Donald Trump

Ivana Trump (ex-wife)

Marla Maples (ex-wife)

Melania Trump (wife)

Barron Trump (son)

Donald Trump Jr. (son)

Eric Trump (son)

Ivanka Trump (daughter)

Tiffany Trump (daughter)

## Career Information

### Occupation

Politician, Businessman, Celebrity, President of the United States (2017-2021), Criminal

### Political Party

Republican Party

**Donald John Trump** (14 June 1946-) was an American politician and businessman the President of the United States from 20 January 2017 - 20 January 2021, succeeding Barack Obama and preceding Joe Biden. Before entering politics he was a well known businessman and TV personality. Throughout his presidency he has been known for causing controversy due to his false, racist, or offensive statements and his radical Right-Wing views and opposition to the Liberal leaning media.

## Biography

#### Early Life

Donald Trump was born on June 14, 1946 in Queens, New York City. He was the son of real estate magnate, Fred Trump. Trump was educated at the Wharton School and in 1971 he took over operation of the family's real estate business and renamed it to "The Trump Organization" and expanded into Brooklyn and Manhattan. Through the years, Trump would lead his company into restoring several skyscrapers, casnios, and golf courses, opening the Mar-a-Lago golf course in Florida and the Bedminster golf course in New Jersey. He also opened the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City which closed down after he filed for bankruptcy in 2016. Trump being as famous as he is, also ventured into reality television shows such as Miss Universe, Miss USA, The Apprentice as well as wrote several books such as "The Art of the Deal". Trump had amassed a net worth of $3.1 but doubts had formed around Trump after his casino failed as well as his Trump University. He was also sued for discrimination against African-Americans by the Department of Justice.

#### Political Career

From the 1980's through the early 2000's, Trump wrote several political articles in various media sources but it wasn't until 2011 when he launched his main political career which began with him promoting the "birther" conspiracy theory that then President Barack Obama was a Kenyan born Muslim. On June 16, 2015, Donald Trump announced that he was running for President in the 2016 Presidential Election and created his slogan, "Make America Great Again". At first he was underestimated by his opponents such as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio of whom he criticized heavily in a heated primary. Trump made several promises, to deport all illegal immigrants, to put in to affect a travel ban on Muslim countries, to build a wall on the Mexican-American border, to reduce the national debt, and to halt the offshoring of American jobs. In the end he emerged as the primary candidate for the Republican Party and competed against Hilary Clinton on November 8, 2016, with Mike Pence as his running mate. During the election there was suspected Russian interference with the election which resulted in Trump's election to President after a campaign filled with massive controversy.

#### Trump as President

When he was elected he was the oldest, wealthiest, and least politically and military experienced man to be elected president. His election is known to be one of the biggest upsets in United States history. Shortly after becoming president, Trump put into effect a travel ban on people from the countries of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen and limited the US refugee intake to 50,000 in February 2017. These actions were seen as unenforceable by the U.S. Supreme Court. Trump also ordered a tax cut to individuals and businesses, allowed oil drilling in South Dakota on Native American land, withdrew the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific partnership, withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Agreement on Climate change, appointed Brett Kavenaugh and Neil Gorusch to the Supreme Court, and pulled out of the Iran nuclear agreement which lead to the 2019 Gulf of Oman Crisis. Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, triggered a trade war with China, began negotiating with North Korea, and authorized airstrikes against the Syrian Arab Army during the Syrian Civil War. In 2019 he was called out for being racist after referring to neo-nazis as "fine people". In December of 2019, Trump became the third President to be impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives under the charges of obstruction of Congress and abuse of power. In March-June of 2020 Trump was further judged for his handling of the Covid-19 Pandemic in America. In October 2020 it was announced that he and first lady, Melania Trump had contracted the virus along with his wife, son and several other White House staffers. On November 7, 2020 it was announced that Trump had been defeated in the 2020 Presidential Election, with Joe Biden becoming the next US president. Over the next few weeks, he would continue to claim that election was rigged, despite several state officials from several states stating the opposite, making promises to run again for president in 2024. In January 2021, he was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives for a second time, following an outrage towards him after the 2021 United States coup d'etat attempt where he had rallied his supporters during a speech and promoted the riots and encouraged people to march in Washington. On January 20, 2021, Donald Trump transferred power of the United States over to Joe Biden after serving a very controversial one term in office.

#### Biden Presidency

Trump returned to his home in Florida and it was around late January 2021, he expressed interest in creating his own political party which he called "The Patriot Party" and on 25 January 2021, the party was founded by James Davis while Trump's spokesman, Jason Miller was quick to claim Trump was not associated with the creation of the party. On January 6, 2021, while congressional certification of the presidential election results was taking place in the United States Capitol, Trump held a rally at the Ellipse, where he called for the election result to be overturned and urged his supporters to "take back our country" by marching to the Capitol to "show strength" and "fight like hell." Following the speech, his supporters marched on the Capitol. Around 2:15 p.m. the mob broke into the building, disrupting certification and causing the evacuation of Congress. During the violence, Trump posted mixed messages on Twitter and Facebook, eventually tweeting to the rioters at 6 p.m, "go home with love & in peace", but describing them as "great patriots" and "very special", while still complaining that the election was stolen. The attack resulted in many injuries and the deaths of five people. On 11 January, he was impeached by the House of Representatives but Trump left office on 20 January, with the senate claiming he was responsible for the attack, but ruled that he was not going to be impeached as they felt they had no control over former presidents.