Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman. He served as the 45th U.S. President from 2017 to 2021 and is a member of the Republican Party. Currently, he holds the position of 47th president of the United States. His career spans real estate, television, and politics, marked by significant policy changes and a distinctive communication style. He remains a prominent and often controversial figure in American public life.
During his first term, Trump granted 237 requests for clemency, which is fewer than all presidents since 1900 with the exception of George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.
On June 14, 1946, Donald John Trump was born at Jamaica Hospital in Queens, New York City, to Fred Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump.
In 1964, Donald Trump enrolled at Fordham University.
In May 1968, Donald Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in economics.
In 1968, Donald Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's degree in economics.
Starting in 1968, Donald Trump was employed at his father's real estate company, Trump Management.
In 1970, Donald Trump invested $70,000 to receive billing as coproducer of a Broadway comedy.
In 1971, Donald Trump became the president of his family's real estate business, which he renamed the Trump Organization.
In 1971, Donald Trump's father made him president of the company, and he began using the Trump Organization as an umbrella brand.
In 1973, Donald Trump countersued the U.S. government for $100 million (equivalent to $708 million in 2024) over charges of racially discriminatory practices.
Since 1976, every major candidate released tax returns.
In 1977, Donald Trump married Czech model Ivana Zelníčková, and they had three children: Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric.
In 1980, the Commodore Hotel reopened as the Grand Hyatt Hotel, and Donald Trump obtained rights to develop Trump Tower.
In 1981, Ivanka Trump was born.
In September 1983, Donald Trump purchased the New Jersey Generals, a team in the United States Football League.
In 1984, Donald Trump opened Harrah's at Trump Plaza, a hotel and casino, with financing and management help from the Holiday Corporation.
In 1984, Donald Trump, posing as a Trump Organization official named "John Barron", called journalist Jonathan Greenberg in an attempt to get a higher ranking on the Forbes 400 list of wealthy Americans.
In 1984, Eric Trump was born.
From 1985, Donald Trump had cameos in many films and television shows.
In 1985, Donald Trump acquired the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
In 1985, Donald Trump bought the unopened Atlantic City Hilton Hotel and renamed it Trump Castle.
In 1985, after the 1985 season, the United States Football League folded, largely due to Donald Trump's attempt to move to a fall schedule.
In May 1986, Donald Trump paid Holiday $70 million to take sole control of Harrah's at Trump Plaza.
From 1986 Donald Trump purchased significant blocks of shares in various public companies while suggesting that he intended to take over the company.
From 1987, Donald Trump gave his foundation $5.4 million, which had been spent by the end of 2006.
In 1987, Donald Trump placed full-page advertisements in major newspapers expressing his views on foreign policy and how to eliminate the federal budget deficit.
In 1987, Donald Trump registered as a Republican.
In 1987, Donald Trump's first book, "The Art of the Deal" by Tony Schwartz, was published and became a New York Times Best Seller.
In 1988, Donald Trump acquired the Plaza Hotel with a loan from a consortium of 16 banks.
In 1988, Donald Trump approached Lee Atwater, asking to be put into consideration to be Republican nominee George H. W. Bush's running mate.
In 1988, Donald Trump purchased the Eastern Air Lines Shuttle and renamed the airline Trump Shuttle.
In 1988, the Donald J. Trump Foundation, a private foundation, was established.
Until 1988 Donald Trump purchased significant blocks of shares in various public companies while suggesting that he intended to take over the company.
In 1989, Donald Trump lent his name to the Tour de Trump cycling stage race, an attempt to create an American equivalent of European races.
In 1989, Trump insisted that five Black and Latino teenagers were guilty of raping a white woman in the Central Park jogger case.
Since 1989, Donald Trump had been a member of SAG-AFTRA.
In April 1990, the Trump Taj Mahal opened.
In 1990, Donald Trump divorced Ivana Zelníčková following his affair with Marla Maples.
In 1990, Donald Trump lent his name to the Tour de Trump cycling stage race, an attempt to create an American equivalent of European races.
