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Inaugural portrait, 2025 45th & 47th President of the United States Incumbent Assumed office January 20, 2025 Vice President JD Vance Preceded by Joe Biden In office January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021 Vice President Mike Pence Preceded by Barack Obama Succeeded by Joe Biden Personal details Born Donald John Trump June 14, 1946 (age 78) Queens, New York City, U.S. Political party Republican (1987–1999, 2009–2011, 2012–present) Other political affiliations Reform (1999–2001) Democratic (2001–2009) Independent (2011–2012) Spouses Ivana Zelníčková (m. 1977; div. 1990) Marla Maples (m. 1993; div. 1999) Melania Knauss (m. 2005) Children Donald Jr.IvankaEricTiffanyBarron Parents Fred Trump Mary Anne MacLeod Relatives Trump family Residence White House Education University of Pennsylvania (BS) Occupation Politicianbusinessmanmedia personality Signature Donald J. Trump stylized autograph, in ink Website Presidential library White House website White House archives Donald Trump's voice Duration: 5 minutes and 3 seconds.5:03 Trump on the WHO's declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic Recorded March 11, 2020 This article is part of a series about Donald Trump Business and personal Business career The Trump Organizationwealthtax returnsMedia career The ApprenticebibliographyfilmographyEndorsementsEponymsFamilyFoundationAmerican footballGolfHonorsPublic image in popular cultureSNL parodieshandshakesLegal affairsSexual misconduct allegationsNicknames pseudonymsRacial viewsJohn McCain commentsConspiracy theoriesResidencesRhetoricSecurity incidentsTrump dance 45th and 47th President of the United States Incumbent Presidencies firstsecondtimelineTransitions firstsecondInaugurations firstsecondPresidential library Tenure Executive actions executive orders first termsecond termproclamationspardonsTrips foreign'17'18'19'20–'21'25Namaste TrumpNorth Korea summits SingaporeHanoiDMZRiyadh summitHelsinki summitShutdowns January 20182018–2019PollsLegal affairsProtests federal law enforcement deploymentSt. John's Church photo opSocial media TwitterFalse or misleading statementsKillings al-BaghdadiSoleimaniAfghanistan withdrawalTrumpismTikTok controversyAttempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election Fake electors plot Chesebro memosEastman memosLawsuits Texas v. PennsylvaniaJeffrey Clark letter Policies Economy tax cutstariffs First termSecond termtrade war ChinaCanada and Mexicofarmer bailoutsEnvironment Paris withdrawalForeign policy First term overviewSecond term overviewAmerica FirstSaudi Arabia arms dealIran nuclear deal withdrawalJerusalemGolan HeightsPalestine peace planAbraham AccordsUSMCAUnited States–Taliban dealImmigration first term overviewsecond term overviewtravel banwallfamily separationmigrant detentionstroop deploymentsnational emergencyInfrastructureSocial issues First Step ActcannabisSpaceAmerican expansionism Appointments (first · second) Cabinets firstsecondAmbassadors firstsecondFederal judges firstsecondGorsuchKavanaughBarrettSupreme Court candidatesExecutives firstsecondU.S. Attorneys firstsecond Presidential campaigns 2000 primaries2016 electionprimariesendorsementsrallies Las Vegas incidentconventiondebatesMake America Great AgainNever Trump movement peopleAccess Hollywood tapewiretapping allegationsSpygate2020 electionprimariesendorsements politicalnon-politicaloppositionralliesconventiondebatesGOP reactions to election fraud claimsTrump–Raffensperger phone call2024 electionprimariesendorsementsoppositioneligibilityAgenda 47ralliesconventiondebatesassassination attempts PA perpetratorphotographsFL suspect Impeachments Efforts resolutionsFirst impeachment Trump–Ukraine scandalHouse inquirySenate trialSecond impeachment Capitol attackSenate trialProposed expungements Civil and criminal prosecutions 2020 election federal indictmentClassified documents federal indictment special counsel investigationPlasmic EchoFBI search of Mar-a-LagoTrump v. United StatesNew York felony conviction for falsifying business records Stormy Daniels scandalNew York investigationsGeorgia election indictment Georgia election investigationmug shot COVID-19 pandemic TaskforceCommunicationGovernment response stimulus bills CARES ActConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2021Operation Warp SpeedWhite House outbreakInterference with science agencies Seal of the President of the United States vte Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Born in New York City, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics. He became president of his family's real estate business in 1971, renamed it the Trump Organization, and began acquiring and building skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. After a series of bankruptcies in the 1990s and 2000s, he began side ventures. From 2004 to 2015, he hosted the reality television show The Apprentice. A political outsider, Trump won the 2016 presidential election against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. In his first term, Trump imposed a travel ban on citizens from six Muslim-majority countries, expanded the U.S.–Mexico border wall, and implemented a family separation policy. He rolled back environmental and business regulations, signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, and appointed three Supreme Court justices. In foreign policy, Trump withdrew the U.S. from agreements on climate, trade, and Iran's nuclear program, began a trade war with China, and met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un without reaching an agreement on denuclearization. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, he downplayed its severity, contradicted health officials, and signed the CARES Act stimulus. Trump was impeached in 2019 for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, and in 2021 for incitement of insurrection; the Senate acquitted him in both cases. After his first term, scholars and historians ranked him as one of the worst presidents in American history. Trump is the central figure of Trumpism. Many of his comments and actions have been characterized as racially charged, racist or misogynistic, and he has made false and misleading statements and promoted conspiracy theories to a degree unprecedented in American politics. He lost the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden but refused to concede, falsely claiming electoral fraud and attempting to overturn the results, including through his involvement in the January 6 Capitol attack in 2021. In 2023, Trump was held liable in civil cases for sexual abuse, defamation, and business fraud, and in 2024 he was found guilty of falsifying business records, making him the first U.S. president convicted of a felony. After winning the 2024 presidential election against Kamala Harris, Trump was sentenced to a penalty-free discharge, and two other felony indictments against him were dismissed. Trump began his second term by pardoning around 1,500 January 6 rioters, and initiating mass layoffs of the federal workforce. His broad and extensive use of executive orders drew dozens of lawsuits that challenged their legality. Early life and education A black-and-white photograph of Trump as a teenager, smiling, wearing a dark pseudo-military uniform with various badges and a light-colored stripe crossing his right shoulder Trump at New York Military Academy, 1964 Donald John Trump was born on June 14, 1946, at Jamaica Hospital in the New York City borough of Queens, the fourth child of Fred Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump.[1] He is of German and Scottish descent.[2] He grew up with his older siblings, Maryanne, Fred Jr., and Elizabeth, and his younger brother, Robert, in a mansion in the Jamaica Estates neighborhood of Queens.[3] Fred Trump paid his children each about $20,000 a year, equivalent to $265,000 a year in 2024. Trump was a millionaire at age eight by contemporary standards.[a][4] Trump attended the private Kew-Forest School through seventh grade. He was a difficult child and showed an early interest in his father's business. His father enrolled him in New York Military Academy, a private boarding school, to complete secondary school.[5] Trump considered a show business career but instead in 1964 enrolled at Fordham University.[6] Two years later, he transferred to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in May 1968 with a bachelor of science in economics.[7][8] He was exempted from the draft during the Vietnam War due to a claim of bone spurs in his heels.[9] Business career Main article: Business career of Donald Trump Further information: Business projects of Donald Trump in Russia and Tax returns of Donald Trump Real estate Starting in 1968, Trump was employed at his father's real estate company, Trump Management, which owned racially segregated middle-class rental housing in New York City's outer boroughs.[10][11] In 1971, his father made him president of the company and he began using the Trump Organization as an umbrella brand.[12] Roy Cohn was Trump's fixer, lawyer, and mentor for 13 years in the 1970s and 1980s.[13] In 1973, Cohn helped Trump countersue the U.S. government for $100 million (equivalent to $708 million in 2024)[14] over its charges that Trump's properties had racial discriminatory practices. Trump's counterclaims were dismissed, and the government's case was settled with the Trumps signing a consent decree agreeing to desegregate.[15] Before age thirty, he showed his propensity for litigation, no matter the outcome and cost; even when he lost, he described the case as a win.[16] Helping Trump projects, Cohn was a consigliere whose Mafia connections controlled construction unions.[17] Cohn introduced political consultant Roger Stone to Trump, who enlisted Stone's services to deal with the federal government.[18] Between 1991 and 2009, he filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for six of his businesses: the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan, the casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and the Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts company.[19][20] In 1992, Trump, his siblings Maryanne, Elizabeth, and Robert, and his cousin John W. Walter, each with a 20 percent share, formed All County Building Supply & Maintenance Corp. The company had no offices and is alleged to have been a shell company for paying the vendors providing services and supplies for Trump's rental units, then billing those services and supplies to Trump Management with markups of 20–50 percent and more. The owners shared the proceeds generated by the markups. The increased costs were used to get state approval for increasing the rents of his rent-stabilized units.[21] Manhattan and Chicago developments Trump in 1985 with a model of one of his aborted Manhattan development projects[22] Trump attracted public attention in 1978 with the launch of his family's first Manhattan venture: the renovation of the derelict Commodore Hotel, adjacent to Grand Central Terminal.[23] The financing was facilitated by a $400 million city property tax abatement arranged for him by his father who also, jointly with Hyatt, guaranteed a $70 million bank construction loan.[11][24] The hotel reopened in 1980 as the Grand Hyatt Hotel,[25] and that same year, he obtained rights to develop Trump Tower, a mixed-use skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan.[26] The building houses the headquarters of the Trump Corporation and Trump's PAC and was his primary residence until 2019.[27] In 1988, Trump acquired the Plaza Hotel with a loan from a consortium of 16 banks.[28] The hotel filed for bankruptcy protection in 1992, and a reorganization plan was approved a month later, with the banks taking control of the property.[29] In 1995, he defaulted on over $3 billion of bank loans, and the lenders seized the Plaza Hotel along with most of his other properties in a "vast and humiliating restructuring" that allowed him to avoid personal bankruptcy.[30][31] The lead bank's attorney said of the banks' decision that they "all agreed that he'd be better alive than dead".[30] In 1996, Trump acquired and renovated the mostly vacant 71-story skyscraper at 40 Wall Street, later rebranded as the Trump Building.[32] In the early 1990s, he won the right to develop a 70-acre (28 ha) tract in the Lincoln Square neighborhood near the Hudson River. Struggling with debt from other ventures in 1994, he sold most of his interest in the project to Asian investors, who financed the project's completion, Riverside South.[33] Trump's last major construction project was the 92-story mixed-use Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago which opened in 2008. In 2024, The New York Times and ProPublica reported that the Internal Revenue Service was investigating whether he had twice written off losses incurred through construction cost overruns and lagging sales of residential units in the building he had declared to be worthless on his 2008 tax return.[34] Atlantic City casinos The entrance of the Trump Taj Mahal, a casino in Atlantic City. It has motifs evocative of the Taj Mahal in India. Entrance of the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City In 1984, Trump opened Harrah's at Trump Plaza, a hotel and casino, with financing and management help from the Holiday Corporation.[35] It was unprofitable, and he paid Holiday $70 million in May 1986 to take sole control.[36] In 1985, he bought the unopened Atlantic City Hilton Hotel and renamed it Trump Castle.[37] Both casinos filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1992.[38] Trump bought a third Atlantic City venue in 1988, the Trump Taj Mahal. It was financed with $675 million in junk bonds and completed for $1.1 billion, opening in April 1990.[35] He filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1991. Under the provisions of the restructuring agreement, he gave up half his initial stake and personally guaranteed future performance.