TRUMP RUNNING IN

2024

Could He Win Again? Why Will It Be Harder For

Him To Run This Time?

ROCCO SCOTT
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 TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE

48 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT DONALD TRUMP

CHAPTER TWO

POLITICAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND SHORTCOMINGS OF DONALD TRUMP

CHAPTER THREE

REASONS DONALD TRUMP LOST IN THE 2020 U.S. ELECTION

CHAPTER FOUR

DONALD TRUMP 2024: WHY IT WILL BE HARDER FOR HIM TO RUN THIS TIME

CHAPTER FIVE

WHO ARE TRUMP’S REPUBLICAN RIVALS?

 INTRODUCTION
Donald Trump was America's most famous billionaire long before he ran for
president. The 74-year-old is out of office after just one term, but he
continues to be a force within the Republican Party, even though he was once
thought to be a long shot for the presidency.
His controversial immigration platform and outrageous campaign style had
sparked skepticism about his 2016 candidacy, as had his past as a celebrity.
However, the businessman came out to the limelight when he beat much
more experienced politicians in the Republican primary race, defying
everyone’s doubts.
Before joining his father’s company, Mr. Trump said that he got into real
estate with a "small" $1 million loan from his father. In 1971, he took control
of the company, which he renamed the Trump Organization, and assisted in
managing his father's extensive portfolio of residential housing projects in the
boroughs of New York City. In 1999, his father passed away.
Mr. Trump transformed the rundown Commodore Hotel into the Grand Hyatt
and constructed the most well-known Trump property, the 68-story Trump
Tower on Fifth Avenue, shifting his family's business from residential units
in Brooklyn and Queens to luxurious Manhattan projects like Trump Place,
Trump World Tower, Trump International Hotel and Tower, and other
properties.
Additionally, Mr. Trump created hotels and casinos, a division of the
company that has resulted in four filings for bankruptcy (for the businesses,
not for personal bankruptcy).
Additionally, he established an entertainment industry empire. He owned the
Miss Universe, Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA beauty pageants from 1996
to 2015. He launched The Apprentice, a reality television show on NBC, in
2003, where contestants competed for a chance to manage Mr. Trump's
organization. In a financial disclosure form, he stated that the network had
paid him $213 million over the course of the show's 14 seasons.
He owns a product line that sells everything from neckties to water bottles
and has written several books. According to Forbes’ estimation, he is worth
$2.5 billion (£1.9 billion).
The New York Times reported in September that, despite his alleged wealth,
Mr. Trump only paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and his first year
in office. However, the report was branded "fake news" by the former
president.
MARITAL AND FAMILY HISTORY
Mr. Trump is a father and husband who have been married three times. His
first wife, a Czech athlete, and model named Ivana Zelnickova is his most
famous wife.

They had three children - Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric – as at the time they
filed for divorce in 1990. The subsequent legal battle resulted in numerous
tabloid stories. Ivana later played down the allegations that he had been
abusive to her in those accounts.
In 1993, he got married to Marla Maples who was an actress. Before getting
divorced in 1999, they had a daughter named Tiffany.
Again, he got married to Melania Knauss, a Slovenian model, in 2005.
Together, the couple has a son named Barron William Trump.
Despite the fact that he is still the company's chief executive, his children
from his previous marriage now help run the business. His oldest daughter,
Ivanka, went with her father to the White House, where she and her husband,
Jared Kushner, served as senior advisers.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL INTEREST
Mr. Trump announced interest in running for president in 1987 and,
surprisingly, entered the 2000 race as a Reform Party candidate.
In 2008, he rose to fame in the "birther" movement, which questioned
whether Barack Obama was born in the United States. However, those claims
were debunked as it was proven that Obama was born in Hawaii. In the end,
Mr. Trump alleged that the claims were not true, but, there was no apology
tendered.
Mr. Trump did not officially declare his candidacy for the White House until
June 2015. In his speech, he said "We need somebody that will take this
country and make it great again. We can do that" promising that he was the
ideal candidate since he didn't need to raise money to fund his campaigns and
didn't have to answer to any special interests.
Mr. Trump ran a controversial campaign under the slogan "Make
America Great Again" in which he promised to build a wall along the US-
Mexico border, strengthen the American economy, and temporarily prohibit
Muslim immigration until the country's representatives could figure out what
is going on.
Mr. Trump became the presumptive Republican Party presidential nominee
after the Indiana primary, despite massive protests at his campaign events and
the best efforts of his Republican rivals Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.
HOW DID TRUMP WIN THE ELECTION?
The emergence of a 2005 recording of Trump making lewd remarks about
women and claims that he was unfit for office, including from members of
his party, rocked Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
However, he made it clear to his army of supporters on a consistent basis that
he would defy opinion polls, which primarily showed him trailing Hillary
Clinton, and that his presidency would "drain the swamp" in Washington and
strike a blow to the political establishment.
He declared that he would carry out "Brexit times ten," drawing inspiration
from the successful campaign to get Britain out of the European Union.
Despite his campaign receiving a late boost from the new controversy
surrounding an FBI investigation into his opponent's emails, few believed it
would occur on polling day.
When he and President Obama met for transition talks two days after the
election, his supporters got a chance to see him in the Oval Office while his
stunning victory was still sinking in across the United States.
Before he was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on January
20, 2017, he had already made history as the first president of the United
States who had never served in the military or held any public office before
being voted into power.
 CHAPTER ONE
48 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP
1. Trump gets four hours of sleep each night.
Donald Trump has a preference for not sleeping more than four hours each
night. He typically goes to sleep after finishing his work until past midnight
or one in the morning and then wakes up before six in the morning.
2. The Trump Organization was heavily influenced by Ivana
Trump.
Aside from structure being Donald's most memorable spouse, Ivana Trump
was likewise a previous design model and money manager. As the vice
president of interior design, she contributed significantly to the Trump
Organization. Ivana wrote "Raising Trump" in 2017 about her childhood and
the first few years of raising her children with Donald Trump.
3. Donald Trump competed against Vince McMahon at
WrestleMania 23.