In 1990, Donald Trump self-reported his net worth as minus $900 million.
In 1991, Donald Trump defaulted on his loans for Trump Shuttle, and ownership passed to the banks.
In 1991, Donald Trump filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the Trump Taj Mahal.
In 1991, Donald Trump's over-leveraged hotel and casino businesses in Atlantic City and New York filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
In 1992, Donald Trump and his siblings formed All County Building Supply & Maintenance Corp, alleged to be a shell company for marking up vendor services and supplies.
In 1992, Donald Trump operated the Trump Shuttle until 1992.
In 1992, both Trump Castle and Trump Plaza casinos filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
In 1992, the Plaza Hotel filed for bankruptcy protection, and a reorganization plan was approved with the banks taking control of the property.
In 1993, Donald Trump married Marla Maples and had one daughter, Tiffany.
In January 1994, Donald Trump and his siblings formed Apartment Management Associates to take over management fees formerly collected by Trump Management, as well as inflating rents to transfer assets from Fred Trump.
In 1994, struggling with debt from other ventures, Donald Trump sold most of his interest in the Riverside South project to Asian investors.
In 1995, Donald Trump converted the Mar-a-Lago estate into a private club.
In 1995, Donald Trump declared a loss of $916 million which could have let him avoid taxes for up to 18 years.
In 1995, Donald Trump defaulted on over $3 billion of bank loans, and the lenders seized the Plaza Hotel and most of his other properties.
In 1995, Donald Trump founded Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts (THCR), which assumed ownership of the Trump Plaza.
In 1996, Donald Trump acquired and renovated the mostly vacant 71-story skyscraper at 40 Wall Street, later rebranded as the Trump Building.
In 1996, Donald Trump purchased the Miss Universe pageants, including Miss USA and Miss Teen USA.
In 1996, THCR purchased the Taj Mahal and the Trump Castle.
In 1999, Donald Trump became a member of the Independence Party, the New York state affiliate of the Reform Party.
In 1999, Donald Trump began building and buying golf courses.
In 1999, Donald Trump divorced Marla Maples.
In February 2000, Donald Trump withdrew from the 2000 Reform Party presidential primaries after being a candidate for three months.
Donald Trump's cameos in many films and television shows ended in 2001.
In 2001, Donald Trump registered as a Democrat.
In 2002, due to disagreements with CBS, Donald Trump took the Miss Universe pageants to NBC.
In 2002, the Central Park Five were exonerated after the actual rapist confessed and his DNA matched the evidence.
From 2004, Donald Trump had his own short-form talk radio program, Trumped!
From 2004, Donald Trump hosted The Apprentice (including the variant The Celebrity Apprentice), created by Mark Burnett.
In 2004, Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts (THCR) went bankrupt, leaving Donald Trump with 10 percent ownership.
In 2005, Donald Trump cofounded Trump University, a company that offered real estate seminars for prices as high as $35,000.
In 2005, Donald Trump married Slovenian model Melania Knauss.
In 2005, a "hot mic" recording surfaced where Donald Trump bragged about kissing and groping women without their consent.
By the end of 2006, the $5.4 million that Donald Trump had donated to his foundation between 1987 and 2006 had been spent.
Donald Trump allegedly had an affair with Stormy Daniels from 2006 to 2007.
In 2006, Barron Trump was born.
Donald Trump allegedly had an affair with Stormy Daniels from 2006 to 2007.
In 2007, Donald Trump donated to his foundation $65,000 in 2007–2008.
In 2007, Donald Trump received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work as producer of Miss Universe.
In 2007, Donald Trump sporadically appeared for the professional wrestling company WWE, including Wrestlemania 23.
Donald Trump's short-form talk radio program, Trumped!, ended in 2008.
In 2008, Donald Trump donated to his foundation $65,000 in 2007–2008.
In 2009, Donald Trump filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts company.
In 2009, Donald Trump joined Twitter, marking the beginning of his active social media presence.
