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Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021.
business · President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025) · business magnate · investor · politician · game show host · real estate entrepreneur · television producer · film producer · writer · actor · chief executive officer · also Donald Trump, Donald John Trump, DJT, Trump
Born 14 June 1946 · Q22686
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Think of yourself as a winner. The power of positive thinking. Don't consider yourself a victim. Consider yourself a winner. In recent years, too many of our young people have really been taught to think of themselves as victims and blame people and be angry. Don't be angry. In America, we reject that idea that anyone is born a victim. Our heroes are the ones who take charge of their own destiny, make their own luck and determine their own fate, despite the odds.
The third thing is to think big. If you're going to do something, you might as well think big. I know a lot of people, they've thought small, they were very smart. I know others that weren't nearly as smart, but they had a better picture of the big picture, because it's just as hard to solve a small problem as a big problem and it's just as much energy and everything else, except the result is going to be a smaller one. So love what you do and think big if it's possible.
Don't lose your momentum. You just want to keep it going. And you have to know, if you are losing it, you have to know when you are losing it, so maybe you stop and maybe it's time to stop. Listen to the feedback, think through your plan very carefully and keep moving fast.
“Think of yourself as a winner. The power of positive thinking. Don't consider yourself a victim. Consider yourself a winner. In recent years, too many of our young people have really been taught to think of themselves as victims and blame people and be angry. Don't be angry. In America, we reject that idea that anyone is born a victim. Our heroes are the ones who take charge of their own destiny, make their own luck and determine their own fate, despite the odds.”
“You have to love what you do. You have to. I rarely see somebody that's successful that doesn't love what he or she does ... If I didn't find it fun, I wouldn't be successful.”
“The third thing is to think big. If you're going to do something, you might as well think big. I know a lot of people, they've thought small, they were very smart. I know others that weren't nearly as smart, but they had a better picture of the big picture, because it's just as hard to solve a small problem as a big problem and it's just as much energy and everything else, except the result is going to be a smaller one. So love what you do and think big if it's possible.”
“Trust your instincts. Common sense. You can go very far in life with common sense and I applied that to politics because some of these things, like, they had open borders. Let everybody in the whole world flow into our country. That's not common sense.”
“Everybody should believe in the American dream. It's real, it's there and it's right before you.”
“Don't lose your momentum. You just want to keep it going. And you have to know, if you are losing it, you have to know when you are losing it, so maybe you stop and maybe it's time to stop. Listen to the feedback, think through your plan very carefully and keep moving fast.”
“The all-time greats were people who had the confidence to be a little different ... God only created one of you. Remember that. You”
“15 stunning all-new digital trading cards, it”
“poisoning the blood of our country.”
“s plan to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan is a”
“a small loan of a million dollars”
France 24: Trump eleva la tensión con Irán por Ormuz y pide a los hogares de EE. UU. soportar el golpe económico
The Guardian: Trump dismisses concerns about USS Abraham Lincoln, saying its record-breaking 250 days at sea ‘not nearly enough’ – as it happened
El Nacional: Donald Trump compara la situación fronteriza del mandato de Biden con los recientes sucesos migratorios en Ceuta
DW.com: Iran war: Trump to declare Hormuz US territory 'soon'
facebook.com: DW News. . US President Donald Trump has threatened to declare the Strait of Hormuz "a territory of the United States" after defeating Iran. The comments come as peace talks remain stalled, with Tehran refusing to reopen the key waterway. #dwnews
Roll Call: Trump paints Blakeman as tough on crime with cops as backdrop at New York rally
La Región: Trump anuncia que declarará “muy pronto” el estrecho de Ormuz territorio de EEUU
Politico: Trump seeks to boost New York Republicans with tough-on-crime message
The Guardian: Trump downplays concerns about sailors onboard USS Abraham Lincoln amid record deployment
El Mundo: Trump evalúa la lealtad ideológica de los aliados de la OTAN para analizar si recorta las tropas
ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos: Here's a list of the individuals, including James Comey, targeted by the Trump administration - ABC News
The Guardian: Trump threatens to declare strait of Hormuz ‘territory of the United States’
The Guardian: BBC seeks to subpoena Trump children and son-in-law over defamation lawsuit
ANSA Latina: Lula elogia a Donald Trump y critica a Marco Rubio
ANSA Latina: Donald Trump intenta romper el estancamiento: 'Aislaremos a Irán del mundo'
France 24: Trump enfrenta demanda por lucrarse con el acceso pago a sus publicaciones en Truth Social
Yahoo: Donald Trump dijo que “pronto” declarará el estrecho de Ormuz como territorio de Estados Unidos
PBS: Trump's vaccine order would require millions of individual shots last used decades ago
Florida Politics: In CD 1, Jimmy Patronis remains loyal to Donald Trump while John Frankman promises a check from the right
NBC 7 San Diego: Trump downplays USS Abraham Lincoln's record time at sea: ‘Not nearly long enough'
Independent Institute: President Trump Simply Loves Tariffs: News Article
The Guardian: ‘Devastating’: bulldozers plough through Big Bend national park as Trump’s border work pushes ahead
BBC: Trump asks Supreme Court to allow ballroom work to continue
Snopes.com rated the claim “A company linked to U.S. President Donald Trump began setting up an oil drilling operation in Greenland without the government's permission.” Mixture.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Real photo shows athletes with medals flipping the bird to President Trump's back during the Patriot Games” Digital Birds.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “A video authentically shows U.S. President Donald Trump waking himself up with a fart during a maternal healthcare announcement in the Oval Office on May 11, 2026.” Fake.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “In August 2026, the Trump administration paid German energy company RWE $1.2 billion to stop building wind farms.” True.
