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'''Donald John Trump''' is the 45th President of the United States of America, succeeding [[Barack Obama]]. One of the few presidents to be known outside of political circles before his run, he was originally a real estate mogul known for [[Egopolis|slapping his name]] on the front of his innumerable hotels, casinos, resorts and golf courses. Prior to transferring his business assets to his children, most of his capital was rooted in New York City, where he owned several million square feet of property, including ''half of the Empire State Building''.
He also hosted [[The Apprentice (TV series)|The Apprentice]], until [http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/nbc-officially-fires-donald-trump-celebrity-apprentice he got kicked out] for his [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/election-2016-donald-trump-defends-calling-mexican-immigrants-rapists/ controversial opinions] about Mexican immigrants.<ref>{{quote|"When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're sending people that have lots of problems...they're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."|'''Donald Trump''', in his presidential campaign announcement, June 16, 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.unionleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20150227/NEWS0605/150229334/1010/Art According to Trump himself], he had already been considering not renewing being the host anyway due to his presidential campaign, so being officially dropped just confirmed it.</ref> But we're getting ahead of ourselves...
In [[The Seventies]], Trump inherited his real estate business from his father Fredrick (rechristening it "The Trump Organization", natch). Following a five-year apprenticeship under his dad, Donald relocated to New York City to begin his career in earnest. He went on to gather up Manhattan's most profitable properties like so many vacant ''[[Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]]'' squares.
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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 is the second foreign born First Lady<ref>English-born Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, First Lady to John Quincy Adams (6th President of the United States), was the first.</ref>.
He is the third president to have been impeached (21 years less a day after [[Bill Clinton]] was), and the first to have been impeached during his first term of office.
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* [[Blatant Lies]]: Trump's relationship with the truth is somewhat ''distant''.<ref>[https://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/ Donald Trump's Relationship with Truth] ''politifact.com''</ref> So much so, The Washington Post began keeping a record of his false or misleading claims (lies), totalling 492 in his first 100 days in office<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims/?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.8c818bcde19a Trump claims] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref>, 3001 in his first 466 days<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/05/01/president-trump-has-made-3001-false-or-misleading-claims-so-far/ Trump claims as of May 1st, 2018] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref>, 4,229 in his first 558 days<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/08/01/president-trump-has-made-4229-false-or-misleading-claims-in-558-days/ Trump claims as of August 1st, 2018] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref> and 6420 in his first 649 days.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims-database/?utm_term=.b83bfa941966 Trump claims as of October 30th, 2018] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref> His lie count varies, but in the first 466 days of his Presidency, he averaged 6.5 'false or misleading claims' a day, whereas in June and July of 2018, he averaged 16 lies per day.<ref>[https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/trumps-escalating-war-on-the-truth-is-on-purpose Trump's War on Truth] ''newyorker.com''</ref> This dramatic uptick seemingly [[Nothing to See Here|coincided with]] increased pressure from the Mueller investigation. The exponential lie count continued under the aforementioned pressure, coupled with the run up to the Mid-Term elections on November 6th. According to the graph in the Washington Post, Trump has lied/ made false claims over 1000 times in October.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims-database/?utm_term=.b83bfa941966 Graph of Trump's Lies] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref>
** As of November 1st, 2018, Trump claims to tell the truth "when [he] can"<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/when-i-can-i-tell-the-truth-trump-pushes-back-against-his-peddling-of-falsehoods/2018/11/01/e8278d68-ddbe-11e8-85df-7a6b4d25cfbb_story.html?utm_term=.d0db42789b88 "Truthful" Trump] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref> A close reading of his words indicates that ''he'' is truthful and then ''reality'' changes to make his claims false. Or some other [[Nonsensical Explanation]].
** As of December 10th, 2018, as part of their Fact Checker, the Washington Post created the ultimate category of lie, or misleading claim. Based on their prior "[[Pinocchio]]" scale whereby a claim is award 1 (shading of truth) to 4 (lying) Pinocchio's depending on it's relative truthfulness,<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/about-the-fact-checker/?utm_term=.2b9b75331487 Pinocchio Scale/ Fact Checker] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref> the new category is called a "Bottomless
* [[Broke Episode]]: Trump's businesses have filed for bankruptcy six times.
* [[Brooklyn Rage]]: Made efforts to cultivate this image over the years. Trump's persona is that of a [[Nouveau Riche|straight-talking]], tough New Yorker whose face resembles a pit bull in repose.
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