Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2024

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“ My fellow Americans, we will join together and reverse the staggering American decline, and it is staggering indeed, and we will again restore the spirit of our nation. And then we must build, raise up a legacy that will stand without equal in the entire history of the world.[1] ”
—Donald Trump (November 2022)[2]


Donald Trump (R) was the 45th president of the United States. He officially announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election on November 15, 2022.[3]

Trump was first elected to the presidency in 2016. He received 304 electoral votes to Hillary Clinton's 227. Trump was defeated in the 2020 presidential election, receiving 232 electoral votes to Joe Biden's (D) 306.

Trump has framed his campaign as a return to his America First agenda, contrasting his administration against the Biden administration. In his campaign announcement, Trump said, "America's comeback starts right now. When I left office, the United States stood ready for its golden age. [...] Now we are a nation in decline. We are a failing nation. For millions of Americans, the past two years under Joe Biden have been a time of pain, hardship, anxiety, and despair."[2]

Key policy initiatives during Trump's first term included the United States withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal, the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and First Step Act in 2018, reducing the size of the ISIS caliphate, and establishing the Space Force as an independent military branch.[4][5] Trump made more than 200 federal judicial appointments, including three U.S. Supreme Court justices.

To read more about Trump's 2020 presidential campaign, click here.

Trump in the news

See also: Editorial approach to story selection for presidential election news events

This section features up to five recent news stories about Trump and his presidential campaign. For a complete timeline of Trump's campaign activity, click here.

  • January 3, 2024:
    • House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R) endorsed Trump.[6]
    • Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the Colorado state Supreme Court decision disqualifying him from the state's presidential primary ballot.[7]
    • U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) endorsed Trump.[8]
  • January 2, 2024: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R) endorsed Trump.[9]
  • December 28, 2023:
    • Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows ruled that Trump did not qualify for the state's primary ballot. Bellows said that Trump did not qualify for the state's ballot based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which "prohibits people who have taken an oath 'to support' the U.S. Constitution from holding office if they have 'engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same,' or have 'given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.'"[10] Bellows wrote: "I am mindful that no secretary of state has ever deprived a presidential candidate of ballot access based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. I am also mindful, however, that no presidential candidate has ever before engaged in insurrection."[10] Lawyers for Trump argued that Maine's secretary of state "lacked the authority to exclude him from the ballot."[10]
    • Trump's campaign released a new television ad, titled "Burning Down."[11]
  • December 24, 2023: Trump's campaign released a new television ad, titled "A Christmas To Remember."[12]
  • December 19, 2023:
    • Trump held a Commit to Caucus event in Waterloo, Iowa.[13]
    • The Colorado Supreme Court ruled to disqualify Trump from the state's presidential primary ballot. The ruling was stayed until Jan. 4, 2024, to allow for appeals. Click here to read more. Trump's campaign said in a statement, "Unsurprisingly, the all-Democrat appointed Colorado Supreme Court has ruled against President Trump, supporting a Soros-funded, left-wing group’s scheme to interfere in an election on behalf of Crooked Joe Biden by removing President Trump’s name from the ballot and eliminating the rights of Colorado voters to vote for the candidate of their choice. [...] The Colorado Supreme Court issued a completely flawed decision tonight and we will swiftly file an appeal to the United States Supreme Court and a concurrent request for a stay of this deeply undemocratic decision."[14][15]


Biography

Trump was born in Queens, New York, in 1946.[16] He attended Fordham University before transferring to the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a B.S. in economics in 1968.[17]

After graduation, Trump joined his family's company, Elizabeth Trump & Son. He took control of the company in 1971 and later renamed it the Trump Organization.[18] He was involved in a variety of real estate and other business ventures in the following years. From 2004 until 2015, Trump hosted and served as executive producer of The Apprentice on NBC.[19][20]

In 1999, Trump ran as a Reform Party presidential candidate; he withdrew from the race in February 2000.[17][21] Between 1987 and 2012, he changed his official party affiliation five times, registering most recently as a Republican in April 2012.[22]

Trump declared his candidacy for the 2016 presidential election on June 16, 2015, and officially received the nomination of the Republican Party on July 19, 2016, at the Republican National Convention. On November 8, 2016, Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States. He received 304 electoral votes to Hillary Clinton's (D) 227.[23]

Trump assumed office on January 20, 2017, and filed to run for re-election on the same day. He crossed the delegate threshold necessary to win the Republican nomination—1,276 delegates—on March 17, 2020. He was formally nominated at the Republican National Convention on August 24, 2020. President Joe Biden defeated Trump in the 2020 presidential election on November 3, 2020. Biden received 306 electoral votes, while Trump received 232.


Campaign finance

See also: Presidential election campaign finance, 2024

The following chart displays noteworthy Republican primary candidates' overall fundraising through the October 2023 quarterly campaign finance reports. Note that the chart displays fundraising figures for candidates who had declared before the most recent reporting deadline. It only displays data for principal campaign committees, not candidate-affiliated PACs. The charts below include campaign finance reports beginning at the point the FEC starts classifying the committee as a presidential candidate's principal campaign finance committee.

Receipts is a broad term referring to all money that goes into a campaign account, including contributions by individuals, dividends or interest on loans or investments made by the campaign, transfers of money from other political committees, and offsets to a campaign's expenditures in the form of rebates or refunds. Contributions reflect individual donations to a campaign. Disbursements is a term for campaign spending.

Primary debate participation

See also: Republican presidential primary debates, 2024

As of September 2023, Trump had not participated in any Republican presidential primary debates.

The following table provides an overview of the date, location, host, and number of participants in each scheduled 2024 Republican presidential primary debate.

2024 Republican presidential primary debates
Debate Date Location Host Number of participants
First Republican primary debate August 23, 2023 Milwaukee, Wisconsin[24] Fox News[25] 8
Second Republican primary debate September 27, 2023 Simi Valley, California[26] Fox Business, Univision 7
Third Republican primary debate November 8, 2023 Miami, Florida[27] NBC News, Salem Radio Network 5
Fourth Republican primary debate December 6, 2023 Tuscaloosa, Alabama[28] NewsNation, The Megyn Kelly Show, the Washington Free Beacon 4
On December 7, 2023, CNN reported the RNC would lift its ban on non-RNC sanctioned debates.[29]
Fifth Republican primary debate January 10, 2024 Des Moines, Iowa[29] CNN TBD
Sixth Republican primary debate January 18, 2024 Manchester, New Hampshire[30] ABC News, WMUR-TV, New Hampshire Republican State Committee TBD
Seventh Republican primary debate January 21, 2024 Goffstown, New Hampshire[29] CNN TBD

Noteworthy endorsements

See also: Presidential election endorsements, 2024

The section below lists noteworthy endorsements for Donald Trump in the Republican presidential primary. Noteworthy endorsers include current and former presidents and vice presidents, current and former party leaders, governors and other state executives, members of Congress, mayors of large cities, and state legislative majority and minority leaders.

