# Donald Trump

| Donald Trump |
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| 45t & 47t Preses o the Unitit States |
| **Incumbent** |
| **Assumed office**  20 Januar 2025 |
| Vice Preses | JD Vance |
| Precedit bi | Joe Biden |
| **In office** 20 Januar 2017 – 20 Januar 2021 |
| Vice Preses | Mike Pence |
| Precedit bi | Barack Obama |
| Succeedit bi | Joe Biden |
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| Personal details |
| Born |  (1946-06-14) 14 Juin 1946 New York Ceety, New York, U.S. |
| Poleetical pairty | Republican (1987–1999, 2009–2011, 2012–present) |
| Ither poleetical affiliations | Democratic (afore 1987, 2001–2009) Reform (1999–2001) Independent (2011–2012) |
| Spoose(s) | * Ivana Zelníčková  (m. 1977; div. 1990)
* Marla Maples  (m. 1993; div. 1999)
* Melania Knauss  (m. 2005)
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| Bairns | * Donald Jr.
* Ivanka
* Eric
* Tiffany
* Barron
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| Residence | * Mar-a-Lago
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| Alma mater | Fordham Varsity Varsity of Pennsylvania (BS) |
| Religion | Presbyterianism |
| Signatur |  |
| Wabsteid | * Offeecial wabsteid
* White House wabsteid
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| Eikname(s) | "The Donald" |

**Donald John Trump** (born 14 Juin 1946) is an American politician an businessman thit sert as the 45t an is the 47t Preses o the Unitit States. Afore enterin politics he wis a businessman an telly personality on "The Apprentice".

Trump wis born an raised in Queens, New York Ceety, an earned an economics degree frae the Wharton School o the Varsity o Pennsylvania. He then teuk chairge o The Trump Organization, the real estate an biggin firm foondit bi his paternal grandmither, that he ran for fower an a hauf decades till 2017. In his real estate career, Trump biggit, renovatit, an managed mony office tours, hottles, casinos, an gowf coorses. Asides real estate, he stairtit siveral side venturs an haes licensed the uise o his name for the buistin o various products an properties. He awned the Miss USA an Miss Universe pageants frae 1996 tae 2015, an he hostit *The Apprentice*, a reality telly series on NBC telly, frae 2004 tae 2015. His calculatit net wirth as o Apryle 2020 is $2.1 billion. (1,001st in the warld, 275t in the U.S.)

Trump first publicly expresst interest in rinnin for poleetical office in 1987. He buir the gree i twa Reform Pairty presidential primars in 2000, but widrew his candidacy airly on. In Juin 2015, he stairtit his campaign for the 2016 presidential election an swith kythed as the front-rinner amang 17 candidates in the Republican primars. His final opponents suspendit thair campaigns in Mey 2016, an in Julie he wis formally nominatit at the Republican Naitional Convention alang wi Indiana govrenor Mike Pence as his rinnin mate. Mony o his campaign statements war controversial or fause, generatin muckle free media coverage.

Trump wan the general election on November 8, 2016, in a surpreese veectory again Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. He becam the auldest an walthiest person tae assume the presidency, the first withoot umwhile militar or govrenment service, an the fift electit wi less nor a plurality o the naitional popular vote. His poleetical poseetions hae been descrived bi scholars an commentators as fascist, populist, pertectionist, an naitionalist.

Trump tyned the 2020 presidential election tae Joe Biden.

He becam the first umwhile US preses to be convickit o a felony, speceificallie fausifeein business records, i 2024. He wis forby foon liable o sexual abuse an defamaution.

## Scots connection

Trump is the son o Fred Trump (born in New York Ceety, Unitit States) an Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (born in Tong [en] on the Isle o Lewis). He awns twa gowf coorses in the kintra: Trump International Golf Links in Balmedie, Aiberdeenshire syne 2012 an the Turnberry gowf coorse [en] in the Firth o Clyde, Ayrshire, syne 2014. He haes plans fur a seicont coorse in Aiberdeenshire in maugre o the first bein the subjeck o criticism follaein degradation o the aurie's naitural environs.

## Economic growth durin the Trump presidency

**Economic growth durin the Trump Presidency** refers tae the period o sustained economic expansion in the Unitit States atween 2017 an early 2020, whan **Donald J. Trump** served as the 45t Preses o the Unitit States. The era wis marked by lawer unemployment rates, increased consumer confidence, an continued GDP growth, extendin a pre-existin upward trend in the American economy.

### Unemployment rates

By late 2019, the Unitit States recorded amang the lawest unemployment rates in decades, includin notable declines in African-American, Hispanic, an Asian-American unemployment figures. Economists debate the extent tae which Trump’s policies directly produced thir results, wi some attributin the trend tae the recovery already underway sin the 2008 financial crisis.

## Controversies involvin Donald Trump

The controversies involvin Donald Trump tak in a braid range o political, legal, business, an personal disputes linked tae Donald J. Trump, the 45t Preses o the Unitit States. Thir controversies hae been widely reportit by international media, government investigators, an academic analysers, an they aye continue tae influence public opinion an political debate.

## Business and financial investigations

Afore an efter his presidency, Trump cam unner scruinie ower his business weys, siller declarations, an tax records. The release o pairt-tax documents shawed lang spells whaur he peyed gey wee or nae federal income tax, stertin blethers aboot the fairmess o the U.S. tax system. The Trump Organisation haes been the subject o mony legal actions, includin fraud-relatit cases that hae led tae penalties an convictions agin corporate bodies an executives.