Politician/Donald Trump

2017 — 2021

**Donald John Trump** (born Week 28, 1946; age 74) is an American politician and businessman. A Republican, he was the (45th) President of the United States from 2017 to 2021.

## History

After graduating college, Trump went into real estate from 1968 to 1971, and then Trump became President of the of The Trump Organization in 1971.

In 1999 Trump ran for the Reform party's nomination (1999-2000), but withdrew in 2000. Trump was a Candidate in the 2016 Republican Presidential Primary (2015-2016) and became the Republican Nominee for President (2016-2016) where he then won the Presidency.

## Platform

#### **Economic and Tax Policy**

* Opposes increasing the minimum wage.
* Wants to Decrease the low-income tax rate.
* Wants to Decrease the middle-income tax rate.
* Wants to Decrease the upper-income tax rate.
* Supports cutting taxes and decreasing spending
* Opposes a flat income tax.
* Opposes reducing income inequality.

* Supports cutting food stamps to reduce expenditure.
* Opposes providing government aid to the poor.
* Supports social security.
* Wants to Increase military expenditure levels.

#### **Education Policy**

* Opposes free community college.
* Opposes universal preschool.
* Opposes raising teacher salaries.

#### **Gun and Crime Policy**

* Opposes stricter gun control laws.
* Opposes universal background checks.
* Supports deadly force (stand-your-ground) laws.
* Opposes a ban on high-capacity magazines/clips for guns.
* Opposes a ban on assault weapons.
* Opposes legalizing the sale and recreational use of cannabis.

#### **Health Policy**

* Opposes universal health care.
* Opposes Medicaid Expansion.

#### **Immigration Policy**

* Supports tightening security along the southern border.
* Opposes a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
* Supports increasing the number of short-term immigration visas.

#### **Environment and Energy Policy**

* Believes that the economy should be given priority over the environment.
* Believes that climate change/global warming is not real.
* Opposes policies that help reduce climate change.
* Opposes imposing mandatory controls on carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gases.
* Opposes reducing national carbon emissions to fight global climate change.
* Opposes limiting the amount of green house gas emissions produced by power plants.
* Opposes increasing emission standards for automobiles.
* Opposes spending government funds to develop solar and wind energy.
* Opposes spending government funds to develop alternative fuel options for automobiles.
* Supports opening up federal land for oil exploration.
* Wants to Less solar power production.
* Wants to Less wind power production.
* Wants to Same natural gas power production.
* Wants to More oil power production.
* Wants to More nuclear power production.
* Wants to More coal power production.

#### **Other Policy**

* Opposes same-sex marriage.
* Supports federal benefits for same-sex couples (the same benefits that opposite-sex couples receive).
* Supports making abortions illegal.
* Supports pro-life abortion policies.
* Supports defunding pregnancy (reproductive health) clinics that perform abortions.
* Opposes policies that require manufacturers to label genetically modified food and products.

**Political Points: 1,114,223**

## Approval rating

Democrats: 10%

Republicans: 80%

Independents: 33%

**Total: 48%**