Donald Trump

Donald John Trump was born on June 14, 1946, at Jamaica Hospital in Queens, New York City, to Fred Trump, a real estate developer, and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, an immigrant from Scotland.

At least 63 individuals with Russian passports or addresses bought over $98.4 million worth of property in Trump-branded luxury towers in Sunny Isles Beach.

On June 16, 2015, Donald Trump officially declared his candidacy for the presidency at his New York tower, marking the beginning of his campaign.

Donald Trump secured the official GOP presidential nomination with 1,237 delegates, marking a significant milestone in his political career.

On November 8, 2016, Trump was elected as the 45th President of the United States, marking a significant political upset and reshaping the country's political landscape.

On November 8, 2016, the American people elected Donald Trump as President and Mike Pence as Vice President.

Trump implemented harsher immigration enforcement policies, deployed troops to the U.S.–Mexico border, and widened the public charge rule to further restrict immigrants from getting permanent residency via green cards.

Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States on January 20, 2017, marking the beginning of his presidency and his administration's policies.

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence took office on January 20, 2017.

Trump signed Executive Order 13769, which suspended admission of refugees and denied entry to citizens of certain countries, leading to legal challenges and ultimately resulting in the travel ban being upheld by the Supreme Court in a June 2019 ruling.

The Trump administration separated more than 5,400 children of migrant families from their parents at the U.S.–Mexico border, sparking public outrage and legal challenges.

Trump disclosed that he reimbursed Cohen between $100,000 and $250,000 in 2017, potentially including the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels.

Trump scaled back the Affordable Care Act's implementation through executive orders, expressed a desire to let Obamacare fail, and joined 18 Republican-led states in arguing before the Supreme Court that the elimination of the financial penalties associated with the individual mandate had rendered the ACA unconstitutional.

Trump refused to sign any appropriations bill from Congress unless it allocated funds for the border wall, resulting in the longest U.S. government shutdown in history.

On December 18, 2019, the House of Representatives impeached Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. This historic event had profound implications for the Trump presidency and the political landscape.

On March 6, 2020, Trump signed the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act into law, which provided $8.3 billion in emergency funding for federal agencies to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized the spread of COVID-19 as a pandemic, marking a significant turning point in the global response to the outbreak.

On March 13, 2020, Trump declared a national emergency and announced partial travel restrictions for most of Europe, marking a critical step in the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Federal law-enforcement officials used force to remove peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square, and Trump posed for photographs holding a Bible at St. John's Episcopal Church, sparking condemnation from religious leaders and retired military officials.

On October 2, 2020, Trump tested positive for COVID-19 and was hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, leading to significant public attention and discussions about the impact of the virus on political leadership.

On November 3, 2020, Joe Biden won the election, receiving 306 Electoral College votes to Trump's 232. This marked a significant turning point in the political landscape and the Trump administration's future.

The Electoral College formalized Biden's victory on December 14, 2020.

On January 6, 2021, Donald Trump urged his supporters to march to the U.S. Capitol, which resulted in multiple deaths and interrupted the electoral vote count.

On January 11, 2021, an article of impeachment charging Trump with incitement of insurrection against the U.S. government was introduced to the House.

On January 13, 2021, Trump was impeached by the House, making him the first U.S. president to be impeached twice.

On January 13, 2021, the House of Representatives approved another article of impeachment against Donald Trump for incitement of insurrection, making him the first president in American history to be impeached twice by Congress.

In February 2021, Trump resigned from the Screen Actors Guild to avoid a disciplinary committee hearing for his involvement in the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack and his campaign of misinformation targeting journalists.

Following a five-day Senate trial, Trump was acquitted when the Senate voted 57–43 for conviction, falling ten votes short of the two-thirds majority required to convict.

On August 8, 2022, FBI agents searched Trump's residence, office, and storage areas at Mar-a-Lago to recover government documents and material Trump had taken with him when he left office.

In September 2022, the New York State Attorney General filed a civil fraud case against Trump, his three oldest children, and the Trump Organization. In September 2023, the judge presiding over the civil suit ruled that Trump, his adult sons and the Trump Organization repeatedly committed fraud and ordered their New York business certificates canceled and their business entities sent into receivership for dissolution.

On November 18, 2022, Attorney General Garland appointed a special counsel to oversee the federal criminal investigations into Trump retaining government property at Mar-a-Lago and examining Trump's role in the events leading up to the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

On December 19, 2022, the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack recommended criminal charges against Trump for obstructing an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and inciting or assisting an insurrection.

On March 30, 2023, a New York grand jury indicted Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.

In May 2023, a New York jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation in a federal lawsuit brought by journalist E. Jean Carroll and ordered him to pay her $5 million. Trump appealed the decision to an appeals court. The trial in the defamation case is scheduled to begin on January 15, 2024.

On June 8, the Justice Department indicted Trump in Miami federal court for 31 counts of 'willfully retaining national defense information under the Espionage Act'.

Former President Donald Trump is indicted by the Justice Department for his actions in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The charges include obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy, and fraud.

On August 14, 2023, a Fulton County grand jury returned an indictment charging Donald Trump and 18 others with participating in a wide-ranging conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.

On August 31, Trump pleaded not guilty to the 13 charges for racketeering after Trump campaign officials accessed voting machines with election officials in the Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury indictment.

In September 2023, the judge presiding over the civil suit ruled that Trump, his adult sons and the Trump Organization repeatedly committed fraud and ordered their New York business certificates canceled and their business entities sent into receivership for dissolution.

On August 1, a Washington, D.C., federal grand jury indicted Trump on four counts for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. He was charged with conspiring with unnamed co-conspirators to defraud the United States, obstruct the certification of the Electoral College vote, and deprive people of the civil right to have their votes counted, as well as obstructing an official proceeding. Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges. The case is slated to go to trial on March 4, 2024.

Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, becoming the first former president in U.S. history to face criminal charges.