Donald Trump made an appearance as a guest at WWE's WrestleMania 23 in

2007. He fought WWE CEO Vince McMahon in front of 85,000 people In
"The Battle of Billionaires."
 4. Under a lifeguard stand, a policeman discovered Marla Maples
and Donald's bodyguard together.
Marla Maples, Trump's second wife, started out as a contestant in beauty
contests and pageants. She went on to become an actress and a TV
personality. On a deserted beach at 4 a.m. in 1996, a police officer discovered
Marla and Donald's bodyguard together under a lifeguard stand. Marla and
Donald denied that there was an affair, but their relationship soured,
eventually leading to divorce.
5. Melania Trump is the second American first lady to be born
outside the U.S.
Melania Trump, Trump's third and current wife, was born and raised in
Sevnica, Slovenia. Before moving to the United States in 1996, she worked
as a fashion model in Italy and France. In addition, Melania Trump is the
second first lady to be born outside of the United States, following Louisa
Adams, John Quincy Adams's wife.
6. When Donald Trump became their company's president, he was
only 24 years old.
In 1968, Donald Trump worked for his father's business, Elizabeth Trump &
Son Co., while he was a student at the University of Pennsylvania. Frederick
Trump was the chairman of the board when Donald's father named him
(Donald Trump) president of their company in 1970.

7. A lot of successful people studied at the University of

Pennsylvania
Donald received his bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania's
Wharton School, which has produced hundreds of successful individuals.
Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, Warren Buffett, the former CEO of
Berkshire Hathaway, Alex Gorsky, the former CEO of Johnson & Johnson,
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Motors, Robert Crandall, the former CEO of
American Airlines, and John Sculley, the former CEO of Apple and Pepsi, all
attended the same school as Trump.
8. Donald made the decision to change their company's name.
In 1973, Donald changed the name of the family business from "Elizabeth
Trump & Son Co." to "The Trump Organization.” Since then, he has focused
on major Manhattan development projects, such as renovating famous hotels
all over the city.
9. Donald Trump opened three hotel casinos between 1984 and
1990.
Donald opened the Trump Castle in 1985 and the Trump Plaza Hotel and
Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1984. In 1990, the Trump Taj Mahal
was built.
10. The Trump Organization continues to invest and own real
estate
The Trump Organization is now a private conglomerate that owns and invests
in golf courses, residential towers, the hospitality sector, residential real
estate, and residential real estate.

11. Not all of Donald Trump's business is real estate.

The Trump Organization now operates food and beverage, business
education, and financial services in addition to real estate. It also owns shares
in online travel, construction, model management, private and commercial
aviation, and beauty pageants.
12. The Miss Universe and Miss Teen USA pageants were
once owned by Donald Trump.
Both Miss Universe and Miss Teen USA are run by the Miss Universe
Organization. From 1996 to 2015, Donald Trump controlled the pageant,
which was previously broadcast on NBC. Donald, however, sold the pageant
to Endeavor Group Holdings in 2015. The pageant's broadcast rights are
currently owned by Fox.
13. Donald attended Kew-Forest School for his primary
education
From kindergarten through seventh grade, Donald Trump attended Kew-
Forest School. The Kew-Forest School is one of the oldest independent,
coeds, college preparatory schools for students in Pre-Kindergarten through
12th grade. It was established in 1918.
14. When Trump was 13, he attended military school.
In 1959, Donald was sent to the New York Military Academy, where he
spent five years studying. His father sent him there because he thought he
needed more discipline and focus in his life.

15. Donald Trump did not make the school's honor roll.
The New York Times reported that Donald Trump graduated first in his class
from Wharton in 1973 and 1976. However, when it was discovered that
Trump did not even make the school's honor roll, it caused controversy.
Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, threatened legal action in 2015 if any of
Trump's former schools released his academic records.
16. Donald refused four students’ drafts.
Donald was required to sign up for the armed forces through four student
drafts while he was a college student. However, due to his medical
conditions, Trump rejected all of them, drawing widespread criticism.
Donald claimed in 2015 that he had a bone spur in his foot to settle the
dispute, but he couldn't remember which foot had been affected.
17. The Spanish flu pandemic claimed the life of Donald's
grandfather.
Friedrich Trump passed away during the 1918 pandemic of the Spanish Flu.
Fred Trump stepped up in response to this unfortunate incident and helped
his mother manage their real estate business when he was 15 years old.
18. He has four siblings.
Donald Trump has two sisters and two brothers: Elizabeth Trump Grau,
Robert Trump, Fred Trump Jr., and Maryanne Trump Barry. Robert Trump is
a real estate developer and business executive who oversees the real estate
holdings of the Trump Organization outside of New York. Maryanne Trump
Barry was an attorney and Elizabeth Trump Grau was a banking executive in
the United States. Lastly, Fred Trump helped9 the family business as well.
19. Fred Trump Jr. died from a heart attack.
On September 26, 1981, Fred Trump Jr. suffered a heart attack and died.
When he passed away, Fred Jr. was only 43 years old. Reports also showed
that Fred Trump Jr. suffered from alcoholism.
20. Donald's life is still shaped by Fred Jr. to this day.
In an interview, Donald admitted that he feels "regret" about how he treated
his late brother Fred Jr. and how he pressured him to run the family business,
which made Fred Jr. more likely to drink alcohol. Donald stated that the
memory of his brother continues to have a significant impact on his life and
career.
21. Trump is a German surname.
The German surname Trump is derived either from the word "trumpet" or
"drum." The first mention of the name was in Kallstadt, Germany, according
to 17th-century records.
22. Donald Trump's ancestral root is from Germany.
In 1789, Johann Trump was born in Bodenheim, Germany. Johann Trump
later relocated to Germany's Kallstadt. Friedrich Trump, Donald Trump's
grandfather, was born there in 1869.
23. Henry J. Heinz is a relative of Donald Trump.
Friedrich Trump was Henry J. Heinz's second cousin and the creator of the
well-known condiment brand Heinz.