Noteworthy endorsements for Donald Trump, 2024
Name State Party Date
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt AL Republican Party December 6, 2023 source
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville AL Republican Party November 17, 2022 source
U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt AL Republican Party August 4, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl AL Republican Party August 4, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Barry Moore AL Republican Party December 2, 2022 source
U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer AL Republican Party August 4, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers AL Republican Party August 4, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Dale Strong AL Republican Party November 29, 2022 source
Alabama Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth AL Republican Party August 4, 2023 source
Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Rick Pate AL Republican Party August 4, 2023 source
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy AK Republican Party August 22, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs AZ Republican Party November 15, 2022 source
U.S. Rep. Eli Crane AZ Republican Party November 15, 2022 source
U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar AZ Republican Party November 16, 2022 source
U.S. Rep. Debbie Lesko AZ Republican Party December 27, 2023 source
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton AR Republican Party January 3, 2024 source
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders AR Republican Party November 6, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy CA Republican Party December 9, 2023 source
Former 2024 presidential candidate Larry Elder CA Republican Party October 26, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert CO Republican Party January 26, 2023 source
U.S. Sen. Rick Scott FL Republican Party November 2, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan FL Republican Party April 19, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds FL Republican Party April 6, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz FL Republican Party November 9, 2022 source
U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna FL Republican Party March 20, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Brian Mast FL Republican Party April 18, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Cory Mills FL Republican Party April 10, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Bill Posey FL Republican Party September 19, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. John Rutherford FL Republican Party April 18, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Greg Steube FL Republican Party April 17, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz FL Republican Party April 20, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Daniel Webster FL Republican Party May 25, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Earl Carter GA Republican Party November 22, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde GA Republican Party June 10, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Mike Collins GA Republican Party June 10, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene GA Republican Party November 15, 2022 source
Georgia Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones GA Republican Party June 10, 2023 source
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Bruce Thompson GA Republican Party December 18, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Mike Bost IL Republican Party February 22, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Mary Miller IL Republican Party November 15, 2022 source
U.S. Sen. Mike Braun IN Republican Party September 18, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Jim Banks IN Republican Party April 1, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Erin Houchin IN Republican Party November 22, 2023 source
Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales IN Republican Party November 21, 2023 source
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita IN Republican Party November 20, 2023 source
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird IA Republican Party October 16, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Tracey Mann KS Republican Party November 22, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Andy Barr KY Republican Party December 18, 2023 source
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron KY Republican Party January 3, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins LA Republican Party November 17, 2022 source
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson LA Republican Party November 14, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise LA Republican Party January 2, 2024 source
U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman MI Republican Party July 11, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga MI Republican Party July 11, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. John James MI Republican Party July 11, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain MI Republican Party June 25, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar MI Republican Party July 11, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg MI Republican Party July 11, 2023 source
Former 2024 presidential candidate Perry Johnson MI Republican Party October 23, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer MN Republican Party January 3, 2024 source
U.S. Rep. Brad Finstad MN Republican Party January 3, 2024 source
U.S. Rep. Michelle Fischbach MN Republican Party January 3, 2024 source
U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber MN Republican Party January 3, 2024 source
U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith MS Republican Party April 3, 2023 source
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker MS Republican Party December 11, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Mike Ezell MS Republican Party December 11, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Michael Guest MS Republican Party December 11, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Trent Kelly MS Republican Party December 11, 2023 source
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves MS Republican Party October 23, 2023 source
Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance and State Fire Marshal Mike Chaney MS Republican Party December 11, 2023 source
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch MS Republican Party December 11, 2023 source
Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson MS Republican Party December 11, 2023 source
Mississippi Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann MS Republican Party December 11, 2023 source
Mississippi Treasurer David McRae MS Republican Party November 30, 2023 source
Mississippi Auditor Shad White MS Republican Party December 11, 2023 source
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley MO Republican Party December 12, 2023 source
U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt MO Republican Party January 30, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Mark Alford MO Republican Party December 28, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison MO Republican Party November 17, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Jason Smith MO Republican Party December 22, 2023 source
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey MO Republican Party May 22, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale MT Republican Party October 18, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke MT Republican Party November 28, 2023 source
Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen MT Republican Party December 4, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew NJ Republican Party November 15, 2022 source
U.S. Rep. George Devolder-Santos NY Republican Party May 7, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik NY Republican Party November 11, 2022 source
U.S. Sen. Ted Budd NC Republican Party April 13, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx NC Republican Party December 16, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson NC Republican Party November 16, 2022 source
North Carolina House Speaker Timothy K. Moore NC Republican Party October 25, 2023 source
North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson NC Republican Party June 23, 2023 source
U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer ND Republican Party December 4, 2023 source
U.S. Sen. John Hoeven ND Republican Party December 6, 2023 source
U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance OH Republican Party January 31, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson OH Republican Party August 1, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Mike Carey OH Republican Party November 16, 2022 source
U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson OH Republican Party August 1, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan OH Republican Party April 15, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Max Miller OH Republican Party November 15, 2022 source
U.S. Rep. Michael Turner OH Republican Party December 29, 2023 source
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose OH Republican Party July 24, 2023 source
Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague OH Republican Party August 1, 2023 source
U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin OK Republican Party February 10, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Josh Brecheen OK Republican Party May 1, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Kevin Hern OK Republican Party December 7, 2023 source
Oklahoma Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd OK Republican Party December 4, 2023 source
Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters OK Republican Party November 1, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. John Joyce PA Republican Party June 23, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly PA Republican Party June 23, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser PA Republican Party June 23, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Scott Perry PA Republican Party June 23, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler PA Republican Party June 17, 2023 source
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham SC Republican Party January 24, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Russell Fry SC Republican Party January 28, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. William Timmons SC Republican Party January 28, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson SC Republican Party January 28, 2023 source
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster SC Republican Party January 24, 2023 source
South Carolina House Speaker G. Murrell Smith Jr. SC Republican Party August 4, 2023 source
South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette SC Republican Party January 28, 2023 source
South Carolina Secretary of State Mark Hammond SC Republican Party September 25, 2023 source
South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis SC Republican Party January 28, 2023 source
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson SC Republican Party September 25, 2023 source
South Dakota Governor Kristi L. Noem SD Republican Party September 8, 2023 source
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn TN Republican Party April 17, 2023 source
U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty TN Republican Party April 16, 2023 source
U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall TN Republican Party November 20, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Charles J. Fleischmann TN Republican Party February 7, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Mark Green TN Republican Party April 17, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Diana Harshbarger TN Republican Party April 17, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles TN Republican Party May 5, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. John Rose TN Republican Party April 15, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Brian Babin TX Republican Party March 25, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Michael C. Burgess TX Republican Party March 25, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. John Carter TX Republican Party March 25, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz TX Republican Party November 30, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Pat Fallon TX Republican Party March 25, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales TX Republican Party November 16, 2022 source
U.S. Rep. Lance Gooden TX Republican Party April 18, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt TX Republican Party November 15, 2022 source
U.S. Rep. Ronny L. Jackson TX Republican Party November 15, 2022 source
U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls TX Republican Party November 15, 2022 source
U.S. Rep. Keith Self TX Republican Party November 17, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions TX Republican Party March 25, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Beth Van Duyne TX Republican Party March 25, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Randy Weber TX Republican Party March 25, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Roger Williams TX Republican Party March 25, 2023 source
Texas Governor Greg Abbott TX Republican Party November 19, 2023 source
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham TX Republican Party March 25, 2023 source
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller TX Republican Party March 25, 2023 source
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick TX Republican Party January 14, 2021 source
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton TX Republican Party November 16, 2022 source
U.S. Rep. Burgess Owens UT Republican Party August 17, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. H. Morgan Griffith VA Republican Party December 13, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Carol Miller WV Republican Party August 10, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Alexander Mooney WV Republican Party November 16, 2022 source
Gov. Jim Justice WV Republican Party July 24, 2023 source
West Virginia House of Delegates Majority Leader Eric Householder WV Republican Party June 1, 2023 source
West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore WV Republican Party February 23, 2023 source
U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman WY Republican Party November 17, 2022 source


Campaign advertisements

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Support

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Oppose

December 22, 2023
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June 12, 2023

Policy positions

The following policy positions were compiled from the candidate's official campaign website, editorials, speeches, and interviews.

Immigration

Trump's campaign website said, "President Trump will shut down Biden’s border disaster. He will again end catch-and-release, restore Remain in Mexico, and eliminate asylum fraud. In cooperative states, President Trump will deputize the National Guard and local law enforcement to assist with rapidly removing illegal alien gang members and criminals. He will also deliver a merit-based immigration system that protects American labor and promotes American values." [source]

Healthcare

Trump's campaign website said, "President Donald J. Trump empowered American patients by greatly expanding healthcare choice, transparency, and affordability. He increased competition in the health insurance market, eliminated the Obamacare individual mandate, and signed Right to Try that gives terminally ill patients access to lifesaving cures. President Trump lowered drug prices for the first time in over 50 years and finalized the Most Favored Nation Rule to ensure that pharmaceutical companies offer the same discounts to the United States as they do to other nations." [source]

Energy and environmental issues

Trump's campaign website said, "Joe Biden reversed the Trump Energy Revolution and is now enriching foreign adversaries abroad. President Trump will unleash the production of domestic energy resources, reduce the soaring price of gasoline, diesel and natural gas, promote energy security for our friends around the world, eliminate the socialist Green New Deal and ensure the United States is never again at the mercy of a foreign supplier of energy." [source]

Trade

Trump's campaign website said, "The heart of my vision is a sweeping pro-American overhaul of our tax and trade policy to move from the Biden system that punishes domestic producers and rewards outsourcers, to a system that REWARDS domestic production and taxes FOREIGN companies and those who export American Jobs. They will be rewarded and rewarded greatly. And our country will benefit. To achieve this goal, we will phase in a system of universal, baseline tariffs on most foreign products. On top of this, higher tariffs will increase incrementally depending on how much individual foreign countries devalue their currency." [source]

Economy

Trump's campaign website said, "President Donald J. Trump passed record-setting tax relief for the middle class, doubled the child tax credit, and slashed more job-killing regulations than any administration had ever done before. Real wages quickly increased as a result, and median household income reached the highest level in the history of our country, while poverty reached a record low. President Trump created nearly 9,000 Opportunity Zones to revitalize neglected communities. President Trump produced a booming economic recovery, and record low unemployment for African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, and women. Joe Biden is the destroyer of America’s jobs and continues to fuel runaway inflation with reckless big government spending. President Trump’s vision for America’s economic revival is lower taxes, bigger paychecks, and more jobs for American workers." [source]

Education

Trump's campaign website said, "President Trump believes that we owe our children great schools that lead to great jobs, which will lead to an even greater country than we're living in right now. To that end, President Trump will work to ensure that a top priority of every school is to prepare students for jobs. In connection with totally refocusing schools on succeeding in the world of work, President Trump pledges to close the Department of Education in Washington, D.C. and to send all education work and needs back to the States." [source]

Gun regulation

Trump's campaign website said, "He will also always defend your Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms." [source]

