from which it was expelled after the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014. Germany See also : Germany -- United States relations In May 2017, German chancellor Angela Merkel said that Europeans can not rely on United States ' help anymore. This came after Trump had said the Germans were `` bad, very bad '' and threatened to stop all car trade with Germany. United kingdom See also : United Kingdom -- United States relations President Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May meet at the White House, January 27, 2017 In January 2018, a Downing Street spokesperson said that the `` strong and deep '' relationship with the United States would continue despite Trump 's cancellation of a visit to the UK in February 2018, where he was widely expected to open the new United States embassy in London. President Trump claimed that the reason he cancelled his trip to London was because he was not a `` big fan of the Obama Administration '' selling the previous embassy complex. However many sources claim that the real reason for the cancellation was because the White House was worried about the possibility of public protests, as the decision to move to the new location was actually made under the George W. Bush Administration. North America Cuba See also : Cuba -- United States relations On June 16, 2017, President Donald Trump announced that he was cancelling the Obama administrations deals with Cuba, while also expressing that a new deal could be negotiated between Cuba and United States. Mexico See also : Mexico -- United States relations Trump meets with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto at the 2017 G20 Hamburg summit On January 26, 2017, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto cancelled a meeting with Trump in Washington. Trump had tweeted earlier that morning that it would be better to skip the meeting if the Mexican government continued to insist that Mexico would not pay for a proposed United States - Mexico border wall Trump promised to build. This came amid existing tensions over the proposed wall. South America Venezuela See also : United States -- Venezuela relations and 2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis In August 2017, Trump stated that he is `` not going to rule out a military option '' to confront the autocratic government of Nicolás Maduro and the deepening crisis in Venezuela. Venezuela 's Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López immediately criticized Trump for his statement, calling it `` an act of supreme extremism '' and `` an act of madness ''. President Maduro 's son, Nicolás Maduro Guerra, stated during the 5th Constituent Assembly of Venezuela session that if the United States were to attack Venezuela, `` the rifles would arrive in New York, Mr. Trump, we would arrive and take the White House ''. West Asia Afghanistan See also : War in Afghanistan ( 2001 -- present ) § Donald Trump 's Afghanistan policy, and War in Afghanistan ( 1978 -- present ) Trump and President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan, October 2, 2017 When Trump took office in January 2017, the United States were involved in the War in Afghanistan since 2001, the longest war in American history. The US then had 8,400 American troops in Afghanistan. Most of them participated in the NATO mission Resolute Support, intended to train and advise the Afghan government troops ( in their ( civil ) war against Taliban, Al - Qaeda and ISIL - in - Khorasan ) ; 2,000 American troops were charged with fighting against terror groups such as ISIL - in - Khorasan. By August 2017, the American force in Afghanistan was estimated at 10,000 troops. On August 21, 2017, Trump announced expansion of the American presence in Afghanistan, without giving details on how. Iraq and Syria See also : Syrian Civil War, Timber Sycamore, and Iraqi Civil War ( 2014 -- present ) Trump and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi, March 20, 2017 Trump took office while the United States remained involved in a military intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL, also known as ISIS, the Islamic State or Daesh ), a Salafi jidahist unrecognized state that gained control of parts of Iraq and Syria following the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War. There were roughly 4,500 American soldiers in Iraq as of February 2016. Under Obama, the United States also backed the Free Syrian Army against the Syrian government of Bashar al - Assad. In the first unilateral military action by the United States targeting Ba'athist Syrian government forces during the Syrian Civil War, Trump authorizes a missile strike against Shayrat Airbase in direct response to the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack. It was reported in July 2017 that Trump had ordered a `` phasing out '' of the Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) 's support for anti-Assad Syrian rebels. In August 2017, senior State Department official Brett H. McGurk stated that the Trump administration had `` dramatically accelerated '' the U.S. -- led campaign against ISIL, citing estimates that almost one - third of the territory taken from ISIL `` has been won in the last six months ''. McGurk favorably cited `` steps President Trump has taken, including delegating decision -- making authority from the White House to commanders in the field ''. According to Airwars, the strikes of US - led coalition killed as many as 6,000 civilians in Iraq and Syria in 2017. Military action in Syria Further information : 2017 Shayrat missile strike and 2018 missile strikes against Syria Trump meeting with his national security team after ordering missile strikes in Syria It was first reported on April 4, 2017, that the Syrian government led by President Bashar al - Assad had launched a chemical attack on civilians in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun, in the rebel - held territory of Idlib Province. The Trump administration initially responded by saying the attacks were `` not something that any civilized nation should sit back and accept or tolerate ''. The following day, April 5, Trump held a press conference with King Abdullah II of Jordan in the Rose Garden of the White House where he stated his `` attitude toward Syria and Assad, has changed very much ''. Trump also said `` It crossed a lot of lines for me. When you kill innocent children, innocent babies, little babies, with a chemical gas that was so lethal, '' then that `` crosses many lines, beyond a red line, many many lines '' referencing President Obama 's ultimatum to the Syrian regime in 2013. On Thursday April 6, Trump ordered the launch of 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles toward Shayrat Air Base where the chemical attacks are believed to have been launched. Shortly after giving the order, Trump addressed the nation saying, `` It is in the vital national security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread or use of deadly chemical weapons. '' Although the attacks were met with praise and support by the most of the international community, several protests were held in the United States demonstrating against the attack. Iran See also : Iran -- United States relations Protests after Trump 's decision to withdraw from JCPOA, around former U.S. embassy in Tehran, May 8, 2018 Trump took office after Barack Obama signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ( JCPOA or `` Iran nuclear deal '' ), which