In 2009, Donald Trump registered as a Republican.
In 2009, Donald Trump remained chairman of Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts (THCR) until 2009.
In 2009, Donald Trump's over-leveraged hotel and casino businesses in Atlantic City and New York filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Since 2009, began the longest economic expansion in American history.
In 2010, after being notified by New York State authorities that the use of "university" violated state law because it was not an academic institution, Trump University was renamed the Trump Entrepreneur Initiative.
In May 2011, Donald Trump announced that he would not run for president in the 2012 election.
From 2011, Donald Trump was a guest commentator on Fox & Friends.
In 2011, Donald Trump became a leading proponent of the "birther" conspiracy theory, falsely claiming that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States.
In 2011, Donald Trump became unaffiliated.
In 2012, Donald Trump considered challenging President Barack Obama in the election.
In 2012, Donald Trump registered as a Republican.
In 2013, the State of New York filed a $40 million civil suit against Trump University, alleging that the company made false statements and defrauded consumers.
In 2014, Donald Trump promised to release his tax returns if he ran for office.
Trump weakened the toughest U.S. sanctions imposed after the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea.
In June 2015, Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the 2016 election.
In June 2015, NBC and Univision dropped the Miss Universe pageants in reaction to Donald Trump's comments about Mexican immigrants.
From August 2015 to April 2020, a review identified at least 54 criminal cases in which Donald Trump was invoked in direct connection with violence or threats of violence.
Donald Trump finished his role as guest commentator on Fox & Friends in 2015.
Donald Trump stopped hosting The Apprentice (including variant The Celebrity Apprentice) in 2015.
In 2015, Donald Trump promised to release his tax returns if he ran for office.
In 2015, Donald Trump self-reported his net worth as $10 billion. Forbes estimated his net worth at $4.5 billion.
In 2015, Donald Trump stopped hosting the reality television show "The Apprentice".
In 2015, Donald Trump's campaign released a letter from his personal physician, Harold Bornstein, stating that he would "be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency".
In March 2016, Donald Trump became the Republican front-runner in the 2016 election.
In July 2016, the FBI initiated Crossfire Hurricane, an investigation into potential connections between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 campaign.
In September 2016, Donald Trump acknowledged that Barack Obama was born in the United States, although he reportedly expressed birther views privately in 2017.
In October 2016, Donald Trump participated in three presidential debates with Hillary Clinton.
In October 2016, after widespread media coverage of the 2005 "hot mic" recording, Donald Trump issued his first public apology, videotaped during his 2016 presidential campaign.
In October 2016, portions of Donald Trump's state filings for 1995 were leaked to a reporter from The New York Times, revealing he had declared a loss of $916 million.
On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected president, receiving 306 pledged electoral votes versus 232 for Hillary Clinton.
In December 2016, Donald Trump's team announced that the Donald J. Trump Foundation would be dissolved.
Beginning with his 2016 campaign, Donald Trump's politics and rhetoric led to the creation of a political movement known as Trumpism, characterized by right-wing populism and the mainstreaming of far-right ideas. His actions and rhetoric have been described as authoritarian.
By 2016, Donald Trump owned 17 golf courses.
Donald Trump booked Michael Cohen's hush-money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels as business expenses to cover up his alleged affair with Daniels during the 2016 election.
Donald Trump campaigns mentioned "rigged election" and "election interference" earlier and more frequently in the 2016 campaigns.
During his 2016 campaign, Donald Trump posted frequently on Twitter.
During his 2016 campaign, Donald Trump urged or praised physical attacks against protesters or reporters.
During the 2016 campaign, Trump pledged that Roe v. Wade would be overturned "automatically" if he were elected and given the opportunity to appoint two or three anti-abortion justices.
During the 2016 campaign, Trump promised to protect funding for Medicare and other social safety-net programs.
In 2016, Donald Trump identified as a Presbyterian and a Protestant.
In 2016, Donald Trump won the presidential election against Hillary Clinton.