Criminal justice

Trump's campaign website said, "There is no higher priority than quickly restoring law and order and public safety in America. President Trump stands with the heroes of law enforcement. Joe Biden and the radical left politicians have defunded, defamed, and dismantled police forces across America. Murders spiked to all-time highs in Democrat-run cities and radical prosecutors and District Attorneys have given free rein to violent criminals who threaten our citizens. The streets of our once-great cities are now controlled by gangs and cartels, and plagued with mentally ill and drug-addicted homeless." [source]

Foreign policy

Trump's campaign website said, "President Donald J. Trump replaced the failed policy of never-ending war, regime change and nation-building with a bold vision to pursue peace through strength. [...] Joe Biden has undermined our military readiness and surrendered our strength to the Taliban. President Trump will defend America against all threats, protect America against all dangers, and keep America out of unnecessary foreign wars. He will also get Biden’s radical left ideology out of our military and rehire every patriot who was unjustly fired. To protect our people from the threat of nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles, President Trump will also build a state-of-the-art next-generation missile defense shield." [source]

Abortion

Trump's campaign website said, "He confirmed three strong Constitutionalists to the United States Supreme Court who will ensure the law is upheld equally, fairly and without political prejudice for all of our citizens. President Trump’s three appointees delivered the biggest win for life in a generation in overturning Roe v. Wade." [source]

Administrative state

Trump's campaign website listed the following policies, "On Day One, re-issue 2020 executive order restoring the president’s authority to fire rogue bureaucrats. Overhaul federal departments and agencies, firing all of the corrupt actors in our National Security and Intelligence apparatus. [...] Launch a major crackdown on government leakers who collude with the media to create false narratives, pressing criminal charges when appropriate. Make every Inspector General’s Office independent from the departments they oversee, so that they do not become protectors of the deep state." Trump's campaign website also listed, "Continue Trump administration effort to move parts of the federal bureaucracy outside of the Washington Swamp, just like President Trump moved the Bureau of Land Management to Colorado. Up to 100,000 government positions could be moved out of Washington. Ban federal bureaucrats from taking jobs at the companies they deal with and regulate, such as Big Pharma." [source]

Coronavirus response

Trump's campaign website said, "To save lives from the China virus, President Trump organized the production of the world’s largest supply of ventilators and the development of treatments and vaccines. He will stop all COVID mandates and restore medical freedom." [source]

Election policy

Trump's campaign website said, "President Donald J. Trump is committed to the honesty of our elections and the integrity of our Republic. We will reform our election laws to verify the identity and eligibility of all voters to ensure faith and confidence in all future elections. We will pass a bold range of critical election integrity measures that include banning unsecure drop boxes and ballot harvesting. State and local officials cannot be permitted to make illegal and unconstitutional changes to election procedures without the required approvals by the state legislatures. Very importantly, we must ban private money from pouring into local election offices." [source]

Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG)

Trump's campaign website said, "The entire ESG scheme is designed to funnel your retirement money to the maniacs on the radical left. The rule we issued under my leadership was the first ESG ban anywhere in the world. And I'm delighted that Republicans in Congress and across the country have been waking up to this threat and following my lead." [source]

Government ethics

Trump's campaign website said, "President Donald J. Trump is committed to dismantling the deep state and restoring government by the People, just as he did during his administration. President Trump will conduct a top-to-bottom overhaul of the federal bureaucracies to clean out the rot and corruption of Washington D.C. President Trump will push for a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on members of Congress, a permanent ban on taxpayer funding of campaigns, a lifetime ban on lobbying by former members of Congress and cabinet members, and a ban on members of Congress trading stocks with insider information." [source]

Sex and gender issues

Trump's campaign website said, "I will ask Congress to pass a bill establishing that the only genders recognized by the United States government are male and female—and they are assigned at birth. The bill will also make clear that Title Nine prohibits men from participating in women’s sports. And we will protect the rights of parents from being forced to allow their minor child to assume a gender, which is new, and an identity without the parents’ consent. The identity will not be new. And it will not be without parental consent." [source]

Infrastructure

Trump's campaign website said, "In other words, we’ll actually build new cities in our country again. These Freedom Cities will reopen the frontier, reignite American imagination, and give hundreds of thousands of young people and other people, all hardworking families, a new shot at home ownership and in fact, the American Dream. [...] I will challenge the governors of all 50 states to join me in a great modernization and beautification campaign—getting rid of ugly buildings, refurbishing our parks and our public spaces, making cities and towns more livable, ensuring a pristine environment, and building towering monuments to our true American heroes." [source]

Opioids and drug issues

Trump's campaign website said, "President Donald J. Trump marshalled the full power of government to stop deadly drugs, opioids, and fentanyl from coming into our country. As a result, drug overdose deaths declined nationwide for the first time in nearly 30 years. Joe Biden has allowed drug cartels to wage war on America, steal innocent lives, and ravage our communities. President Trump will take down the drug cartels just as he took down ISIS." [source]

Veterans

Trump's campaign website said, "President Donald J. Trump passed the largest reform of the Department of Veterans Affairs in a generation, including VA Accountability and VA Choice, and fired 11,500 federal workers who failed to give our wounded warriors the quality and timely care they so richly deserve. He secured record funding for mental health services, and expanded access to telehealth and suicide prevention resources. To secure the blessings of freedom for those who risked their lives to defend it, President Trump decreased veteran homelessness, increased educational benefits, and achieved record-low veteran unemployment." [source]

Other policy positions

Click on any of the following links to read more policy positions from the 2024 presidential candidates.

Abortion

Administrative state

Coronavirus response

Criminal justice

Economy

Education

Election policy

Energy and environmental issues

Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG)

Federalism

Foreign policy

Government ethics

Gun regulation

Healthcare

Sex and gender issues

Immigration

Impeachment

Infrastructure

Opioids and drug issues

Trade

Veterans


Campaign themes

Website

Trump listed the following policy positions on his campaign website as of August 8, 2023.[31]

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Rebuild the Greatest Economy in History
President Donald J. Trump passed record-setting tax relief for the middle class, doubled the child tax credit, and slashed more job-killing regulations than any administration had ever done before. Real wages quickly increased as a result, and median household income reached the highest level in the history of our country, while poverty reached a record low. President Trump created nearly 9,000 Opportunity Zones to revitalize neglected communities. President Trump produced a booming economic recovery, and record low unemployment for African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, and women. Joe Biden is the destroyer of America’s jobs and continues to fuel runaway inflation with reckless big government spending. President Trump’s vision for America’s economic revival is lower taxes, bigger paychecks, and more jobs for American workers.

Fair Trade for the American Worker
Donald Trump recognized long before he became president that we cannot have free and open trade if some countries exploit the system at the expense of others. President Trump replaced decades of calamitous multinational trade blunders with fair and reciprocal trade that returned jobs, wealth, and manufacturing to America. He cancelled the job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership, replaced the NAFTA nightmare with the groundbreaking USMCA, and renegotiated the one-sided South Korea deal. President Trump confronted unfair trade practices, imposed tariffs on China that brought billions of dollars into the federal treasury, expanded American agriculture, and opened thousands of new factories. President Trump will implement a 4-year national reshoring plan so that the United States no longer needs to rely on China for essential medical and national security goods, and ban Chinese ownership of all critical infrastructure in the United States. We will bring back our supply chains, and build America into the manufacturing superpower of the world.

Unleash Energy Dominance
Under President Donald J. Trump’s leadership, the United States became the number one producer of oil and natural gas on earth, achieving American energy independence and delivering historically low costs for oil, gas, diesel, and electricity to consumers and businesses. President Trump unlocked our country’s God-given abundance of oil, natural gas, and clean coal. He approved the Keystone XL and Dakota Access, pipelines, opening federal lands and offshore areas for responsible oil and gas production, and ending the unfair and costly Paris Climate Accord. Joe Biden reversed the Trump Energy Revolution and is now enriching foreign adversaries abroad. President Trump will unleash the production of domestic energy resources, reduce the soaring price of gasoline, diesel and natural gas, promote energy security for our friends around the world, eliminate the socialist Green New Deal and ensure the United States is never again at the mercy of a foreign supplier of energy.

Secure Borders and Reclaim National Sovereignty
President Donald J. Trump created the most secure border in U.S. history. He ended catch-and-release, took down human traffickers, deported record numbers of illegal alien gang members, and built 450 miles of powerful new wall. Joe Biden turned our country into one giant sanctuary for dangerous criminal aliens when he suspended all immigration enforcement in the middle of a global pandemic and reversed landmark agreements that safely returned asylum-seekers to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. The onslaught of illegal aliens invading our wide-open borders threatens public safety, drains the treasury, undermines U.S. workers, and burdens schools and hospitals. President Trump will shut down Biden’s border disaster. He will again end catch-and-release, restore Remain in Mexico, and eliminate asylum fraud. In cooperative states, President Trump will deputize the National Guard and local law enforcement to assist with rapidly removing illegal alien gang members and criminals. He will also deliver a merit-based immigration system that protects American labor and promotes American values.

