45th President of the United States Donald Trump DONALD TRUMP On November 8 2016 Donald Trump was elected the forty fifth president of the United States He was the first president in more than 60 years who had never served as a governor or a congressman Trump was a successful real estate developer He had made millions of dollars with his smart negotiating skills As president he thought he could use these skills to improve the country's economic and foreign policies His campaign slogan was Make America Great Again The 2016 election was historic in other ways Trump's opponent was Democrat Hillary Clinton Clinton was the first major party female candidate for president She had served as a US senator and secretary of state She had been First Lady when her husband William J Bill Clinton served as the forty second president Trump faced a strong opponent But when Americans went to the polls on Election Day they chose Trump They responded to his message of strengthening the economy controlling immigration and reforming the Affordable Care Act
TIMELINE 1946 On June 14 Donald John Trump was born in Queens New York 1964 Trump graduated from the New York Military Academy 1968 Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania 1971 Trump took over his family's business He renamed it the Trump Organization 1977 On April 7 Trump and Ivana Zelníčková were married 1980 The Grand Hyatt New York Trump's first major development project opened in New York City New York 1983 Trump Tower opened 1987 The Art of the Deal was published 1993 On December 20 Trump and Marla Maples were married 1997 The Art of the Comeback was published 2004 The Apprentice began 2005 Trump and Melania Knauss were married on January 22 2008 The Celebrity Apprentice began 2015 On June 16 Trump announced his candidacy for president 2016 Trump became the Republican Party's nominee on July 19 2017 On January 20 Trump took office as the forty fifth US president
DID YOU KNOW Trump's birthday June 14 is Flag Day Trump has written sixteen books all of them best sellers First Lady Melania Trump speaks five languages Trump's sister Maryanne Trump Barry is an appeals court judge She was nominated to that post by former president Bill Clinton Melania Trump is only the second First Lady born outside of the United States Louisa Adams wife of the sixth US president John Quincy Adams was the first president of THE POTUS united states