In 2016, Donald Trump's campaign platform emphasized renegotiating U.S.–China relations and free trade agreements such as NAFTA and strongly enforcing immigration laws.
In 2016, Trump said he supported the use of interrogation torture methods "a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding."
In the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump benefited from a record amount of free media coverage and accused the press of bias, labeling it as "fake news media" and "the enemy of the people".
Shortly after winning the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump agreed to pay a total of $25 million to settle three cases related to Trump University.
In January 2017, Trump signed an executive order that temporarily denied entry to citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, causing protests and legal challenges.
In January 2017, U.S. intelligence agencies jointly stated with "high confidence" that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to favor Donald Trump.
On January 20, 2017, Donald Trump was inaugurated as president.
In February 2017, three of Donald Trump's agents reportedly seized his medical records in a raid on Harold Bornstein's office.
In May 2017, Trump dismissed FBI director James Comey, saying he was concerned about Comey's role in the Trump-Russia investigations.
In May 2017, following the firing of James Comey, the FBI launched a second investigation into Donald Trump's personal and business dealings with Russia.
In October 2017, hundreds of sub-cabinet positions remained without a nominee in the Trump administration.
In December 2017, Donald Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, reducing tax rates for businesses and individuals.
In December 2017, the Supreme Court allowed Trump's revised travel ban to go into effect.
In 2017, Donald Trump assumed office as the 45th President of the United States.
In 2017, Donald Trump filed to run for reelection shortly after becoming president, holding his first reelection rally less than a month after taking office.
In 2017, Donald Trump reportedly expressed birther views privately.
In 2017, Donald Trump's press secretary stated that his tweets constituted official presidential statements.
In 2017, international estimation of U.S. leadership declined most among allies, during Donald Trump's first term.
In 2017, the first Trump presidency reduced formal press briefings from about one hundred.
Trump's comments on the 2017 Unite the Right rally, condemning "this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides" and stating that there were "very fine people on both sides", were criticized as implying a moral equivalence between the white supremacist demonstrators and the counter-protesters.
In January 2018, during a discussion of immigration legislation, Trump reportedly referred to El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, and African nations as "shithole countries." His remarks were widely condemned as racist.
In June 2018, Trump acceded to public pressure and mandated that migrant families be detained together unless there is a concern of risk for the child, in response to public outrage over family separations at the border.
In June 2018, as North Korea's nuclear weapons were increasingly seen as a serious threat, Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to meet a North Korean leader, meeting Kim Jong Un in Singapore.
In June 2018, the New York attorney general's office filed a civil suit against the Donald J. Trump Foundation, Donald Trump, and his adult children, seeking $2.8 million in restitution and additional penalties.
In June 2018, the Trump administration joined 18 Republican-led states in arguing before the Supreme Court that eliminating the financial penalties associated with the individual mandate had rendered the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. Their pleading would have eliminated health insurance coverage for up to 23 million Americans, but was unsuccessful.
By early July 2018, 61 percent of Trump's senior aides had left, and 141 staffers had left in the previous year, setting a record for recent presidents.
In December 2018, Trump's refusal to sign any spending bill unless it allocated funding for the border wall resulted in the longest-ever federal government shutdown, lasting 35 days.
In December 2018, the Donald J. Trump Foundation ceased operation and disbursed its assets to other charities.
By 2018, only two consumer goods companies continued to license Donald Trump's name.
In 2018 equivalent, Donald Trump received $413 million (adjusted for inflation) from his father's company.
In 2018, Harold Bornstein said that Donald Trump had dictated the contents of the 2015 health letter.
In 2018, Trump signed legislation to increase funding for drug treatments in response to the opioid epidemic but was criticized for lacking a concrete strategy.
In 2018, USA Today conducted a review of state and federal court files, revealing that Donald Trump and his businesses had been involved in more than 4,000 state and federal legal actions.
In 2018, approximately half of respondents in a national poll considered Donald Trump to be racist, with a greater proportion believing he emboldened racists. Studies indicated that racist attitudes were significant in his political ascent.