War on the Drug Cartels
President Donald J. Trump marshalled the full power of government to stop deadly drugs, opioids, and fentanyl from coming into our country. As a result, drug overdose deaths declined nationwide for the first time in nearly 30 years. Joe Biden has allowed drug cartels to wage war on America, steal innocent lives, and ravage our communities. President Trump will take down the drug cartels just as he took down ISIS. He will impose a total naval embargo on cartels, order the Department of Defense to inflict maximum damage on cartel leadership and operations, designate cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, and choke off their access to the global financial system. President Trump will get the full cooperation of neighboring governments to dismantle the cartels, or else expose every bribe and kickback that allows these criminal networks to preserve their brutal reign. He will ask Congress to ensure that drug smugglers and traffickers can receive the Death Penalty. When President Trump is back in the White House, the drug kingpins and vicious traffickers will never sleep soundly again.

Stop Crime and Restore Safety
There is no higher priority than quickly restoring law and order and public safety in America. President Trump stands with the heroes of law enforcement. Joe Biden and the radical left politicians have defunded, defamed, and dismantled police forces across America. Murders spiked to all-time highs in Democrat-run cities and radical prosecutors and District Attorneys have given free rein to violent criminals who threaten our citizens. The streets of our once-great cities are now controlled by gangs and cartels, and plagued with mentally ill and drug-addicted homeless. President Trump will revitalize police departments and reclaim safety, dignity, and peace for law-abiding Americans. He will deliver record funding to hire and retrain police officers, strengthen qualified immunity and other protections for police officers, increase penalties for assaults on law enforcement, put violent offenders and career criminals behind bars, and surge federal prosecutors and the National Guard into high-crime communities.

Renew American Strength and Leadership
President Donald J. Trump replaced the failed policy of never-ending war, regime change and nation-building with a bold vision to pursue peace through strength. He fully rebuilt American military might, modernized our nuclear arsenal, and launched the Space Force. He obliterated 100 percent of the ISIS caliphate, killed its founder and leader Abu-Bakar Al Baghdadi, and eliminated the world's number one terrorist, Qasem Soleimani. President Trump kept America out of new wars and brought thousands of brave troops home from Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, and many other countries. Joe Biden has undermined our military readiness and surrendered our strength to the Taliban. President Trump will defend America against all threats, protect America against all dangers, and keep America out of unnecessary foreign wars. He will also get Biden’s radical left ideology out of our military and rehire every patriot who was unjustly fired. To protect our people from the threat of nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles, President Trump will also build a state-of-the-art next-generation missile defense shield.

Reject Globalism and Embrace Patriotism
President Donald J. Trump forged international cooperation among strong, sovereign, and independent nations to create a future of peace, prosperity, and promise for the world. He combatted Radical Islamic terrorism, withdrew from the disastrous Iran Nuclear Deal, and suspended travel and refugee resettlement from the world’s most dangerous regions. He recognized Israel's true capital and moved the American Embassy to Jerusalem and acknowledged Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. As a result of his bold diplomacy and principled realism, President Trump brokered four Middle East peace deals, collectively called the Abraham Accords, and our NATO allies agreed to pay $400 billion more in defense spending. Joe Biden’s humiliating defeat in Afghanistan has emboldened rogue regimes, terrorist groups, and rivals like China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran that were in retreat. Under President Trump, we will restore our standing in the world and American leadership abroad.

Care For Our Veterans
While Washington politicians poured precious American blood and treasure into misguided military adventures overseas, those who proudly wore our nation’s uniform were dying waiting for medical care at home. President Donald J. Trump passed the largest reform of the Department of Veterans Affairs in a generation, including VA Accountability and VA Choice, and fired 11,500 federal workers who failed to give our wounded warriors the quality and timely care they so richly deserve. He secured record funding for mental health services, and expanded access to telehealth and suicide prevention resources. To secure the blessings of freedom for those who risked their lives to defend it, President Trump decreased veteran homelessness, increased educational benefits, and achieved record-low veteran unemployment. We will fight to serve our veterans with better care and benefits than ever before.

Protect Parents’ Rights
President Donald J. Trump fought tirelessly to expand charter schools and school choice for America’s children. He secured permanent funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and protected free speech on college campuses. Now, Joe Biden and the radical left are using the public school system to push their perverse sexual, racial, and political material on our youth. President Trump will cut federal funding for any school or program pushing Critical Race Theory or gender ideology on our children. His administration will open Civil Rights investigations into any school district that has engaged in race-based discrimination. President Trump will veto the sinister effort to weaponize civics education, keep men out of women’s sports, and create a credentialing body to certify teachers who embrace patriotic values. President Trump will reward states and school districts that abolish teacher tenure for grades K-12 and adopt Merit Pay, cut the number of school administrators, adopt a Parental Bill of Rights, and implement the direct election of school principals by the parents.

Defend Law and Liberty
President Donald J. Trump appointed nearly 300 federal judges to interpret the Constitution as written and preserve the extraordinary vision of our founding fathers. He confirmed three strong Constitutionalists to the United States Supreme Court who will ensure the law is upheld equally, fairly and without political prejudice for all of our citizens. President Trump’s three appointees delivered the biggest win for life in a generation in overturning Roe v. Wade and expanded the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. President Trump will continue to nominate highly qualified prosecutors, judges, and justices who believe in enforcing the law, not their own political agenda. He will also always defend your Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, and uphold your religious liberty, including the Constitutional right to pray in public schools.

End Censorship and Reclaim Free Speech
President Trump is absolutely committed to dismantling and destroying the left-wing censorship regime. If we don’t have free speech in America, then we will no longer be a free country. President Trump’s plan includes firing any federal bureaucrat who has engaged in censoring the lawful speech of American citizens, banning taxpayer funds from being used to categorize lawful speech for purposes of illicit censorship, banning federal agencies from censoring speech, stopping federal funding for all non-profits and academic programs engaged in censorship, passing a digital bill of rights, and enacting landmark legislation to drastically limit the ability of big social media platforms to restrict free speech. By restoring free speech, we will begin to reclaim our democracy.

Free, Honest and Lawful Elections
President Donald J. Trump is committed to the honesty of our elections and the integrity of our Republic. We will reform our election laws to verify the identity and eligibility of all voters to ensure faith and confidence in all future elections. We will pass a bold range of critical election integrity measures that include banning unsecure drop boxes and ballot harvesting. State and local officials cannot be permitted to make illegal and unconstitutional changes to election procedures without the required approvals by the state legislatures. Very importantly, we must ban private money from pouring into local election offices.

Drain the Swamp of Washington Corruption
President Donald J. Trump is committed to dismantling the deep state and restoring government by the People, just as he did during his administration. President Trump will conduct a top-to-bottom overhaul of the federal bureaucracies to clean out the rot and corruption of Washington D.C. President Trump will push for a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on members of Congress, a permanent ban on taxpayer funding of campaigns, a lifetime ban on lobbying by former members of Congress and cabinet members, and a ban on members of Congress trading stocks with insider information.

Better Health Care Choices at Lower Costs
President Donald J. Trump empowered American patients by greatly expanding healthcare choice, transparency, and affordability. He increased competition in the health insurance market, eliminated the Obamacare individual mandate, and signed Right to Try that gives terminally ill patients access to lifesaving cures. President Trump lowered drug prices for the first time in over 50 years and finalized the Most Favored Nation Rule to ensure that pharmaceutical companies offer the same discounts to the United States as they do to other nations. To save lives from the China virus, President Trump organized the production of the world’s largest supply of ventilators and the development of treatments and vaccines. He will stop all COVID mandates and restore medical freedom, end surprise medical billing, increase fairness through price transparency, and further reduce the cost of prescription drugs and health insurance premiums. President Trump will always protect Medicare, Social Security, and patients with pre-existing conditions.[1]

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Campaign logo and slogan

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2024 Republican presidential candidate logos
Candidate Logo Slogan
Donald Trump
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  • Make America Great Again!

Campaign staff

See also: Donald Trump presidential campaign staff, 2024, Presidential election key staffers, 2024, and Presidential election campaign managers, 2024

The table below shows a partial list of national campaign staff members, including the campaign manager, senior advisors, political directors, communications directors, field directors, and the national press secretary. They are presented alongside their positions in the campaign, their most recent positions prior to the campaign, and their Twitter handles. To recommend additions, please email us at editor@ballotpedia.org.