24. The original Trump family in Germany is Lutheran.

Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that adheres to the ideas of
German reformer Martin Luther, who lived in the 16th century. Melania
Trump is Roman Catholic, while Donald Trump practices Presbyterianism at
the moment.
25. Donald Trump is allergic to germs.
Donald Trump avoids handshakes as much as possible due to his fear of
germs. Trump has previously referred to handshakes as "barbaric."
26. Trump Management Inc. was once the subject of a
discrimination lawsuit brought by the Department of Justice.
Trump Management, according to their critics, would not rent to people of a
particular race, saying there were "no vacancies" for black people.
27. Donald Trump once filed a $5 million lawsuit against Bill
Maher.
Bill Maher, an American comedian, was sued by Donald Trump for calling
him the "Son of an Orangutan." Shortly after the incident, Donald voluntarily
dropped his $5 million lawsuit against the comedian.
28. Donald Trump does not take alcohol.
Donald Trump, in contrast to his late brother Fred Trump Jr., stated in an
interview that he is proud of the fact that he has never taken alcohol in his
life. His favorite beverage is Diet Coke or Diet Pepsi.

29. One of Donald's favorite places to visit is Mar-a-Lago.

One of Trump's favorite places to visit is the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm
Beach, Florida. The Sunshine State is home to this resort as well as a national
historic landmark.
30. Donald's greatest business challenges occurred in the early
1990s.
In Donald's business career, he had many good times, but the worst time was
in the early 1990s, he said. Around this time, the real estate markets had all
but collapsed.
31. Donald enjoys pasta and steak the most.
With regards to eating, Donald Trump's top picks are steak and pasta.
Additionally, Donald is well-known for his fondness for fast food
establishments like KFC and McDonald's.
Trump also frequently skipped breakfast, preferring cereal or bacon and eggs
when forced to eat. His preferred snacks are Oreos and Lay's potato chips.
32. His monthly salary was $33,333.33.
As a former president of the United States, Donald Trump earned $33,333
per month or $400,000 per year. He also had a $100,000 nontaxable travel
account, a $19,000 entertainment account, and a $50,000 expense allowance.
33. One of the tallest U.S. presidents is Donald Trump.
At 6 feet, 4 inches, Abraham Lincoln was the tallest president of the United
States while Donald Trump is 6 feet, 3 inches tall. At 5 feet, 4 inches, James
Madison, the fourth president of the United States, was the shortest.
34. Despite his weight, he is in "very good health."
Donald Trump is about 243 pounds in weight. Albeit the ideal load for a 6'3
male ought to simply be 176 to 216 lbs, his specialist says it's no problem for
his health.
35. Trump owns and operates his businesses.
As indicated by Donald Trump, what he would consider work or business is
making bargains. Trump claimed, in contrast to other businessmen, who
merely strike deals, he preferred to oversee his businesses after making a
deal.
36. Donald Trump is a fan of Jack Nicholson.
Jack Nicholson is Donald Trump's favorite movie star. Jack Nicholson, an
American actor, and filmmaker who has been in the business for more than
60 years is well-known for his numerous leading roles.
37. Jack Welch is Donald Trump's business hero.
Donald adores John Francis Welch, the former CEO of General Electric
(GE), one of the world's most powerful corporations. From 1981 to 2001,
Jack Welch was chairman and CEO of General Electric.
 38. Trump seems to value loyalty.
Donald Trump says that the person who never gives up is the personal quality
he admires the most in business. In addition, he admires people who can be
loyal to others in life.