In 2018, members of the American Political Science Association ranked Donald Trump as the worst president.
In 2018, revenues were 7.6 percent lower than projected.
In 2018, the first Trump presidency reduced formal press briefings to about half that in 2017.
Until 2018, the media rarely referred to Donald Trump's falsehoods as lies, even when he repeated demonstrably false statements.
By January 8, 2019, of 706 key positions in the executive branch, 433 had been filled, and there was no nominee for 264.
In January 2019, the government shutdown ended after Trump agreed to fund the government without any funds for the wall.
In February 2019, Trump met with Kim Jong Un in Hanoi.
In March 2019, Robert Mueller submitted his final report, which found that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to favor Donald Trump, who welcomed the effort, but that evidence did not establish a conspiracy.
In April 2019, the House Oversight Committee issued subpoenas seeking financial details from Donald Trump's banks, Deutsche Bank and Capital One, and his accounting firm, Mazars USA, leading to legal challenges.
In June 2019, Trump met with Kim Jong Un in the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
In July 2019, Trump tweeted that four Democratic congresswomen, all minorities, should "go back" to the countries they "came from." The House of Representatives condemned his "racist comments".
In October 2019, talks between the U.S. and North Korea broke down and no denuclearization agreement was reached.
In November 2019, a New York state judge ordered Donald Trump to pay $2 million to a group of charities for misusing the Donald J. Trump Foundation's funds, in part to finance his presidential campaign.
In December 2019, the House of Representatives voted to impeach Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, stemming from his interactions with the Ukrainian president.
In 2019, Donald Trump declared the Mar-a-Lago club his primary residence.
In 2019, Donald Trump was impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress; the Senate acquitted him.
In 2019, journalist E. Jean Carroll accused Donald Trump of raping her in the 1990s and sued him for defamation over his denial.
In 2019, the Supreme Court ultimately upheld Trump's travel ban.
In 2019, the federal budget deficit increased by almost 50 percent, to nearly $1 trillion.
In 2019, the first Trump presidency reduced formal press briefings to two.
Until 2019, Trump Tower was Donald Trump's primary residence.
In January 2020, Trump expressed a willingness to consider cuts to Medicare and other social safety-net programs, going back on his 2016 campaign promises.
In February 2020, Donald Trump was acquitted by the Senate following his impeachment by the House of Representatives.
In February 2020, the COVID-19 recession began, ending the longest economic expansion in American history that started in 2009.
From August 2015 to April 2020, a review identified at least 54 criminal cases in which Donald Trump was invoked in direct connection with violence or threats of violence.
In April 2020, after weeks of attacks to draw attention away from his slow response to the Coronavirus, Trump halted funding of the World Health Organization.
In May 2020, Twitter began attaching fact-checks to tweets in which Donald Trump made false claims, leading to his threat to regulate or shut down social media platforms.
In May 2020, a nationwide review identified at least 54 criminal cases from August 2015 to April 2020 in which Donald Trump's rhetoric was directly connected with violence or threats of violence.
In June 2020, during the George Floyd protests, federal law-enforcement officials controversially removed protesters from Lafayette Square. Trump then posed with a Bible for a photo-op at St. John's Episcopal Church, drawing condemnation.
In August 2020, Donald Trump officially became the Republican nominee for the presidential election.
In August 2020, a federal judge halted the Trump administration's attempted rollback of anti-discrimination protections for transgender patients after a Supreme Court ruling extended employees' civil rights protections to gender identity and sexual orientation.
In November 2020, Joe Biden won the presidential election, receiving 81.3 million votes to Donald Trump's 74.2 million. Trump declared victory prematurely and alleged election fraud.
In December 2020, reports emerged that the U.S. military was on "red alert" due to concerns that Donald Trump might declare martial law or initiate military action.
After Donald Trump's reelection in 2024, the 2020 election obstruction case and the classified documents case were dismissed without prejudice.