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FactCheck.org rated the claim “"Susan Collins voted to support Donald Trump on the largest Medicaid cut in history."” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Trump reduced number of required vaccines for children from 72 to 11” Misleading.
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Claimed: “Trump's executive order on Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations "finally aligns the United States with other advanced and developed nations around the world.”” — rated Misleading by FactCheck.org.
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Claimed: ““Vats of vaccine are currently pumped into your child’s body."” — rated False by FactCheck.org.
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Claimed: “"You have the MMR [measles, mumps, rubella vaccine]. We want it in three separate vaccinations, given at separate times. Together, there could be a possibility they're quite lethal. And separately, it looks like they are not at all lethal but just very effective."” — rated False by FactCheck.org.
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Claimed: “The U.S. is “requiring 72 jabs for our beautiful, healthy, lovely, delicate little children.”” — rated False by FactCheck.org.
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Claimed: “Autism has increased as we "add progressively more and more vaccines."” — rated Misleading by FactCheck.org.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Real video shows Trump reacting to a fart noise during an Oval Office event.” Edited Sound.
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Awarded Israel Prize (2026).
Public attention spiked: 151,397 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.2× the usual 35,893, with 23 article edits. Editors noted: Middle East wars
Awarded FIFA Peace Prize (2025).
Awarded Grand Order of Mugunghwa (2025).
Awarded Order of Zayed (2025).
Awarded Order of the Nile (2025).
Awarded Time 100 (2025).
Published video “President Trump Speaks at the Commander-In-Chief Ball”.
Published video “Donald J. Trump Attends the Presidential Parade”.
Published video “The 60th Presidential Inauguration Ceremony”.
Published video “BACKUP: President Trump Speaks at the Commander-In-Chief Ball”.
Published video “President Trump’s Celebratory Victory Rally”.
The judge gave Trump a no-penalty sentence known as an unconditional discharge, saying that punitive requirements would have interfered with presidential immunity
“If you're here today and think that you're too young to do something great, let me tell you that you are wrong. You're not too young. You can have great success at a very young age ... In America, with drive and ambition, young people can do anything.”
“Never, ever give up. Never give up. Don't stop. Never, ever give up. Victory is right around the corner.”
Career landmark: President of the United States (2025).
“Yahoo Finance / Moneywise (June 12, 2025) Please help me with my military parade. Written in a fundraising e-mail, quoted in”
Published video “MERRY CHRISTMAS!”.
Published video “A Christmas to Remember”.
Published video “CONFIRM HEGSETH”.
Published video “MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN!”.
Published video “It’s Time.”.
Awarded Time Person of the Year (2024).
“I’m announcing today in a major statement that under the Trump administration, your government will pay for — or your insurance company will be mandated to pay for — all costs associated with IVF treatment. Because we want more babies, to put it nicely. 30 August 2024 in”
Career landmark: attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.
The New York Times and ProPublica reported that the Internal Revenue Service was investigating whether he had twice written off losses incurred through construction cost overruns and lagging sales of residential units in
Career landmark: attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Florida.
“Safer Than Many of Our Cities”
Career landmark: President-elect of the United States (2024–2025).
Trump was found liable in New York state civil cases for sexual abuse and defamation and for business fraud
FBI agents searched Mar-a-Lago for illegally held documents, including those in breach of the Espionage Act, collecting 11 sets of classified documents, some marked top secret
New York filed a civil lawsuit against Trump accusing him of inflating the Trump Organization's value to gain an advantage with lenders and banks
Awarded Time 100 (2021).
Awarded Order of Mohammed (2021).
While Congress was certifying the presidential election results, Trump held a rally at which he called for the election to be overturned and urged his supporters to "fight like hell" and "take back our country" by marchi
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
Awarded Ig Nobel Prize (2020).
Awarded Order of Freedom (2020).
Awarded Time 100 (2020).
Trump hosted the signing of the Abraham Accords between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain to normalize their foreign relations
Downplayed its severity, contradicted health officials, and signed the CARES Act
Awarded Doublespeak Award (2019).
