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 Biden's campaign, or the Democratic Party, publicly voiced their opinion on granting some sort of immunity to Trump?
As a foreign spectator it seems likely to me that Trump won't leave the White House voluntarily. Losing his immunity appears to be a driving factor in why he is clinging to the position of power he ...
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Is Fox News correct that Mueller shouldn't be going after a campaign finance violation?
I'm anti-Trump, just to get that out of the way, but I'm also curious about the legal aspects. I hope this falls enough under political and not legal but if you think it's better for the legal board,...
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Is Le Pen ideologically a French equivalent of Trump?
I've heard some say that Marine Le Pen was like Trump and by voting against her the French have put the brakes on Trump-like populism.
What are the political similarities between Le Pen and Trump?
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Why is the fact that Ukraine President Zelenskyy publicly stated that Trump didn't pressure him whatsoever being ignored?
People are up in arms about allegations that President Trump's pressured Ukraine to reopening an investigation into Joe Biden.
My question is, why are the mainstream media and the people leading the ...
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What are the drawbacks of the US making tactical first use of nuclear weapons against terrorist sites?
The US presidential Republican nominee Donald Trump stated that he did not rule out using nuclear weapons in the fight against the terrorist organization ISIS. I would like to gain more information ...
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Why does Trump want a citizenship question on the census?
President Trump has recently stated that he may issue an executive order to place a question on the 2020 Census about US residents' citizenship status.
This comes after the Supreme Court has already ...
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How true are Trump’s claims about NATO spending?
Over President Trump’s term in office, he has been very vocal about the spending commitments made by many NATO countries, and their frequent failure to live up to them. He now seems to be taking ...
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Is Donald Trump officially the Republican nominee [as of May 7th]?
Googling the phrase 2016 primaries indicates that Donald Trump is the "likely Republican presidential nominee" (emphasis mine).
While Donald Trump needs 1237 delegates to secure the nomination, he ...
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Why has no one requested the tape of the Trump/Ukraine call?
Given that the transcript released is not word for word and that it contains a disclaimer explaining it's not a 'verbatim transcript', why has no one, whether Democrats seeking to impeach, or ...
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Why do attack ads focus so much on Joe Biden's mental state but not Donald Trump's?
Now the USA has a longstanding tradition of negative campaigning, so it is not surprising when the competence of a political opponent is questioned.
What is surprising however, is that while Democrats ...
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How will shutting the government down enable Trump to build his Mexico border wall?
In a recent rally in Pheonix, Arizona, Donald Trump threatened to shut down the government if that's what it would take to build his infamous Mexico border wall:
"If we have to close down our ...
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Is it usual for a US president to make specific comments about a UK Prime Minister's suitability during a general election?
According to a BBC ariticle, Trump has made comments like:
Jeremy Corbyn would be "so bad" as prime minister
Of Boris Johnson:
"[He's] the exact right guy for the times"
Is it usual for a US ...
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What were Trump's specific accusations justifying imposing tariffs against China? [closed]
President Trump repeatedly talked about China's unfair trade practices. What were those?
Do other countries like China install unfair trade guidelines? Or, is China being targeted "unfairly"?
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What is this symbol doing on Donald Trump's podium?
So, I noticed during the recent press conference that Donald Trump appears to have a symbol on his podium.
It roughly looks like this symbol:
In Britain, this is a common road sign, seen on one-way ...
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Why are Trump supporters flying the flag of East Turkestan?
Saturday night (October 3, 2020) a group of people assembled outside Walter Reed Hospital. They seemed to waving Trump Campaign flags and the national flag of East Turkestan. Why?
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