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He faced [[Hillary Clinton]] in the 2016 general election. He campaigned on a platform promising renegotiating several "disastrous" international trade deals, stronger enforcement of immigration laws, reform of veterans' care, repeal and replacement of Obamacare, abolition of Common Core education standards, investments in the country's infrastructure, ending corruption in Washington D.C. and a simplified tax code with lower rates. His primary slogan was "Make America Great Again"<ref>The slogan also harkens back to [[Ronald Reagan]]'s slogans in [[The Eighties]], though Trump himself disagreed with Reagan on some stances.</ref> with secondary slogans including "Build the Wall", "Drain the Swamp", and "He's With Me" (a jab at his opponent's main slogan "I'm With Her"). Originally predicted by the majority of the media polling to lose in a landslide (born of an incorrect assumption turnout demographics would equal that of the 2008 election), he would up winning several states in the "Rust Belt" previously thought Democrat strongholds such as Michigan and Pennsylvania.
He is the oldest first term president and the ''only'' US president who has never held prior political office or military rank<ref>He joins [[William Howard Taft]] and [[Herbert Hoover]] on the list of never holding ''elected'' office or military rank, but Donald Trump was never appointed to any office either.</ref> and his wife Melania Trump
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* [[No, You]]: One gets the feeling that most of the insults lobbed by Trump are things that he himself has been called. There was that time he [http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37187531 called Hillary Clinton a bigot], for instance.
* [[Nouveau Riche]]: To a degree. His father was a very successful low income housing developer in NYC, he sent Donald to Fordham, so his family was doing very well before. Donald just took his love of construction and everything else [[Up to Eleven]]. Trump has noted his family was not welcome among the "old money" families from different parts of New York.
* [[One-Episode Wonder]]: Anthony Scaramucci, a.k.a [[Spell My Name with a "The"|The Mooch!]] With a fast talking Brooklyn accent, this [[Plucky Comic Relief]] came in to the Press Secretary job with a vengeance. With a [[Smug Smiler]] smirk on a handsome Italian face, he channeled Trump's rage perfectly. In his short term of 10 days, he:
** Got Sean Spicer to resign by his mere presence in the White House
** Publicly told his underling Sarah Huckabee-Sanders that she really needs to try out his make-up guy
** Accused Chief of Staff Reince Preibus of a felony on [[Twitter]] for releasing public documents
** Called ''[[The New Yorker]]'' to demand the reporter's source in a profanity infused tirade. See under [[Plucky Comic Relief]] below.
** Threatened to fire his entire staff before he was technically hired.
** Managed to upstage the failure of the failure of the Obamacare repeal by a dramatic 49-51 vote.
* [[The One Thing I Don't Hate About You]]: Hillary Clinton cited his children at the debates as her compliment.
* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: Press Secretary #2 Anthony Scaramucci. Alternates between [[Brooklyn Rage]] and effusive [[Big Brother Worship]] (not that kind of [[Big Brother Is Watching|Big Brother]]... well maybe?). Goes by [[Spell My Name with a "The"|"The Mooch"]], though his name also brings to mind [[Commedia Dell'Arte]] character Scaramouch (yes, the one from [[Bohemian Rhapsody]]) a.k.a. Scaramuccia. Scaramouch is proud and cowardly, but we have yet to see if it's a [[Meaningful Name]].
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