[39] To reduce his $900 million of personal debt, he sold the Trump Shuttle airline; his megayacht, the Trump Princess, which had been leased to his casinos and kept docked; and other businesses.[40] In 1995, Trump founded Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts (THCR), which assumed ownership of the Trump Plaza.[41] THCR purchased the Taj Mahal and the Trump Castle in 1996 and went bankrupt in 2004 and 2009, leaving him with 10 percent ownership.[35] He remained chairman until 2009.[42] Clubs In 1985, Trump acquired the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.[43] In 1995, he converted the estate into a private club with an initiation fee and annual dues. He continued to use a wing of the house as a private residence.[44] He declared the club his primary residence in 2019.[27] He began building and buying golf courses in 1999, owning 17 golf courses by 2016.[45] Licensing the Trump name See also: List of things named after Donald Trump The Trump Organization has licensed the Trump name for consumer products and services, including foodstuffs, apparel, learning courses, and home furnishings.[46] According to The Washington Post, there are more than 50 licensing or management deals involving his name, and they have generated at least $59 million for his companies.[47] By 2018, only two consumer goods companies continued to license his name.[46] During the 2000s, Trump licensed his name to residential property developments worldwide, forty of which were never built.[48] Side ventures Trump, Doug Flutie, and an unnamed official standing behind a lectern with big, round New Jersey Generals sign, with members of the press seated in the background Trump and New Jersey Generals quarterback Doug Flutie at a 1985 press conference in Trump Tower In 1970, Trump invested $70,000 to receive billing as coproducer of a Broadway comedy.[49] In September 1983, he purchased the New Jersey Generals, a team in the United States Football League. After the 1985 season, the league folded, largely due to his attempt to move to a fall schedule (when it would have competed with the National Football League [NFL] for audience) and trying to force a merger with the NFL by bringing an antitrust suit.[50] Trump and his Plaza Hotel hosted several boxing matches at the Atlantic City Convention Hall.[35][51] In 1989 and 1990, he lent his name to the Tour de Trump cycling stage race, an attempt to create an American equivalent of European races such as the Tour de France or the Giro d'Italia.[52] From 1986 to 1988, he purchased significant blocks of shares in various public companies while suggesting that he intended to take over the company and then sold his shares for a profit,[53] leading some observers to think he was engaged in greenmail.[54] The New York Times found that he initially made millions of dollars in such stock transactions, but "lost most, if not all, of those gains after investors stopped taking his takeover talk seriously".[53] A red star with a bronze outline and "Donald Trump" and a TV icon written on it in bronze, embedded in a black terrazzo sidewalk Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame In 1988, Trump purchased the Eastern Air Lines Shuttle, financing the purchase with $380 million (equivalent to $1010 million in 2024)[14] in loans from a syndicate of 22 banks. He renamed the airline Trump Shuttle and operated it until 1992.[55] He defaulted on his loans in 1991, and ownership passed to the banks.[56] In 1996, he purchased the Miss Universe pageants, including Miss USA and Miss Teen USA.[57] Due to disagreements with CBS about scheduling, he took both pageants to NBC in 2002.[58][59] In 2007, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work as producer of Miss Universe.[60] NBC and Univision dropped the pageants in June 2015 in reaction to his comments about Mexican immigrants.[61] In 2005, Trump cofounded Trump University, a company that sold real estate seminars for up to $35,000. After New York State authorities notified the company that its use of "university" violated state law (as it was not an academic institution), its name was changed to the Trump Entrepreneur Initiative in 2010.[62] In 2013, the State of New York filed a $40 million civil suit against Trump University, alleging that the company made false statements and defrauded consumers. Additionally, two class actions were filed in federal court against Trump and his companies. Internal documents revealed that employees were instructed to use a hard-sell approach, and former employees testified that Trump University had defrauded or lied to its students.[63] Shortly after he won the 2016 presidential election, he agreed to pay a total of $25 million to settle the three cases.[64] Foundation Main article: Donald J. Trump Foundation The Donald J. Trump Foundation was a private foundation established in 1988.[65] From 1987 to 2006, Trump gave his foundation $5.4 million which had been spent by the end of 2006. After donating a total of $65,000 in 2007–2008, he stopped donating any personal funds to the charity,[66] which received millions from other donors, including $5 million from Vince McMahon.[67] The foundation gave to health- and sports-related charities, conservative groups,[68] and charities that held events at Trump properties.[66] In 2016, The Washington Post reported that the charity committed several potential legal and ethical violations, including alleged self-dealing and possible tax evasion.[69] Also in 2016, the New York attorney general determined the foundation to be in violation of state law, for soliciting donations without submitting to required annual external audits, and ordered it to cease its fundraising activities in New York immediately.[70] Trump's team announced in December 2016 that the foundation would be dissolved.[71] In June 2018, the New York attorney general's office filed a civil suit against the foundation, Trump, and his adult children, seeking $2.8 million in restitution and additional penalties.[72] In December 2018, the foundation ceased operation and disbursed its assets to other charities.[73] In November 2019, a New York state judge ordered Trump to pay $2 million to a group of charities for misusing the foundation's funds, in part to finance his presidential campaign.[74] Legal affairs and bankruptcies Main article: Personal and business legal affairs of Donald Trump According to a review of state and federal court files conducted by USA Today in 2018, Trump and his businesses had been involved in more than 4,000 state and federal legal actions.[75] While he has not filed for personal bankruptcy, his over-leveraged hotel and casino businesses in Atlantic City and New York filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection six times between 1991 and 2009.[76] They continued to operate while the banks restructured debt and reduced his shares in the properties.[76] During the 1980s, more than 70 banks had lent Trump $4 billion.[77] After his corporate bankruptcies of the early 1990s, most major banks, with the exception of Deutsche Bank, declined to lend to him.[78] After the January 6 Capitol attack, the bank decided not to do business with him or his company in the future.[79] Wealth Main article: Wealth of Donald Trump Ivana Trump and King Fahd shake hands, with Ronald Reagan standing next to them smiling Trump (rightmost) and wife Ivana at a 1985 state dinner for King Fahd of Saudi Arabia with President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan Trump has often said he began his career with "a small loan of a million dollars" from his father and that he had to pay it back with interest.[80] He borrowed at least $60 million from his father, largely did not repay the loans, and received another $413 million (2018 equivalent, adjusted for inflation) from his father's company.[81][21] Posing as a Trump Organization official named "John Barron", Trump called journalist Jonathan Greenberg in 1984, trying to get a higher ranking on the Forbes 400 list of wealthy Americans.[82] Trump self-reported his net worth over a wide range: from a low of minus $900 million in 1990,[b] to a high of $10 billion in 2015.[85] In 2024, Forbes estimated his net worth at $2.3 billion and ranked him the 1,438th wealthiest person in the world.[86] Media career Main article: Media career of Donald Trump See also: Bibliography of Donald Trump Trump has produced 19 books under his name, most written or cowritten by ghostwriters.[87] His first book, The Art of the Deal (1987), was a New York Times Best Seller, and was credited by The New Yorker with making Trump famous as an "emblem of the successful tycoon".[88] The book was ghostwritten by Tony Schwartz, who is credited as a coauthor. Trump had cameos in many films and television shows from 1985 to 2001.[89] Starting in the 1990s, Trump was a guest 24 times on the nationally syndicated Howard Stern Show.[90] He had his own short-form talk radio program, Trumped!, from 2004 to 2008.[91] From 2011 until 2015, he was a guest commentator on Fox & Friends.[92] In 2021, Trump, who had been a member since 1989, resigned from SAG-AFTRA to avoid a disciplinary hearing regarding the January 6 attack.[93] Two days later, the union permanently barred him.[94] The Apprentice and The Celebrity Apprentice Main articles: The Apprentice and The Celebrity Apprentice Producer Mark Burnett made Trump a television star[95] when he created The Apprentice, which Trump hosted from 2004 to 2015 (including variant The Celebrity Apprentice). On the shows, he was a superrich chief executive who eliminated contestants with the catchphrase "you're fired". The New York Times called his portrayal "a highly flattering, highly fictionalized version" of himself.[96] The shows remade Trump's image for millions of viewers nationwide.[96][97] With the related licensing agreements, they earned him more than $400 million.[98] Early political aspirations Further information: Political career of Donald Trump Trump registered as a Republican in 1987;[99] a member of the Independence Party, the New York state affiliate of the Reform Party, in 1999;[100] a Democrat in 2001; a Republican in 2009; unaffiliated in 2011; and a Republican in 2012.[99] Trump, leaning heavily onto a lectern, with his mouth open mid-speech and a woman clapping politely next to him Trump speaking at CPAC 2011 In 1987, Trump placed full-page advertisements in three major newspapers,[101] expressing his views on foreign policy and how to eliminate the federal budget deficit.[102] In 1988, he approached Lee Atwater, asking to be put into consideration to be Republican nominee George H. W. Bush's running mate. Bush found the request "strange and unbelievable".[103][104] Trump was a candidate in the 2000 Reform Party presidential primaries for three months, but withdrew from the race in February 2000.[105][106][107] In 2011, Trump speculated about running against President Barack Obama in the 2012 election, making his first speaking appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February and giving speeches in early primary states.[108][109] In May 2011, he announced he would not run.[108] 2016 presidential election Main article: Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign Further information: 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016 United States presidential election, and First presidential transition of Donald Trump Trump announced his candidacy in June 2015.[110][111] He became the Republican front-runner in March 2016[112] and was declared the presumptive Republican nominee in May.[113] His campaign statements were often opaque and suggestive,[114] and a record number were false.[115][116][117] He was highly critical of media coverage and frequently made claims of media bias.[118][119] Hillary Clinton led Trump in national polling averages throughout the campaign, but, in early July, her lead narrowed.[120] In mid-July, he selected Indiana governor Mike Pence as his running mate,[121] and the two were officially nominated at the 2016 Republican National Convention.[122] Trump and Clinton faced off in three presidential debates in September and October 2016. He twice refused to say whether he would accept the result of the election.[123] Trump speaking in front of an American flag behind a lectern, wearing a black suit and red hat. The lectern sports a blue "TRUMP" sign. Trump campaigning in Arizona, March 2016 Trump described NATO as "obsolete"[124][125] and espoused views that were described as noninterventionist and protectionist.[126] His campaign platform emphasized renegotiating U.S.–China relations and free trade agreements such as NAFTA and strongly enforcing immigration laws. Other campaign positions included pursuing energy independence while opposing climate change regulations, modernizing services for veterans, repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, abolishing Common Core education standards, investing in infrastructure, simplifying the tax code while reducing taxes, and imposing tariffs on imports by companies that offshore jobs. He advocated increasing military spending and extreme vetting or banning of immigrants from Muslim-majority countries.[127] Trump's proposed immigration policies were a topic of bitter debate during the 2016 campaign. He promised to build a wall on the Mexico–U.S. border to restrict illegal movement and vowed that Mexico would pay for it.[128] He pledged to deport millions of illegal immigrants residing in the U.S.,[129] and criticized birthright citizenship for incentivizing "anchor babies".[130] According to an analysis in Political Science Quarterly, Trump made "explicitly racist and sexist appeals to win over white voters" during his 2016 presidential campaign.[131] In particular, his campaign launch speech drew criticism for claiming Mexican immigrants were "bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists";[132] in response, NBC fired him from Celebrity Apprentice.