Donald Trump
Official portrait, 2017
President-elect of the United States
Assuming office
January 20, 2025
Vice President JD Vance (elect)
Succeeding Joe Biden
45th President of the United States
In office
January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021
Vice President Mike Pence
Preceded by Barack Obama
Succeeded by Joe Biden
Personal details
Born Donald John Trump
June 14, 1946 (age 78)
Queens, New York City, U.S.
Political party Republican (1987–1999, 2009–2011,
2012–present)
Other political Reform (1999–2001)
affiliations
Democratic (2001–2009)
Independent (2011–2012)
Spouses
Ivana Zelníčková
(m. 1977; div. 1990)
Marla Maples
(m. 1993; div. 1999)
Melania Knauss
(m. 2005)
Children Donald Jr.
Ivanka
Eric
Tiffany
Barron
Parents Fred Trump (father)
Mary Anne MacLeod (mother)
Relatives Trump family
Education University of Pennsylvania (BS)
Occupation Politician
businessman
media personality
Awards Full list
Signature
Website Campaign website
Presidential library
White House archives
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Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, businessman,
and convicted felon who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Having
won the 2024 presidential election as the Republican nominee, he is scheduled to be inaugurated as the
47th president on January 20, 2025.
Trump graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968.
After becoming president of the family real estate business in 1971, he renamed it the Trump
Organization. After a series of bankruptcies in the 1990s he launched side ventures, mostly by licensing
the Trump name. From 2004 to 2015, he produced and hosted the reality television series The
Apprentice.
Trump won the 2016 presidential election as the Republican Party nominee while losing the popular
vote. His election and policies sparked numerous protests. In his first term, he ordered a travel
ban targeting Muslims and refugees, expanded the U.S.–Mexico border wall, and implemented a family
separation policy at that border. He rolled back more than 100 environmental policies and regulations,
signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, and appointed three justices to the Supreme Court. He
initiated a trade war with China in 2018, withdrew the U.S. from several international agreements, [a] and
met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un without progress on denuclearization. In response to the
COVID-19 pandemic, he signed the CARES Act economic stimulus, downplayed the crisis's severity, and
contradicted guidance from public health officials. He was impeached in 2019 for abuse of power and
obstruction of Congress, and in 2021 for incitement of insurrection; the Senate acquitted him in both
cases.
Trump's politics and rhetoric led to the creation of the Trumpism movement. Many of his comments and
actions have been characterized as racially charged, racist, and misogynistic. He promoted conspiracy
theories and made many false and misleading statements during his campaigns and presidency, to a
degree unprecedented in American politics. After his first term, scholars and historians ranked him as
one of the worst presidents in American history. He lost the 2020 presidential election, but did not
concede, falsely claiming widespread electoral fraud and attempting to overturn the results, including his
involvement in the January 6 Capitol attack. In 2024, he was found guilty of falsifying business records,
making him the first U.S. president to be convicted of a felony. He faced more felony indictments related
to his interference in the 2020 election and his handling of classified documents, which were dismissed
after the 2024 election.
