Donald Trump

Donald Trump was born in Queens, New York, in 1946 and became a real estate developer, brand promoter, and television personality before entering presidential politics. Running as a Republican populist in 2016, he defeated Hillary Clinton while losing the national popular vote. His victory reflected deep dissatisfaction with political elites, immigration policy, trade, globalization, and cultural change.

Trump’s first term included the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, broad deregulation, hardline immigration policies, renegotiation of NAFTA as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, and appointment of three Supreme Court justices. His foreign policy included withdrawal from several international agreements, pressure on NATO allies, direct diplomacy with North Korea, and support for the Abraham Accords normalizing relations between Israel and several Arab states.

His presidency was repeatedly marked by institutional conflict. The COVID-19 pandemic dominated his final year, during which Operation Warp Speed accelerated vaccine development but his administration faced criticism over public health messaging and crisis management.

After losing the 2020 election to Joe Biden, After the 2020 election, Trump and his supporters raised concerns about election integrity and disputed the results. He won the 2024 election and returned to office on January 20, 2025, becoming the 45th and 47th president, the first since Grover Cleveland to serve nonconsecutive terms.