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Donald Trump for President 2016 | |
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Campaign | 2016 Republican primaries 2016 U.S. presidential election |
Candidate | Donald Trump Chairman of The Trump Organization (1971–2017) Mike Pence 50th Governor of Indiana (2013–2017)[1] |
Affiliation | Republican Party |
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Headquarters | Trump Tower, Manhattan, New York[2] |
Key people | Steve Bannon (Chief executive) Kellyanne Conway (Campaign manager) David Bossie (Deputy campaign manager) Michael Glassner (campaign manager) Jason Miller (Communications director) Katrina Pierson (National spokesperson) Hope Hicks (Press secretary) Dan Scavino (Director of social media) Ben Carson (VP Selection Committee Leader) Jeff Sessions (Chairman of National Security Committee) Michael Flynn (Military Advisor) Omarosa Manigault (Director of African American Outreach) Tony Fabrizio (Pollster)[3] Rudy Giuliani (Senior Advisor) David Urban (Senior Advisor)[4] Chris Christie (White House Transition Chairman)[5] Bill Palatucci (White House Transition Coordinator) Michael Cohen (Special Counsel) Arthur Culvahouse (VP Vetter) Sam Clovis (National Co-chair)[6] Brad Parscale (Digital director) Steven Cheung (Rapid Response Director)[7] Roger Ailes (Debate Advisor)[8] Boris Epshteyn (Senior Advisor)[9] Anthony Scaramucci (Finance Committee)[10] George Papadopoulos (Foreign Policy Advisor)[11] Patrick Caddell (adviser)[12][13][14] Corey Lewandowski (Campaign manager; left campaign on June 20, 2016) Roger Stone (Political adviser; left campaign on August 8, 2015) Sam Nunberg (Political adviser; left campaign on August 3, 2015)[15] Paul Manafort (Campaign chairman; left campaign on August 19, 2016) Rick Gates (Deputy Campaign Chairman; left campaign in August 2016)[citation needed] Michael Caputo (Head of Communications; left campaign on June 20, 2016)[16] Carter Page (Foreign Policy Advisor; left campaign on September 24, 2016)[17] |
Receipts | US$350,668,435.70[18] (December 31, 2016) |
Slogan | ![]() Make America Great Again Lock Her Up Build the wall Make America One Again Make America Proud Again Make America Safe Again Make America Strong Again Make America Work Again Make Manufacturing Great Again The Silent Majority Stands with Trump Trump Digs Coal |
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The 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump was formally launched on June 16, 2015, at Trump Tower in New York City. Trump was the Republican nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election, having won the most state primaries, caucuses, and delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention.[19] He chose Mike Pence, the sitting governor of Indiana, as his vice presidential running mate. On November 8, 2016, Trump and Pence were elected president and vice president of the United States. Trump's populist[20][21] positions in opposition to illegal immigration and various trade agreements, such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership,[22][23][24][25] earned him support especially among voters who were male, white,[26] blue-collar, working class, and those without college degrees.[27][28] Many voters in the Rust Belt, who gave Trump the electoral votes needed to win the presidency, switched from supporting Bernie Sanders to Trump after Hillary Clinton won the Democratic nomination.[29][30]
Many of Trump's remarks were controversial and helped his campaign garner extensive coverage by the mainstream media, trending topics, and social media.[31][32] Trump's campaign rallies attracted large crowds as well as public controversy. Some of the events were marked by incidents of violence between Trump supporters and protesters, mistreatment of some journalists, and disruption by a large group of protesters who effectively shut down a major rally in Chicago. Trump himself was accused[33] of inciting violence at his rallies.[34][35][36]
Trump's disdain for political correctness was a staple theme of his campaign and proved popular among his supporters.[37] Many, including some mainstream commentators and some prominent Republicans, viewed him as appealing to racism,[38] a charge that Trump has repeatedly denied.[39] Trump's most polarizing and widely reported proposals were about issues of immigration and border security, especially his proposed deportation of all illegal immigrants, the proposed construction of a substantial wall on the Mexico–United States border at Mexican expense, his characterizations of many illegal Mexican immigrants as "criminals, drug dealers, rapists, etc",[40][41][42][43] and a temporary ban on foreign Muslims entering the U.S. After considerable backlash, he later modified the "Trump travel ban" to apply to people originating from countries which he described as having a history of terrorism against the United States or its allies.[44][45] This was also criticized for excluding countries which the U.S. has significant financial ties with, such as Saudi Arabia.[46][47]
Opposition to Trump grew during his campaign among both Republicans (who viewed Trump as irrevocably damaging to the party and its chances of winning elections during and after 2016, leading to the coalescence of the Stop Trump movement) and Democrats (who decried Trump's anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim policies, his behavior toward critics, his treatment of the media, and his support from the ethno-nationalist alt-right). Although some prominent Republican leaders declined to endorse Trump after he won the Republican nomination,[48][49] many Republican congress-members showed support for Trump and his policy positions despite major personal or political conflicts with him.[50] Some such supporters of Trump's campaign were accused, by both conservatives and liberals, of prioritizing party loyalty and avoiding alienation of Trump supporters to ensure re-election, thereby refraining from condemning Trump's actions.[51][52]
On January 6, 2017, the United States government's intelligence agencies concluded that the Russian government interfered in the United States elections against the campaign of Clinton and in support of Trump.[53][54] As president, Trump repeatedly rejected the conclusions of the U.S. intelligence agencies.[55][56]
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For years the Republican elite has gotten away with promoting policies about trade and entitlements that are the exact opposites of the policies favored by much of their electoral base. Populist conservatives who want to end illegal immigration, tax the rich, protect Social Security and Medicare, and fight fewer foreign wars have been there all along. It's just that mainstream pundits and journalists, searching for a libertarian right more to their liking (and comprehension), refused to see them before the Summer of Trump.
Donald Trump's strong primary showing among blue-collar voters is prompting speculation...
This is not the first time Trump has been forced to disavow or distance himself from anti-Semitic or white supremacist connections ... Leaders of his own party were publicly appalled. Trump eventually tweeted an official disavowal and blamed a faulty earpiece for his initial response. But anti-Semitic and white nationalist rhetoric has continued to dog the candidate. Trump has been accused of knowingly whipping up racist sentiment among his supporters. He denies it but declines to explain how anti-Semitic memes keeping making their way into his own tweets.
'I will suspend immigration from areas of the world where there's a proven history of terrorism against the United States, Europe or our allies until we fully understand how to end these threats.'