39. Trump lives by a pretty existential maxim.

When asked about his life motto, Donald Trump responded, “As miserable as
it might look, life is what you do while you're holding on to bite the dust, so
you should live it up."
40. At the age of 27, Trump owned more than 10,000
apartments.
Even though some people say that Donald Trump would be nothing if he
didn't get the business from his family, he actually owned more than 10,000
apartments when he was 27 years old.
41. Under Donald Trump, the American economy soared to
new heights.
The US economy and stock market both experienced higher levels when
Donald Trump became the 45th President of the United States. However,
there are critics who point out that, like his family, he also inherited a
prosperous economy from the previous administration.
42. Donald Trump's total assets sum up to more than $2.1
billion.
Donald Trump's net worth is estimated to be more than $2.1 billion in 2020.
It is said that Donald's total wealth is valued higher than what organizations
estimate.
He claims that the markets determine his fluctuating net worth. According to
Donald himself, his net worth could be as high as $3.3 billion.
43. Since he was three years old, Trump has received funds
 from his family's trust.
Fred Trump's expanding business empire gave Donald Trump more than
$410 million during his lifetime. Since he was three years old, his father and
his paternal grandmother established numerous trust funds for him.
44. Donald Trump gives his salary to the federal departments.
One of the presidents of the United States who does not cash in his salary is
Donald Trump. Donald Trump donates his $400,000 annual salary to several
federal departments, despite the fact that the Constitution of the United States
mandates that presidents receive compensation.
However, he is not the only president to have done so on behalf of the United
States. Additionally, George Washington, Herbert Hoover, and John F.
Kennedy donated their salaries to the nation.
45. Donald Trump was rewarded handsomely by The
Apprentice.
He was paid a lot to host the popular reality show "The Apprentice" by
Donald Trump. Donald claims that he made more than $200 million from the
192 episodes and product licensing under his name.
46. Over 3,000 lawsuits have been filed against Donald
Trump.
It's possible that some of Donald Trump's former business partners and
associates will no longer enter into agreements with him. One of Donald
Trump's most surprising facts is: he has been sued by his business partners,
employees, contractors, and banks more than 3,000 times.
47. He doesn’t wear a wig
It's almost impossible not to think of Donald Trump's hairstyle when they
think of him. Someone once told Donald in an interview, "You wear the
worst wig I've ever seen!" However, it is his actual hair.
48. Donald's hair is cut by Melania Trump.
Melania Trump, Donald Trump's wife, gives him haircuts. Melania cut
Donald's hair when they were first dating, but it's not clear if she still does so.
 CHAPTER TWO
POLITICAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND SHORTCOMINGS OF
DONALD TRUMP
58 TRUMP’S POLITICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1. Trump signed three Native American-friendly bills. One funded
Native language programs, one compensated the Spokane tribe for
the loss of their lands in the middle of the 1900s, and the third
granted the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Montana
federal recognition.
2. Trump completed the establishment of the sixth military branch, the
Space Force.
3. To make animal abusers face harsher penalties, Trump signed a law
making animal cruelty a federal felony.
4. Violent crime decreased every year he had been in office after rising
for two years before his election, before the recent violent Antifa
protests.
5. Trump signed a bill that made CBD and hemp legal.
6. The water infrastructure issue in Flint, Michigan, was addressed with
$100 million from Trump's EPA.
7. Under Trump's direction, the United States of America became the
largest crude oil producer in the world in 2018, surpassing Saudi
Arabia and Russia.
8. A law signed by Trump ended pharmacists' gag orders, which
prevented them from sharing information that could save them
money.
9. The "Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act"
(FOSTA), which Trump signed, and the "Stop Enabling Sex
Traffickers Act" (SESTA), which gives victims and law enforcement
new tools to fight sex trafficking, were both signed into law by
Trump.
10. Trump signed a bill requiring airports to provide
breastfeeding mothers with space.
11. In November 2019, the nation's highest-paid workers saw a
2.9% increase in earnings, while the 25% of Americans with the
 lowest pay saw an increase of 4.5 percent.
12. Companies that were increasing entry-level pay and raising
minimum wages were both helping low-wage workers, under Donald
Trump.
13. Trump designated 375,000 acres as protected land and signed
the largest wilderness protection and conservation bill in a decade.
14. The Save Our Seas Act, which Trump signed into law,
provided $10 million annually to remove tons of trash and plastic
from the ocean.
15. He signed a bill that reduced prescription costs by allowing
certain drugs to be imported from Canada.
16. Trump issued an executive order requiring all healthcare
providers to disclose their prices so that Americans can compare
prices and determine how much fewer providers charge insurance
companies. He said that no American should be surprised by bills for
medical services they never agreed to when signing that bill.
17. Prescription drug prices increased by an annual average of
3.6% in the eight years before President Trump's inauguration. Drug
prices decreased year over year under Trump.
18. He established a White House VA Hotline to assist veterans,
primarily staffed by veterans and their immediate family members.
More than 4,000 VA employees were sacked, demoted, or suspended
as a result of poor performance.
19. He issued an executive order mandating the submission of a
joint plan by the Secretaries of Defense, Homeland Security, and
Veterans Affairs to enable veterans to access mental health care
during their transition to civilian life.
20. In 2020, the majority of federal employees received a pay
increase of 3.1% on average, the largest increase in more than a
decade, as a result of a bill that Trump endorsed and signed into law.
21. Millions of federal employees received up to 12 weeks of
paid parental leave under a law that Trump enacted.
22. For 11 years, the Trump administration provided free HIV
prevention medications to 200,000 uninsured patients.
23. An all-time sale was recorded during the 2019 holidays.
24. Trump signed an order that allowed small businesses to buy
insurance together at a lower price.
25. The Preventing Maternal Deaths Act, signed into law by
President Trump, focused primarily on lowering Black American
mortality rates and provided funding for states to conduct maternal
mortality reviews with the goal of better understanding of maternal
complications and identifying solutions.
26. The ground-breaking First Step Act, a criminal justice reform
bill, was signed into law by President Trump in 2018. It helped
former inmates successfully return to society and made the justice
system more equitable.
27. The First Step Act changed mandatory minimums that led to
unfair outcomes and addressed inequities in sentencing laws that
disproportionately harmed Black Americans.
28. The First Step Act gave judges more leeway when deciding
how to punish non-violent crimes.
29. Inmates were provided with rehabilitative programs through
the First Step Act, which aided in their successful reintegration into
society and avoidance of crime.
30. Over 14% more money was given to historically black
colleges and universities (HBCUs) under Trump's administration.
31. Trump signed legislation to forgive debt from Hurricane
Katrina that put HBCUs in danger.
32. In October 2019, sales of new single-family homes were up
31.6% compared to the previous year.
33. He created the position of executive director for the White
House Initiative on HBCUs, making HBCUs a priority.
34. At a historically black college, Trump was honored with the
Bipartisan Justice Award for his efforts to reform the criminal justice
system.
35. As a result of a job-rich environment under the Trump
administration, the poverty rate fell to a 17-year low of 11.8%.
36. Since the United States began collecting such data, poverty
rates among African Americans and Hispanic Americans fell to their
lowest levels.
37. A bill that created five national monuments, expanded
several national parks, added 1.3 million acres of wilderness, and
reauthorized the Land and Water Conservation Fund permanently
was signed into law by President Trump.
38. The USDA of Donald Trump pledged $124 million to restore
rural water infrastructure.
39. Small businesses and consumer confidence were at an all-
time high.
40. More than 7 million jobs were created since the election
before the COVID shutdown.
41. There were more employed Americans than ever before.
42. More than 400,000 manufacturing jobs were created.
43. Five ambassadors were chosen by Trump who were all gay.
44. Ric Grenell, Trump's openly gay ambassador to Germany,
was given the task of leading a global effort to make homosexuality
illegal everywhere.

