Donald Trump

Donald Trump served as the 45th president of the United States between January 2017-January 2021. He was preceded by Barack Obama and followed by Joe Biden, who took office in January 2021. After winning the 2024 US presidential election, Trump is set to become the 47th president.

Trump ran in the 2016 presidential race as the Republican candidate against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Despite losing the popular vote by almost three million votes, Trump received 306 electoral college votes in comparison to Clinton's 232 and became the fifth person in US history to be elected president while losing the popular vote.

The first US president to be elected without any prior military or government service, Trump was a well-known media personality and businessman before his arrival on the political scene. 

His presidency was highly divisive and was characterized by many controversial policies including a travel ban on citizens from several Muslim-majority countries, his plan to build a wall across the US-Mexico border, and his leadership during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, to name a few.

Following the 2020 presidential elections, Trump refused to concede to Biden, claiming that there had been widespread electoral fraud despite several recounts contradicting him. On January 6, 2021, Trump urged his supports to protest the presidential transition by marching to the Capitol, resulting in multiple deaths. On January 13, the House of Representatives impeached Trump for incitement of insurrection, although he was acquitted by the Senate on February 13 after he had already left office.

In 2024, Trump emerged victorious in a campaign against Vice President Kamala Harris. This marks the second time in US history that a president would serve non-consecutive terms, preceded only by Grover Cleaveland (1885-1889 and 1893-1897). 

'Turn ceasefire into lasting peace': UK's Starmer to lay out plan for Palestinian state recognition

Starmer will introduce the plan to the US and Arab states within the next week, the Telegraph reported, adding that it will focus on steps to “turn a ceasefire into lasting peace.”

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures, before he and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer board Air Force One en route to Lossiemouth, at Prestwick Glasgow Airport in Prestwick, Scotland, Britain, July 28, 2025.
 Israeli air defense systems intercept an incoming missile fired from Yemen, as seen from Jerusalem, July 1, 2025

UK threatens Palestinian state recognition, IDF intercepts missile from Yemen

A person walks next to a mobile Ad Van that displays a photograph of U.S. President Donald Trump and disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in protest of the visit of U.S. President Donald Trump in Aberdeen, Scotland, Britain, July 28, 2025.

Trump says he turned down invitation to Epstein's island

 US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he departs for travel to Pennsylvania from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, July 15, 2025; illustrative.

A red line for the White House: South Park episode features Trump in bed with the devil


Trump warns US could bomb Iran's nuclear sites again if program resumes

Trump issued the threat as he held talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at his Turnberry golf resort on the western coast of Scotland.

US President Donald Trump gestures before he boards Marine One, to travel to Trump International Golf Links Aberdeen, in Lossiemouth, Scotland, Britain, July 28, 2025.

Trump sets new deadline of 10 or 12 days for Russia to act on Ukraine

"I'm going to make a new deadline of about ... 10 or 12 days from today," Trump told reporters during a meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

US President Donald Trump meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (not pictured), in Turnberry, Scotland, Britain, July 27, 2025

Trump: We know where some hostages are, some of them will die if we go in

Starmer said Hamas can play no part in any future government of a Palestinian state, as he discussed the need for a ceasefire in Gaza with Trump during a meeting in Scotland.

US President Donald Trump speaks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Trump Turnberry golf club on July 28, 2025 in Turnberry, Scotland.

Trump, Starmer to meet in Scotland, with trade and Gaza on agenda

The British leader on Friday said his country would recognize a Palestinian state only as part of a negotiated peace deal.

 BRITISH PRIME MINISTER Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump meet in the Oval Office earlier this year alongside British Foreign Secretary David Lammy and US Vice President JD Vance.

Rubio says US officials are in Malaysia to help in Cambodia-Thailand talks

"We want this conflict to end as soon as possible," Rubio said. "State Department officials are on the ground in Malaysia to assist these peace efforts."

Military vehicles are seen in Sisaket province as Cambodia and Thailand each said the other had launched artillery attacks across contested border areas early on Sunday hours after US President Donald Trump said the leaders of both countries had agreed to work on a ceasefire, Thailand, July 27, 2025

Israel will do to Gaza 'what we did to Tokyo and Berlin,' Lindsey Graham says

“Hamas is a terrorist organization that is chartered to destroy the state of Israel," Senator Lindsey Graham told NBC. "They're religious Nazis."

 US Senator Lindsey Graham speaks outside the White House following the Oval Office meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump, in Washington, DC, US, February 28, 2025.

US considers deal for all the hostages, end of war, sources tell ‘Post’

Trump underscored the importance of securing the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, adding that he did not know what would happen.

 US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he departs for travel to Pennsylvania from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, July 15, 2025; illustrative.

WATCH: Man shouts 'Allahu Akbar' on UK easyJet flight, 'wanted to send message to Trump'

The easyJet flight from London Luton, was forced to undergo an emergency landing at Glasgow Airport, where police boarded the plane and arrested the suspected terrorist.

 EasyJet airplane

Ceasefires and frustrations: Trump's foreign war doctrine reaches sternest test in Gaza - analysis

Trump's efforts for a Gaza ceasefire face resistance as the conflict endures, leaving his peace doctrine in question.

US President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 18, 2025

Donald Trump and Mike Huckabee view and approach Middle East very differently - opinion

Unlike Huckabee, Trump sees the Middle East in highly transactional terms and is set on using economically driven frameworks to broker further peace deals in the region.

US AMBASSADOR to Israel Mike Huckabee donates blood at the Magen David Adom headquarters in Ramle.

Rubio stresses commitment to Gaza ceasefire, returning hostages in meeting with families

The US and Israeli negotiating teams departed Qatar on Thursday to continue consultations in their respective countries. 

Captivity survivors, hostage families meet US State Secretary Marco Rubio in Washington, July 25, 2025.