donald trump
dates he has been in office
others
weaknesses
strengths
2017-2021
very strong character, strong ego
very very narrow minded over some topics, eg. womens right to abortion
controversial campaign: project 2025 currently as well as previous suggestions of building a wall on the boarder of mexico
as well as policies around immigration, putting a ban on anyone coming into the usa from muslim countries
sexual misconduct- a story circulated of a recording of trump which back in 2005 during a recording of a tv show made very rude remarks about women. saying he could do anythinig he wanted with them ; kissing groping and grabbing
as of june 2020, 25 women have filed for sexual misconduct by donald trump since the 1970s
donald was impeached on two articles with abuse of power and obstruction of justice. mr trump was charged due to the fact that in july 2019 he made a phone call with the president of ukraine asking him to investigate the barack obamas bice president and 2020s democrats hopeful nominee. as well as donald trumps attorney officially accused joe biden because he removed former ukrianian prosecutor vivtor due to him inquiring into a gas company that joe bidens son was board of.
nancy pelosi on sept 24, 2019 declared an offical impeachment quest for DT, after 1 month house member voted a partisan vote in the favour of the impeachment. all the democrats except 2 backed the article. the abuse of power and all the democrats but 3 supported against the obstruction of congress. no republican voted against the obstruction of congress
skills in getting popular support while at the same time keeping its followers and retaining his confidence in the face of turbulance
very wealthy, the 776th richest person on the planet, his netowrth being $2.1bn
authenticity: his twitter/X account as well as speeches suggest he has a very authentic opinion and is very strong. with one year of trump being in office he tweeted 36,800 times
quick snappy mottos: 'make america great again', 'america first'
disagrees rather frequently with world leaders such as justin trudeau, as well as not liking china (they are the 2nd biggest economy) and has put many tarriffs on them.
'fake news', led to the usa pulling out of the paris climate change treaty
very low collaboration rate with other countries
no one has used more executive orders than donald trump since world war two
he does not even get close to advisors who doesnt agree with him, for instance, his economic advisor resigned due to the fact he couldnt convince donald trump to not impose steel amd aluminum tarriffs
economic policys: more jobs for american people; reducing the us trade deficit; expelling illegal immigrants; not protecting foreign countries on the expense of the us military budget
strong negotiator; thanks to his experience in business
poweful motivator; the powerful motto of 'make america great again' paved the way for his election and his army of supporters in 2016. people like the way trump speaks, his use of simple language, use of inspiring words often in speeches (incredible, winning), often clapped for his ambition and the way he motivates mass people
will not accpet critisim
despite having deployed populist and anti-Wall Street rhetoric on the campaign trail, Trump appointed a cabinet heavy with billionaires, multi-millionaires, and representatives of the financial services industry
Trump urged Comey to drop charges against Flynn and to stop suggesting publicly that agents of the Russian government had helped Trump win the election
Trump signed a vague and non-binding order that indicated his top domestic policy priority was to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act, the legislation—also known as Obamacare—that expanded health care coverage and that the Republican Party had overwhelmingly opposed since President Obama signed it into law in 2010
Trump’s battle with Congress over funding the southern border wall resulted in a government shutdown in December 2018
The shutdown became the longest government shutdown at that time, 35 days, before President Trump and Congress announced a deal. Although Congress agreed to provide $1.375 billion for a border wall, it was far short of the more than $5 billion that President Trump wanted
Trump counted white nationalists, white supremacists, and other violent racist, xenophobic, and antisemitic organizations among his supporters
Trump drew criticism for condemning bad behavior on “both sides” but declined at first to explicitly denounce racist ideology, white supremacy, and right-wing domestic terrorism.
President Donald Trump appointed three members to the US Supreme Court, the highest number for any president since Ronald Reagan, who appointed four justices over two terms. Typifying the increased partisan polarization of national politics and the intense animosity among political leaders, all of Trump’s nominations sparked protest and outrage for different reasons, and all were confirmed largely on party-line votes.
Donald Trump is the only US president to be impeached twice.
His first impeachment resulted from efforts to persuade a foreign leader, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, to interfere with the upcoming 2020 US presidential election on Trump’s behalf.
obstruction of Congress
222 Democratic and 10 Republican members of the House voted for impeachment; this represented the most members of a president’s party to ever vote for impeachment