45. By Trump's Anti-Trafficking Coordination Team (ACTeam)

initiative, the number of human traffickers convicted by federal
authorities more than doubled and the number of defendants charged
in ACTeam districts increased by 75%.
46. An organization that was the internet's leading source of
prostitution-related advertisements that led to sex trafficking was
dismantled by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2018.
47. To combat human trafficking more effectively, Trump's
OMB published new anti-trafficking guidelines for government
procurement officials.
48. 1,588 criminals involved in human trafficking were
apprehended as part of the Homeland Security Investigations
conducted by Trump's Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
49. The National Human Trafficking Hotline was supported by
funding from Trump's Department of Health and Human Services to
identify traffickers and assist victims.
50. The hotline found 16,862 potential cases of human
trafficking.
51. From July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018, Trump's DOJ provided
grants to organizations that supported victims of human trafficking,
addressing nearly 9,000 cases.
52. To assist victims in obtaining resources and support, the
Department of Homeland Security hired more specialists in victim
assistance.
53. To ensure that no child is confined to a failing school
because of their zip code, President Trump urged Congress to pass
legislation allowing for school choice.
54. In September 2018, the President signed a bill to increase
funding for school choice by $42 million.
55. By allowing families to use 529 college savings plans for
elementary and secondary education, President Trump's tax cuts
encouraged school choice.
56. ISIS was largely dismantled and lost most of its territory
under Trump’s leadership.
57. Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, was killed.
58. He signed the first reauthorization of Perkins CTE in 2006,
allowing states to spend more than $1 billion annually on vocational
and career education programs.

36 SHORTCOMINGS OF DONALD TRUMP

1. He appointed his unqualified family to top administration roles.
2. He was impeached.
3. He tried to ban TikTok.
4. He approved a devastating oil pipeline through Native land.
5. He appointed a far-right nationalist as his chief strategist
6. He imposed a Muslim travel ban.
7. He (repeatedly) refused to release his tax returns.
8. He tried to stop transgender students from using school
bathrooms in line with their gender.
9. He lied about his inauguration crowd sizes.
10. He repeatedly called Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas”.
11. He doubled fees at his resort hotel after becoming president.
12. Tried to penalize ‘sanctuary cities’ for migrants.
13. He fired the acting attorney general for not defending his
travel ban.
14. He tried to buy Greenland.
15. He dismissed Russian interference in the election.
16. He seemingly told police officers to rough up suspects.
17. He invented three million “illegal” voters to explain Hillary
Clinton winning the popular vote.
18. The Trump Hotel organization received $60,000 for hosting
an event for Kuwait.
19. He attacked former prisoner of war, John McCain as a
“loser”.
20. He told a sheriff to ‘destroy’ the career of a senator who
opposed police officers being able to seize assets.
21. He appointed Jeff Sessions as attorney general.
22. He ignored evidence of Michael Flynn’s meetings with
Russia.
23. He withdrew from the Paris Agreement on climate change.
24. He suggested vaccines cause autism.
25. He stopped funding for the UN Population Fund which
supports family planning across the globe.
26. He appointed an anti-abortion advocate to oversee family
planning funding for low-income communities.
27. He nominated a climate change skeptic to head the committee
advising the White House on environmental policy.
28. He removed protection status from 59,000 Haitians, forcing
them to return to disaster-ridden Haiti by July 2019.
29. He retweeted anti-Islam videos from the deputy leader of
Britain First.
30. He cut corporate tax to its lowest rate since 1939.
31. He oversaw the longest government shutdown in US history.
32. He mocked the testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who
accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault.
33. He peddled a conspiracy theory about Joe Biden and Ukraine.
34. He sprayed Black Lives Matter protesters with tear gas so he
could attend a photo op.
35. Walked out of a medal ceremony in the Oval Office.
36. He delayed the signing of the Covid relief bill.
 CHAPTER THREE
REASONS DONALD TRUMP LOST IN THE 2020 U.S.
ELECTION
Trump's plans to create a strong economy
didn't work. The coronavirus pandemic sent the economy into a tailspin and
had only partially recovered. Despite Trump's handling of the pandemic
being criticized by many, no one attributed the outbreak to him.
Although Trump continued to dispute the results, he lost the popular vote,
and it appears that Democrat Joe Biden won with the same number of
electoral votes—306—as Trump did in his victory in 2016, which was also
decided by razor-thin margins in a small number of states.
Since George H.W. Bush in 1992, Trump was the first incumbent president to
be defeated. Coronavirus numbers soared in the days leading up to Nov. 3,
with an increase in deaths and close to 100,000 new cases per day (a
threshold that had been easily surpassed in the days since). Any incumbent
would have had a hard time winning under those circumstances.
When the nation awoke to the possibility of a Trump presidency on
November 9, 2016, his fate may have been sealed from that point forward.
On Election Day some years ago, few people even considered the possibility.
Trump himself warned his wife that they would have a bad night that day.
Trump didn't have a honeymoon after assuming office. He is the only
president from the polling era who has never received majority support.
Instead, many Americans became radical, joining the so-called resistance and
staging millions of protests the day after his inauguration.
The Democrats started to rebuild, winning nine governorships in states that
Trump carried four years ago and taking control of the U.S. House.
Following the GOP's dominance since 2010, they also gained ground at the
legislative level.
Democrats were unable to alter their positions. They suffered a net loss of
one governorship position (Montana) in addition to losing seats in the House
and failing to win any legislative chambers. Even though Republicans appear
to be on track to win the U.S. Senate, the two Georgia seats were decided in
runoffs on January 5.
Trump supported Republican House candidates all over the country. He was
able to get the party's vote, but a small number of people voted against him
later on, demonstrating his weaknesses.
Although polls overestimated Biden's lead, the shape of the presidential race
was clear long before the coronavirus was discovered. Biden's last lead,
however, expanded and remained unaltered.
In the coming days and weeks, there was a myriad of explanations for
Trump's defeat, but some factors are already abundantly clear:
1. Trump had limits as a lawmaker
Although Trump has been a masterful intraparty politician, gaining nearly
universal support from Republicans, he has not been strong at intraparty
politics. He reshaped one of the country's major political parties, which
initially had a lot of doubt about him. He made almost no effort to appeal to
voters outside of his core. That turned out to be a bad idea for a politician
who was consistently disliked by the majority of the country.
It's easy to forget that Trump was just barely elected because he had
completely dominated national life. Trump was able to capitalize on feelings
of resentment and a desire to alter the status quo when he ran for president in
2016 against an unpopular member of the incumbent party. By increasing the
number of white voters, particularly men, he prevented the Democrats from
gaining the long-hyped demographic advantage.
Going into the current year's political race, populace changes implied that
Trump would lose assuming all gatherings cast a ballot the same way they
did in 2016. However, his policies and statements frequently displayed
outright racism, which contributed to the exodus of independents and voters
with college degrees, particularly suburban women. Despite Trump's success
among minorities, particularly Black and Hispanic men, polling suggested
that the difference between 2016 and 2020 may be primarily due to the
decline in the white vote from 71% to 65%.
2. He failed his most important test
Despite the constant drama of the Trump presidency, he generally had a lot of
luck. He didn't face any crises that weren't his own, with a few exceptions
like Hurricane Maria.
The coronavirus then struck. Trump routinely ignored or politicized health
agency recommendations. It was evident that the administration lacked a
consistent strategy that it could communicate to the public without repeating
all of the mistakes made along the way.
In the beginning, Trump informed Bob Woodward that he preferred to play
down the virus. Even after he had contracted COVID-19 for himself, which
was his instinct up until the very end. He assured voters that the nation was
"turning the corner" against the disease. That was true only in the sense that
the situation was rapidly deteriorating.