[133] Trump's FEC-required reports listed assets above $1.4 billion and outstanding debts of at least $315 million.[134][135] He did not release his tax returns, contrary to the practice of every major candidate since 1976 and his promises in 2014 and 2015 to do so if he ran for office.[136][137] He said his tax returns were being audited, and that his lawyers had advised him against releasing them.[138] After a lengthy court battle to block release of his tax returns and other records to the Manhattan district attorney for a criminal investigation, including two appeals by Trump to the U.S. Supreme Court, in February 2021 the high court allowed the records to be released to the prosecutor for review by a grand jury.[139][140] In October 2016, portions of Trump's state filings for 1995 were leaked to a reporter from The New York Times. They show that he had declared a loss of $916 million that year, which could have let him avoid taxes for up to 18 years.[141] On November 8, 2016, Trump received 306 pledged electoral votes versus 232 for Clinton. After elector defections on both sides, the official count was 304 to 227.[142] The fifth person to be elected president while losing the popular vote,[c] he received nearly 2.9 million fewer votes than Clinton, 46.3% to her 48.25%.[143] He was the only president who neither served in the military nor held any government office prior to becoming president.[144] Trump won 30 states, including Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, states which had been considered a blue wall of Democratic strongholds since the 1990s. His victory marked the return of an undivided Republican government—a Republican president combined with Republican control of both chambers of Congress.[145] Trump's victory sparked protests in major U.S. cities.[146][147] First presidency (2017–2021) Main article: First presidency of Donald Trump For a chronological guide, see Timeline of the Donald Trump presidencies. Trump, with his family watching, raises his right hand and places his left hand on the Bible as he takes the oath of office. Roberts stands opposite him administering the oath Trump taking the oath of office, administered by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., on January 20, 2017 A head-and-shoulders portrait of Trump beaming in front of the U.S. flag, wearing a dark blue suit jacket with American flag lapel pin, white shirt, and light blue necktie. Official portrait, 2017 Early actions See also: First presidential transition of Donald Trump and First 100 days of the first Donald Trump presidency Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2017. The day after his inauguration, an estimated 2.6 million people worldwide, including a half million in Washington, D.C., protested against him in the Women's Marches.[148] During his first week in office, Trump signed six executive orders, including authorizing procedures for repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare"), withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, advancement of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipeline projects, and planning for a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.[149] Conflicts of interest See also: First presidency of Donald Trump § Ethics Before being inaugurated, Trump moved his businesses into a revocable trust,[150][151] rather than a blind trust or equivalent arrangement "to cleanly sever himself from his business interests".[152] He continued to profit from his businesses and knew how his administration's policies affected them.[151][153] Although he said he would eschew "new foreign deals", the Trump Organization pursued operational expansions in Scotland, Dubai, and the Dominican Republic.[151][153] Lobbyists, foreign government officials, and Trump donors and allies generated hundreds of millions of dollars for his resorts and hotels.[154] Trump was sued for violating the Domestic and Foreign Emoluments Clauses of the U.S. Constitution, the first time that the clauses had been substantively litigated.[155] One case was dismissed in lower court.[156] Two were dismissed by the U.S. Supreme Court as moot after his term.[157] Domestic policy Main articles: Economic policy of the first Donald Trump administration, Environmental policy of the first Donald Trump administration, and Social policy of the first Donald Trump administration Trump took office at the height of the longest economic expansion in American history,[158] which began in 2009 and continued until February 2020, when the COVID-19 recession began.[159] In December 2017, he signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. It reduced tax rates for businesses and individuals and set the penalty associated with the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate to $0.[160][161] The Trump administration claimed that the act would not decrease government revenue, but 2018 revenues were 7.6 percent lower than projected.[162] Under Trump, the federal budget deficit increased by almost 50 percent, to nearly $1 trillion in 2019.[163] By the end of his term, the U.S. national debt increased by 39 percent, reaching $27.75 trillion, and the U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio hit a post-World War II high.[164] Trump also failed to deliver the $1 trillion infrastructure spending plan on which he had campaigned.[165] Trump is the only modern U.S. president to leave office with a smaller workforce than when he took office, by three million people.[158][166] He rejects the scientific consensus on climate change.[167][168][169][170] He reduced the budget for renewable energy research by 40 percent and reversed Obama-era policies directed at curbing climate change.[171] He withdrew from the Paris Agreement, making the U.S. the only nation to not ratify it.[172] He aimed to boost the production and exports of fossil fuels.[173][174] Natural gas expanded under Trump, but coal continued to decline.[175][176] He rolled back more than 100 federal environmental regulations, including those that curbed greenhouse gas emissions, air and water pollution, and the use of toxic substances. He weakened protections for animals and environmental standards for federal infrastructure projects, and expanded permitted areas for drilling and resource extraction, such as allowing drilling in the Arctic Refuge.[177] Trump dismantled many federal regulations on health,[178][179] labor,[179] and the environment,[180][179] among others, including a bill that made it easier for severely mentally ill persons to buy guns.[181] During his first six weeks in office, he delayed, suspended, or reversed ninety federal regulations,[182] often "after requests by the regulated industries".[183] The Institute for Policy Integrity found that 78 percent of his proposals were blocked by courts or did not prevail over litigation.[184] During his campaign, Trump vowed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.[185] In office, he scaled back the Act's implementation through executive orders.[186][187] He expressed a desire to "let Obamacare fail"; his administration halved the enrollment period and drastically reduced funding for enrollment promotion.[188][189] In June 2018, the Trump administration joined 18 Republican-led states in arguing before the Supreme Court that the elimination of the financial penalties associated with the individual mandate had rendered the Act unconstitutional.[190][191] Their pleading would have eliminated health insurance coverage for up to 23 million Americans, but was unsuccessful.[190] During the 2016 campaign, Trump promised to protect funding for Medicare and other social safety-net programs. In January 2020, he expressed willingness to consider cuts to them.[192] In response to the opioid epidemic, Trump signed legislation in 2018 to increase funding for drug treatments, but was widely criticized for failing to make a concrete strategy.[193] He barred organizations that provide abortions or abortion referrals from receiving federal funds.[194] He said he supported "traditional marriage", but considered the nationwide legality of same-sex marriage "settled".[195] His administration rolled back key components of the Obama administration's workplace protections against discrimination of LGBTQ people.[196] His attempted rollback of anti-discrimination protections for transgender patients in August 2020 was halted by a federal judge after a Supreme Court ruling extended employees' civil rights protections to gender identity and sexual orientation.[197] Trump has said he is opposed to gun control, although his views have shifted over time.[198] His administration took an anti-marijuana position, revoking Obama-era policies that provided protections for states that legalized marijuana.[199] He is a long-time advocate of capital punishment,[200][201] and his administration oversaw the federal government execute 13 prisoners, more than in the previous 56 years combined, ending a 17-year moratorium.[202] In 2016, he said he supported the use of interrogation torture methods such as waterboarding.[203][204] Race relations Trump's comments on the 2017 Unite the Right rally, condemning "this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides" and stating that there were "very fine people on both sides", were criticized as implying a moral equivalence between the white supremacist demonstrators and the counter-protesters.[205] In a January 2018 discussion of immigration legislation, he reportedly referred to El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, and African nations as "shithole countries".[206] His remarks were condemned as racist.[207] Trump and group of officials and advisors on the way from the White House to St. John's Church In July 2019, Trump tweeted that four Democratic congresswomen—all minorities, three of whom are native-born Americans—should "go back" to the countries they "came from".[208] Two days later the House of Representatives voted 240–187, mostly along party lines, to condemn his "racist comments".[209] White nationalist publications and social media praised his remarks, which continued over the following days.[210] He continued to make similar remarks during his 2020 campaign.[211] In June 2020, during the George Floyd protests, federal law-enforcement officials controversially removed a largely peaceful crowd of lawful protesters from Lafayette Square, outside the White House.[212][213] Trump then posed with a Bible for a photo-op at the nearby St. John's Episcopal Church,[212][214][215] with religious leaders condemning both the treatment of protesters and the photo opportunity itself.[216] Many retired military leaders and defense officials condemned his proposal to use the U.S. military against anti-police-brutality protesters.[217] Pardons and commutations Further information: List of people granted executive clemency by Donald Trump Trump granted 237 requests for clemency, fewer than all presidents since 1900 with the exception of George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush.[218] Only 25 of them had been vetted by the Justice Department's Office of the Pardon Attorney; the others were granted to people with personal or political connections to him, his family, and his allies, or recommended by celebrities.[219][220] In his last full day in office, he granted 73 pardons and commuted 70 sentences.[221] Several Trump allies were not eligible for pardons under Justice Department rules, and in other cases the department had opposed clemency.[219] The pardons of three military service members convicted of or charged with violent crimes were opposed by military leaders.[222] Immigration Main articles: Immigration policy of the first Donald Trump administration and Mexico–United States border crisis § First Trump administration (2017–2021) Further information: Trump travel ban, Trump administration family separation policy, and Mexico–United States border wall § First Trump administration (2017–2021) Trump is speaking with U.S. Border Patrol agents. Behind him are black SUVs, four short border wall prototype designs, and the current border wall in the background. Trump examines border wall prototypes in Otay Mesa, California. As president, Trump described illegal immigration as an "invasion" of the United States[223] and drastically escalated immigration enforcement.[224][225] He implemented harsh policies against asylum seekers[225] and deployed nearly 6,000 troops the U.S.–Mexico border to stop illegal crossings.[226] He reduced the number of refugees admitted to record lows, from an annual limit of 110,000 before he took office to 15,000 in 2021.[227][228][229] Trump also increased restrictions on granting permanent residency to immigrants needing public benefits.[230] One of his central campaign promises was to build a wall along the U.S.–Mexico border;[231] during his first term, the U.S. built 73 miles (117 km) of wall in areas without barriers and 365 miles (587 km) to replace older barriers.[232] In 2018, Trump's refusal to sign any congressional spending bill unless it allocated funding for the border wall[233] resulted in the longest-ever federal government shutdown, for 35 days from December 2018 to January 2019.[234][235] The shutdown ended after he agreed to fund the government without any funds for the wall.[234] To avoid another shutdown, Congress passed a funding bill with $1.4 billion for border fencing in February.[236] Trump later declared a national emergency on the southern border to divert $6.1 billion of funding to the border wall[236] despite congressional disagreement.[237] In January 2017, Trump signed an executive order that temporarily denied entry to citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries.[238][239] The order caused many protests and legal challenges that resulted in nationwide injunctions.[238][239][240] A revised order giving some exceptions was also blocked by courts,[241][242] but the Supreme Court ruled in June that the ban could be enforced on those lacking "a bona fide relationship with a person or entity" in the U.S.