jan 20, 2025 - Donald Trump is inaugurated to a second non-consecutive term

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Donald John Trump (born June 14th, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th & 47th president from 2017 to 2021 and from 2025 to 2029 respectively.

Trump, a member of the Republican Party who previously served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021, took office after defeating the incumbent vice president, Kamala Harris of the Democratic Party, in the 2024 presidential election. He is the second U.S. president to serve two non-consecutive terms, as well as the first with a felony conviction. At 78 years old, he became the oldest person to assume the presidency, a record previously held by predecessor Joe Biden and himself during his first presidency.

The first few months of his presidency consisted of issuing multiple executive orders, many of which are being challenged in court. On immigration, he signed the Laken Riley Act, and issued executive orders blocking immigrants from entering the U.S., reinstating the national emergency at the Mexico–U.S. border, designating drug cartels as terrorist organizations, attempting to end birthright citizenship, and initiating procedures for mass deportation of immigrants. Trump established a task force known as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is tasked with reducing spending by the federal government and limiting bureaucracy, and which has overseen mass layoffs of civil servants. The Trump administration has taken action against law firms for challenging Trump's executive orders and policies.

Trump's second presidency has overseen a series of tariff increases and pauses, which has led to retaliatory tariffs placed on the U.S. by other countries. These tariff moves, particularly the "Liberation Day" tariffs, and counter-moves caused a brief stock market crash.

In international affairs, Trump has further strengthened U.S. ties with Israel. He authorized strikes that attacked several Iranian nuclear facilities, aiding Israel in the June 2025 Iran–Israel war. Amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began in 2022, the Trump administration temporarily suspended the provision of intelligence and military aid to Ukraine, offered concessions to Russia, requested half of Ukraine's oil and minerals as repayment for American support, and said that Ukraine bore partial responsibility for the invasion. The administration resumed the aid after Ukraine agreed to a potential ceasefire.[6] Like in his first presidency, Trump initiated the withdrawal of the U.S. from the World Health Organization, the Paris Climate Accords, and UNESCO.

Following his election victories in 2016 and in 2024, he is not eligible to be elected to a third term due to the provisions of the Twenty-second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Trump has suggested before and during this term that there are ways to circumvent that prohibition.

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