Questions tagged [donald-trump]
Donald Trump served as the 45th president of the United States of America from 2017 to 2021. Use for questions specific to Donald Trump or his policies. Use with the United States tag.
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Has Trump ever explained why he, as incumbent President, is unable to stop the alleged electoral fraud?
Per title. This criticism is the one levelled by Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - that the incumbent president ought to be able to stop electoral fraud if it's there. Off the top of my ...
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Why has Speaker Pelosi been so hesitant to impeach President Trump?
I am curious as to why Nancy Pelosi (until 9/24/2019 17:00 EDT) seemed to be so reluctant to push for Donald Trump's impeachment. It seems that the Democratic Party is becoming increasingly outraged ...
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Why aren't Republicans more focused on mobilizing a movement towards 'dethroning' Trump?
This is not a question about the ideological implications of supporting or not supporting Trump. It is merely a question about the rational behavior (or lack thereof) of a political party when faced ...
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Why do Republicans want to break up Facebook?
Republicans are generally against government meddling in business. Yet many Republicans are threatening to break up Facebook after the decision to ban Trump as seen here, here, here, or here.
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Can a US president have someone sent to prison?
In an interview at the White House recently, Donald Trump is quoted threatening a journalist with prison time by saying:
"You can go to prison instead,"
Is the president of the United States ...
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Why can't Donald Trump revoke birthright citizenship?
Recently, there has been a huge debate about revoking birthright citizenship from children born in the US to illegal alien immigrants. I read here that almost all left and right wings of the US ...
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What exactly is "collusion"? What is Robert Mueller expected to prove?
It seems to me that what most people typically mean when they say "Trump colluded with Russia to win the election" is, quite simply, that Trump, or his campaign, knowingly met with some key people ...
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What benefit does the USA gain when it withdraws from WHO?
According to the Financial Times, Donald Trump has threatened to quit the World Health Organization (WHO).
Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw from the World Health
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What could Trump hope to gain from a *second* Georgia "recount"?
Trump campaign asks for another Georgia recount
I understand that Georgia law required an audit, and that it although they counted all votes again it was not a recount.
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Has Trump publicly stated during what period he believed the USA to be great?
Perhaps the most known slogan by the Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016 is Make America great again.
Has he made any public statement exactly what period in history he considered that the ...
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Why might the Russians want Trump to win?
The American CIA reportedly believes that the Russians, in the form of the Russian government and possibly private actors, went to signficant length (psych / cyber ops) to help Trump win.
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Where does Trump's authority to cut funding to WHO come from, if Congress controls spending?
I always thought that Congress controlled US government spending; the so called "power of the purse". However, on April 14th, Trump gave a press conference during which he signalled that he would ...
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Is the Republican party obligated to renominate Trump for Presidency in 2020?
Presuming Donald Trump wants to become nominated for a second time, is the Republican party obligated to let him do so? Or can they put forward alternative candidates that would potentially defeat ...
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Trump was behind on November 5th. Why was he calling for vote counting to stop?
This CNN article, and others, reported that Trump asked for vote counting to stop, and threatening legal action to do so.
I can (sort of) understand calls for a recount, but, if he was behind, what ...
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Who pays for President Trump's impeachment defence?
Who pays for President Trump's impeachment defence? Is it the US state or does President Trump need to pay for his own defence?
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