Donald J. Trump is the 45th President of the United States. He believes the United States has incredible potential and will go on to exceed even its remarkable achievements of the past.
Donald J. Trump defines the American success story. Throughout his life he has continually set the standards of business and entrepreneurial excellence, especially in real estate, sports, and entertainment. Mr. Trump built on his success in private life when he entered into politics and public service. He remarkably won the Presidency in his first ever run for any political office.
A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Finance, Mr. Trump followed in his father’s footsteps into the world of real estate development, making his mark in New York City. There, the Trump name soon became synonymous with the most prestigious of addresses in Manhattan and, subsequently, throughout the world.
Mr. Trump is also an accomplished author. He has written more than fourteen bestsellers. His first book, The Art of the Deal, is considered a business classic.
Mr. Trump announced his candidacy for the Presidency on June 16, 2015. He then accepted the Republican nomination for President of the United States in July of 2016, having defeated 17 other contenders during the Republican primaries.
On November 8, 2016, Mr. Trump was elected President in the largest Electoral College landslide for a Republican in 28 years. Mr. Trump won more than 2,600 counties nationwide, the most since President Ronald Reagan in 1984. He received the votes of more than 62 million Americans, the most ever for a Republican candidate.
President Trump has delivered historic results in his first term in office despite partisan gridlock in the Nation’s Capital, and resistance from special interests and the Washington Establishment.
He passed record-setting tax cuts and regulation cuts, achieved energy independence, replaced NAFTA with the United-States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, invested $2 trillion to completely rebuild the Military, launched the Space Force, obliterated the ISIS Caliphate, achieved a major breakthrough for peace in the Middle East, passed the most significant Veterans Affairs reforms in half a century, confirmed over 250 federal judges, including 2 Supreme Court Justices, signed bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform, lowered drug prices, protected Medicare and Social Security, and secured our nation’s borders.
To vanquish the COVID-19 global pandemic, President Trump launched the greatest national mobilization since World War II. The Trump Administration enacted the largest package of financial relief in American history, created the most advanced testing system in the world, developed effective medical treatments to save millions of lives, and launched Operation Warp Speed to deliver a vaccine in record time and defeat the Virus.
President Trump and his wife, Melania, are parents to their son, Barron. Mr. Trump also has four adult children, Don Jr., Ivanka, Eric, and Tiffany, as well as 10 grandchildren.
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Yamaan Saadeh just wants to know his family is safe. Seems simple. It’s anything but.
His 70-year-old father, stepmother and three sisters are all trapped in southern Gaza, where the situation is deteriorating as civilians are caught in the crossfire between Israel and Hamas.
“It’s like having two hearts,” he said.
More than 20,000 Palestinians have died since the outbreak of the war, which began Oct. 7 when Hamas surprise attacks on Israeli border communities killed 1,139 Israelis. Another 240 people were taken hostage. Israel launched an invasion of Gaza a few weeks later.
A weeklong truce in November allowed for the release of some hostages − and for some humanitarian aid to enter the territory. But the bombing has continued nearly nonstop since then. The humanitarian situation in Gaza, meanwhile, is dire.
Saadeh, a neurosurgeon with the University of Michigan, talks with his family whenever they’re able, even if it’s just for a few precious moments via WhatsApp to make sure they’re still alive.
They describe a situation that Saadeh called “quite horrible.”
Forced to flee their home in Northern Gaza, the family, like most others in the territory, quickly realized that no place is safe. They have found shelter in a house they are sharing with 50 other people − a house that Saadeh said has one bathroom.
“They’re all sick and hungry and cold,” he said. His family, like thousands of other Gazans, left home quickly with whatever they could carry.
When they have managed to get any food, even after hours of waiting in line, it’s usually bread, which fills a stomach but doesn’t provide much nourishment. Meat, fruits and vegetables and dairy products are impossible to find.
“They’re barely staying alive,” Saadeh said. “My dad has lost some hearing because of the bombing. His health is OK, but there’s also the frailty that comes with age, and this situation.”
All three of Saadeh’s sisters were valedictorians of their respective classes and all three have gone on to study medicine in Gaza. However, since the war broke out, they have had to put their studies on hold and are just trying, along with their parents, to survive.
Saadeh’s hasn’t been able to see his family in Gaza much, limited by the Israeli occupation over the last 16 years and the travel restrictions it’s imposed. His last visit was in 2018, a mission trip to help children with complex neurological conditions.
Still, his affection for his father and especially his sisters is no less sincere.