See also: Presidential election campaign managers and key staffers, 2024
Donald Trump presidential campaign national staff, 2024
Staff Position Prior experience Twitter handle
Brian Jack[32] Senior advisor Political advisor, Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) @briantjack
Chris LaCivita[32] Senior advisor Partner, FP1 Strategies @LaCivitaC
Jason Miller[32] Senior advisor Chief executive officer, GETTR @JasonMillerinDC
Susie Wiles[32] Senior advisor Chief executive officer, Save America PAC @susie57
Steven Cheung[32] Communications director Advisor and spokesman, Jim Renacci (R) 2022 Ohio gubernatorial campaign @TheStevenCheung


Noteworthy events

Maine Secretary of State excludes Trump from the state's primary ballot (2023)

On December 28, 2023, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows ruled that Trump did not qualify for the state's primary ballot. Bellows said that Trump did not qualify for the state's ballot based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which "prohibits people who have taken an oath 'to support' the U.S. Constitution from holding office if they have 'engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same,' or have 'given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.'"[33] Bellows wrote: "'I am mindful that no secretary of state has ever deprived a presidential candidate of ballot access based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. I am also mindful, however, that no presidential candidate has ever before engaged in insurrection.'"[33] Lawyers for Trump argued that Maine's secretary of state "lacked the authority to exclude him from the ballot."[33]

Bellows' decision comes after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Trump ineligible from that state's primary ballot on December 19, 2023.[34] The Colorado Supreme Court was the first court in the country to determine that the 14th Amendment's disqualification clause applied to Trump.[34]

Colorado Supreme Court excludes Trump from the state's primary ballot (2023)

On December 19, 2023, the Colorado Supreme Court excluded Trump from the state's primary ballot in a 4-to-3 ruling. The court reversed a Denver district court's ruling that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which "disqualifies people who have engaged in insurrection against the Constitution after having taken an oath to support it from holding office," did not apply to the presidency.[35] The state supreme court said, "A majority of the court holds that President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Because he is disqualified, it would be a wrongful act under the Election Code for the Colorado Secretary of State to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot."[36]

The Colorado Supreme Court was the first court in the country to determine that the 14th Amendment's disqualification clause applied to Trump. The decision was stayed until January 4, 2024, to allow for appeals. Trump's campaign said they would appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.[35] Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said, "Unsurprisingly, the all-Democrat appointed Colorado Supreme Court has ruled against President Trump, supporting a Soros-funded, left-wing group’s scheme to interfere in an election on behalf of Crooked Joe Biden by removing President Trump’s name from the ballot and eliminating the rights of Colorado voters to vote for the candidate of their choice. We have full confidence that the U.S. Supreme Court will quickly rule in our favor and finally put an end to these un-American lawsuits."[35]

Criminal indictment by Georgia grand jury (2023)

See also: Georgia prosecution of Donald Trump, 2023

Former President Donald Trump (R) was indicted on August 14, 2023, on 13 criminal charges related to interference in the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia.[37] Trump pleaded not guilty on August 31.[38] Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) filed the indictment in Fulton Superior Court in Georgia, and the case was set to be heard by Judge Scott McAfee.[39]

The indictment was unsealed the same day it was announced that the grand jury had voted to issue an indictment. It included the following charges against Trump:[37]

  • violation of Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act;
  • solicitation of a public officer to violate their oath of office;
  • conspiracy to impersonate a public officer, to commit first degree forgery, to commit false statements and writings, and to file false documents;
  • filing false documents; and
  • issuing false statements and writings.

The indictment included a total of 41 criminal counts related to interference in Georgia's 2020 presidential election results against 19 defendants, including Trump, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R), former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, former Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer, and Georgia State Senator Shawn Still (R), among others.[37] To view a full list of defendants and the charges issued against each, click here.

Trump's campaign issued a statement shortly before the indictment was released, saying, "GA's radical Democrat District Attorney Fani Willis is a rabid partisan who is campaigning and fundraising on a platform of prosecuting President Trump through these bogus indictments. [...] They are taking away President Trump's First Amendment right to free speech, and the right to challenge a rigged and stolen election that the Democrats do all the time."[40]

In a press conference after the indictment was released, Willis said, "I remind everyone here that an indictment is only a series of allegations based on a grand jury's determination of probable cause to support the charges. It is now the duty of my office to prove these charges in the indictment beyond a reasonable doubt at trial."[41]

The indictment followed a special grand jury investigation into whether Trump and his allies attempted to change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. The grand jury convened in May 2022, and completed its investigation in January 2023.[42]

Criminal indictment by Washington, D.C., grand jury (2023)

See also: Federal prosecution of Donald Trump, 2023 (2020 election certification case)

Former President Donald Trump (R) was indicted on August 1, 2023, on four federal criminal charges related to the certification of the 2020 presidential election. The indictment was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and was set to be heard by Judge Tanya S. Chutkan. Trump pleaded not guilty.[43]

The indictment was unsealed the same day it was announced with the following charges alleged against Trump:

  • conspiracy to defraud the United States "by using dishonesty, fraud and deceit to obstruct the nation’s process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the presidential election;"
  • conspiracy to obstruct the certification of the electoral vote on January 6, 2021;
  • obstruction of the certification of the electoral vote on January 6, 2021; and
  • conspiracy "to injure, oppress, threaten, and intimidate one or more persons in the free exercise and enjoyment of" the right to vote and have one's vote counted.[44]

Following the release of the indictment, Trump said, "this is nothing more than the latest corrupt chapter in the continued pathetic attempt by the Biden Crime Family and their weaponized Department of Justice to interfere with the 2024 Presidential Election, in which President Trump is the undisputed frontrunner."[45]

In a press conference following the indictment, special counsel Jack Smith said, "Since the attack on our capitol, the Department of Justice has remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened that day. This case is brought consistent with that commitment."[46]

In November 2022, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Smith to investigate whether any individual or entity "unlawfully interfered with the transfer of power following the 2020 presidential election or the certification of the Electoral College vote held on or about January 6, 2021."[47] Before this appointment, Smith served as a chief prosecutor for the special court in The Hague, Netherlands, where he investigated war crimes in Kosovo.[48]

Criminal indictment by Florida grand jury (2023)

See also: Noteworthy criminal misconduct in American politics (2023-2024) and Federal prosecution of Donald Trump, 2023 (classified documents case)

Former President Donald Trump (R) was arraigned on June 13, 2023, on 37 federal criminal charges related to his handling of classified government documents. Trump pleaded not guilty.[49] On July 27, 2023, three additional charges were added to the indictment.[50]

The trial is scheduled to take place on May 20, 2024.[51]

In November 2022, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed special counsel Jack Smith to investigate allegations that Trump had knowingly taken classified documents to his home at Mar-a-Lago after he left office and obstructed investigators who attempted to retrieve them. Before this appointment, Smith served as a chief prosecutor for the special court in The Hague, Netherlands, where he investigated war crimes in Kosovo.[48]

The indictment was unsealed on June 9, 2023, and contained 37 criminal counts. A superseding indictment was released on July 27, 2023, and added three additional charges, resulting in a total of forty criminal counts. Thirty-two counts were on the willful retention of national defense information. The other counts included:[52][50]

  • conspiracy to obstruct justice;
  • withholding a document or record;
  • corruptly concealing a document or record;
  • concealing a document in a federal investigation;
  • scheme to conceal;
  • false statements and representations;
  • attempting to alter, destroy, or conceal evidence; and
  • compelling another individual to alter, destroy, or conceal evidence.

Criminal indictment by New York grand jury (2023)

See also: Noteworthy criminal misconduct in American politics (2023-2024) and New York prosecution of Donald Trump, 2023

On March 30, 2023, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) announced a grand jury had indicted former President Donald Trump (R) on criminal charges.[53] The indictment was unsealed on April 4, showing that the grand jury had voted to charge Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.[54] The trial is scheduled to begin on March 25, 2024.[55]

Judge Juan Merchan presided over the grand jury, and is presiding over the case.[56] This was the first time in United States history that a former U.S. president was charged with a criminal offense after leaving office.[57][58]

In his statement announcing the indictment, Bragg said, "This evening we contacted Mr. Trump's attorney to coordinate his surrender to the Manhattan D.A.'s Office for arraignment on a Supreme Court indictment."[53]

Trump issued a statement in response, saying in part, "This is Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history."[59]


Social media and campaign website

Campaign website

Social media accounts

Timeline of campaign activity

See also: Editorial approach to story selection for presidential election news events

The following section provides a timeline of Trump's campaign activity beginning in January 2023. The entries are sorted by month in reverse chronological order.


2024


  • January 3, 2024:
    • House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R) endorsed Trump.[60]
    • Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the Colorado state Supreme Court decision disqualifying him from the state's presidential primary ballot.[61]
    • U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) endorsed Trump.[62]
  • January 2, 2024: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R) endorsed Trump.[63]

2023


  • December 28, 2023:
    • Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows ruled that Trump did not qualify for the state's primary ballot. Bellows said that Trump did not qualify for the state's ballot based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which "prohibits people who have taken an oath 'to support' the U.S. Constitution from holding office if they have 'engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same,' or have 'given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.'"[10] Bellows wrote: "I am mindful that no secretary of state has ever deprived a presidential candidate of ballot access based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. I am also mindful, however, that no presidential candidate has ever before engaged in insurrection."[10] Lawyers for Trump argued that Maine's secretary of state "lacked the authority to exclude him from the ballot."[10]
    • Trump's campaign released a new television ad, titled "Burning Down."[11]
  • December 24, 2023: Trump's campaign released a new television ad, titled "A Christmas To Remember."[12]
  • December 19, 2023:
    • Trump held a Commit to Caucus event in Waterloo, Iowa.[64]
    • The Colorado Supreme Court ruled to disqualify Trump from the state's presidential primary ballot. The ruling was stayed until Jan. 4, 2024, to allow for appeals. Click here to read more. Trump's campaign said in a statement, "Unsurprisingly, the all-Democrat appointed Colorado Supreme Court has ruled against President Trump, supporting a Soros-funded, left-wing group’s scheme to interfere in an election on behalf of Crooked Joe Biden by removing President Trump’s name from the ballot and eliminating the rights of Colorado voters to vote for the candidate of their choice. [...] The Colorado Supreme Court issued a completely flawed decision tonight and we will swiftly file an appeal to the United States Supreme Court and a concurrent request for a stay of this deeply undemocratic decision."[65][66]
  • December 17, 2023: Trump held a Commit to Caucus event in Reno, Nevada.[67]
  • December 16, 2023: Trump held a rally in Durham, New Hampshire.[68]
  • December 13, 2023: Trump held a Commit to Caucus event in Coralville, Iowa.[69]
  • December 11, 2023: U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), three U.S. House Reps. from Mississippi, and five Mississippi state executive officeholders endorsed Trump.[70]
  • December 9, 2023: Trump spoke at the New York Young Republican Club's annual gala in New York City.[71]
  • December 6, 2023:
  • December 5, 2023: Trump participated in a televised Fox News town hall in Davenport, Iowa.[74]
  • December 4, 2023: U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) endorsed Trump. Cramer had previously endorsed Doug Burgum (R) in the presidential race.[75]
  • December 2, 2023: Trump spoke at Commit to Caucus events in Cedar Rapids and Ankeny, Iowa.[76][77]