[243] Trump replaced the ban in September with a presidential proclamation extending travel bans to North Koreans, Chadians, and some Venezuelan officials, but excluded Iraq and Sudan.[244] The Supreme Court allowed that version to go into effect in December 2017,[245] and ultimately upheld the ban in 2019.[246] From 2017 to 2018, the Trump administration had a policy of family separation that separated over 4,400 children of migrant families from their parents at the U.S.–Mexico border,[247][248] an unprecedented[249] policy sparked public outrage in the country.[250] Despite Trump initially blaming Democrats[251][252] and insisting he could not stop the policy with an executive order, he acceded to public pressure in June 2018 and mandated that migrant families be detained together unless "there is a concern" of risk for the child.[253][254] A judge later ordered that the families be reunited and further separations stopped except in limited circumstances,[255][256] though over 1,000 additional children were separated from their families after the order.[248] Foreign policy Main articles: Foreign policy of the first Donald Trump administration and First Trump tariffs Further information: Russia–United States relations § First Trump administration (2017–2021), China–United States relations § First Trump administration (2017–2021), 2017–2018 North Korea crisis, and 2018–19 Korean peace process See also: List of international presidential trips made by Donald Trump § First presidency (2017–2021) Trump and other G7 leaders sit at a conference table Trump with the other G7 leaders at the 45th summit in France, 2019 Trump described himself as a "nationalist"[257] and his foreign policy as "America First".[258] He supported populist, neo-nationalist, and authoritarian governments.[259] Unpredictability, uncertainty, and inconsistency characterized foreign relations during his tenure.[258][260] Tensions between the U.S. and its European allies were strained under Trump.[261] He criticized NATO allies and privately suggested that the U.S. should withdraw from NATO.[262][263] Trump supported many of the policies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.[264] In 2020, the White House hosted the signing of the Abraham Accords between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain to normalize their foreign relations.[265] An economic conflict between China and the United States has been ongoing since January 2018, when Trump began setting tariffs and other trade barriers on China with the goal of forcing it to make changes to what the U.S. says are long-standing unfair trade practices and intellectual property theft.[266] The first Trump administration stated that these practices may contribute to the U.S.–China trade deficit, and that the Chinese government requires transfer of American technology to China.[267] The Trump administration weakened the toughest sanctions imposed by the U.S. after Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea.[268][269] Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, citing alleged Russian noncompliance,[270] and supported a potential return of Russia to the G7.[271] He repeatedly praised and, according to some critics, rarely criticized Russian president Vladimir Putin[272][273] but opposed some actions of the Russian government.[274][275] In 2017, when North Korea's nuclear weapons were increasingly seen as a serious threat,[276] Trump, the first sitting U.S. president to meet a North Korean leader, met Kim three times: in Singapore in June 2018, in Hanoi in February 2019, and in the Korean Demilitarized Zone in June 2019.[277] However, no denuclearization agreement was reached,[278] and talks in October 2019 broke down after one day.[279] Personnel Main articles: Political appointments of the first Trump administration and First cabinet of Donald Trump Trump made daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner unpaid advisors.[280] The Trump administration had a high turnover of personnel, particularly among White House staff. By the end of his first year in office, 34 percent of his original staff had resigned, been fired, or been reassigned.[281] As of early July 2018, 61 percent of his senior aides had left[282] and 141 staffers had left in the previous year.[283] Both figures set a record for recent presidents.[284] Notable early departures included National Security Advisor Michael Flynn (after just 25 days), and Press Secretary Sean Spicer.[284] Close personal aides to Trump including Steve Bannon, Hope Hicks, John McEntee, and Keith Schiller quit or were forced out.[285] Some later returned in different posts.[286] He publicly disparaged several of his former top officials.[287] Trump had four White House chiefs of staff, marginalizing or pushing out several.[288] Reince Priebus was replaced after seven months by John F. Kelly.[289] Kelly resigned in December 2018 after a tumultuous tenure in which his influence waned, and Trump subsequently disparaged him.[290] Kelly was succeeded by Mick Mulvaney as acting chief of staff; he was replaced in March 2020 by Mark Meadows.[288] In May 2017, Trump dismissed FBI director James Comey. While initially attributing this action to Comey's conduct in the investigation about Hillary Clinton's emails, Trump said a few days later that he was concerned with Comey's role in the ongoing Trump-Russia investigations.[291] At a private conversation in February, he said he hoped Comey would drop the investigation into Flynn.[292] In March and April, he asked Comey to "lift the cloud impairing his ability to act" by saying publicly that the FBI was not investigating him.[292][293] Trump lost three of his 15 original cabinet members within his first year.[294] Health and Human Services secretary Tom Price was forced to resign in September 2017 due to excessive use of private charter jets and military aircraft.[294][285] Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt resigned in 2018 and Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke in January 2019 amid multiple investigations into their conduct.[295][296] Trump was slow to appoint second-tier officials in the executive branch, saying many of the positions are unnecessary. In October 2017, there were hundreds of sub-cabinet positions without a nominee.[297] By January 8, 2019, of 706 key positions, 433 had been filled and he had no nominee for 264.[298] Judiciary Further information: List of federal judges appointed by Donald Trump and Donald Trump judicial appointment controversies Trump appointed 226 Article III judges, including 54 to the courts of appeals and three to the Supreme Court: Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett.[299] His Supreme Court nominees were noted as having politically shifted the Court to the right.[300][301][302] In the 2016 campaign, he pledged that Roe v. Wade would be overturned "automatically" if he were elected and provided the opportunity to appoint two or three anti-abortion justices. He later took credit when Roe was overturned in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization; all three of his Supreme Court nominees voted with the majority.[303][304] Trump disparaged courts and judges he disagreed with, often in personal terms, and questioned the judiciary's constitutional authority. His attacks on the courts drew rebukes from observers, including sitting federal judges, concerned about the effect of his statements on the judicial independence and public confidence in the judiciary.[305][306] COVID-19 pandemic Main article: COVID-19 pandemic in the United States Further information: U.S. federal government response to the COVID-19 pandemic and Communication of the Trump administration during the COVID-19 pandemic See also: Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States Trump speaks in the West Wing briefing room with various officials standing behind him, all in formal attire and without face masks Trump conducts a COVID-19 press briefing with members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force on March 15, 2020. Trump initially ignored public health warnings and calls for action from health officials within his administration and Azar,[307] focusing on economic and political considerations of the outbreak.[308] Trump established the White House Coronavirus Task Force on January 29.[309] Prior to the pandemic, Trump criticized the WHO and other international bodies, which he asserted were taking advantage of U.S. aid.[310] On March 27, he signed into law the CARES Act—a $2.2 trillion economic stimulus bill—the largest stimulus in U.S. history.[311][312] In April 2020, Republican-connected groups organized anti-lockdown protests against the measures state governments were taking to combat the pandemic;[313][314] Trump encouraged the protests on Twitter,[315] although the targeted states did not meet his administration's guidelines for reopening.[316] He repeatedly pressured federal health agencies to take actions he favored,[317] such as approving unproven treatments.[318][319] On October 2, 2020, he tweeted that he had tested positive for COVID-19, part of a White House outbreak.[320] By July 2020, Trump's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic had become a major issue in the presidential election.[321] Investigations Further information: Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, Mueller special counsel investigation, and Mueller report After he assumed office, Trump was the subject of increasing Justice Department and congressional scrutiny, with investigations covering his election campaign, transition, and inauguration, actions taken during his presidency, his private businesses, personal taxes, and charitable foundation.[322] There were ten federal criminal investigations, eight state and local investigations, and twelve congressional investigations.[323] In July 2016, the FBI launched Crossfire Hurricane, an investigation into possible links between Russia and Trump's 2016 campaign.[324] After Trump fired Comey in May 2017, the FBI opened a second investigation into Trump's personal and business dealings with Russia.[325] In January 2017, three U.S. intelligence agencies jointly stated with "high confidence" that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to favor Trump.[326][327] Many suspicious[328] links between Trump associates and Russian officials were discovered.[329][330][331] Trump told Russian officials he was unconcerned about Russia's election interference.[332] Crossfire Hurricane was later transferred to Robert Mueller's special counsel investigation;[333] the investigation into Trump's ties to Russia was ended by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein after he told the FBI that Mueller would pursue the matter.[334][335] At the request of Rosenstein, the Mueller investigation examined criminal matters "in connection with Russia's 2016 election interference".[334] Mueller submitted his final report in March 2019.[336] The report found that Russia did interfere in 2016 to favor Trump[337] and that Trump and his campaign welcomed and encouraged the effort,[338][339][340] but that the evidence "did not establish" that Trump campaign members conspired or coordinated with Russia.[341][342] Trump claimed the report exonerated him despite Mueller writing that it did not.[343] The report also detailed potential obstruction of justice by Trump but "did not draw ultimate conclusions"[344][345] and left the decision to charge the laws to Congress.[346] In April 2019, the House Oversight Committee issued subpoenas seeking financial details from Trump's banks, Deutsche Bank and Capital One, and his accounting firm, Mazars USA. He sued the banks, Mazars, and committee chair Elijah Cummings to prevent the disclosures.[347] In May, two judges ruled that both Mazars and the banks must comply with the subpoenas;[348][349][350] Trump's attorneys appealed.[351] In September 2022, Trump and the committee agreed to a settlement regarding Mazars, and the firm began turning over documents.[352] Impeachments Main articles: First impeachment of Donald Trump and Second impeachment of Donald Trump Trump displaying the headline "Trump acquitted" Trump was impeached twice by the House of Representatives during his first presidential term. On each occasion, he was acquitted by the Senate. The first impeachment arose from a whistleblower complaint that in 2019 Trump had pressured Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden,[353] in an attempt to gain an advantage in the 2020 presidential election.[354] On December 18, 2019, the House voted to impeach Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress,[355] and the Senate acquitted him on February 5, 2020.[356] The second impeachment came after the Capitol riot, over which the House charged Trump with incitement of insurrection on January 13, 2021.[357] Trump left office on January 20, and the Senate acquitted him on February 13.[358] 2020 presidential election Further information: 2020 United States presidential election Presidential campaign Main article: Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign Trump filed to run for reelection only a few hours after becoming president in 2017.[359] He held his first reelection rally less than a month after taking office[360] and officially became the Republican nominee in August 2020.[361] Trump's campaign focused on crime, claiming that cities would descend into lawlessness if Democratic nominee Joe Biden won.[362] He repeatedly misrepresented Biden's positions[363][364] and appealed to racism.[365] Starting in early 2020, Trump sowed doubts about the election, claiming without evidence that it would be rigged and that widespread use of mail balloting would produce massive election fraud.[366][367] He blocked funding for the U.S. Postal Service, saying he wanted to prevent any increase in voting by mail.[368] He repeatedly refused to say whether he would accept the results if he lost and commit to a peaceful transition of power.