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45 & 47th President · Republican

Donald Trump

Donald John Trump

Served: January 20, 2017 (1st) / January 20, 2025 (2nd)January 20, 2021 (1st) / Incumbent

At a glance
Lived
June 14, 1946
Home State
New York (1st) / Florida (2nd)
Party
Republican
Vice President
Mike Pence (1st); JD Vance (2nd)
Brief biography

Donald Trump was the first President elected to non-consecutive terms since Grover Cleveland and the only President twice impeached by the House. A real estate developer and television personality, he signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, appointed three Supreme Court justices, and brokered the Abraham Accords. His refusal to concede the 2020 election and his role in the January 6 attack on the Capitol led to his second impeachment. His second term's expansive use of executive power on trade, federal workforce reductions, and immigration is being tested in the courts. New York real estate developer and licensor, television host of 'The Apprentice.' First presidential campaign in 2016 without prior elected office or military service.

Education

Fordham University (attended); Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, 1968.

Notable achievements while in Office

Signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (2017). Appointed Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett, producing the Supreme Court majority that decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health. Brokered the Abraham Accords normalizing relations between Israel and several Arab states. Renegotiated NAFTA as the USMCA. Launched Operation Warp Speed, which accelerated COVID-19 vaccine development. In the second term, imposed sweeping tariffs as central instruments of trade policy. Signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (2017), the First Step Act (2018), the USMCA Implementation Act (2020), and the CARES Act (2020).

Controversies

Impeached by the House in 2019 (Ukraine) and 2021 (incitement of the January 6 attack on the Capitol); acquitted both times in the Senate. Convicted on 34 New York state felony counts of falsifying business records (2024). Refused to concede the 2020 election and pursued legal challenges that were largely unsuccessful. Federal prosecutions related to classified documents and the 2020 election were dismissed or paused following the 2024 election. His use of executive power in the second term — including sweeping tariffs, mass federal workforce reductions, and expansive Article II claims — is being tested in the courts.

Legacy

Trump reshaped both major parties and the judiciary. The constitutional questions his presidency put before the courts — on executive power, on immunity, on emergency authority — will define American law for a generation.

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