  • October 29, 2023: Trump delivered remarks in Sioux City, Iowa.[91]
  • October 28, 2023: Trump held a Commit to Caucus event and spoke at the Republican Jewish Coalition Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Click here to view his remarks at the Republican Jewish Coalition Conference.[92][93]
  • October 26, 2023: Larry Elder (R), who withdrew from the presidential race on October 26, endorsed Trump for the nomination.[94]
  • October 25, 2023: North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore (R) endorsed Trump.[95]
  • October 23, 2023:
    • Trump held a rally in Derry, New Hampshire.[96]
    • Perry Johnson (R), who withdrew from the presidential race on October 20, endorsed Trump for the nomination.[97]
  • October 16, 2023:
  • October 15, 2023: The October quarterly Federal Election Commission campaign finance reporting deadline passed. Trump raised $25 million and spent $10 million, with $38 million in cash on hand as of September 30.[101]
  • October 11, 2023: Trump spoke at Club 47 in Palm Beach, Florida.[102]
  • October 9, 2023: Trump delivered remarks at a campaign event in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.[103]
  • October 7, 2023:
    • Trump spoke at a Commit to Caucus event in Waterloo, and spoke at a campaign event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[104][105]
    • Trump issued a statement in response to Hamas' military attacks against Israel, and Israel's subsequent declaration of a state of war. Trump said, "These Hamas attacks are a disgrace and Israel has every right to defend itself with overwhelming force. Sadly, American taxpayer dollars helped fund these attacks, which many reports are saying came from the Biden Administration. We brought so much peace to the Middle East through the Abraham Accords, only to see Biden whittle it away at a far more rapid pace than anyone thought possible."[106]
  • October 1, 2023: Trump spoke at a Commit to Caucus event in Ottumwa, Iowa.[107]

  • September 29, 2023: Trump spoke at the California Republican Party convention in Orange County, California.[108]
  • September 27, 2023: Trump held a rally at Drake Enterprises, an auto parts manufacturer in Clinton Township, Michigan.[109]
  • September 25, 2023:
  • September 20, 2023: Trump spoke at a Commit to Caucus event in Maquoketa, and held a rally in Dubuque, Iowa.[112]
  • September 18, 2023: U.S. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) endorsed Trump.[113]
  • September 15, 2023: Trump spoke at the Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee leadership summit and the Family Research Council Pray, Vote, Stand summit in Washington, D.C..[114] Click here to view his remarks at the Concerned Women for America summit, and click here to view his remarks at the Family Research Council summit.
  • September 14, 2023: Trump released a policy memo titled "Agenda47: President Trump’s Pledge to Homeschool Families." The memo said, "President Trump pledged to allow homeschool parents to use 529 education savings accounts to spend up to $10,000 a year per child, completely tax-free to spend on costs associated with homeschool education. President Trump will also work to ensure that every homeschool family is entitled to full access to the benefits available to non-homeschooled students—including participating in athletic programs, clubs, after school activities, educational trips, and more."[115]
  • September 13, 2023: Trump released a policy memo titled "Agenda47: President Trump’s Ten Principles For Great Schools Leading To Great Jobs." Trump said, "Rather than indoctrinating young people with inappropriate racial, sexual, and political material, which is what we're doing now, our schools must be totally refocused to prepare our children to succeed in the world of work, and in life and the world of keeping our country strong, so they can grow up to be happy, prosperous, and independent citizens."[116]
  • September 10, 2023: Trump attended the Iowa vs. Iowa State football game in Ames, Iowa.[117]
  • September 8, 2023: Trump participated in the South Dakota Republican Party's Monumental Leaders Rally in Rapid City, South Dakota. During the event, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R) endorsed Trump.[118][119]
  • September 7, 2023: Trump released a policy memo titled "Agenda47: America Must Have the #1 Lowest Cost Energy and Electricity on Earth." The memo said, "On Day One, President Trump will rescind every one of Joe Biden’s industry-killing, jobs-killing, pro-China and anti-American electricity regulations. To keep pace with the world economy that depends on fossil fuels for more than 80% of its energy, President Trump will DRILL, BABY, DRILL."[120]

  • August 31, 2023: Trump pleaded not guilty to the charges in the Georgia election results interference indictment.[121]
  • August 24, 2023: Trump appeared in Fulton County, Georgia, where he was booked on charges in the Georgia election interference case.[122]
  • August 22, 2023: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy (R) endorsed Trump.[123]
  • August 20, 2023: Trump announced he would not attend the first Republican primary debate.[124]
  • August 17, 2023:
    • Trump announced Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson would chair his campaign in Massachusetts.[125]
    • U.S. Rep. Burgess Owens (R-Utah) endorsed Trump.[126]
  • August 14, 2023: A Georgia grand jury indicted Trump on 13 criminal counts related to interference in the state's 2020 presidential election results. In a statement, Trump's campaign said, "These activities by Democrat leaders constitute a grave threat to American democracy and are direct attempts to deprive the American people of their rightful choice to cast their vote for President. They are taking away President Trump’s First Amendment right to free speech, and the right to challenge a rigged and stolen election that the Democrats do all the time."[127]
  • August 12, 2023: Trump attended the Iowa State Fair.[128]
  • August 9, 2023: In an interview on Newsmax, Trump said he did not intend to sign the Republican National Committee loyalty pledge necessary to qualify for the first Republican primary debate. Trump said, "I wouldn’t sign the pledge. Why would I sign a pledge if there are people on there that I wouldn’t have? [...] So they want you to sign a pledge, but I can name three or four people that I wouldn’t support for President. So right there there’s a problem."[129]
  • August 8, 2023: Trump held a campaign event in Windham, New Hampshire.[130]
  • August 5, 2023: Trump spoke at the South Carolina Republican Party's Silver Elephant Dinner in Columbia, South Carolina.[131]
  • August 4, 2023: Trump spoke at an Alabama Republican Party dinner in Montgomery, Alabama.[132]
  • August 3, 2023: Trump was arraigned in his federal indictment related to interference in the certification of the 2020 presidential election. He pleaded not guilty.[133]
  • August 1, 2023:
    • The Department of Justice released a second indictment against Trump related to interference in the certification of the 2020 presidential election.[134] In response, Trump said, "this is nothing more than the latest corrupt chapter in the continued pathetic attempt by the Biden Crime Family and their weaponized Department of Justice to interfere with the 2024 Presidential Election, in which President Trump in the undisputed frontrunner."[135]
    • Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague (R) and U.S. Reps. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) and Troy Balderson (R-Ohio) endorsed Trump.[136]

  • July 29, 2023: Trump held a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania.[137]
  • July 28, 2023: Trump spoke at the Iowa Republican Party's Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa. Click here to watch his remarks.[138]
  • July 27, 2023: The Department of Justice added three additional charges against Trump to the indictment related to Trump's handling of classified documents.[139]
  • July 25, 2023: Trump attended a fundraiser in Metairie, Louisiana. Businessmen Boysie Bollinger and Joseph Canizaro hosted the event.[140]
  • July 24, 2023:
    • Trump released a policy memo titled "Agenda47: Returning Production of Essential Medicines Back to America and Ending Biden’s Pharmaceutical Shortages." Trump said, "This is not just a public health crisis, it's a national security crisis. [...] As part of my plan to obtain total independence from China, we will phase in tariffs and import restrictions to bring back production of all essential medicines to the United States of America where they belong. I signed an executive order to begin this process in 2020 but Biden has shamefully failed to follow through."[141]
    • Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) endorsed Trump.[142]
  • July 21, 2023: U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon set a date of May 20, 2024, for Trump's federal indictment trial. Trump said, "Today’s order by Judge Cannon is a major setback to the DOJ’s crusade to deny President Trump a fair legal process. The extensive schedule allows President Trump and his legal team to continue fighting this empty hoax."[143]
  • July 18, 2023:
    • Trump announced that he had received a letter from special counsel Jack Smith suggesting he could be indicted as part of investigations into the breach of the U.S. Capitol during the electoral vote count on January 6, 2021. According to his statement, Trump received this letter on July 16.[144]
    • Trump participated in a town hall with Fox News' Sean Hannity and spoke at a Linn County Republican Party meeting in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[145]
  • July 15, 2023:
    • Trump spoke at the Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida.[146]
    • The July quarterly Federal Election Commission campaign finance reporting deadline passed. Trump raised $18 million and spent $9 million with $23 million in cash on hand as of June 30.[147]
  • July 11, 2023: All six of the Republican members of Michigan's U.S. House delegation endorsed Trump.[148]
  • July 8, 2023: Trump spoke at a volunteer recruitment event in Las Vegas, Nevada.[149]
  • July 7, 2023: Trump held a rally in Council Bluffs, Iowa.[150]
  • July 1, 2023: Trump held an Independence Day event in Pickens, South Carolina.[151]