Trump described as one of the `` worst deals ever made ''. On February 3, Trump and the Iranian foreign minister, Javad Zarif, `` sparred on Twitter '' over sanctions and Executive Order 13796. Trump tweeted that Iran was `` playing with fire '' after the country conducted a ballistic missile test earlier in the week. The Trump administration stated that Trump personally lobbied dozens of European officials against doing business with Iran during the May 2017 Brussels summit ; this likely violated the terms of the JCPOA, which expressly states that 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. In May 2018, Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Iran nuclear agreement, the signature foreign policy achievement of the Obama administration. Trump said that he would reimpose the economic sanctions on Iran that were lifted in 2015 as part of the agreement. In response, Iran announced that it would restart uranium enrichment. Trump had long expressed hostility towards the agreement and had on several previous occasions been persuaded by White House aides not to withdraw. However, by May 2018, Trump faced less internal resistance, as more hawkish advisors, such as Mike Pompeo and John Bolton, had come to play a more prominent role in the administration. Trump 's withdrawal was supported by Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu but widely condemned by European leaders. Prior to Trump 's withdrawal, European leaders had in principle agreed to the toughest of Trump 's demands to `` fix '' the Iran deal ; Trump walked away from the deal anyway. Israel and the palestinian authority See also : Israel -- United States relations and Arab -- Israeli conflict Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, February 15, 2017 During the transition phase, Trump designated David Friedman, a strong supporter of Israeli settlements and a skeptic of the two - state solution, as his nominee for United States Ambassador to Israel. On December 6, 2017, Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and promised to relocate the Israeli U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jersusalem, a move considered too risky by his predecessors. On May 14, 2018, the embassy was opened in Jerusalem ; the move gave rise to clashes on the border of Gaza and Israel, leading to 58 deaths in what was the deadliest day since the 2014 Israel -- Gaza conflict. Yemen See also : United States -- Yemen relations, List of drone strikes in Yemen, and Saudi Arabian - led intervention in Yemen Trump with King Salman of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, May 20, 2017 In 2015, a multi-sided Yemeni Civil War commenced, and the Obama administration supported the government of Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi and launched drone strikes against AQAP, the branch of al - Qaeda active in Yemen. On January 29, 2017, the U.S. military conducted the Yakla raid against AQAP leaders stationed in Yemen. After the raid resulted in several civilian casualties, the Yemeni government asked that the United States do a reassessment of the raid and asked that Yemen be more involved in future military operations. A week - long bombing blitz by the United States in Yemen in March 2017 surpassed the annual bombing total for any year during Obama 's presidency. Trump administration voiced support for the Saudi Arabian - led intervention in Yemen. U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis asked President Trump to remove restrictions on U.S. military support for Saudi Arabia. Trade See also : Foreign trade of the United States, United States free - trade agreements, Economic policy of Donald Trump, and Trump tariffs White House National Trade Council Director Peter Navarro in Oval Office in January 2017 During the 2016 campaign, Trump called for a re-negotiation of free trade agreements, including NAFTA, a free trade agreement among the United States, Canada, and Mexico that entered into force in 1994. Trump also strongly opposed the Trans - Pacific Partnership ( TPP ), a proposed free trade agreement among several nations that border the Pacific Ocean. Shortly after taking office, Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from the TPP. The Trump administration created the National Trade Council to advise the president regarding trade negotiations, and Trump named professor Peter Navarro as the first Director of the National Trade Council. In April 2017, Trump imposed a tariff on Canada 's softwood lumber industry, following complaints from dairy farmers in Wisconsin about Canada 's dairy pricing policy. The Trump administration announced a deal with China in May 2017 where China would increase imports of US beef, speed up its approvals of genetically modified products and allow foreign - owned financial groups to offer credit rating services in China while the United States would allow imports of cooked poultry meat from China, encourage exports of liquid natural gas to China, and tacitly endorse Beijing 's geopolitical and economic `` Silk Road '' plan. The deal was seen as evidence of a de-escalatory approach to China, unlike the rhetoric of the Trump 2016 presidential campaign. The Trump administration described the deal as `` gigantic '' and `` Herculean ''. However, according to Financial Times, `` Close watchers of the US - China relationship quickly raised questions about the deal, pointing out that most of Beijing 's key promises had been made before or were in line with China 's existing international commitments. '' Financial Times noted, `` To some former US officials, Trump advisers, business executives and other close watchers of the US - China relationship, however, this was a poor deal in which Beijing had simply reheated old promises. They say it raises questions about the Trump administration 's strategic wherewithal and the very negotiating muscle the president has so often touted. '' Other experts criticized the deal for giving away too many concessions to China than what the United States got in return. In March 2018 Trump said he would impose a 25 % tariff on steel and 10 % on aluminum imports from most countries. At first he suggested Canada, Mexico, and the European Union could be exempt, but on June 1 he said the tariffs would apply to them also. The EU immediately announced retaliatory tariffs, and Canada and Mexico said they would do the same. In the lead - up to the June 2018 G - 7 Summit in Quebec, Trump surprised allies by suggesting that Russia should be readmitted to the group ; Russian had been expelled in 2014 following its invasion of Crimea. Trump 's posture at the G7 conference was contentious, with the possibility of a trade war looming in response to the steel and aluminum tariffs. In a press conference, Trump said his goal was the elimination of all tariffs between the member nations, and he threatened to end all trade with countries that do not dramatically reduce tariffs and other trade barriers. Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, voiced concern that Trump was undermining the rules - based international order. At the end of the conference Trump refused to sign the joint communique, blaming his decision on negative comments made by Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau. Ethics See also : Lobbying in the United States During the 2016 campaign, Trump promised to `` drain the swamp in Washington D.C. '', and he proposed a series of ethics reforms. However, according to federal records and interviews, there has been a dramatic increase in lobbying by corporations and hired interests during Trump 's tenure, particularly through the office of the Vice-President Mike Pence. About twice as many lobbying firms contacted Pence, compared to previous presidencies, among them representatives of major energy firms and drug companies. In many cases, the lobbyists have charged their clients millions of dollars for access to the vice president, and then have turned around and donated the money to Pence 's political causes. Among his proposals was a five - year ban on serving as a lobbyist after working in the executive branch. Trump 's transition team also announced that registered lobbyists would be barred from serving in the Trump administration. However, an Obama era ban on lobbyists taking administrative jobs was lifted and at least nine transition officials became lobbyists within the first 100 days. One of Trump 's campaign promises was that he would not accept a presidential salary. In keeping with this pledge, Trump donated the entirety of his first two quarterly salaries as president to government agencies. Potential conflicts of interest Donald Trump 's presidency has been marked by significant public concern about conflict of interest stemming from Trump 's diverse business interests. In the lead up to his inauguration, Trump sought to address this concern by promising to remove himself from the day - to - day operations of his businesses. Trump placed his sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. at the head of this businesses claiming that they would not communicate with him regarding his interests. However critics noted that this would not prevent him from having input into his businesses and knowing how benefit himself, and Trump continued to receive quarterly updates on his businesses. As his presidency progressed, he failed to take steps or show interest in further distancing himself from his business interests resulting in numerous potential conflicts. Many ethics experts found Trump 's plan to address conflicts of interest between his position as president and his private business interests to be entirely inadequate ; Norman L. Eisen and Richard Painter, who served as the chief White House ethics lawyers for Barack Obama and George W. Bush, respectively, stated that the plan `` falls short in every respect ''. Unlike every other president in last 40 years, Trump did not put his business interests in a blind trust or equivalent arrangement `` to cleanly sever himself from his business interests ''. Eisen stated that Trump 's case is `` an even more problematic situation because he 's receiving foreign government payments and other benefits and things of value thats expressly prohibited by the Constitution of the United States '' in the Foreign Emoluments Clause. In January 2018, a year into his presidency, a survey found that he `` continues to own stakes in hundreds of businesses, both in this country and abroad. '' Upon taking office, the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington sued Trump. In the pending case of CREW v. Trump, the group, represented by a number of constitutional scholars, alleges that Trump is in violation of the Foreign Emoluments Clause ( a constitutional provision that bars the president or any other federal official from taking gifts or payments from foreign governments ), because his hotels and other businesses accept payment from foreign governments. CREW separately filed a complaint with the General Services Administration ( GSA ) over Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. ; the 2013 lease that Trump and the GSA signed `` explicitly forbids any elected government official from holding the lease or benefiting from it ''. The GSA said that it was `` reviewing the situation ''. In February 2017, Trump senior advisor Kellyanne Conway, in an appearance from the White House briefing room to Fox & Friends, promoted the `` wonderful '' clothing line of Ivanka Trump, saying : `` I 'm going to give a free commercial here. Go buy it today, everybody. You can find it online. '' Office of Government Ethics director Walter Shaub, in a letter to the White House Counsel 's office, wrote, `` there is strong reason to believe that Ms. Conway has violated the Standards of Conduct and that disciplinary action is warranted... Therefore, I recommend that the White House investigate Ms. Conway 's actions and consider taking disciplinary action against her. '' Under federal ethics regulations, federal employees are barred from using their public office to endorse products. Conway 's promotion of Ivanka Trump 's product line was criticized by House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, Republican of Utah ( who said Conway 's conduct was `` absolutely wrong, wrong, wrong '' ), and the House Oversight Committee ranking Democratic member Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland ( who said the conduct was `` a textbook violation of federal ethics rules '' ). Since 2006, before he became president, Trump repeatedly lost cases in Chinese courts seeking to trademark his name, so as to brand it for construction services. Beginning in 2016, however, Trump 's fortunes within the Chinese bureaucracy turned, and the Chinese Trademark Review and Adjudication Board, which had previously denied Trump 's claim, granted it. In February 2017, the Associated Press reported, `` Ethics lawyers from across the political spectrum say the trademarks present conflicts of interest for Trump and may violate the emoluments clause of the U.S. Constitution, which bars public servants from accepting anything of value from foreign governments unless explicitly approved by Congress. '' By May 2017, the CREW v. Trump lawsuit had grown with additional plaintiffs and alleged violations of the Domestic Emoluments Clause. In June 2017, attorneys from the Department of Justice filed a pending motion to dismiss on the grounds that the plaintiffs had no right to sue and that the described conduct was not illegal. Also in June 2017, two more lawsuits, D.C. and Maryland v. Trump and Blumenthal v. Trump, were filed based on the Foreign Emoluments Clause, by state and local governments, and by more than one - third of the voting members of Congress, respectively. Saudi Arabia See also : Saudi Arabia lobby in the United States and 2017 United States -- Saudi Arabia arms deal Protest against U.S. involvement in the Saudi Arabian - led intervention in Yemen, New York City, 2017 The famine in Yemen since spring 2017 is threatening over 17 million people. After November 5, 2017, the famine in Yemen worsened because the Saudi Arabia, with the help of the United States, tightened the blockade of Yemen. In November 2017, Senator Chris Murphy accused the U.S. government of complicity in the war crimes committed in Yemen by the Saudi - led military coalition, saying : `` Thousands and thousands inside Yemen today are dying... This horror is caused in part by our decision to facilitate a bombing campaign that is murdering children and to endorse a Saudi strategy inside Yemen that is deliberately using disease and starvation and the withdrawal of humanitarian support as a tactic. '' Special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and an emissary for two Gulf monarchies. In August 2016, Trump Jr. had a meeting with envoy representing Saudi Arabia 's Crown Prince and de facto ruler Mohammad bin Salman and Abu Dhabi 