Joseph austin benwell biography of barack trump

Since , Donald Trump has been the 47th and current president of the United States , having won the presidential election. He previously served a non-consecutive term from to as the 45th president. Trump has officially run as a candidate for president four times, in , , , and ; he also unofficially campaigned in and mulled a run in He is the only American president to have no political or military service prior to his presidency.

He unsuccessfully sought reelection in the presidential election , losing to Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Among the American public, Trump's average 41 percent approval rating was the lowest of any president since Gallup began polling, and he left office with a 34 percent approval rating and 62 percent disapproval rating in his final polls.

Trump's overt political activity started with his publicly suggesting a run for president in the late s. Ever since, Trump maintained a steady interest in politics, though he was not always considered a serious candidate. Trump has spoken at the Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC multiple times, with his first appearance in ; Trump gained increasing political notoriety with the public for his promotion of the racist birtherism conspiracy theory during this period, which has been described as having had "essentially launched his current political career.

Trump became the Republican nominee for president of the United States after beating sixteen other candidates during a controversial campaign. Intelligence officials later determined that the Government of the Russian Federation had illegally intervened in the election to aid Trump's victory. On June 18, , Trump announced that he would seek re-election in the presidential election.

The first days of the first Donald Trump presidency began on January 20, , the day Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United.

Trump did not concede , despite the final election results not being close, and the administration did not begin cooperating with president-elect Biden's transition team until November There are four major ongoing criminal investigations into Trump's criminal activity while in office. Trump's political party affiliation has changed numerous times.

Trump first floated the idea of running for president in , [ 19 ] placing full-page advertisements in three major newspapers, proclaiming "America should stop paying to defend countries that can afford to defend themselves. Beryl Anthony Jr.