Awarded Time 100 (2019).
For abuse of power and obstruction of Congress and in 2021 for incitement of insurrection—and acquitted by the Senate both times
Awarded Time 100 (2018).
Trump and his businesses had been involved in more than 4,000 lawsuits, liens, and other filings, often filed for nonpayment against him by employees, contractors, real estate brokers, and his own attorneys
Reported net worth: $3.1B (as of 2018).
Trump's refusal to sign any spending bill unless it allocated funding for the border wall resulted in the then-longest federal government shutdown ever, for 35 days from December 2018 to January 2019, later surpassed by
To increase funding for drug treatments but was widely criticized for failing to make a concrete strategy
After imposing tariffs and other trade barriers he said would force China to end longstanding unfair trade practice, and intellectual property infringement
Awarded Time 100 (2017).
Won King Abdulaziz Medal (2017).
Career landmark: President of the United States (2017–2021).
Awarded Doublespeak Award (2016).
Awarded Financial Times Person of the Year (2016).
Awarded Time 100 (2016).
Awarded Time Person of the Year presented by Time (2016).
The New York attorney general stated the foundation had violated state law by soliciting donations without submitting to required annual external audits and ordered it to cease its fundraising activities in New York imme
Career landmark: President-elect of the United States (2016–2017).
“No One Will Be Above the Law”
To favor Trump and that Trump and his campaign welcomed and encouraged the effort, but that the evidence "did not establish" that Trump campaign members conspired or coordinated with Russia
“Trump Manages To Give Some House GOPers More Heartburn In Hill Meeting”
“amid concerns about the handling of the foundation”
The Washington Post reported that the charity had committed several potential legal and ethical violations, including self-dealing and tax evasion
“Look at that face! [of Carly Fiorina] Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president?!”
And 2015 to release them if he ran for office
Awarded WWE Hall of Fame (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
Awarded Presidential Order of Excellence (2012).
Campaigned as a rich, successful businessman and an outsider without political experience, and claimed media bias against him
Trump considered challenging President Barack Obama in the 2012 election
And continued until February 2020, when the COVID-19 recession began
Awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (2007).
Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work as producer of Miss Universe
Trump cofounded Trump University, a company that sold real estate seminars for up to $35,000
“It’s amazing, I can’t even believe it. I’ve been so lucky in terms of that whole world, it is a dangerous world out there. It’s like Vietnam, sort of. It is my personal Vietnam. I feel like a great and very brave solider”
And went bankrupt in 2004 and 2009, leaving him with 10 percent ownership
Purchased the Miss Universe pageants, including Miss USA and Miss Teen USA
Awarded Gaming Hall of Fame (1995).
Converted the estate into a private club with an initiation fee and annual dues
Trump founded Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts (THCR), which assumed ownership of the Trump Plaza
Trump defaulted on over $3 billion of bank loans, and the lenders seized the Plaza Hotel along with most of his other properties in a "vast and humiliating restructuring" that allowed him to avoid personal bankruptcy
And 1994, Trump, working with several relatives, formed a shell company for paying the vendors providing services and supplies for Trump's rental units, then billing those services and supplies to Trump Management with s
And a reorganization plan was approved a month later, with the banks taking control of the property
Won Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor - Razzie Award for Ghosts Can't Do It (1991).
And 1990, he lent his name to the Tour de Trump cycling stage race, an attempt to create an American equivalent of European races such as the Tour de France or the Giro d'Italia
Trump acquired the Plaza Hotel with a loan from a consortium of 16 banks
Approached Lee Atwater, asking to be put on the ticket as Republican nominee George H
Trump purchased the Eastern Air Lines Shuttle, financing the purchase with $380 million (equivalent to $1
Trump placed full-page advertisements in major newspapers, expressing his views on foreign policy and how to eliminate the federal budget deficit
Won Ellis Island Medal of Honor (1986).
Trump acquired the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida
Bought the unopened Atlantic City Hilton Hotel and renamed it Trump's Castle
Trump opened Harrah's at Trump Plaza, a hotel and casino, with financing and management help from the Holiday Corporation
Awarded Jewish National Fund Tree of Life Award presented by Jewish National Fund (1983).
For about $6 million, he purchased the New Jersey Generals, a team in the United States Football League
As the Grand Hyatt Hotel, and that same year, he obtained rights to develop Trump Tower, a mixed-use skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan
Cohn introduced political consultant Roger Stone to Trump, who enlisted Stone's services to deal with the federal government
With the launch of his family's first Manhattan venture: the renovation of the derelict Commodore Hotel, adjacent to Grand Central Terminal
Cohn helped Trump countersue the U
Moved to Manhattan, where he planned to move the business and commuted to his father's office
Career landmark: president (1971–2017).