's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the de facto ruler of the United Arab Emirates. The envoy offered help to the Trump presidential campaign. The meeting included Lebanese - American businessman George Nader, Joel Zamel, an Israeli specialist in social media manipulation, and Blackwater founder Erik Prince. Donald Trump also registered eight new businesses in Saudi Arabia during the election campaign. In March 2018, The New York Times reported that George Nader turned Trump 's major fundraiser Elliott Broidy `` into an instrument of influence at the White House for the rulers of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates... High on the agenda of the two men... was pushing the White House to remove Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson '', a top defender of the Iran nuclear deal in Donald Trump 's administration, and `` backing confrontational approaches to Iran and Qatar ''. Russia See also : Business projects of Donald Trump in Russia and Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections Then - FBI Director Robert Mueller on July 20, 2012. ( Official White House Photo by Pete Souza ) American intelligence sources have stated with `` high confidence '' that the Russian government attempted to intervene in the 2016 presidential election to favor the election of Trump, and that members of Trump 's campaign were in contact with Russian government officials both before and after the presidential election. In May 2017, the United States Department of Justice appointed Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate `` 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 ''. Because of the Russian interference and subsequent investigation, many members of Trump 's administration have come under special scrutiny regarding past ties to Russia or actions during the campaign. Several of Trump 's top advisers, including Paul Manafort and Michael T. Flynn, who had official positions before Trump replaced them, have strong ties to Russia. Several others had meetings with Russians during the campaign which they did not initially disclose. Trump himself hosted the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow, in partnership with Russian - Azerbaijani billionaire Aras Agalarov. On many occasions since 1987, Trump and his children and other associates have traveled to Moscow to explore potential business opportunities, such as a failed attempt to build a Trump Tower Moscow. Between 1996 and 2008 Trump 's company submitted at least eight trademark applications for potential real estate development deals in Russia. However, as of 2017 he has no known investments or businesses in Russia. Trump said in 2017, `` I can tell you, speaking for myself, I own nothing in Russia. I have no loans in Russia. I do n't have any deals in Russia. '' In 2008, his son Donald Trump Jr. said `` Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets '' and `` we see a lot of money pouring in from Russia ''. During his January 2017 confirmation hearings as the attorney general nominee before the Senate, then - Senator Jeff Sessions ( R - AL ) was asked by Senator Patrick J. Leahy ( D - VT ) if he had been `` in contact with anyone connected to any part of the Russian government about the 2016 election, either before or after election day ? '' Sessions ' single word response was `` No '', which raised questions about what appeared to be deliberate omission of two meetings he had in 2016 with Russian Ambassador Kislyak. Sessions later amended his testimony saying he `` never met with any Russian officials to discuss issues of the campaign ''. He said that in March 2016, he had twice met with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak, and `` stood by his earlier remarks as an honest and correct answer to a question ''. Officials with the DOJ stated that when Sessions met with Kislyak, it was not as a Trump campaign surrogate, rather it was `` in his capacity as a member of the armed services panel ''. Following his amended statement, Sessions recused himself from any investigation regarding connections between Trump and Russia. In May 2017, Donald Trump discussed highly classified intelligence in an Oval Office meeting with the Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and ambassador Sergey Kislyak, providing details that could expose the source of the information and the manner in which it was collected. The intelligence was about an ISIS plot. A Middle Eastern ally provided the intelligence which had the highest level of classification and was not intended to be shared widely. The New York Times reported that `` Mr. Trump 's disclosure does not appear to have been illegal - the president has the power to declassify almost anything. But sharing the information without the express permission of the ally who provided it was a major breach of espionage etiquette, and could jeopardize a crucial intelligence - sharing relationship ''. The White House, through National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster, issued a limited denial, saying that the story `` as reported '' was not correct, and stated that no `` intelligence sources or methods '' were discussed. McMaster did not deny that information had been disclosed. The following day Trump stated on Twitter that Russia is an important ally against terrorism and that he had an `` absolute right '' to share classified information with Russia. In October 2017, former Trump campaign advisor George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements to the FBI regarding his contacts with Russian agents. During the campaign he had tried repeatedly but unsuccessfully to set up meetings in Russia between Trump campaign representatives and Russian officials. The guilty plea was part of a plea bargain whereby Papadopoulos cooperates with the Mueller investigation. In February 2018, when Special Counsel Mueller indicted more than a dozen Russians and three entities for interference in the 2016 election, Trump 's response was to assert that the indictment was proof that his campaign did not collude with the Russians. The New York Times noted that Trump `` voiced no concern that a foreign power had been trying for nearly four years to upend American democracy, much less resolve to stop it from continuing to do so this year. '' A day after the indictment, Trump used the FBI 's alleged failure to stop the Stoneman Douglas High School shooter to call for the end to investigations of Russian interference in the 2016. Transparency and data availability The Washington Post reported in May 2017, `` a wide variety of information that until recently was provided to the public, limiting access, for instance, to disclosures about workplace violations, energy efficiency, and animal welfare abuses '' had been removed or tucked away. The Obama administration had used the publication of enforcement actions taken by federal agencies against companies as a way to name and shame companies that engaged in unethical and illegal behaviors. The Trump administration stopped the Obama administration policy of logging visitors to the White House, making it difficult to tell who has visited the White House. Nathan Cortez of the Southern Methodist University 's Dedman School of Law, who studies the handling of public data, said that the Trump administration, unlike the Obama administration, was taking transparency `` in the opposite direction ''. Cost of trips According to several reports, Trump 's