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He is the third president to have been impeached (twenty-one years less a day after [[Bill Clinton]] was), the first to have been impeached during his first term of office, and the first to be impeached twice. He is also the first president to have been [[Persona Non Grata|banned from all major social media sites for misleading information and inciting violence]]. As of June 2023, he is the first former President to be indicted on felony charges.
As of March 2024, the 2024 presidential election has become a rerun of the 2020 election, with Biden and Trump both running for re-election. Both men are using the same campaign strategies that they used in their 2020 election campaigns. If Trump ends up winning, he would be the second person to serve nonconsecutive terms in office, the first being [[Grover Cleveland]].
Some editors would probably have some triumphant line of argument to add here in support or opposition of any of those, but [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment|they should know better]].
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* [[Badass]]: He got a very credible threat to his life at least two weeks before his presidential election, to the point the Secret Service evacuated him from the speech he was giving, but instead of letting it stick, he simply went right back to the podium a few minutes later and continued speaking. Throughout his entire presidential campaign and into his presidency, Trump has been the target of more than one confirmed assassination attempt and refused to quit appearing in public or be cowed into doing so.
** [[Badass Grandpa]]: Trump was in his late sixties when the aforementioned threat happened, and he's now an actual grandfather.
* [[Bad Liar]]: Trump's "Pants on Fire!" count on Politifact (a designation given when "The statement is not accurate and makes a ridiculous claim") is
* [[Gannon Banned|Bannon Banned]]: Quite a bit of strife in the political fandom was caused by Steve Bannon's appointment as a quasi-Chief of Staff.
* [[Believing Their Own Lies]]: It's unclear, but Trump does at least give the appearance of believing his lies ''du jour''.
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** Possibly the worst example to date was [https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/25/trump-white-nationalist-nick-fuentes-kanye-00070825 inviting known hate group leader Nick Fuentes to a party at Mar-a-Lago] in November 2022, an act that has resulted in many of his former allies and defenders condemning him for it. As of this writing, he has yet to apologize or even admit it was a bad idea.
*** Except it went [[From Bad to Worse]] a week later when public scorn for it led to an angry rant claiming the [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/03/trump-constitution-truth-social/ Constitution must be "terminated" to reinstall him as President.] The response was almost exclusively condemnation, even by members of his own party. In the grand Trump tradition he then began denying he'd ever said such a thing and described all media reports about it as fabrications. As a final kick to the teeth, Fuentes himself condemned Trump, claiming his announcement for his reelection showed Trump was too moderate.
** His tendency to make verbal gaffes tends to make for some statements that probably needed some more thought put into them.
* [[Dodgy Toupee]]: Often when someone wants to make a sketch or joke about Donald Trump they may take the easy angle and mock the obvious toupee. ''[[Meet the Spartans]]'' did this where [[Catch Phrase|he fires]] Spiderman and cuts his web but he sticks it back onto his head and pulls the wig off.
** Lisa Lampanelli did this funnier than anyone: "What do you say to a barber to get him to cut your hair like that? I fucked your daughter?"
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* [[Egopolis]]: Trump 'brands' his buildings with the '''''Trump''''' name displayed prominently, often placing large gold [[Calling Card|"T"]] symbols throughout the interior rooms.
* [[Empty Promise]]: Usually played straight just like almost every other politician of the early 21st century, but Inverted with his promise to "accept no salary". Federal law forbids anyone from working for the government for no salary, but [https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/promise/1341/take-no-salary/ Trump donated all of his salary to various government departments during his tenure as President].
* [[Enlistment-Ending Minor Malaise]]: He was spared participation in the [[Vietnam War]] in 1968 when [https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/26/politics/trump-bone-spurs-vietnam-war/index.html his podiatrist diagnosed him] with [https://www.webmd.com/pain-management/heel-spurs-pain-causes-symptoms-treatments heel spurs]. This painful condition that makes walking difficult appears to have resolved itself shortly after the war ended.
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: In the 2016 Presidential campaign, especially since he won.
* [[Epic Fail]]:
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:* Post Presidency it has gotten worse with his endorsements, who are mostly extremist celebrities with no experience in politics, for no reason other then gratitude for ''them'' endorsing ''him''. These include [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Mehmet_Oz Dr. Mehmet Oz] in Pennsylvania, [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/J._D._Vance J.D. Vance] in Ohio, and [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Herschel_Walker Hershel Walker] in Georgia.
* [[Lack of Empathy]]: Is apparently completely incapable of understanding or sympathizing with the feelings of anyone other than himself, as noted by many outside observers and reporters.
* [[Landslide Election]]: Subverted in 2016, inverted in 2020. He claimed his victory in 2016 was "the biggest Electoral Landslide in history, but it was not even close<ref>The biggest electoral landslide in history was, not counting George Washington or James Monroe, who both ran unopposed, John F. Kennedy's victory over Alf Landon, 523 votes to 8. Trump's victory in
* [[Large and In Charge]]: 6'3" and 243 pounds as of the end of 2020, with a body mass index over 30, which qualifies him as "obese", although not morbidly so as some have claimed.
* [[Last-Name Basis]]: Due to using his family name as a brand name and the meaning of the word "trump", Donald Trump is referred to as Trump the majority of the time (or occasionally President Trump).
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