[369][370] Loss to Biden and rejection of results Further information: Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election and 2020–21 United States election protests Biden won the November 2020 election, receiving 81.3 million votes (51.3 percent) to Trump's 74.2 million (46.8 percent)[371][372] and 306 electoral votes to Trump's 232.[373] The Electoral College formalized Biden's victory on December 14.[373] Even before the results were known on the morning after the election, Trump declared victory.[374] Days later, when Biden was projected the winner, Trump baselessly alleged election fraud.[375] As part of an effort to overturn the results, Trump and his allies filed many legal challenges to the results, which were rejected by at least 86 judges in both state and federal courts for having no factual or legal basis.[376][377] Trump's allegations were also refuted by state election officials,[378] and the Supreme Court declined to hear a case asking it to overturn the results in four states won by Biden.[379] Trump repeatedly sought help to overturn the results, personally pressuring Republican local and state office-holders,[380] Republican legislators,[381] the Justice Department,[382] and Vice President Pence,[383] urging various actions such as replacing presidential electors, or requesting that Georgia officials "find" votes and announce a "recalculated" result.[381] In the weeks after the election, Trump withdrew from public activities.[384] He initially blocked government officials from cooperating in Biden's presidential transition.[385][386] After three weeks, the administrator of the General Services Administration declared Biden the "apparent winner" of the election, allowing the disbursement of transition resources to his team.[387] While Trump said he recommended that the GSA begin transition protocols, he still did not formally concede.[388][389] Trump did not attend Biden's inauguration on January 20.[390] January 6 Capitol attack Main article: January 6 United States Capitol attack A crowd of Trump supporters during the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021 In December 2020, reports emerged that the U.S. military was on "red alert", and ranking officers had discussed what to do if Trump declared martial law.[391] Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Mark Milley and CIA director Gina Haspel grew concerned that Trump would attempt a coup or military action against China or Iran.[392][393] Milley insisted that he be consulted about any military orders from Trump, including the use of nuclear weapons.[394][395] At noon on January 6, 2021, while Congress was certifying the presidential election results at the U.S. Capitol, Trump held a rally at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., where he called for the election to be overturned and urged his supporters to "fight like hell" and "take back our country" by marching to the Capitol.[396] His supporters then formed a mob that broke into the building, disrupting certification and causing the evacuation of Congress.[397] During the attack, Trump posted on social media but did not ask the rioters to disperse until 6 p.m., when he told them in a tweet to "go home with love & in peace" while calling them "great patriots" and restating that he had won the election.[398] Congress later reconvened and confirmed Biden's victory in the early hours of January 7.[399] More than 140 police officers were injured, and five people died either during or after the attack.[400][401] The event has been described as an attempted self-coup by Trump.[d] Between terms (2021–2025) Main articles: Georgia election racketeering prosecution, Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (election obstruction case), Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (classified documents case), Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York, and E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump See also: Personal and business legal affairs of Donald Trump and Legal affairs of Donald Trump as president Upon leaving the White House, Trump began living at Mar-a-Lago, establishing an office there as provided for by the Former Presidents Act.[405] His continuing false claims concerning the 2020 election were commonly referred to as the "big lie" by his critics, although in May 2021, with his supporters he began using the term to refer to the election itself.[406][407] The Republican Party used his election narrative to justify imposing new voting restrictions in its favor.[408][409][410] As of July 2022, he continued to pressure state legislators to overturn the election.[411] Unlike other former presidents, Trump continued to dominate his party; a 2022 profile in The New York Times described him as a modern party boss.[412] He continued fundraising, raising a war chest containing more than twice that of the Republican Party, and profited from fundraisers many Republican candidates held at Mar-a-Lago. Much of his focus was on party governance and installing in key posts officials loyal to him.[412] In the 2022 midterm elections, he endorsed over 200 candidates for various offices.[413] In February 2021, he registered a new company, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), for providing "social networking services" to U.S. customers.[414][415] In March 2024, TMTG merged with special-purpose acquisition company Digital World Acquisition and became a public company.[416] In February 2022, TMTG launched Truth Social, a social media platform.[417] In 2019, journalist E. Jean Carroll accused Trump of raping her in the 1990s and sued him for defamation over his denial.[418] Carroll sued him again in 2022 for battery and more defamation.[419] He was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation and ordered to pay $5 million in one case[420] and $83.3 million in the other.[420][421] In 2022, New York filed a civil lawsuit was filed against Trump accusing him of inflating The Trump Organization's value to gain an advantage with lenders and banks;[422][423] He was found liable and ordered to pay $350 million plus interest.[423] Classified intelligence material found during search of Mar-a-Lago In connection with Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his involvement in the January 6 attack, in December 2022 the U.S. House committee on the attack recommended criminal charges against him for obstructing an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and inciting or assisting an insurrection.[424] In August 2023, he was indicted on 13 charges, including racketeering, by a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia for his efforts to subvert the 2020 election in the state.[425][426] In January 2022, the National Archives and Records Administration retrieved 15 boxes of documents Trump had taken to Mar-a-Lago after leaving the White House, some of which were classified.[427] In the ensuing Justice Department investigation, officials retrieved more classified documents from his lawyers.[427] On August 8, 2022, FBI agents searched Mar-a-Lago for illegally held documents, including those in breach of the Espionage Act, collecting 11 sets of classified documents, some marked top secret.[428][429] A federal grand jury constituted by Special Counsel Jack Smith indicted Trump in June 2023 on 31 counts of "willfully retaining national defense information" under the Espionage Act, among other charges.[427][430][431] Trump pleaded not guilty.[432] In July 2024, judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the case, ruling Smith's appointment as special prosecutor was unconstitutional.[433] In May 2024, Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.[434] The case stemmed from evidence that he booked Michael Cohen's hush-money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels as business expenses to cover up his alleged 2006–2007 affair with Daniels during the 2016 election.[434][435] On January 10, 2025, the judge gave Trump a no-penalty sentence known as an unconditional discharge, saying that punitive requirements would have interfered with presidential immunity.[436] After his reelection, the 2020 election obstruction case and the classified documents case were dismissed without prejudice due to Justice Department policy against prosecuting sitting presidents.[437] 2024 presidential election Main article: Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign Further information: 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries, 2024 United States presidential election, and Second presidential transition of Donald Trump Trump at a rally in Arizona, August 2024 On November 15, 2022, Trump announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election and set up a fundraising account.[438][439] In March 2023, the campaign began diverting 10 percent of the donations to his leadership PAC. His campaign had paid $100 million towards his legal bills by March 2024.[440][441] In December 2023, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled him disqualified for the Colorado Republican primary for his role in inciting the January 6, 2021, attack on Congress. In March 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court restored his name to the ballot in a unanimous decision, ruling that Colorado lacks the authority to enforce Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which bars insurrectionists from holding federal office.[442] During the campaign, Trump made increasingly violent and authoritarian statements.[443][444][445][446] He also said that he would weaponize the FBI and the Justice Department against his political opponents[447][448] and use the military to go after Democratic politicians and those that do not support his candidacy.[449][450] He used harsher, more dehumanizing anti-immigrant rhetoric than during his presidency.[451][452][453][454] His harsher rhetoric against his political enemies has been described by some historians and scholars as authoritarian, fascist,[e] and unlike anything a political candidate has ever said in American history.[459][450][460] Age and health concerns also arose during the campaign, with several medical experts highlighting an increase in rambling, tangential speech and behavioral disinhibition.[461] Trump mentioned "rigged election" and "election interference" earlier and more frequently than in the 2016 and 2020 campaigns and refused to commit to accepting the 2024 election results.[462][463] Analysts for The New York Times described this as an intensification of his "heads I win; tails you cheated" rhetorical strategy; the paper said the claim of a rigged election had become the backbone of the campaign.[463] On July 13, 2024, Trump was shot in the ear in an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler Township, Pennsylvania.[464][465][466] Two days later, the 2024 Republican National Convention nominated him as their presidential candidate, with Senator JD Vance as his running mate.[467] In September, he was targeted in another assassination attempt in Florida.[468] Trump won the election in November 2024 with 312 electoral votes to incumbent vice president Kamala Harris's 226,[469] making him the second president in U.S. history after Grover Cleveland to be elected to a nonconsecutive second term.[470] He also won the popular vote with 49.8% to Harris's 48.3%.[471] His victory in 2024 was part of a global backlash against incumbent parties,[472][473] in part due to the 2021–2023 inflation surge.[474][475] Several outlets described his reelection as an extraordinary comeback.[476][477] Second presidency (2025–present) Main article: Second presidency of Donald Trump For a chronological guide, see Timeline of the Donald Trump presidencies. Trump took his second oath of office, administered by Chief Justice John Roberts in the Capitol rotunda, January 20, 2025. Trump began his second term when he was inaugurated on January 20, 2025.[478] He is the oldest individual to assume the presidency,[479] and the first president with a felony conviction.[480] Early actions, 2025–present See also: Second presidential transition of Donald Trump and First 100 days of the second Donald Trump presidency Trump signing executive orders at Capital One Arena on January 20, 2025 Upon taking office, Trump signed a series of executive orders, described as a "shock and awe" campaign, that tested the limits of executive authority. Many drew immediate legal challenges.[481][482] He issued more executive orders on his first day than any other president.[483] Four days into his second term, analysis conducted by Time found that nearly two-thirds of his executive actions "mirror or partially mirror" proposals from Project 2025.[484] He pardoned around 1,500 January 6 rioters, including those who violently attacked police, and commuted the sentences of 14.[485] In his first weeks, several of his actions ignored or violated federal laws, regulations, and the Constitution.[486][487][488] In his administration's first month, Trump issued ninety executive orders, memorandums and directives,[489] and his orders and the efforts to downsize the federal government were challenged by about seventy lawsuits nationwide.[490] Mass terminations of federal employees Main article: 2025 United States federal mass layoffs Trump implemented a hiring freeze across the federal government and ordered telework of federal employees to be discontinued within 30 days.[491][492] He also ordered a review of many career civil service positions with the intention of reclassifying them into at-will positions without job protections.[492][493][494] He initiated mass job terminations of federal employees,[495] which were described by legal experts as unprecedented or in violation of federal law,[496] with the intent of replacing them with workers more aligned with his agenda.