and his family 's trips in the first month of his presidency cost the US taxpayers nearly as much as former President Obama 's travel expenses for an entire year. By mid-February, since his inauguration, the Trumps ' trips have cost about $11.3 million, while Obama 's average yearly expenses spent on travel was $12.1 million, according to the conservative group Judicial Watch. When Obama was president, Trump frequently criticized him for taking vacations which were paid for with public funds. Former Secret Service employees have described the task of protecting the Trump family 's business and private travels as a `` logistical nightmare ''. The Washington Post reported that Trump 's atypically lavish lifestyle is far more expensive to the taxpayers than what was typical of former presidents and could end up in the hundreds of millions of dollars over the whole of Trump 's term. Approval Ratings Main article : Opinion polling on the Donald Trump administration See also : United States presidential approval rating Gallup approval polling Disapprove Unsure Approve At the time of the 2016 election, polls by Gallup found Trump had a favorable rating around 35 % and an unfavorable rating around 60 %, while Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton held a favorable rating of 40 % and an unfavorable rating of 57 %. 2016 was the first election cycle in modern presidential polling in which both major - party candidates were viewed so unfavorably. By January 20, 2017, Inauguration Day, Trump 's approval rating average was 42 %, the lowest rating average for an incoming president in the history of modern polling. After one week in office, RealClearPolitics gave Trump a polling average of 44 percent approval and 45 percent disapproval. See also Wikimedia Commons has media related to Presidency of Donald Trump. 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Retrieved March 13, 2018. Jump up ^ CNN, Kevin Liptak, Betsy Klein and Kaitlan Collins,. `` White House aide denies abuse allegations but resigns ''. cnn.com. Retrieved March 13, 2018. Jump up ^ CNN, Debra Goldschmidt and Ben Tinker,. `` CDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald resigns ''. cnn.com. Retrieved March 13, 2018. Jump up ^ CNN, Dan Merica,. `` Former Trump campaign aide leaving drug office after questions about credentials ''. cnn.com. Retrieved March 13, 2018. Jump up ^ ( 5 ) Jump up ^ CNN, Andrew Kaczynski,. `` Trump appointee resigns as public face of agency that runs AmeriCorps after KFile review of racist, sexist, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBT comments on the radio ''. cnn.com. Retrieved March 13, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Omarosa throws tantrum, is escorted from White House after firing ''. nydailynews.com. Retrieved March 13, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Omarosa Is Leaving Her White House Role ''. yahoo.com. Retrieved March 13, 2018. Jump up ^ Rucker, Philip ; Dawsey, Josh ( December 8, 2017 ). `` Dina Powell, deputy national security adviser, to depart Trump White House ''. Retrieved March 13, 2018 -- via www.washingtonpost.com. Jump up ^ Eilperin, Juliet ; Goldstein, Amy ; Wagner, John ( September 29, 2017 ). `` HHS Secretary Tom Price resigns amid criticism for taking charter flights at taxpayer expense ''. Retrieved March 13, 2018 -- via www.washingtonpost.com. Jump up ^ Dana Bash, Noah Gray and Jeremy Diamond ( September 1, 2017 ). `` Longtime Trump aide Keith Schiller tells people he intends to leave White House ''. CNN. Retrieved March 15, 2018. Jump up ^ Manchester, Julia ( August 25, 2017 ). `` Gorka leaves White House post ''. thehill.com. Retrieved March 13, 2018. ^ Jump up to : Haberman, Maggie ; Stevens, Matt ( August 25, 2017 ). `` Sebastian Gorka Is Forced Out as White House Adviser, Officials Say ''. Retrieved March 13, 2018 -- via NYTimes.com. Jump up ^ Jackie Wattles ( August 18, 2017 ). `` Billionaire Carl Icahn steps down as adviser to President Trump ''. CNN. Retrieved March 15, 2018. Jump up ^ Maggie Haberman, Michael D. Shear and Glenn Thrush ( August 18, 2017 ). `` Stephen Bannon Out at the White House After Turbulent Run ''. New York Times. Retrieved March 15, 2018. Jump up ^ Phillip, Abby ; Paletta, Damian ( July 31, 2017 ). `` Anthony Scaramucci removed as White House communications director ''. Retrieved March 13, 2018 -- via www.washingtonpost.com. Jump up ^ Baker, Peter ; Haberman, Maggie ( July 28, 2017 ). `` Reince Priebus Is Ousted Amid Stormy Days for White House ''. Retrieved March 13, 2018 -- via NYTimes.com. Jump up ^ Thrush, Glenn ; Haberman, Maggie ( July 21, 2017 ). `` Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary ''. Retrieved March 13, 2018 -- via NYTimes.com. Jump up ^ `` Ethics Office Director Walter Shaub Resigns, Saying Rules Need To Be Tougher ''. Jump up ^ CNN, Kaitlan Collins,. `` Bannon ally leaves the National Security Council after less than six months ''. Jump up ^ Rucker, Philip ( May 30, 2017 ). `` Dubke resigns as White House communications director '' -- via www.washingtonpost.com. ^ Jump up to : Shear, Michael D. ; Apuzzo, Matt ( May 9, 2017 ). `` F.B.I. Director James Comey Is Fired by Trump '' -- via NYTimes.com. Jump up ^ `` Trump Administration Dismisses Surgeon General Vivek Murthy ''. Time. Jump up ^ `` McFarland to Exit White House as McMaster Consolidates Power ''. April 9, 2017 -- via www.bloomberg.com. ^ Jump up to : CNN, Sara Murray, Gloria Borger and Jeremy Diamond,. `` Flynn resigns amid controversy over Russia contacts ''. cnn.com. Retrieved March 13, 2018. Jump up ^ Haberman, Maggie ; Schmidt, Michael S. ; Shear, Michael D. ( December 2, 2017 ). `` Trump Says He Fired Michael Flynn ' Because He Lied ' to F.B.I. '' Retrieved March 13, 2018 -- via NYTimes.com. Jump up ^ CNN, Evan Perez and Jeremy Diamond,. `` Trump fires acting AG after she declines to defend travel ban ''. cnn.com. Retrieved March 13, 2018. Jump up ^ Shear, Michael. `` How the White House Explains Waiting 18 Days to Fire Michael Flynn ''. The New York Times. Retrieved August 10, 2017. Jump up ^ Boyer, Dave. `` Trump made right call in firing Flynn, White House says ''. The Washington Times. Retrieved August 10, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Sally Yates says she warned White House that Flynn was a blackmail risk ''. CNN. Retrieved August 10, 2017. Jump up ^ Shear, Michael D. ; Landler, Mark ; Apuzzo, Matt ; Lichtblau, Eric ( January 30, 2017 ). `` Trump Fires Acting Attorney General Who Defied Him ''. Retrieved October 19, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump - Russia : Flynn 's dealings were ' lawful ' ''. BBC. Retrieved December 3, 2017. Jump up ^ Dale, Daniel. `` Oops : Trump 's latest tweet about Michael Flynn could strengthen Mueller 's case against president, experts say ''. The Toronto Star. Retrieved December 3, 2017. Jump up ^ Shear, Michael D. ; Apuzzo, Matt ( May 9, 2017 ). `` F.B.I. Director James Comey Is Fired by Trump ''. The New York Times. Retrieved May 12, 2017. Jump up ^ Savage, Charlie ( May 9, 2017 ). `` Deputy Attorney General 's Memo Breaks Down Case Against Comey ''. The New York Times. Retrieved May 12, 2017. Jump up ^ Savage, Charlie ( May 11, 2017 ). `` Critics Say Trump Broke the Law in Firing Comey. Proving It Is n't So Easy ''. The New York Times. Retrieved May 12, 2017. Jump up ^ Bui, Quoctrung ; Miller, Claire Cain ; Quealy, Kevin ( May 10, 2017 ). `` How Abnormal Was Comey 's Firing ? Experts Weigh In ''. The