3. He wasted his economic advantage

Trump's tax cuts and deregulatory strategy drove up the stock market during
the first three years of his term when unemployment was at a record low. The
economy was the only topic on which more people supported Trump than
Biden throughout the year.
However, when the nation went into a sudden recession, Trump did not make
use of the resources at his disposal. Some businesses were able to stay afloat
and household income increased as a result of the various emergency relief
bills that Congress passed in March. Since then, nothing happened.
It was a tried-and-true strategy used by politicians to get people excited about
an upcoming election, even when the economy is doing well. In that instance,
every economist, starting with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, begged
for more fiscal stimulus, but a sometimes indifferent Trump didn't force
Senate Republicans to act.
Given the outcome, consider how different things might have been if the
second round of $1,200 checks with letters stating that they were provided by
Donald Trump had been sent.
4. Trump didn't have a new message when he ran again for office.
In his first campaign, he made bold ideas like building the wall, making it
harder for Muslims to enter the country, and getting better trade deals.
Through judicial appointments, he demonstrated to those opposed to gun
control and abortion rights that he would be an outstanding advocate. In
addition, he pledged support for Social Security and other entitlements and
stated that he would advocate for LGBTQ rights, giving swaying voters the
impression that he was neutral on some issues.
Trump kept most of those promises, if not all of them, but he didn't offer
anything new that year. Trump repeatedly dodged questions about what he
wanted to do in a second term, and the Republican Party did not develop a
new mandate. He thought that he could fix the mess that had already been
made while he was in charge.
The slogan "Make America Great Again" was powerful. “Keep America
Extraordinary" was less powerful when the greater part of the nation stayed
anxious about the well-being of the economy.
5. Biden was a formidable opponent
Many Republicans know to call Democrats "radical socialists," but Biden
was not labeled that way.
Trump thought that radical socialists would hold Biden captive. The "Trojan
horse" argument was ineffective. Seniors, who supported Trump in 2016, but
whose support waned as a result of the pandemic, were primarily enraged
when Biden was portrayed as sluggish or even elderly.
It was as if Trump's subsequent attacks were a rerun that lacked originality.
Hillary Clinton, who had been politically hammered for a quarter of a century
before Trump's arrival, was targeted by allegations of corruption and dubious
emails. In contrast, during Biden's lengthy tenure in that chamber, he
frequently ranked among the least wealthy senators. Since Trump's children
had benefited from his presence in the White House, the allegations that
Biden's son Hunter had made money from his political connections had the
air of a glass house.
Trump himself acknowledged Biden's toughness. He put pressure on the
president of Ukraine to find out more about him because of this. The fact that
Trump's impeachment was overturned by a vote said something about 2020
and the presidency.
As his near-death campaign at the beginning of the primary voting season
demonstrated, Biden was not even the ideal candidate for the majority of
Democrats. However, it turned out that he had attributes that were useful
against Trump. Empathy turned into a weapon for Biden. During the weeks
that he was stuck in his basement, people were comfortable with the idea of
him as president-in-waiting because he was already a well-known figure. If
the coronavirus had kept Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren off the
campaign trail, that might not have been the case to the same extent.
In 2016, the consensus was that Trump could have been defeated by any
Democrat other than Clinton. Democrats, however, chose the one candidate
that year that has the ideal persona and positions to defeat Trump.
 CHAPTER FOUR
DONALD TRUMP 2024: WHY IT WILL BE HARDER FOR
HIM TO RUN THIS TIME
In an extraordinarily unprecedented attempt by a former US president to win
the White House back after losing an election, Donald Trump has announced
his third consecutive run for president. With a duration of more than an hour,
the speech mostly consisted of bragging about his accomplishments as
president and criticisms of Joe Biden's first two years in office.
Some of Mr. Trump's enduring qualities were on display. He has an unrivaled
understanding of the concerns of grassroots conservatives, such as crime and
immigration. His erratic and agitated demeanor can generate news coverage
and steal the limelight away from his rivals.
He can persuade Americans who are usually disinterested in politics to vote
since he has a constituency of devoted fans. Many of those supporters now
hold notable positions inside the Republican Party after four years in
government.
But he also emphasized some of Mr. Trump's major flaws in his speech. He
overlooked his months-long election denial, which culminated in the 6
January 2021 attack on the US Capitol by a crowd of his followers. He also
brushed over the difficulties and mistakes made during the Covid epidemic.
He made an effort to justify the Republican Party's lackluster showing in the
midterm elections and his backing of unsuccessful candidates, which has
drawn increasing criticism from conservative circles. According to Mr.
Trump, the task at hand was not one for a "conventional candidate," but
rather for a movement made up of millions of people—his movement, his
people, and his campaign.
He rode that movement to the presidency six years ago, but there is cause to
think that the challenges he will confront in his most recent White House
attempt are greater this time. This is why.
1. Setting a record
Mr. Trump was a political novice eight years ago. Voters could place their
hopes and dreams on him because he had no previous experience holding
public office. Without detractors pointing out his previous flaws and failings,
he could make grandiose promises - so much winning! That is no longer the
case.
During his four years in office, Mr. Trump made several major policy
advancements, such as enacting tax cuts and reforming the criminal justice
system, but he also experienced some significant failures.
Republicans will recall his failure to overturn Democratic healthcare reforms
as well as his repeated, broken promises to invest in the nation's
infrastructure. Then there's the way Mr. Trump handled the coronavirus
pandemic, which might expose him to various fronts of criticism.
Democrats have long decried his approach as being insufficiently tough,
while some on the right feel he went too far by endorsing government-
mandated mitigation measures.
2. The aftermath of January 6
Trump won't be able to rely just on his administration's record on policy. He
will have to defend how he handled leaving office and his participation in the
attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
It will be hard to forget that day when Trump supporters ransacked the
Capitol building and temporarily disrupted the peaceful transfer of power
whilst waving Trump banners among the tear gas.
The results of the midterm elections showed that what transpired on that day
and Mr. Trump's remarks and deeds in the weeks before may still be having
an impact on voter sentiment. Many Republican candidates who openly
endorsed Mr. Trump's unwillingness to accept the results of the 2020 election
lost. Many of them performed worse than other Republican candidates in
their states who were not as vocal about their election rejection.
3. Legal troubles
One of the theories put forth for why Mr. Trump seems so anxious to
announce another run for president is that it will enable him to more
persuasively frame his numerous criminal and civil investigations as a part of
a wider political vendetta.
Even though that might be effective in terms of public relations, Mr. Trump
faces serious legal risk in these situations. The former president is currently
defending himself against a criminal election tampering investigation in
Georgia, a civil fraud case aimed at his business empire in New York, a
defamation lawsuit involving a sexual assault claim, and federal
investigations into his participation in the Capitol attack and his handling of
private information after leaving office.
Any of these investigations might result in public trials that would dominate
the news and, at the very least, momentarily scuttle Mr. Trump's campaign
strategy. It would be at best an expensive diversion for him. The worst-case
situation might involve hefty financial fines or prison time.