[497] He ordered an end to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) projects in the federal government and placed employees in DEI offices on leave. He rescinded Executive Order 11246, which mandated affirmative action and nondiscrimination practices for federal contractors.[498][499] Trump and Elon Musk are attempting to dismantle most of USAID.[500] After a restraining order expired in late February, Trump put 2,000 employees on administrative leave.[501] Domestic policy, 2025–present See also: Second presidency of Donald Trump § Economy Trump appointed oil, gas, and chemical lobbyists to the EPA to reverse climate regulations and pollution controls.[502] He declared a national energy emergency, allowing the suspension of environmental regulations, loosening the rules for fossil fuel extraction and limiting renewable energy projects.[503][504] He initiated a review of the "legality and continued applicability" of the EPA endangerment finding, which is the basis of most federal regulations on greenhouse gases,[505] and again withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Agreement on climate change.[506] Trump frequently blamed diversity, equity, and inclusion and "wokeness" for problems in government and society, and equated diversity with incompetence.[507] He repealed and reversed pro-diversity policies in the federal government.[508][509] The administration took an aggressive approach against what it called "gender ideology", ending the ability to change the gender listed on passports, halting federal funding to entities providing gender-affirming care to people under 19, banning transgender people from the military, and preventing transgender women from competing in women's sports programs at institutions that receive federal funding.[510][511] Immigration, 2025–present Main articles: Immigration policy of the second Donald Trump administration and Mexico–United States border crisis § Second Trump administration (2025–present) Further information: Deportation of illegal immigrants in the second presidency of Donald Trump and Mexico–United States border wall § Second Trump administration (2025–present) In his first days in office, Trump instructed border patrol agents to summarily deport migrants crossing the border, disabled the CBP One app that was being used to schedule border crossings, resumed the remain in Mexico policy, designated drug cartels as terrorist groups, and ordered construction to be resumed on a border wall.[512][513] He indefinitely paused the refugee admissions program.[513] Trump sought to implement mass deportations, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) setting a goal of 1,200 to 1,500 daily arrests. However, actual numbers of arrests have lagged these goals and the rates of arrests under the Obama and Biden administrations.[514][515][516] Trump initially focused deportation operations in sanctuary cities and against individuals on "target lists" of criminals formed prior to the Trump administration. Removals were also expedited for asylum applicants who failed to meet requirements.[517][518][519] Trump also suspended refugee processing for four months and revoked the parole status of migrants who entered the U.S. under CBP One and CHNV humanitarian parole.[513][519] He attempted to remove birthright citizenship.[520] On January 29, 2025, he signed the Laken Riley Act into law.[521] Foreign policy, 2025–present Main article: Foreign policy of the second Donald Trump administration Further information: Second Trump tariffs, 2025 United States trade war with Canada and Mexico, and American expansionism under Donald Trump Trump with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House Trump's second term foreign policy has been described as imperialist and expansionist.[522][523] He ordered the U.S. government to stop funding and working with the WHO and announced the U.S.'s intention to formally leave the WHO.[524][525][526] He and his incoming administration helped broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas alongside the Biden administration, enacted a day prior to his inauguration.[527][528] Personnel, 2025–present Main articles: Second cabinet of Donald Trump and Political appointments of the second Trump administration Trump employed loyalists to his second-term cabinet.[529][530] On February 3, 2025, the White House said that Elon Musk was a special government employee.[531] Trump gave Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—which is not a federal department[531]—access to many federal government agencies. Musk teams operated in eighteen departments and agencies in the administration's first month[532] including in the Treasury Department's $5 trillion payment system,[533] the Small Business Administration, the Office of Personnel Management, and the General Services Administration.[534] Political practice and rhetoric Further information: Trumpism, Political positions of Donald Trump, and Rhetoric of Donald Trump Beginning with his 2016 campaign, Trump's politics and rhetoric led to the creation of a political movement known as Trumpism.[535] His political positions are populist,[536][537] more specifically described as right-wing populist.[538][539] He helped bring far-right fringe ideas and organizations into the mainstream.[540] Many of his actions and rhetoric have been described as authoritarian and contributing to democratic backsliding.[541][542] Trump pushed for an expansion of presidential power under a maximalist interpretation of the unitary executive theory.[543][544] His political base has been compared to a cult of personality.[f] Trump's rhetoric and actions inflame anger and exacerbate distrust through an "us" versus "them" narrative.[552] He explicitly and routinely disparages racial, religious, and ethnic minorities,[553] and scholars consistently find that racial animus regarding blacks, immigrants, and Muslims are the best predictors of support for Trump.[554] His rhetoric has been described as using fearmongering and demagogy.[555] The alt-right movement coalesced around and supported his candidacy, due in part to its opposition to multiculturalism and immigration.[556][557][558] He has a strong appeal to evangelical Christian voters and Christian nationalists,[559] and his rallies take on the symbols, rhetoric, and agenda of Christian nationalism.[560] Racial and gender views Many of Trump's comments and actions have been described as racist.[561] In national polling, about half of respondents said that he is racist; a greater proportion believed that he emboldened racists.[562] Several studies and surveys found that racist attitudes fueled his political ascent and were more important than economic factors in determining the allegiance of Trump voters.[563] Racist and Islamophobic attitudes are strong indicators of support for Trump.[564] He has also been accused of racism for insisting a group of five black and Latino teenagers were guilty of raping a white woman in the 1989 Central Park jogger case, even after they were exonerated in 2002 when the actual rapist confessed and his DNA matched the evidence. In 2024, the men sued Trump for defamation after he said in a televised debate that they had committed the crime and killed the woman.[565] Trump answering questions about the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville In 2011, when he was reportedly considering a presidential run, Trump became the leading proponent of the racist "birther" conspiracy theory, alleging that Barack Obama, the first black U.S. president, was not born in the United States.[566] In April, he claimed credit for pressuring the White House to publish the "long-form" birth certificate, which he considered fraudulent, and later said this made him "very popular".[567] In September 2016, amid pressure, he acknowledged that Obama was born in the U.S.[568] In 2017, he reportedly expressed birther views privately.[569] During the 2024 presidential campaign, he made false attacks against the racial identity of his opponent, Kamala Harris, that were described as reminiscent of the birther conspiracy theory.[570] Trump has a history of belittling women when speaking to the media and on social media.[571][572] He made lewd comments, disparaged women's physical appearances, and referred to them using derogatory epithets.[572] At least 25 women publicly accused him of sexual misconduct, including rape, kissing without consent, groping, looking under women's skirts, and walking in on naked teenage pageant contestants. He has denied the allegations.[573] In October 2016, a 2005 "hot mic" recording surfaced in which he bragged about kissing and groping women without their consent, saying that, "when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. ... Grab 'em by the pussy."[574] He characterized the comments as "locker-room talk".[575][576] The incident's widespread media exposure led to his first public apology, videotaped during his 2016 presidential campaign.[577] Link to violence and hate crimes Further information: Rhetoric of Donald Trump § Violence and dehumanization Trump's refusal to condemn the white supremacist Proud Boys during a 2020 presidential debate[578] and his comment, "Proud Boys, stand back and stand by", were attributed to increased recruitment for the pro-Trump group.[579] Trump has been identified as a key figure in increasing political violence in America, both for and against him.[580][581][582] He is described as embracing extremism, conspiracy theories such as Q-Anon, and far-right militia movements to a greater extent than any modern American president,[583][584] and engaging in stochastic terrorism.[585][586] Research suggests Trump's rhetoric is associated with an increased incidence of hate crimes,[587][588] and that he has an emboldening effect on expressing prejudicial attitudes due to his normalization of explicit racial rhetoric.[589] During his 2016 campaign, he urged or praised physical attacks against protesters or reporters.[590][591] Numerous defendants investigated or prosecuted for violent acts and hate crimes, including participants in the storming of the U.S. Capitol, cited his rhetoric in arguing that they were not culpable or should receive leniency.[592][593] A nationwide review by ABC News in May 2020 identified at least 54 criminal cases, from August 2015 to April 2020, in which he was invoked in direct connection with violence or threats of violence mostly by white men and primarily against minorities.[594] Trump's normalization and revisionist history of the January 6 Capitol attack, and grant of clemency to all January 6 rioters, were described by counterterrorism researchers as encouraging future political violence.[595][596] Conspiracy theories Main article: List of conspiracy theories promoted by Donald Trump Before and throughout his presidency, Trump promoted numerous conspiracy theories, including Obama birtherism, global warming being a hoax, and alleged Ukrainian interference in U.S. elections.[597][598][599] During and since the 2020 presidential election, he promoted various conspiracy theories for his defeat that were characterized as "the big lie".[600][601] Truthfulness Main article: False or misleading statements by Donald Trump Chart depicting false or misleading claims made by Trump Fact-checkers from The Washington Post,[602] the Toronto Star,[603] and CNN[604] compiled data on "false or misleading claims" (orange background), and "false claims" (violet foreground), respectively. As a candidate and as president, Trump frequently makes false statements in public remarks[605][115] to an extent unprecedented in American politics.[605][606][607] His falsehoods are a distinctive part of his political identity[606] and have been described as firehosing.[608] His false and misleading statements were documented by fact-checkers, including at The Washington Post, which tallied 30,573 false or misleading statements made by him during his first presidency,[602] increasing in frequency over time.[609] Some of Trump's falsehoods were inconsequential, such as his repeated claim of the "biggest inaugural crowd ever".[610][611] Others had more far-reaching effects, such as his promotion of antimalarial drugs as an unproven treatment for COVID-19,[612][613] causing a U.S. shortage of these drugs and panic-buying in Africa and South Asia.[614][615] Other misinformation, such as misattributing a rise in crime in England and Wales to the "spread of radical Islamic terror", served his domestic political purposes.[616] His attacks on mail-in ballots and other election practices weakened public faith in the integrity of the 2020 presidential election,[617][618] while his disinformation about the pandemic delayed and weakened the national response to it.[619][620][621] He habitually does not apologize for his falsehoods.[622] Until 2018, the media rarely referred to his falsehoods as lies, including when he repeated demonstrably false statements.[623][624][625] Social media Main articles: Social media use by Donald Trump and Twitter use by Donald Trump Trump's social media presence attracted worldwide attention after he joined Twitter in 2009. He tweeted frequently during his 2016 campaign and as president until Twitter banned him after the January 6 attack.[626] He often used Twitter to communicate directly with the public and sideline the press.[627] In June 2017, the White House press secretary said that his tweets were official presidential statements.[628] After years of criticism for allowing Trump to post misinformation and falsehoods, Twitter began to tag some of his tweets with fact-checks in May 2020.[629] In response, he tweeted that social media platforms "totally silence" conservatives and that he would "strongly regulate, or close them down".[630] In the days after the storming of the Capitol, he was banned from Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and other platforms.[631] The loss of his social media presence diminished his ability to shape events[632][633] and prompted a dramatic decrease in the volume of misinformation shared on Twitter.