New York Times. Retrieved May 12, 2017. Jump up ^ Conway, Madeline ; Lima, Cristiano ( May 11, 2017 ). `` Trump says it was his call to fire ' showboat ' Comey ''. Politico. Retrieved May 12, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump Told Russians That Firing ' Nut Job ' Comey Eased Pressure From Investigation ''. The New York Times. May 19, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2017. Jump up ^ Krieg, Gregory ( May 12, 2017 ). `` Is this a constitutional crisis ? ' Still no ' but... '' CNN. Retrieved May 12, 2017. Jump up ^ Rosen, Jeffrey ( May 11, 2017 ). `` Does Comey 's Dismissal Fit the Definition of a Constitutional Crisis ? ''. The Atlantic. Retrieved May 12, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Is This a Constitutional Crisis ? ''. Politico. May 9, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Schmidt, Michael S. ( May 16, 2017 ). `` Comey Memo Says Trump Asked Him to End Flynn Investigation ''. The New York Times. Retrieved May 16, 2017. Jump up ^ Bertrand, Natasha ( June 8, 2017 ). `` COMEY : I documented my meetings with Trump because ' I was honestly concerned that he might lie ' about them ''. Business Insider. Retrieved July 19, 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` McConnell Cements a Legacy for Trump With Reshaped Courts ''. Bloomberg.com. April 27, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018. Jump up ^ Liptak, Adam ; Flegenheimer, Matt ( April 7, 2017 ). `` Neil Gorsuch Confirmed by Senate as Supreme Court Justice ''. The New York Times. Retrieved April 7, 2017. Jump up ^ Flegenheimer, Matt ( April 6, 2017 ). `` Senate Republicans Deploy ' Nuclear Option ' to Clear Path for Gorsuch ''. The New York Times. Retrieved April 7, 2017. Jump up ^ Berenson, Tessa ( December 15, 2018 ). `` President Trump Appointed Four Times as Many Federal Appeals Judges as Obama in His First Year ''. Time. Retrieved May 11, 2018. Jump up ^ Gramlich, John ( March 20, 2018 ). `` Trump 's appointed judges are a less diverse group than Obama 's ''. Pew Research Center. Retrieved May 11, 2018. ^ Jump up to : Parker, Ashley ; Goldstein, Amy ( January 20, 2017 ). `` Trump signs executive order that could effectively gut Affordable Care Act 's individual mandate ''. The Washington Post. Retrieved January 21, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Diamond, Jeremy ; Bash, Dana ( January 23, 2017 ). `` Trump signs order withdrawing from TPP, reinstate ' Mexico City policy ' on abortion ''. CNN. Retrieved January 23, 2017. Jump up ^ Korte, Gregory ( January 24, 2017 ). `` Trump signs five more orders on pipelines, steel and environment ''. USA Today. Retrieved January 24, 2017. Jump up ^ Min Kim, Seung ; Stokols, Eli ; Nelson, Louis ; Caygle, Heather ; Goldmacher, Shane ( January 25, 2017 ). `` Trump signs orders on border wall, immigration crackdown ''. Politico. Retrieved January 25, 2017. Jump up ^ Vladimirov, Nikita ; Shelbourne, Mallory ( January 28, 2017 ). `` Trump signs three more executive actions ''. The Hill. Retrieved January 29, 2017. Jump up ^ Lawrence Hurley ; Steve Holland ( January 31, 2017 ). `` Trump names conservative judge Gorsuch as U.S. Supreme Court pick ''. Reuters. Retrieved January 31, 2017. Jump up ^ Adam Liptak ; Matt Flegenheimer ( April 8, 2017 ). `` Neil Gorsuch Confirmed by Senate as Supreme Court Justice ''. The New York Times. p. A1. Retrieved April 15, 2017. Jump up ^ `` White House expands travel ban, restricting visitors from eight countries ''. Washington Post. September 24, 2017. Jump up ^ Protess, Ben ; Hirschfield Davis, Julie ( February 3, 2017 ). `` Trump Moves to Roll Back Obama - Era Financial Regulations ''. The New York Times Dealbook blog. Retrieved February 5, 2017. Jump up ^ `` President Donald J. Trump Announces His Cabinet ''. White House Press Office. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017. Jump up ^ Miller, Greg ; Rucker, Philip ( February 14, 2017 ). `` Michael Flynn resigns as national security adviser ''. The Washington Post. Retrieved February 14, 2017. Jump up ^ Crilly, Rob ( February 27, 2017 ). `` Donald Trump orders £ 43 billion boost to defence spending ''. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved February 27, 2017. Jump up ^ Hirschfield Davis, Julie ; Shear, Michael ; Baker, Peter ( February 28, 2017 ). `` Trump, in Optimistic Address, Asks Congress to End ' Trivial Fights ' ''. The New York Times. Retrieved March 1, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Obama ' never ordered Trump wire - tapping ' ''. BBC News. March 4, 2017. Retrieved March 4, 2017. Jump up ^ `` S. 442 -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2017 ''. United States Congress. February 17, 2017. Jump up ^ `` H.J. Res. 37 -- Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration relating to the Federal Acquisition Regulation ''. U.S. Congress. March 27, 2017. Jump up ^ `` H.J. Res. 44 -- Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Bureau of Land Management regulations that establish the procedures used to prepare, revise, or amend land use plans pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ''. U.S. Congress. March 27, 2017. Jump up ^ `` H.J. Res. 57 -- Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to accountability and State plans under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ''. U.S. Congress. March 27, 2017. Jump up ^ `` H.J. Res. 58 -- Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to teacher preparation issues ''. U.S. Congress. March 27, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Presidential Executive Order on Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth ''. The White House. March 28, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump Donates First - Quarter Salary to National Park Service ''. The New York Times. April 3, 2017. Jump up ^ `` U.S. drops `` mother of all bombs '' in Afghanistan, marking weapon 's first use ``. CBS News. Retrieved April 13, 2017. Jump up ^ Boyer, Dave ( April 19, 2017 ). `` Trump Turns Focus to Veterans, Signs Extension for Choice in Health Care ''. The Washington Times. Retrieved April 21, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Donald Trump signs ' Buy American, Hire American ' order ''. Financial Times. April 18, 2017. Jump up ^ Alexander, Harriet ( April 20, 2017 ). `` Donald Trump Praises ' Historic Day for American Steel ' as He Launches Investigation Into Imports ''. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved April 20, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump fires Comey : McCabe takes over as FBI 's acting director ''. Fox News Channel. May 9, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump signs executive order launching voter fraud commission ''. Fox News Channel. May 11, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Donald Trump hits out at Iran, says region ' held at bay by bloodshed and terror ' ''. The Sydney Morning Herald. May 21, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump signs $110 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia on ' a tremendous day ' ''. ABC News. May 21, 2017. Jump up ^ `` President Trump attends G7 meetings in Italy ''. ABC News. May 26, 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Trump Will Withdraw U.S. From Paris Climate Agreement ''. The New York Times. June 1, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump unveils plans to privatize nation 's air traffic control system ''. CBS News. June 5, 2017. Jump up ^ Dan Merica. `` Trump adds restrictions on Cuba travel, business ''. CNN. Retrieved June 16, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump Signs Executive Order To Revive National Space Council ''. Channels TV. June 30, 2017. Jump up ^ Grynbaum, Michael M. ( July 2, 2017 ). `` Trump Tweets a Video of Him Wrestling ' CNN ' to the Ground ''. The New York Times. Retrieved July 2, 2017. Jump up ^ `` G20 opens in Hamburg ''. Deutsche Welle. July 7, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump injects $500 M into pharmaceutical packaging industry ''. United Press International. July 20, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump says military `` bigger, better, stronger '' at USS Gerald R. Ford commissioning ``. CBS News. July 22, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump administration to set rules for military transgender ban ''. Fox News Channel. August 23, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Donald Trump pardons ex-Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio ''. ABC News. August 26, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump tightens Venezuela 's access to U.S. financial system ''. The Washington Post. August 25, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump signs executive order on military gear ''. CBS News. August 28, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump to donate $1 million to Texas recovery ''. CNN. August 31, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump Moves to End DACA and Calls on Congress to Act ''. The New York Times. September 5, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump signs Harvey relief, debt ceiling, spending bill ''. Washington Examiner. September 8, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump Threatens to ' Totally Destroy ' North Korea ''. The New York Times. September 19, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump signs executive order targeting North Korea 's trading partners ''. Fox News. September 21, 2017. Jump up ^ Isenstadt, Alex ; Lima, Cristiano ( September 22, 2017 ). `` Trump, rallying in Alabama, wades into a broad intraparty battle ''. Politico. Retrieved November 24, 2017. Jump up ^ `` White House expands travel ban, restricting visitors from eight countries ''. Washington Post. September 24, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump unveils STEM - focused jobs initiative for ' new generation of American workers ' ''. Fox Business. September 25, 2017. Jump up ^ `` U.S. Will Withdraw From Unesco, Citing Its ' Anti-Israel Bias ' ''. The New York Times. October 12, 2017. Archived from the original on October 21, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump : Opioid ' national shame ' a public health emergency ''. BBC News. October 27, 2017. Jump up ^ `` New York City rampage : What we know about the suspect ''. ABC News. October 31, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump does not blame China for ' unfair ' trade ''. BBC. November 9, 2017. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump praises China and blames US for trade deficit ''. The Guardian. November 9, 2017. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump puts North Korea back on state sponsors of terrorism list to escalate pressure over nuclear weapons ''. Washington Post. November 20, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Donald Trump re-tweets anti-Muslim videos from British far - Right group ''. The Daily Telegraph. November 29, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump shrinks Utah monuments angering environmentalists ''. BBC News. December 4, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump Formally Endorses Roy Moore for Senate Seat ''. The New York Times. December 4, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Donald Trump : Recognising Jerusalem as Israel 's capital is the ' right thing to do ' ''. The Daily Telegraph. December 6, 2017. Jump up ^ `` U.S. Senate adopts Republican tax bill, setting up second House vote ''. Yahoo News. December 20, 2017. Jump up ^ `` GOP tax bill passes Congress ''. The Washington Post. December 20, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump administration fires all members of HIV / AIDS advisory council ''. The Washington Post. December 29, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Linda Qiu, Fact - Checking President Trump Through His First 100 Days, The New York Times ( April 29, 2017 ). Jump up ^ Glenn Kessler & Michelle Ye Hee Lee, President Trump 's first 100 days : The fact check tally, The Washington Post ( May 1, 2017 ). Jump up ^ Linda Qiu, In One Rally, 12 Inaccurate Claims From Trump. The New York Times ( June 22, 2017 ). Jump up ^ Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Many Politicians Lie. But Trump Has Elevated the Art of Fabrication., New York Times ( August 7, 2017 ). Jump up ^ Glenn Kessler, Meg Kelly and Nicole Lewis ( November 14, 2017 ). `` President Trump has made 1,628 false or misleading claims over 298 days ''. The Washington Post. Retrieved April 1, 2018. CS1 maint : Uses authors parameter ( link ) Jump up ^ Ye, Hee Lee Michelle ; Kessler, Glenn ; Kelly, Meg. `` President Trump has made 1,318 false or misleading claims over 263 days ''. The Washington Post. Retrieved November 5, 2017. Jump up ^ Konnikova, Maria ( January 20, 2017 ). `` Trump 's Lies vs. Your Brain ''. Politico Magazine. Retrieved March 31, 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` Trump 's trust problem ''. Politico. Retrieved May 16, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Jaffe, Alexandra. `` Kellyanne Conway : WH Spokesman Gave ' Alternative Facts ' on Inauguration Crowd ''. NBC News. Retrieved January 22, 2017. Jump up ^ `` From the archives : Sean Spicer on Inauguration Day crowds ''. PolitiFact. January 21, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2018. Jump up ^ `` The Facts on Crowd Size ''. FactCheck. January 23, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Trump 's electoral college victory not a ' massive landslide ' ''. PolitiFact. December 11, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Trump Landslide ? Nope ''. FactCheck. November 29, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2018. Jump up ^ Seipel, Arnie ( December 11, 2016 ). `` FACT CHECK : Trump Falsely Claims A ' Massive Landslide Victory ' ''. NPR. Retrieved March 30, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Pants on Fire for Trump claim that millions voted illegally ''. PolitiFact. November 27, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2018. Jump up ^ Bondarenko, Veronika. `` Trump keeps saying ' enemy of the people ' -- but the phrase has a very ugly history ''. Business Insider. Retrieved October 25, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Collins, Brian Stelter and Kaitlan. `` Trump 's latest shot at the press corps : ' Take away credentials ? ' ''. CNNMoney. Retrieved May 9, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Conspiracy outlet InfoWars was granted temporary White House press credentials ''. Business Insider. Retrieved May 9, 2018. Jump up ^ Grynbaum, Michael M. ( February 13, 2017 ). `` White House Grants Press Credentials to a Pro-Trump Blog ''. The New York Times. Retrieved June 4, 2018. Jump up ^ Davis, Julie Hirschfeld ; Rosenberg, Matthew ( January 21, 2017 ). `` With False Claims, Trump Attacks Media on Turnout and Intelligence Rift ''. The New York Times. Retrieved April 30, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Full Transcript and Video : Trump News Conference '', The New York Times, February 16, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trump makes it explicit : Negative coverage of him is fake coverage ''. Washington Post. May 9, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Trump Calls Media ' Enemy Of The American People ' In Latest Attack ''. KPIX. Associated Press. February 17, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2017. Jump up ^ Joyella, Mark. `` Trump Has Abandoned The Press Briefing Room And Reporters Should Too ''. Forbes. Retrieved February 19, 2018. Jump up ^ Perlberg, Steven, and Adrian Carrasquillo, `` Trump Gets Anonymity After Dissing Anonymous Sources '', BuzzFeed, February 28, 2017. Including a link to Tapper, Jake ; Wolf Blitzer and Tal Kopan, `` Trump envisions bill allowing many immigrants to stay in US '', CNN, March 1, 2017. The CNN article uses the phrase `` senior administration official '' as a citation in its text. Per BuzzFeed, Tapper and Blitzer were two of the attendees at the meeting. Retrieved March 22, 2017. Jump up ^ Grynbaum, Michael M. ( February 24, 2017 ). `` White House Bars Times and 2 Other News Outlets From Briefing ''. The New York Times. Retrieved February 24, 2017. Jump up ^ Gold, Hadas ( February 24, 2017 ). `` White House selectively blocks media outlets from briefing with Spicer ''. Politico. Retrieved February 24, 2017. Jump up ^ Yee, Lawrence '. `` All Major TV Networks Block Trump 's Fake News ' Ad ''. Variety. Retrieved October 26, 2017. Jump up ^ Guess, Andrew ; Nyhan, Brendan ; Reifler, Jason ( January 9, 2018 ). `` Selective Exposure to Misinformation : Evidence from the consumption of fake news during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign '' ( PDF ). Dartmouth.edu. Retrieved February 4, 2018. Jump up ^ H. Allcott ; M. Gentzkow ( 2017 ). `` Social Media and Fake News in the 2016 election '' ( PDF ). Journal of Economic Perspectives. 31 ( 2 ) : 211 -- 236. doi : 10.1257 / jep. 31.2. 211. Retrieved May 3, 2017. Jump up ^ Sarlin, Benjy ( January 14, 2018 ). `` ' Fake news ' went viral in 2016. This professor studied who clicked ''. NBC News. Retrieved February 4, 2018. Jump up ^ Bump, Philip. `` Trump makes it explicit : Negative coverage of him is fake coverage ''. The Washington Post. Retrieved May 23, 2018. Jump up ^ Thomsen, Jacqueline. `` ' 60 Minutes ' correspondent : Trump said he attacks the press so no one believes negative coverage ''. The Hill. Retrieved May 23, 2018. Jump up ^ Lucey, Catherine. `` Trump 's ' phony ' source turns out to be White House official ''. Associated Press. Retrieved May 27, 2018. Jump up ^ Delk, Josh. `` Audio discredits Trump 's claim that White House official ' does n't exist ' ''. The Hill. Retrieved May 27, 2018. Jump up ^ Rolli, Bryan. `` Trump claims reporters ' source does n't exist -- the media responds by proving Trump dead wrong ''. The Daily Dot. Retrieved May 27, 2018. Jump up ^ Andrew Buncombe ( April 3, 2017 ). `` Donald Trump does not regret sending any of his tweets ''. The Independent. Retrieved April 30, 2017. Jump up ^ Elizabeth Landers ( June 6, 2017 ). `` Spicer : Tweets are Trump 's official statements ''. CNN. Archived from the original on July 20, 2017. Jump up ^ Zhao, Christina. `` Trump ignores court ruling that he ca n't block Twitter critics : ' President thinks he 's above the law ' ''. Newsweek. Retrieved May 25, 2018. Jump up ^ Brent D. Griffiths. `` Justice Dept. appeals ruling in Trump Twitter - blocking case ''. Politico. Retrieved June 5, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Were those Trump tweets impulsive or strategic ? The latest in a continuing series ''. Vox. Retrieved April 30, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Thrush, Glenn ; Martin, Jonathan ( March 30, 2017 ). `` ' We Must Fight Them ' : Trump Goes After Conservatives of Freedom Caucus ''. The New York Times. Retrieved April 30, 2017. Jump up ^ Schwarz, Sam ( December 11, 2017 ). `` Donald Trump bullied CNN anchor Don Lemon, network says after presidential tweet ''. Newsweek. Retrieved January 8, 2018. Jump up ^ Cillizza, Chris ( November 27, 2017 ). `` Bully in Chief : Donald Trump proves it again with his ' Pocahontas ' attack ''. CNN. Retrieved January 9, 2018. Jump up ^ Cillizza, Chris ( October 10, 2017 ). `` Donald Trump is acting like a fifth - grade bully ''. CNN. Retrieved January 9, 2018. Jump up ^ Kraus, Rachel ( November 28, 2017 ). `` Trump 's called Elizabeth Warren ' Pocahontas ' at least 26 times -- and it 's not OK ''. Mashable. Retrieved April 26, 2018. A `` nickname '' might sound harmless. But as we saw with `` Crooked Hillary, '' Trump 's epithetical bullying helps cement lies as truth, painting complicated situations and individuals with one wide, ugly stroke. Jump up ^ Benen, Steve ( March 12, 2018 ). `` Treasury 's Mnuchin tries to defend Trump 's offensive antics ''. MSNBC. Retrieved April 26, 2018. Jump up ^ Holden Vacanti Gilroy, Rosie ( May 12, 2016 ). `` Donald Trump 's Nicknames For Everybody He Dislikes, Ranked On A Scale He Would Understand ''. Bustle. Retrieved April 26, 2018. Just like the common elementary school bully, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is a big fan of nicknames. Jump up ^ Lapowsky, Issie. `` A court just blocked Trump 's second immigration ban, proving his tweets will haunt his presidency ''. Wired. Retrieved April 30, 2017. ^ Jump up to : D'Antonio, Michael. `` Trump 's self - inflicted humiliation via Twitter ''. CNN. Retrieved April 30, 2017. Jump up ^ Selk, Avi. `` Rocket Man ' enters Trump 's U.N. speech -- and the president 's universe of belittling nicknames ''. The Washington Post The Fix blog. Retrieved October 26, 2017. Jump up ^ `` A Trump tweet echoed RT and Breitbart criticisms of the FBI 's Russia distraction ''. Vox. Retrieved 2018 - 06 - 04. Jump up ^ `` Trump 's Fox News Addiction Is Even Worse Than We Knew ''. Esquire. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 2018 - 06 - 04. Jump up ^ Battaglio, Stephen. `` Fox News pulls Judge Napolitano over his Trump wiretap claims ''. latimes.com. Retrieved May 14, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Trump is still live tweeting ' Fox & Friends ' ''. CNN. Retrieved November 5, 2017. Jump up ^ Kristine Phillips, All the times Trump personally attacked judges -- and why his tirades are ' worse than wrong ' Archived November 3, 2017, at the Wayback Machine., Washington Post ( April 26, 2017 ). ^ Jump up to : Lee, Jasmine C. ( 2016 ). `` The 459 People, Places and Things Donald Trump Has Insulted on Twitter : A Complete List ''. The New York Times. ISSN 0362 - 4331. Retrieved May 14, 2018. Jump up ^ Singletary, Michelle. `` Trump dumped Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in a tweet. What 's the worst way you 've been fired ? ''. The Washington Post. Retrieved March 18, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Trump again at war with ' deep state ' Justice Department ''. CNN. Retrieved March 18, 2018. Jump up ^ Griffiths, Brent. `` Trump slams Comey, mentions Mueller for first time in tweet ''. Politico. Retrieved March 18, 2018. Jump up ^ Hellmann, Jessie ( January 23, 2017 ). `` Trump reinstates ban on US funds promoting abortion overseas ''. The Hill. 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Question: who was the 45th president of the us
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