  • June 30, 2023: Trump spoke at the Moms for Liberty conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[152]
  • June 27, 2023: Trump spoke at the New Hampshire Federation of Republican Women's Lilac Luncheon.[153]
  • June 25, 2023: Trump spoke at the Oakland County, Michigan, Republican Party Lincoln Day dinner.[154]
  • June 24, 2023: Trump spoke at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference in Washington, D.C..[155]
  • June 23, 2023:
    • North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson (R) endorsed Trump.[156]
    • Trump announced the membership of his campaign's Pennsylvania federal leadership team, which included six members of Pennsylvania's delegation to the U.S. House.[157]
  • June 22, 2023: Trump released a policy memo about pharmaceutical prices. Trump said, "Under my policy, the United States government will tell Big Pharma that we will only pay the best price they offer to foreign nations, who have been taking advantage of us for so long— the United States is tired of getting ripped off."[158]
  • June 21, 2023: Trump released a policy memo about trade policy. Trump said, "Under the Trump Reciprocal Trade Act, other countries will have two choices—they’ll get rid of their tariffs on us, or they will pay us hundreds of billions of dollars, and the United States will make an absolute FORTUNE."[159]
  • June 20, 2023:
    • Trump released a policy memo titled "Agenda47: Using Impoundment to Slash Waste, Stop Inflation, and Crush the Deep State." Trump said, "Very simply, this meant that if Congress provided more funding than was needed to run the government, the President could refuse to waste the extra funds, and instead return the money to the general treasury and maybe even lower your taxes, although we did give you the biggest tax reduction in history, and the biggest regulation reduction in history, two things I am very proud of."[160]
    • Trump released a digital ad criticizing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' (R) coronavirus policies.[161]
  • June 13, 2023: Trump delivered remarks at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey.[162]
  • June 10, 2023:
  • June 8, 2023: Trump announced that a grand jury in Miami had indicted him on seven federal criminal charges for alleged mishandling of classified documents.[168] Trump's campaign released a statement that read, in part: "President Trump violated no laws and is being held to a different legal standard than other former Presidents and Vice Presidents. We are confident that no matter how crooked the Executive branch has become, the American justice system is resilient and will throw this case out in its entirety. If not, our cherished Constitution is in serious trouble.”[169]
  • June 7, 2023: Politico reported that 50 members of the West Virginia Legislature signed a letter endorsing Trump.[170]
  • June 6, 2023: Trump released a digital ad criticizing Biden, Democratic members of Congress, and other government officials.[171]
  • June 1, 2023:
    • Trump released a policy memo on drug policy, saying, "We will not rest until we have ended the drug addiction crisis. [...] For three decades before my election, drug overdose deaths increased every single year. Under my leadership, we took the drug and fentanyl crisis head on, and we achieved the first reduction in overdose deaths in more than thirty years."[172]
    • Trump campaigned in Urbandale, Des Moines, and Grimes, Iowa, and participated in a televised Fox News town hall.[173]

  • May 31, 2023: Trump released a policy memo on America's 250th anniversary, saying, "Once back in the White House, President Trump will work with America’s 50 governors to create the 'Great American State Fair' in Iowa, host major sporting events with American high school athletes, and sign an executive order to construct a National Garden of American Heroes."[174]
  • May 30, 2023: Trump issued a policy memo on immigration, saying, "As part of my plan to secure the border, on Day One of my new term in office, I will sign an executive order making clear to federal agencies that under the correct interpretation of the law, going forward, the future children of illegal aliens will not receive automatic U.S. citizenship."[175]
  • May 24, 2023: Trump released several online ads criticizing Republican presidential primary candidate Ron DeSantis (R). One ad criticized DeSantis' performance in elections and DeSantis' criticisms of Trump.[176]
  • May 18, 2023: Trump hired Austin McCubbin to serve as his campaign's South Carolina state director, former South Carolina Lieutenant Governor André Bauer as a senior advisor, and Justin Evans to serve as director of special projects.[177]
  • May 11, 2023: Trump issued a statement on the end of Title 42 and immigration policy. He said, "With today's termination of the final remnants of Title 42, Joe Biden has officially abolished what remained of America's borders and turned the United States into a dumping ground for illegal aliens from all over the world. On day one of my new administration, I will end this travesty and restore the sovereign borders of the United States of America. We will immediately resume expedited removals of people that are crossing illegally, our border."[178]
  • May 10, 2023: Trump participated in a televised CNN town hall at Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Click here to read a transcript of the event.[179]
  • May 9, 2023: After a New York jury found Trump liable in a civil case for sexual abuse and defamation of writer E. Jean Carroll, Trump said, "I have absolutely no idea who this woman is. This verdict is a disgrace - a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time!"[180]
  • May 8, 2023: Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over Trump's criminal indictment for falsifying business records in New York, issued a ruling saying parties to the case who receive evidence provided by the defense, including Trump, "shall not copy, disseminate, or disclose the Covered Materials, in any form or by any means, to any third party (except to those employed by counsel to assist in the defense of the above-captioned criminal proceeding) including, but not lirnited to, by disseminating ot posting the Covered Materials to any news or social media platforms, including, but not limited, to Truth Social, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Twitter, Snapchat, or YouTube, without prior approval from the Court."[181] Merchan said Trump could still speak generally about the case.[182]
  • May 5, 2023:
    • Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) endorsed Trump.[183]
    • Trump issued a statement about fellow 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (R). Trump said, "The thing I like about Vivek is that he only has good things to say about “President Trump,” and all that the Trump Administration has so successfully done—This is the reason he is doing so well."[184]
  • May 3, 2023: Trump issued a press release on Title 42 and U.S.-Mexico border policy. He said, "We replaced catch and release with detain and deport. One of my most successful policies was Title 42, which allowed for instant expulsion of any illegal alien who crossed our borders— anybody, if they were bad, we got them out. We got them out fast. When I take the oath of office on January 20, 2025, we will immediately begin the process of fully securing the border and removing the illegal aliens Joe Biden has unlawfully allowed to break into our country."[185]
  • May 2, 2023:
    • Trump's PAC, Make America Great, Inc., released an ad in Iowa and New Hampshire saying Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) voted to reduce benefits for seniors and that Trump would "protect Medicare and Social Security." The PAC spent $836,000 in Iowa and $658,000 in New Hampshire on ads running from May 2 to May 11.[186]
    • Trump issued a press release on higher education, saying, "For many years, tuition costs at colleges and universities have been exploding ... while academics have been obsessed with indoctrinating America's youth ... The time has come to reclaim our once great educational institutions from the radical Left, and we will do that."[187]
  • May 1, 2023: Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.) endorsed Trump.[188]

  • April 27, 2023:
  • April 24, 2023:
    • Trump's campaign released a campaign ad criticizing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R).[192]
    • Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) endorsed Trump.[193]
    • Trump issued a statement responding to President Joe Biden's (D) re-election campaign announcement. Trump said, "When I stand on that debate stage and compare our records, it will be Radical Democrats’ worst nightmare because there’s never been a record as bad as they have, and our country has never been through so much. There has never been a greater contrast between two successive administrations in all of American history. Ours being greatness, and theirs being failure."[194]
  • April 21, 2023:
  • April 20, 2023: Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) endorsed Trump.[198]
  • April 18, 2023: Reps. John Rutherford (R-Fla.) and Lance Gooden (R-Texas) endorsed Trump.[199][200]
  • April 17, 2023: Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Reps. Greg Steube (R-Fla.), Charles Fleischmann (R-Tenn.), Mark Green (R-Tenn.), John Rose (R-Tenn.), and Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.) endorsed Trump.[201][202][203]
  • April 16, 2023: Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) endorsed Trump.[204]
  • April 14, 2023:
    • Trump spoke at the annual National Rifle Association conference.[205]
    • Trump issued a press release about business regulation, saying, "As I work to quickly save America from Joe Biden’s economic disaster—and that’s what it is, one of the great economic disasters of all time—I will restore my famously successful executive order requiring that for every one NEW regulation, two OLD regulations must be eliminated—and I will ask Congress to make it permanent."[206]
  • April 13, 2023:
    • Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) endorsed Trump.[207]
    • Trump issued a press release on criminal justice. He said, "There is no more dire threat to the American Way of Life than the corruption and weaponization of our Justice System—and it’s happening all around us. [...] If we cannot restore the fair and impartial rule of law, we will not be a free country."[208]
  • April 10, 2023: Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) endorsed Trump.[209]
  • April 6, 2023: Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) endorsed Trump.[210]
  • April 4, 2023:
    • Trump was arraigned and pled not guilty to the New York grand jury indictment.[211][212] The unsealed indictment showed the grand jury had voted to indict Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.[213] Trump held an event at Mar-a-Lago in the evening, where he said, "They can't beat us at the ballot box, so they try and beat us through the law."[214]
    • Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R- Miss.) endorsed Trump.[215]