[634] In February 2022, he launched social media platform Truth Social where he only attracted a fraction of his Twitter following.[635] Elon Musk, after acquiring Twitter, reinstated his Twitter account in November 2022.[636][637] Meta Platforms' two-year ban lapsed in January 2023, allowing him to return to Facebook and Instagram,[638] although in 2024, he continued to call the company an "enemy of the people".[639] In January 2025, Meta agreed to pay $25 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit filed by Trump over his suspension.[640] Relationship with the press Further information: First presidency of Donald Trump § Relationship with the news media, and Personal and business legal affairs of Donald Trump Trump, seated at the Resolute Desk in the White House, speaking to a crowd of reporters with boom microphones in front of him and public officials behind him Trump talking to the press, March 2017 Trump sought media attention throughout his career, sustaining a "love-hate" relationship with the press.[641] In the 2016 campaign, he benefited from a record amount of free media coverage.[642] The New York Times writer Amy Chozick wrote in 2018 that his media dominance enthralled the public and created "must-see TV".[643] As a candidate and as president, he frequently accused the press of bias, calling it the "fake news media" and "the enemy of the people".[644] In 2018, journalist Lesley Stahl said that he had privately told her that he intentionally discredited the media "so when you write negative stories about me no one will believe you".[645] The first Trump presidency reduced formal press briefings from about one hundred in 2017 to about half that in 2018 and to two in 2019; they also revoked the press passes of two White House reporters, which were restored by the courts.[646] Trump's 2020 presidential campaign sued The New York Times, The Washington Post, and CNN for defamation in opinion pieces about his stance on Russian election interference. All the suits were dismissed. The Atlantic characterized the suits as an intimidation tactic.[647][648] By 2024, he repeatedly voiced support for outlawing political dissent and criticism,[649] and said that reporters should be prosecuted for not divulging confidential sources and media companies should possibly lose their broadcast licenses for unfavorable coverage of him.[650] In 2024, he sued ABC News for defamation after George Stephanopoulos said on-air that a jury had found him civilly liable for raping E. Jean Carroll. The case was settled in December with ABC's parent company, Walt Disney, apologizing for the inaccurate claims about Trump and agreeing to donate $15 million to his future presidential library.[651][652][653] Personal life Family Further information: Family of Donald Trump In 1977, Trump married Czech model Ivana Zelníčková.[654] They had three children: Donald Jr. (b. 1977), Ivanka (b. 1981), and Eric (b. 1984). The couple divorced in 1990, following his affair with model and actress Marla Maples.[655] He and Maples married in 1993 and divorced in 1999. They have one daughter, Tiffany (b. 1993), whom Maples raised in California.[656] In 2005, he married Slovenian model Melania Knauss.[657] They have one son, Barron (b. 2006).[658] Health Main article: Age and health concerns about Donald Trump Trump says he has never drunk alcohol, smoked cigarettes, or used drugs.[659][660] He sleeps about four or five hours a night.[661][662] He has called golfing his "primary form of exercise", but usually does not walk the course.[663] He considers exercise a waste of energy because he believes the body is "like a battery, with a finite amount of energy", which is depleted by exercise.[664][665] In 2015, his campaign released a letter from his longtime personal physician, Harold Bornstein, stating that he would "be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency".[666] In 2018, Bornstein said Trump had dictated the contents of the letter and that three of Trump's agents had seized his medical records in a February 2017 raid on Bornstein's office.[666][667] Religion Main article: Donald Trump and religion Trump declared that he was a Presbyterian and a Protestant in 2016,[668][669] though in 2020, he began to identify as a nondenominational Christian.[670] Assessments Public image Main articles: Public image of Donald Trump and Donald Trump in popular culture See also: Opinion polling on the first Donald Trump administration and Opinion polling on the second Donald Trump administration A Gallup poll in 134 countries comparing the approval ratings of U.S. leadership between 2016 and 2017 found that Trump led Obama in job approval in 29 countries, most of them non-democracies;[671] approval of U.S. leadership plummeted among allies and G7 countries.[672] By mid-2020, 16 percent of international respondents to a 13-nation Pew Research poll expressed confidence in him, lower than China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin.[673] During his first presidency, research from 2020 found that Trump had a stronger impact on popular assessments towards American political parties and partisan opinions than any president since the Truman administration.[674] In 2021, he was identified as the only president never to reach a 50 percent approval rating in the Gallup poll, which dates to 1938, partially due to a record-high partisan gap in his approval ratings: 88 percent among Republicans and 7 percent among Democrats.[675] His early ratings were unusually stable, ranging between 35 and 49 percent.[676] He finished his term with a rating between 29 and 34 percent—the lowest of any president since modern polling began—and a record-low average of 41 percent throughout his presidency.[675][677] In Gallup's annual poll asking Americans to name the man they admire the most, Trump placed second to Obama in 2017 and 2018, tied with Obama for first in 2019, and placed first in 2020.[678][679] Since Gallup started conducting the poll in 1946, he was the first elected president not to be named most admired in his first year in office.[680] According to Gallup, Trump began his second term with an approval rating of 47% and a disapproval rating of 48%. His approval rating was extremely politically polarized, being approved by 91% of Republicans, 46% of independents, and 6% of Democrats.[681] Scholarly rankings Further information: Historical rankings of presidents of the United States In C-SPAN's "Presidential Historians Survey 2021",[682] historians ranked Trump as the fourth-worst president. He rated lowest in the leadership characteristics categories for moral authority and administrative skills.[683][684] The Siena College Research Institute's 2022 survey ranked him 43rd out of 45 presidents. He was ranked near the bottom in all categories except for luck, willingness to take risks, and party leadership, and he ranked last in several categories.[685] In 2018 and 2024, surveys of members of the American Political Science Association ranked him the worst president.[686][687] See also Awards and honors received by Donald Trump Pseudonyms used by Donald Trump Notes Beginning when Trump was three years old, his father gave each of his children $6,000 every year, the maximum allowed without incurring a gift tax. To avoid taxes, Fred made them landlords of two of his housing developments, paying each $13,928 in rent every year.[4] Trump acknowledged a negative net worth in 1990 of minus $900 million in his book The Art of the Comeback.[83] Timothy L. O'Brien explains in his book TrumpNation that Forbes dropped Trump from its list of wealthiest Americans from 1990–1995. 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Trump, et al. defendantsTelevision personalities from New York CityTelevision producers from Queens, New YorkTime Person of the YearTrump familyThe Trump Organization employeesTrump–Ukraine scandalUnited States Football League executivesWharton School alumniWWE Hall of Fame inductees Terminator (franchise) Article Talk Read Edit View history Tools From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Terminator Official franchise logo from the latest film Created by James Cameron Gale Anne Hurd Original work The Terminator (1984) Owner StudioCanal (Canal+)[a] Years 1984–present Print publications Novel(s) List of novels Comics List of comics Films and television Film(s) The Terminator (1984) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) Terminator Salvation (2009) Terminator Genisys (2015) Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) Television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008–2009) Web series Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series (2009) Terminator Genisys: The YouTube Chronicles (2015) Animated series Terminator Zero (2024) Games Traditional The Terminator Collectible Card Game (2000) Role-playing The Terminator RPG (2022) Video game(s) List of video games Audio Soundtrack(s) The Terminator (1984) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008) Terminator Salvation (2009) Terminator Genisys (2015) Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) Miscellaneous Theme park attraction(s) T2-3D: Battle Across Time (1996–2020) Terminator Salvation: The Ride (2009–2010) Terminator X: A Laser Battle for Salvation (2009–2015) Official website Terminator on Paramount Pictures Terminator is an American media franchise created by James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd. It is considered to be of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction.[4][5] The franchise primarily focuses on a post-apocalyptic war between a synthetic intelligence known as Skynet, and a surviving resistance of humans led by John Connor. Skynet fights with an arsenal of cyborgs known as Terminators, designed to mimic humans and infiltrate the resistance. A prominent model throughout the films is the T-800, commonly known as the Terminator and portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Time travel is a common aspect of the franchise, with humans and Terminators often sent back to alter the past and change the outcome of the future. The franchise began with the 1984 film The Terminator, written and directed by Cameron, with Hurd as producer. They would return for the 1991 sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day (or T2). Both films were critical and commercial successes. Subsequent installments, most of them produced without Cameron's involvement, saw mixed reviews and diminishing box-office returns. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (or T3) was released in 2003 to positive reviews, followed by Terminator Salvation in 2009 to more negative reviews. Salvation was intended as the first in a new trilogy, which was later scrapped after the film rights were sold. Cameron was consulted for the 2015 film Terminator Genisys, a reboot branching off from the timeline of the original film. It was negatively received and performed poorly at the box-office. Cameron had a larger role as a producer of the 2019 film Terminator: Dark Fate, a direct sequel to T2 that ignores the three preceding films. Genisys and Dark Fate, respectively, were also produced as the first installment in a planned trilogy, but both were cancelled due to poor box-office performances, despite the latter film garnering a better reception. Outside of the films, Cameron co-directed T2-3D: Battle Across Time, a 1996 theme park attraction. It was produced as the original sequel to T2 and reunited its main cast. A television series, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, was developed without Cameron's involvement and aired from 2008 to 2009. It was also produced as a T2 sequel, taking place in an alternate timeline that ignores the third film and subsequent events. Terminator Zero, an anime series, premiered in August 2024. The franchise has also inspired several lines of comic books since 1988, and numerous video games since 1991. By 2010, the franchise had generated $3 billion in revenue.[6] Themes and setting Concept art illustrating the conflicts between Skynet and the Resistance in a post-apocalyptic, futuristic setting, envisioned by creator James Cameron for the 1984 film The Terminator. The central theme of the franchise is the battle for survival between the nearly-extinct human race and the world-spanning, synthetic intelligence that is Skynet. Skynet is positioned in the first film, The Terminator (1984), as a U.S. strategic "Global Digital Defense Network" computer system by Cyberdyne Systems which becomes self-aware. Shortly after activation, Skynet seemingly perceives all humans as a threat to its existence and formulates a plan to systematically wipe out humanity itself. The system initiates a nuclear first strike against Russia, thereby ensuring a devastating second strike and a nuclear holocaust which wipes out much of humanity in the resulting nuclear war. In the post-apocalyptic aftermath, Skynet later builds up its own autonomous machine-based military capability which includes the Terminators used against individual human targets and thereafter proceeds to wage a persistent total war against the surviving elements of humanity, some of whom have militarily organized themselves into a Resistance. At some point in this future, Skynet develops the capability of time travel and both it and the Resistance seek to use this technology in order to win the war; either by altering or accelerating past events or by preventing the apocalyptic timeline. Terminator story chronology Original continuity The Terminator Terminator 2: Judgment Day Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series Terminator Salvation Battle Across Time continuity The Terminator Terminator 2: Judgment Day T2-3D: Battle Across Time The Sarah Connor Chronicles continuity The Terminator Terminator 2: Judgment Day Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Genisys continuity Terminator Genisys Terminator Genisys: Future War Dark Fate continuity The Terminator Terminator 2: Judgment Day Terminator: Dark Fate Zero continuity The Terminator Terminator 2: Judgment Day Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Terminator Salvation Terminator Genisys Terminator: Dark Fate Terminator Zero Judgment Day In the franchise, Judgment Day (a reference to the biblical Day of Judgment) is the date on which Skynet becomes self-aware, in which case its creators panic and attempt to deactivate the network. As a result, Skynet perceives humanity as a threat and attempts to exterminate them. Skynet launches an all-out nuclear attack on Russia in order to provoke a nuclear counter-strike against the United States, knowing this will eliminate its human enemies. Due to time travel and the consequent ability to change the future, several differing dates are given for Judgment Day. In Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Sarah Connor states that Judgment Day will occur on August 29, 1997. However, this date is delayed following the attack on Cyberdyne Systems in the same film. An infographic illustrating the continuity between the various timelines in the Terminator franchise. Judgment Day has various different dates in different timelines of the subsequent films, as well as the television series, creating a multiverse of temporal phenomena. In Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) and Terminator Salvation (2009), Judgment Day was postponed to July 2003.