After the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump promoted conspiracy theories for his defeat that were characterized as "the big lie".
Donald Trump campaigns mentioned "rigged election" and "election interference" earlier and more frequently in the 2020 campaigns.
Following his 2020 election defeat, Donald Trump's continuing false claims concerning the 2020 election were used by the Republican Party to justify imposing new voting restrictions in its favor.
From 2017 to 2020, during Donald Trump's first term, international approval ratings of U.S. leadership dropped to just 16 percent in a Pew Research poll.
In 2020, Donald Trump promoted antimalarial drugs as a treatment for COVID-19, causing a shortage and panic-buying.
In 2020, Donald Trump said he was a nondenominational Christian.
In 2020, Donald Trump's presidential campaign sued The New York Times, The Washington Post, and CNN for defamation in opinion pieces about his stance on Russian election interference; all the suits were dismissed.
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, President Trump downplayed its severity, contradicted health officials, and signed the CARES Act.
In connection with Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, the U.S. House committee recommended criminal charges against him.
On January 6, 2021, Donald Trump held a rally at the Ellipse, urging supporters to march to the Capitol. Following the rally, his supporters attacked the Capitol building while Congress was certifying the election results.
On January 13, 2021, the House of Representatives charged Donald Trump with incitement of insurrection following the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
In February 2021, Donald Trump registered a new company, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), for providing "social networking services" to U.S. customers.
In February 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the release of Donald Trump's tax returns and other records to the Manhattan district attorney for a criminal investigation.
In May 2021, Donald Trump began using the term "big lie" to refer to the election itself with his supporters.
By 2021, Trump reduced the number of refugees admitted to record lows, from an annual limit of 110,000 before he took office to 15,000.
Donald Trump's victory in 2024 was part of a global backlash against incumbent parties, in part due to the 2021–2023 inflation surge.
In 2021, Donald Trump's term as the 45th President of the United States came to an end.
In 2021, Donald Trump, who had been a member since 1989, resigned from SAG-AFTRA to avoid a disciplinary hearing regarding the January 6 attack. Two days later, the union permanently barred him.
In 2021, a C-SPAN survey of presidential historians ranked Donald Trump as the fourth-worst president in history. The survey indicated his lowest ratings were in the leadership characteristic categories of moral authority and administrative skills.
In 2021, after losing the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump attempted to overturn the result, culminating in the January 6 Capitol attack. Also in 2021, he was impeached for incitement of insurrection.
In a 2021 Gallup poll, Donald Trump was the only president never to reach a 50 percent approval rating, and he was the first not to be named most admired in his first year in office.
In January 2022, the National Archives and Records Administration retrieved 15 boxes of documents, some classified, that Donald Trump had taken to Mar-a-Lago after leaving the White House.
In February 2022, Donald Trump launched his own social media platform, Truth Social.
As of July 2022, Donald Trump continued to pressure state legislators to overturn the 2020 election results.
On August 8, 2022, FBI agents searched Mar-a-Lago for illegally held documents, including those in breach of the Espionage Act, collecting 11 sets of classified documents.
In September 2022, Donald Trump and the House Oversight Committee reached a settlement regarding Mazars USA, and the firm began turning over documents.
In November 2022, Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election and created a fundraising account.
In November 2022, Elon Musk reinstated Donald Trump's Twitter account after acquiring the platform.
In December 2022, the U.S. House committee on the January 6 attack recommended criminal charges against Donald Trump for obstructing an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and inciting or assisting an insurrection.
In 2022, E. Jean Carroll sued Donald Trump again for battery and more defamation. New York also filed a civil lawsuit against Trump accusing him of inflating the Trump Organization's value. He was later found liable in both cases.
In 2022, Roe v. Wade was overturned by Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization; all three of Trump's Supreme Court nominees voted with the majority.
In 2022, the Siena College Research Institute's survey ranked Donald Trump as the third-worst president. He was ranked near the bottom in all categories except for luck, willingness to take risks, and party leadership and ranked last in several categories.
