Donald Trump served as the 45th president of the United States between January 2017-January 2021. He was preceded by Barack Obama and followed by Joe Biden, who took office in January 2021. After winning the 2024 US presidential election, Trump is set to become the 47th president.
Trump ran in the 2016 presidential race as the Republican candidate against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Despite losing the popular vote by almost three million votes, Trump received 306 electoral college votes in comparison to Clinton's 232 and became the fifth person in US history to be elected president while losing the popular vote.
The first US president to be elected without any prior military or government service, Trump was a well-known media personality and businessman before his arrival on the political scene.
His presidency was highly divisive and was characterized by many controversial policies including a travel ban on citizens from several Muslim-majority countries, his plan to build a wall across the US-Mexico border, and his leadership during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, to name a few.
Following the 2020 presidential elections, Trump refused to concede to Biden, claiming that there had been widespread electoral fraud despite several recounts contradicting him. On January 6, 2021, Trump urged his supports to protest the presidential transition by marching to the Capitol, resulting in multiple deaths. On January 13, the House of Representatives impeached Trump for incitement of insurrection, although he was acquitted by the Senate on February 13 after he had already left office.
In 2024, Trump emerged victorious in a campaign against Vice President Kamala Harris. This marks the second time in US history that a president would serve non-consecutive terms, preceded only by Grover Cleaveland (1885-1889 and 1893-1897).
“That’s the direction things need to go,” said Netanyahu, following his US visit regarding discussions with countries about the possibility of absorbing a large number of Gazans.
If you thought the cost of living Jewishly was already high, wait until you see what happens next.
Trump's announcement came less than 24 hours after steep new tariffs kicked in on imports from dozens of trading partners.
The Turkish-Syrian connection has been tightening recently. A Western intelligence source previously told the 'Post' that Turkey wants to become Syria's air defense provider.
Trump declared a 90-day pause on reciprocal and 10% tariffs that he had unveiled initially last week, while raising duties on China to 125%.
As Trump claims direct talks with Iran will be held on Saturday, Iran says the talks will be indirect and will take place in Oman.
Young people in both parties have relatively high unfavorables toward Israel.
The US sanctioned five Iranian entities for nuclear activity, just days before planned nuclear talks in Oman, as Trump warns of consequences if talks fail.
China sanctioned 18 US defense firms and raised tariffs after Trump imposed a 50% duty on Chinese goods, escalating tensions over trade and Taiwan.
Iranians are cautiously hopeful ahead of US nuclear talks, as markets rise and the rial strengthens, but fears of failure and conflict linger.
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