  • March 30, 2023: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced that a grand jury had voted to indict Trump on criminal charges.[216] In a statement, Trump said, "This is Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history.[217]
  • March 29, 2023: Trump issued a press release on foreign policy, saying, "Under my administration, we were tough on Russia — tougher than any administration before — but we also demonstrated RESPECT for Russia and the Russian people. "[218]
  • March 28, 2023: Politico reported the Trump campaign hired Trevor Naglieri to serve as the campaign's New Hampshire state director. In 2016, Naglieri worked as field coordinator for Jeb Bush's (R) campaign, and later as national field director for Ted Cruz's (R) campaign.[219]
  • March 25, 2023: Trump held a rally in Waco, Texas. This was the first campaign rally Trump held in Texas during his 2024 presidential campaign.[220] Trump also announced members of his campaign's state leadership campaign, including Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick (R), Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), and eleven Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives.[221]
  • March 21, 2023: Trump issued a policy brief on government ethics. He said he would re-issue an executive order giving the president the authority to fire certain bureaucrats, move federal agencies outside of Washington, D.C., and support a constitutional amendment to create congressional term limits, among other things.[222]
  • March 20, 2023: Trump issued a policy brief on housing policy. He said, "The woke left is waging full scale war on the suburbs, and their Marxist crusade is coming for your neighborhood, your tax dollars, your public safety, and your home. When I get back into the Oval Office, one of my first acts will be to repeal Joe Biden's radical left attack on the suburban lifestyle."[223]
  • March 17, 2023: Trump issued a policy brief on bank failures. He said, "There should be no bailouts. But we need to get this economy straightened out as fast as possible. We're headed down a very dangerous path. When I'm back in the White House, I will immediately unleash energy production, slash regulations, like I did just three years ago, and repeal Biden's tax hikes to get inflation down as fast as possible, and it will go quickly, so that interest rates can get back under control."[224]
  • March 16, 2023: Trump issued a policy brief on the war in Ukraine. He said, "Every day this proxy battle in Ukraine continues, we risk global war. We must be absolutely clear that our objective is to immediately have a total cessation of hostilities. All shooting has to stop. This is the central issue. We need peace without delay."[225]
  • March 15, 2023: Trump's PAC, Make America Great, Inc., filed a complaint with the Florida Commission on Ethics against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R). The complaint said, "Certain activities related to Governor DeSantis' ascension to the national stage, insofar as they are funded by a vast network of political committees, non-profit organizations, and prominent political operatives are unlawful because they serve his personal political objectives, are in furtherance of his personal financial gain at the expense of Florida taxpayers, and are intended to influence his official decision to resign from office."[226]
  • March 13, 2023: Trump held a campaign event in Davenport, Iowa. He spoke about education policy, saying he supported universal school choice, electing school principals, and eliminating the Department of Education. He also said, "I said the other day I will bring back parental rights into our school system, and the place went crazy. As president, I’ll fight to expand that right to every single state in America."[227]
  • March 4, 2023: Trump issued a policy brief on his plan to "create a new American future and modernize communities across the country." He said he would build cities on federal land, invest in air mobility transportation, lower the cost of living for families, and increase manufacturing in the United States.[228]
  • March 3, 2023: Axios reported that Trump was planning to target Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R), a possible presidential candidate, on subjects like DeSantis' stance on Social Security and Medicare, his loyalty to Trump and his likability, and on DeSantis' early response to the coronavirus pandemic.[229]
  • March 2, 2023: Trump issued a policy brief on his opposition to President Joe Biden's (D) Executive Order on Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through The Federal Government. Trump said, "Every institution in America is under attack from this Marxist concept of ‘equity.' [...] I will get this extremism out of the White House, out of the military, out of the Justice Department, and out of our government."[230]
  • March 1, 2023: The Conservative Political Action Conference began. Trump was slated to speak at the conference on its final day, March 4. Politico's Natalie Allison and Meridith McGraw wrote, "If this weekend’s event mimics the conferences of recent years, Trump is preparing to bask in the glow. But that also raises the stakes for him. A poor showing in the crowd or in the CPAC straw poll could feed chatter that his grip on the GOP is failing."[231] Click here to watch Trump's full address at CPAC.

  • February 28, 2023: During a radio interview with Simon Conway, a Des Moines, Iowa based talk show host, Trump said he planned to make his first campaign stop in Iowa since delcaring his 2024 campaign. The following day, a Trump aide told the Associated Press the campaign was planning to visit the state in mid-March.[232]
  • February 27, 2023: Trump announced elements of his trade platform. He said he would, "replace the disastrous Biden system of punishing domestic producers and rewarding outsourcers with a new pro-America system of universal baseline tariffs on most foreign products that rewards domestic production while taxing foreign companies."[233]
  • February 24, 2023: In a video, Trump announced his policy on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investments. He said he would ban such investments by executive order, and seek a permanent ban through congressional action.[234]
  • February 23, 2023: Trump hosted an event for donors at Mar-a-Lago to raise money for his political action committee, MAGA Inc.[235]
  • February 22, 2023: Two weeks after a train derailed while carrying hazardous materials near East Palestine, Ohio, Trump visited the village. He delivered remarks at the East Palestine Fire Department where he criticized the Biden administration's response to the derailment and highlighted the way his administration responded to natural disasters.[236]
  • February 21, 2023: In a video, Trump outlined elements of his foreign policy platform, which he described as a "plan to defeat the America Last warmongers and globalists in the Deep State, the Pentagon, the State Department, and the national security industrial complex." Click here to watch the full video.[237]
  • February 20, 2023:
  • February 15, 2023: Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) endorsed Trump.[239]
  • February 10, 2023: Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) endorsed Trump, bringing his total endorsements from U.S. senators to five.[240]
  • February 9, 2023: Politico reported that Jason Miller would be joining the Donald Trump campaign as an advisor.[241]
  • February 7, 2023: Trump issued policy positions on Free Speech and Big Tech, Stopping Crime and Restoring Safety, and Improving Education and Protecting Parents’ Rights.
  • February 3, 2023: Trump issued a policy statement on "Chinese Espionage and Increased Aggression That Threatens American Sovereignty," He said, "As President, I took the most dramatic action of any administration to curtail China’s ability to conduct espionage in the United States,” President Trump said. “And when I’m back in the White House, those efforts will be expanded in a very, very big way. Instead of hunting down Republicans, a reformed FBI and Justice Department will be hunting down Chinese spies."[242]
  • February 2, 2023: Trump issued a policy statement on healthcare related to gender transition. He said, "I will sign a new executive order instructing every federal agency to cease all programs that promote the concept of sex and gender transition at any age. I will then ask Congress to permanently stop federal taxpayer dollars from being used to promote or pay for these procedures."[243]
  • February 1, 2023: Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) endorsed Trump.[244]

  • January 31, 2023: Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) endorsed Trump.[245]
  • January 30, 2023: Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) endorsed Trump.[246]
  • January 28, 2023:
  • January 26, 2023: Trump issued a statement on his education policy. He said he would, "cut federal funding for any school or program pushing critical race theory, gender ideology, or other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content onto our children," among other things.[250]
  • January 25, 2023: Meta announced it would lift Trump's ban from Facebook and Instagram.[251]
  • January 20, 2023: Trump issued a video statement where he said he would not reduce Medicare or Social Security spending.[252]
  • January 19, 2023: Trump gave a speech at his hotel in Miami, Florida.[253]
  • January 18, 2023: In a video, Trump talked about his economic policy regarding Chinese ownership of American assets. He said, "China does not allow American companies to take over their critical infrastructure and America should not allow China to take over our critical infrastructure. [...] To protect our country, we need to enact aggressive new restrictions on Chinese ownership of any vital infrastructure in the United States, including energy, technology, telecommunications, farmland, natural resources, medical supplies and other strategic national assets."[254]
  • January 11, 2023: In a statement, Trump called for "an immediate investigation into the disturbing relationship between Big Tech platforms and government agencies, including the coordination of a massive censorship, surveillance, and propaganda campaign against the American people."[255]
  • January 5, 2023: Trump issued a policy brief on his crime policy. He said, "The drug cartels are waging war on America—and it's now time for America to wage war on the cartels. The drug cartels and their allies in the Biden administration have the blood of countless millions on their hands. Millions and millions of families and people are being destroyed. When I am back in the White House, the drug kingpins and vicious traffickers will never sleep soundly again."[256]
  • January 3, 2023: Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R) endorsed Trump.[257]

  • November 15, 2022: Trump officially announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election.[258]


See also

Footnotes

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