Renamed it the Trump Organization, and began acquiring and building skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses
Career landmark: chief executive officer (1971).
Trump invested $70,000 of his father's wealth to receive billing as coproducer of a Broadway comedy—and lost the money
And in Manhattan in 1987; a member of the Independence Party, the New York state affiliate of the Reform Party, in 1999; a Democrat in 2001; a Republican in 2009; unaffiliated in 2011; and a Republican in 2012
Trump was employed at Trump Management, his father's real estate company, which managed the middle-class apartment complexes Fred had built in Queens, Staten Island, and Brooklyn
Studied at The Wharton School, Bachelor of Science (1966–1968).
Studied at Fordham University (1964–1966).
Studied at The Kew-Forest School (1964).
Studied at New York Military Academy (1959–1964).
Born 1946-06-14.
At Jamaica Hospital in the New York City borough of Queens, the fourth child of Fred Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump
“, RawStory (September 3, 2024) But I’ve done well with debates. I became president, and then the second time I got millions more votes than I got the first time. I was told if I got 63 million … you would win. You can’t not win. And I got millions of more votes than that and lost by a whisker but— and look at what happened with the world. Trump admits he lost 2020 election ‘by a whisker’ during Lex Fridman podcast, Independent (September 3, 2024)”
“AlJazeera (March 15, 2026) I’ve spoken to a certain president, who I like, actually. A past president, a former president. He said,”
“Al Jazeera (May 2, 2026) It is a very friendly blockade.”
“AOL (June 17, 2026) POLL: Which do you prefer, Dumocrat or Dumbocrat? In one case, you simply exchange the ‘e’ for ‘u,’ so simple and precise (Many people don’t know, or assume, that DUMB ends in ‘b’). In the other case, you spell out DUMB, but it seems to lose some of the identity to Democrats when done this way. Which is better?”
“Al Jazeera (April 3, 2026) Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin”
“, The Washington Post (July 29, 2016). A guy who didn”
“The Times of Israel (April 20, 2026) I would have won Vietnam very quickly. I would have, if I were president. Claimed about the Vietnam War (1955-1975), quoted in”
“CNBC (July 9, 2026) We had 111 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan Said at the 2026 Ankara NATO summit, quoted in”
“Independent (June 2, 2026) About Iran: They’ve already agreed they’re not going to have a nuclear weapon. I inherited very high prices when I came in. I inherited the highest inflation in the history of our country. Biden had like 9%-10% inflation, and I inherited that, and we have it way down. Claimed without providing evidence, quoted in”
“CNBC (March 20, 2026) Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!”
“CNN (July 31, 2025) Tariffs are making America GREAT & RICH Again... Now the tide has completely turned, and America has successfully countered this onslaught of Tariffs used against it. ONE YEAR AGO, AMERICA WAS A DEAD COUNTRY, NOW IT IS THE “HOTTEST”
“Al Jazeera (June 11, 2026) I don’t know if you heard, but we ended the war with Iran today. They have agreed never to have a nuclear weapon, something that we insisted on; that was the whole purpose. That was 95 percent of it.”
“, CNBC (September 15, 2024) Latin music superstar Nicky Jam. Do you know Nicky? She’s hot. Claimed about the singer after he endorsed Trump, quoted in”
“NBC News (May 12, 2026) Dumacrats Love Sewage”
“Washington Examiner (June 3, 2026) It”
“, Bloomberg I do whine because I want to win and I’m not happy about not winning and I am a whiner and I keep whining and whining until I win. Interview with Chris CuomoJeremy Diamond (11 August 2015),”
“, Huffington Post Our movement is about replacing a failed and corrupt political establishment with a new government controlled by you, the American people. The establishment has trillions of dollars at stake in this election. For those who control the levers of power in Washington and for the global special interests, they partner with these people that don”
“Independent (March 17, 2026) About Joe Kent, former director of the National Counterterrorism Center: It’s a good thing that he’s out because he said Iran was not a threat.”
“ABC News (March 13, 2026) Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today. They’ve been killing innocent people all over the world for 47 years, and now I, as the 47th President of the United States of America, am killing them. What a great honor it is to do so!”
“, The Hill Get him the hell out of here. As quoted in”
“. USA Today. 16 September 2016. Conspiracy theories about Barack Obama”
Won Presidential Medal of Distinction.
Career landmark: United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
Career landmark: second impeachment of Donald Trump.
Studied at University of Pennsylvania.
Career landmark: first impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump.
Career landmark: Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign.
Career landmark: Donald Trump and Billy Bush recording controversy.
Career landmark: first inauguration of Donald Trump.
Career landmark: United States withdrawal from Iran Deal.
Career landmark: Donald Trump 2000 presidential campaign.
Career landmark: director.
Career landmark: United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement.
Career landmark: Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign.
Career landmark: 2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys.