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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Why is President Trump making such a big deal about fake news, and specifically targeting reputable organizations like The New York Times and CNN?
The Trump administration has been targeting reputable news organizations like The Times and CNN, calling them "fake news".
What is this administration trying to accomplish here?
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Why is the Trump Administration often labeled as anti-science?
Is there any evidence that Trump and his administration are anti-science? And since when has the equation been drawn between conservatism and anti-science sentiment?
Allegations (from, for example, ...
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How did Trump's January 6 speech call for insurrection and violence?
I just read a transcript of Trump's January 6 speech.
It's mostly about election fraud and people that betrayed or supported him. This could cause people to become angry, but is hardly an incitement ...
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Why were pre-election polls and forecast models inconsistent with the election of Donald Trump?
As it's obvious now, pre-election polling and forecast models were inconsistent with the vote count in this election cycle as not many predicted a Trump victory.
Is there any particular reason why ...
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Why is Trump dubbing COVID-19 as the "Chinese virus" considered offensive, while many past epidemics have had similar naming schemes?
To preface this, I'm not a supporter of Trump, but I disagree with the way some major media outlets have criticized him over his nickname for COVID-19, the "Chinese virus". In addition, it is not ...
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What is the point of impeaching Trump?
By attempting to impeach Trump, Democrats will accomplish either of two things.
They will succeed in removing him from office. Mike Pence takes over. A career politician, well liked by conservatives, ...
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Is President Trump right that there was violence on "both sides" in Charlottesville?
Today, President Trump claimed that there was violence on "both sides," and that alt-left and alt-right both shared blame in the incidents at Charlottesville, Virginia. Is this factually accurate? I'm ...
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Why do some people take issue with kneeling during the anthem in US?
These days the heated disagreement between President Trump and NFL players is all over the online media. What's wrong with Kneeling and why does he want them not to kneel and why do they still do it?
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Why was Trump winning the 2016 election, when I know so few people who admit to voting for him?
I am a well educated Republican, of generally conservative views. Pretty much every day I see and hear people talk about how poor of a candidate Donald Trump is. But he's winning primary after primary,...
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Is there a way to block an elected President from entering office?
Given the recent results on the national election at the US, I have seen several protests here at Berkeley and the Oakland area. I am wondering whether there exists any legal option to prevent him ...
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What does it actually mean for the Republicans to have lost the House of Representatives?
As a non-US person, (German) radio told me the Democrats would now be able to force Trump to publish his tax return and prevent him from funding his wall.
That's probably a nice little "haha" for us ...
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How much influence has Donald Trump had on current efforts to improve relations with North Korea?
Recently it has been reported that:
Kim Jong-un has pledged a "new history" in relations with his neighbour as he became the first North Korean leader to set foot in South Korea since the end of the ...
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Why does Donald Trump wield influence over Republican Congressmen & Senators?
Given that Donald Trump lost the recent Presidential election, why is it that congressmen continue to visit Mar-A-Lago? In what way is Donald Trump a power broker? What is it that congressmen seek ...
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Is it true that "Trump did not have a serious opportunity to offer his side of the story" in the House impeachment proceedings?
I was just reading the editorial Trump Should Be Removed from Office in Christianity Today, and I was struck by this quote (emphasis mine):
Let’s grant this to the president: The Democrats have had ...
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What are Trump's incentives for withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement?
Donald Trump has been a pretty strong advocate for repealing and undoing rules & regulations aiming to cut climate change, however recently the New York Times and Axios have reported that Trump is ...
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