In January 2023, Meta Platforms' two-year ban lapsed, allowing Donald Trump to return to Facebook and Instagram.
In March 2023, Donald Trump's campaign began diverting 10 percent of donations to his leadership PAC.
In June 2023, a federal grand jury indicted Donald Trump on 31 counts of "willfully retaining national defense information" under the Espionage Act, among other charges, and he pleaded not guilty.
In August 2023, Donald Trump was indicted on 13 charges, including racketeering, by a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia for his efforts to subvert the 2020 election in the state.
In December 2023, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Donald Trump disqualified for the Colorado Republican primary due to his role in inciting the January 6, 2021, attack on Congress.
Donald Trump's victory in 2024 was part of a global backlash against incumbent parties, in part due to the 2021–2023 inflation surge.
In 2023, Donald Trump was found liable in civil cases for sexual abuse and defamation and for business fraud.
In March 2024, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) merged with Digital World Acquisition and became a public company.
In March 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court restored Donald Trump's name to the ballot in a unanimous decision, ruling that Colorado lacks the authority to enforce Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
In May 2024, Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to hush-money payments.
On July 13, 2024, Donald Trump was shot in the ear in an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler Township, Pennsylvania.
In July 2024, judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the classified documents case, ruling Special Counsel Jack Smith's appointment as special prosecutor was unconstitutional.
In November 2024, Donald Trump won the election with 312 electoral votes, becoming the second president in U.S. history to be elected to a nonconsecutive second term.
By 2024, Donald Trump repeatedly voiced support for outlawing political dissent and criticism, suggesting reporters should be prosecuted and media companies should possibly lose their broadcast licenses for unfavorable coverage.
During the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump made false attacks against the racial identity of his opponent, Kamala Harris, that were described as reminiscent of the birther conspiracy theory.
In 1973, Donald Trump countersued the U.S. government for $100 million, equivalent to $708 million in 2024.
In 1988, Donald Trump purchased the Eastern Air Lines Shuttle, financing the purchase with $380 million, equivalent to $1010 million in 2024.
In 2024, Donald Trump refused to commit to accepting the election results.
In 2024, Donald Trump was found guilty of falsifying business records, becoming the first U.S. president convicted of a felony. He won the 2024 presidential election against Kamala Harris.
In 2024, Fred Trump paid his children each about $20,000 a year, equivalent to $265,000 a year in 2024.
In 2024, The New York Times and ProPublica reported that the Internal Revenue Service was investigating whether Donald Trump had twice written off losses incurred through construction cost overruns and lagging sales of residential units in the Trump International Hotel and Tower building he had declared to be worthless on his 2008 tax return.
In 2024, members of the American Political Science Association ranked Donald Trump as the worst president.
In 2024, the men who were falsely accused in the 1989 Central Park jogger case sued Trump for defamation after he said in a televised debate that they had committed the crime and killed the woman.
In November 2022, Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election.
On January 10, 2025, the judge gave Donald Trump a no-penalty sentence known as an unconditional discharge.
On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump began his second term upon his inauguration, becoming the oldest individual to assume the presidency and the first president with a felony conviction.
In February 2025, Donald Trump and Vice President Vance met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office. The televised meeting was described as contentious, involving a public confrontation between Trump and Zelenskyy.
In February 2025, the White House announced that Elon Musk was a special government employee leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), granting him access to multiple federal agencies. Trump's cabinet selections prioritized loyalty, and he appointed 23 former Fox News employees to his administration.
In 2025, Forbes estimated Donald Trump's net worth at $5.1 billion and ranked him as the 700th wealthiest person in the world.
In 2025, a White House health examination reported Donald Trump had "well controlled" high cholesterol and exhibited excellent cognitive and physical health.
In 2025, after taking office, Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders, some mirroring Project 2025 proposals, and granted clemency to January 6 rioters. These actions faced legal challenges and were criticized for potentially violating federal laws and contributing to democratic backsliding.
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