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US Presidents · 21st century
Donald Trump
1946– · American
Republican
In office: 2017–2021; 2025–present
Donald John Trump, a New York property developer and host of the television show The Apprentice, is the 45th and 47th president of the United States. He was the first president with no prior political or military service, was impeached twice during his first term and acquitted both times by the Senate, and in 2025 became only the second president, after Grover Cleveland, to serve non-consecutive terms.
How to spot them
- ▸45th and 47th president; non-consecutive terms like Grover Cleveland
- ▸'Make America Great Again'; The Art of the Deal; 'You're fired!' on The Apprentice
- ▸Impeached twice (2019 and 2021) and acquitted both times
- ▸Met Kim Jong Un in Singapore (2018); the Abraham Accords; Operation Warp Speed
- ▸Second term from 2025 with JD Vance as vice president; 'Liberation Day' tariffs; the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
In office
The Singapore summit with Kim Jong Un (2018)
First meeting between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader
Creation of the United States Space Force (2019)
New branch of the armed forces
The Abraham Accords (2020)
Normalisation agreements between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain, later joined by others
Operation Warp Speed (2020)
Public–private programme to accelerate COVID-19 vaccine development
Inauguration in the Capitol Rotunda (2025)
Second inauguration held indoors because of cold, the first indoor ceremony since 1985
The 'Liberation Day' tariffs (2025)
Sweeping tariffs on most US trading partners announced on 2 April 2025
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (2025)
Tax and spending law signed on 4 July 2025
Quick-fire facts
- •Born in Queens, New York City, on 14 June 1946; studied at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
- •Defeated Hillary Clinton in 2016 (winning the Electoral College but not the popular vote), lost to Joe Biden in 2020, and defeated Kamala Harris in 2024
- •First vice president Mike Pence; second-term vice president JD Vance
- •Appointed three Supreme Court justices in his first term: Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett
- •The only president impeached twice by the House: in 2019 (relating to Ukraine) and in 2021 (after the 6 January Capitol attack); the Senate acquitted him both times
- •In May 2024 a New York jury convicted him on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, making him the first former president convicted of a crime; he was sentenced to an unconditional discharge in January 2025
- •Survived an assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on 13 July 2024
- •At 78, the oldest person inaugurated as president (20 January 2025)
- •In February 2026 the Supreme Court ruled 6–3 that his tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act exceeded his authority
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Sources
- Miller Center, University of Virginia — Donald Trump
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Donald Trump