4. A more challenging opponent

Eight years ago, Mr. Trump competed against a Florida governor who was
seen as the overwhelming favorite of the party as the Republican primary
season got underway. Jeb Bush, though, proved to be a paper tiger.
Having a well-known last name and a sizable campaign war chest were
insufficient. On immigration and education policy, he was not in agreement
with the Republican base. Additionally, the Bush name no longer had the
same influence within the party as it once did.
Trump may once more need to go through a Florida governor if he wants to
win the nomination in 2024. The fact that Ron DeSantis just won re-election
with a landslide victory, in contrast to George W. Bush, demonstrates that he
is in touch with the party's core voters. Although he hasn't yet been put to the
test on the national stage, his political star is rising.
As of right now, neither Mr. DeSantis nor anyone else has officially
announced their intentions to run in the Republican primary.
The party faithful who are unwilling to give Mr. Trump another chance may
decide on the Florida governor as their nominee. If that's the case, Republican
voters might have the kind of binary option that will increase their chances of
thwarting Mr. Trump before he wins the nomination.
5. Popularity issues
In a series of polls issued on the eve of Mr. Trump's presidential declaration,
a conservative group revealed that Mr. Trump was trailing Ron DeSantis by
double digits among Republican voters in Iowa and New Hampshire.
The Republican nomination process begins with elections in those states. In
Florida and Georgia, where there will be a run-off election for the Senate in
December, Mr. DeSantis was likewise in the lead by 26 points and 20 points,
respectively.
In each of these states, Mr. Trump's ratings were significantly lower than in
earlier conducted polls. Exit polls from the recently held midterm elections
show that Mr. Trump isn't very well-liked, even in the important states he'd
need to win in order to win the presidency in a general election.
Only 30% of voters in New Hampshire said they wanted Mr. Trump to run
for president once more. That percentage only increased to 33% in Florida.
It goes without saying that Mr. Trump overcame 2015's net-negative
perceptions of his campaign. But these opinions might be considerably less
likely to shift this time around after eight years of being a political figure here
on the national stage.
6. Fаthеr Tіmе
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іn. And whіlе thаt'ѕ the ѕаmе аgе Jое Bіdеn was whеn he mоvеd іn tо thе
Whіtе Hоuѕе, іt wоuld make hіm thе ѕесоnd-оldеѕt president іn US hіѕtоrу.
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burdеnѕ оf age аrе inevitable.
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campaigning rеԛuіrеd to wіn thе Republican nоmіnаtіоn - раrtісulаrlу one
where he wіll рrоbаblу bе ріttеd against muсh уоungеr candidates.

Mr. Trumр hаѕ ѕhоwn rеmаrkаblе еndurаnсе іn the раѕt, but еvеrу mаn hаѕ
his lіmіtѕ.
 CHAPTER FIVE
WHO ARE TRUMP’S REPUBLICAN RIVALS?
The road to the 2024 US presidential election starts practically as soon as the
midterm elections are over, and a number of candidates are already in the
running.
Donald Trump, a former president, has declared his intention to run in the
party's primary, promising to "make America great and glorious again."
However, despite his continued support from Republican voters, his midterm
result, which was unimpressive and partly attributed to the defeat of
candidates who had received Trump's endorsement, has made him more
vulnerable.
The former president, who will turn 78 in two years, is set to face a tough
contest from a group of Republican candidates, some of whom have
previously supported him.
1. Ron DeSantis

The Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, has put in a lot of effort to follow in
Mr. Trump's footsteps and is quickly establishing himself as the candidate
most likely to succeed him. The lawyer, who attended Harvard and Yale, is
still relatively new to US politics at the age of 44.
He was a member of the US Navy and saw action in Iraq. From 2013 to
2018, he also served as an obscure member of the House of Representatives.
However, Mr. DeSantis's popularity has skyrocketed since he took office as
governor in 2019, a position in which he promotes conservatism with fervor.
During the Covid pandemic, he refused to mandate the use of masks or
vaccines, he supported legislation to restrict LGBT education in primary
schools, and he signed anti-riot laws in response to racial justice protests. For
the first time in the state's history, Republican voters outnumber Democrats.
Mr. Trump has all the earmarks of being given exceptionally close
consideration, as of late nicknaming his adversary "Ron DeSanctimonious"
and taking steps to give unpleasant remarks concerning him should he run in
2024.
2. Mike Pence

Mike Pence served as Mr. Trump's vice president for four years before the
riot at the Capitol the previous year tore them apart.
Mr. Pence began his political career as a talk radio host, the son of a Korean
War veteran. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 2000 and
served there until 2013, identifying as a principled conservative and
supporting the Tea Party movement.
From 2013 to 2017, he was also governor of Indiana. He was in that position
when the state's largest tax cut was passed and bills to restrict abortion and
uphold religious freedom were signed into law.
Mr. Pence, 63, is a fervent Christian and his addition to the 2016 official
ticket is credited with helping turn out of evangelicals, a vital democratic
coalition, for Mr. Trump.
He was regarded as an effective replacement for Donald, who threw bombs.
He spoke softly and was calm. However, after he refused to assist in
overturning the results of the 2020 election, Mr. Trump turned on him and
accused him of lacking courage.
In January 2021, rioters supporting Trump stormed the US Capitol, chanting
"Hang Mike Pence!" They were said to have been within 12 meters (40 feet)
of the vice president at one point.
Since then, the two have maintained their distance, with Vice President Pence
supporting a number of Republican candidates this year, including Georgia
Governor Brian Kemp, whose opponent was backed by President Trump.
However, Mr. Pence has never criticized his previous boss directly.

3. Liz Cheney

Liz Cheney is the daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney. From 2019
to 2021, she was the third-highest-ranking Republican Party member in the
House.
She won her father's old seat in 2017, went on to represent Wyoming in
Congress, and her votes were in line with those of the Trump administration.
She is a fiscal and social conservative with interventionist views on foreign
policy.
However, after repeatedly criticizing Mr. Trump and voting to impeach him
for his role in the riots in the Capitol on January 6, she lost support among
Republicans. She was fired from her leadership position and formally
reprimanded, and the Wyoming Republican Party no longer recognized her.
After that, Ms. Cheney, 56, became one of only two Republicans on the
congressional committee that was looking into the riots at the Capitol. She
has led the charge to hold Mr. Trump and others accountable in her role as
vice-chair.
The role cost her her job in August when the former president backed an
opponent who beat her in the Wyoming primary race by nearly 40%. Ms.
Cheney, on the other hand, continues to identify as a Republican and has
pledged to do whatever it takes "to help restore our party."
4. Mike Pompeo

Mike Pompeo, a Kansas congressman, warned in 2016 that Mr. Trump would
be an authoritarian president who ignored our Constitution. He was a veteran
of the Army who attended the prestigious West Point military academy and
graduated first in his class. He was a member of the House from 2011 to
2017.
The lawyer with a law degree from Harvard would later become the CIA
director and secretary of state under the Trump administration. He helped to
overturn decades of US policy toward Israel and helped plan Mr. Trump's
summits with Kim Jong-un in North Korea. He also played a role in major
US foreign policy overtures. But he also stirred up controversy, getting into
arguments with reporters and getting at least two ethics probes.

5. Glenn Youngkin

When he won the governor's race in Virginia last year, the Republican Party
was overjoyed. He defeated a man who had been involved in Democratic
politics since the 1980s, despite being a political novice who had worked at
the private equity firm Carlyle Group for 25 years.
Mr. Youngkin campaigned with a tone of bipartisanship and criticized
partisan politics as "too toxic" in a state that has had a Democratic majority in
recent years. However, since his first day in charge, the 55-year-old has
delved into contentious issues, including removing the state's Covid-19
restrictions and prohibiting the teaching of critical race theory in schools.
In this election, he has backed Republicans all over the country. He
apologized after being criticized for making light of the violent assault on
Nancy Pelosi's husband at a campaign stop last month.

6. Nikki Haley

Nikki Haley was once regarded as one of the brightest young prospects for
the Republican Party. However, in recent years, Nikki Haley's popularity has
significantly declined.
Born in South Carolina to Punjabi Sikh foreigners, Ms. Haley turned into the
most youthful lead representative in the country in 2009. In 2015, she called
for the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina Capitol,
which brought her national attention.
Even though she said in 2016 that she was "not a fan" of Mr. Trump, she later
accepted his nomination to be the US ambassador to the UN. During her time
there, she left a UN Security Council meeting in a dramatic way while a
Palestinian envoy was speaking. Once, Mr. Trump was even said to refuse to
meet with her.

7. Rick Scott

Rick Scott, 69, was tasked with assisting Republicans in regaining control of
the Senate this year.
It remains unclear in the event that Mr. Scott succeeded in his objective,
however, he upheld and fund-raised for applicants all over the nation –
seeking possible allies.
A previous two-term Florida lead representative, he has been enduring an
onslaught from liberals as of late subsequent to proposing significant
decreases in the size of the central government.
Others that would be tough oppositions for Donald Trump include:
8. Tim Scott
The 57-year-old South Carolina native is the first African-American
politician to represent South Carolina in both chambers of Congress and the
first black Republican senator since 1979.
9. Cruz Ted

The 51-year-old senator from Texas finished second to Mr. Trump in the
Republican primary for the 2016 presidential election.
 10. Larry Hogan

The moderate Republican, who is 66 years old and has survived skin cancer,
has been governor of Maryland, a state that is favorable to Democrats, since
2015.
11. Greg Abbott

Since his election in 2014, Mr. Abbott, 64, has advocated for conservative
policies and is the first governor of Texas to use a wheelchair.
 12. Kristi Noem

Because of her opposition to Covid restrictions, South Dakota's first female

governor has been eager to enter national discussions.