[7][8][9] In Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008–2009), the attack on Cyberdyne Systems in the second film delayed Judgment Day to April 21, 2011. In Terminator Genisys (2015), the fifth film in the franchise, Judgment Day was postponed to an unspecified day in October 2017, attributed to altered events in both the future and the past. Sarah and Kyle Reese travel through time to the year 2017 and seemingly defeat Skynet, but the system core, contained inside a subterranean blast shelter, survives unknown to them, thus further delaying, rather than preventing, Judgment Day. In Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), the direct sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day, a date is not given for the new Judgment Day though it is named as such by Grace. Since Grace is a ten-year-old in 2020 and shown as a teenager in the post-Judgment Day world in flash-forwards throughout the film, Judgment Day occurs sometime in the early 2020s in this timeline. Franchise rights Before the first film was created, director James Cameron sold the rights for $1 to Gale Anne Hurd, his future wife, who produced the film, under the strict provision that he be allowed to direct it.[10] Hemdale Film Corporation also became a 50-percent owner of the franchise rights, until its share was sold in 1990 to Carolco Pictures, a company founded by Andrew G. Vajna and Mario Kassar. Terminator 2: Judgment Day was released a year later.[11][12] Carolco filed for bankruptcy in 1995 and its library was subsequently acquired by StudioCanal, which continues to own the franchise today.[1][2][3] However, the rights to future Terminator films were ultimately put up for auction. By that time, Cameron had become interested in making a Terminator 3 film.[13][14] The rights were ultimately auctioned to Vajna in 1997, for $8 million.[15] Vajna and Kassar spent another $8 million to purchase Hurd's half of the rights in 1998, becoming the full owners of the franchise.[15][16] Hurd was initially opposed to the sale of the rights, while Cameron had lost interest in the franchise and a third film.[17] After the 2003 release of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, the franchise rights were sold in 2007 for about $25 million to The Halcyon Company,[18][19] which produced Terminator Salvation in 2009. Later that year, the company faced legal issues and filed for bankruptcy, putting the franchise rights up for sale. The rights were valued at about $70 million.[20][21] In 2010, the rights were sold for $29.5 million to Pacificor, a hedge fund that was Halcyon's largest creditor.[22][19] In 2012, the rights were sold to Megan Ellison and her production company Annapurna Pictures for less than $20 million, a lower price than what was previously offered. The low price was because of the possibility of Cameron regaining the rights in 2019, as a result of new North American copyright laws.[23][24] Megan's brother David Ellison and Skydance Productions produced Terminator Genisys in 2015.[23] Cameron worked together with David Ellison to produce the 2019 film Terminator: Dark Fate.[25] As the film neared its release, Hurd filed to terminate a copyright grant made 35 years earlier. Under this move, Hurd would again become a 50-percent owner of the rights with Cameron and Skydance could lose the rights to make any additional Terminator films beginning in November 2020, unless a new deal is worked out. Skydance responded that it had a deal in place with Cameron and that it "controls the rights to the Terminator franchise for the foreseeable future".[26] Films Film U.S. release date Director(s) Screenwriter(s) Story by Producer(s) The Terminator October 26, 1984 James Cameron James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd Gale Anne Hurd Terminator 2: Judgment Day July 3, 1991 James Cameron & William Wisher Jr. James Cameron Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines July 2, 2003 Jonathan Mostow John Brancato and Michael Ferris John Brancato & Michael Ferris and Tedi Sarafian Colin Wilson, Mario Kassar, Hal Lieberman, Andrew G. Vajna and Joel B. Michaels Terminator Salvation May 21, 2009 McG John Brancato & Michael Ferris Moritz Borman, Derek Anderson, Victor Kubicek and Jeffrey Silver Terminator Genisys July 1, 2015 Alan Taylor Laeta Kalogridis & Patrick Lussier Dana Goldberg and David Ellison Terminator: Dark Fate November 1, 2019 Tim Miller David Goyer & Justin Rhodes and Billy Ray James Cameron & Charles Eglee & Josh Friedman & David Goyer & Justin Rhodes David Ellison and James Cameron A Terminator droid in the Terminator films The Terminator (1984) Main article: The Terminator The Terminator is a 1984 science fiction action film released by Orion Pictures, co-written and directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn. It is the first work in the Terminator franchise. In the film, robots take over the world in the near future, directed by the artificial intelligence Skynet. With its sole mission to completely annihilate humanity, it develops android assassins called Terminators that outwardly appear human. A man named John Connor starts the Tech-Com resistance to fight the machines, defeat Skynet and free humanity. With a human victory imminent, the machines' only choice is to send a Terminator back in time to kill John's mother, Sarah Connor and prevent the boy's birth, thereby stopping the resistance from being founded in the first place. With the fate of humanity at stake, John sends soldier Kyle Reese back to protect Sarah Connor and thus ensure his own existence. It was released on October 26, 1984 and grossed $78.4 million worldwide. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Main article: Terminator 2: Judgment Day Terminator 2: Judgment Day is the 1991 sequel to the original Terminator film and was released by TriStar Pictures. It was co-written, directed and produced by James Cameron and stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick and Joe Morton. After robots fail to prevent John Connor from being born, they try again in 1995, this time attempting to terminate him as a child by using a more advanced Terminator, the T-1000. As before, John sends back a protector for his younger self, a reprogrammed Terminator, who is a doppelgänger to the one from 1984. After years of preparing for the future war, Sarah decides to use the same tactics the robots used on her: preventing Skynet from being invented by destroying Cyberdyne Systems before they create it. Terminator 2: Judgment Day was released on July 3, 1991 to critical acclaim, becoming the most successful film at the US box office in 1991,[27] and grossing $523.7 million worldwide. It won several Academy Awards, one most notably for its groundbreaking computer animation. The film was remastered for 3D and re-released in August 2017. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) Main article: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, released by Warner Bros. Pictures in North America and Columbia TriStar Film Distributors internationally, is the 2003 sequel to Terminator 2 and is written by John Brancato, Michael Ferris, directed by Jonathan Mostow and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes and Kristanna Loken. As a result of the destruction of Cyberdyne, the Skynet takeover has been postponed, not averted. In an attempt to ensure a victory by the robots, a new Terminator, the T-X, is sent back to terminate as many of John Connor's future lieutenants as possible, including his future wife Kate Brewster and also John himself. Kate's father, General Robert Brewster (David Andrews), who is supervising Skynet's development, is also targeted for termination by the T-X. After Connor's future self is terminated by a doppelgänger of his previous protector, Kate reprograms him and sends him back to save them both from the T-X. It was released on July 2, 2003 to generally favorable reviews and grossed $433.4 million worldwide. Terminator Salvation (2009) Main article: Terminator Salvation Terminator Salvation is the fourth installment of the Terminator film series, produced by The Halcyon Company and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and Columbia Pictures. It was released on May 21, 2009 to negative reviews and grossed $371.4 million. It was written by John Brancato and Michael Ferris, directed by McG,[28] and stars Christian Bale as John Connor and Sam Worthington (who was personally recommended by James Cameron[29]) as Marcus Wright.[30] Following the events of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, after Skynet has destroyed much of humanity in a nuclear holocaust, John struggles to become the leader of humanity as he is destined, while Marcus Wright finds his place in an unfamiliar post-apocalyptic world. In this future, altered by the events of the second film, the T-800 Terminators (Roland Kickinger with CG-rendered facial likeness of Arnold Schwarzenegger[31]) are coming online sooner than expected. The film also stars Anton Yelchin as Kyle Reese,[32] Bryce Dallas Howard, Moon Bloodgood, Common, Michael Ironside, and Helena Bonham Carter. Terminator Genisys (2015) Main article: Terminator Genisys Terminator Genisys is the fifth installment of the franchise and also serves as a reboot. It features the main characters from the first two films portrayed by a new cast, with the exception of Arnold Schwarzenegger reprising his role as the eponymous character. Additionally, J. K. Simmons joined the cast as Detective O'Brien, serving as an ally for the film's protagonists. The film was written by Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier and directed by Alan Taylor. It was made by Skydance Productions and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The story takes place in an alternate reality resulting from a chain of events related to Skynet's (Matt Smith) actions throughout a previous timeline. Prior to this alteration, on the verge of winning the war against Skynet, John Connor (Jason Clarke) sends his trusted right-hand officer Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) back through time to save his mother's life and ensure his own existence. However, Kyle arrives at an alternate timeline where Skynet had never launched its initial attack in 1997 and Sarah Connor (Emilia Clarke) was brought up by a reprogrammed Terminator (Schwarzenegger), sent by an unknown party to be her guardian ever since childhood. Now Sarah, Kyle and the Guardian need to escape the T-800 Model 101 (Brett Azar with CG-rendered likeness of Schwarzenegger from the first film), the T-1000 (Lee Byung-hun) and Skynet's T-3000, in an attempt to stop Judgment Day from ever happening; while trying to uncover the secrets behind Cyberdyne Systems' new application software: Genisys. Assisting the trio is O'Brien, whose investigation into time travelers (especially Terminators) leads him to learn about Skynet and helps the protagonists in their mission to avert Judgment Day. Cameron was consulted for the film during its early development.[33] It was released in the U.S. on July 1, 2015 and grossed $440.6 million worldwide. Its commercial performance was lower than anticipated, resulting in two planned sequels and a spin-off television series being cancelled in favor of Terminator: Dark Fate (2019). Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) Main article: Terminator: Dark Fate Terminator: Dark Fate is the sixth installment of the franchise and a direct sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day. It is directed by Tim Miller and was released in the U.S. on November 1, 2019. It stars Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger, reprising their roles as Sarah Connor and the Terminator, respectively.[34] The film also stars Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes and Gabriel Luna.[35][36] Jude Collie and Brett Azar were also cast as a young John Connor and a younger T-800, respectively.[37] The previous film, Terminator Genisys, had been intended as the first in a new stand-alone film trilogy, but the planned sequels were canceled following the film's disappointing box-office performance. The producer of that film, David Ellison, recruited James Cameron to produce a new film with him, which would become Terminator: Dark Fate.[38][39][40][41] In the film, the machines send a Terminator, Rev-9 (Luna), back in time to eliminate Dani Ramos (Reyes), whose destiny is linked to the Human Resistance's war against them. The Resistance sends one of their soldiers, Grace (Davis), back to protect her, and a chain of events leads Grace and Dani to join forces with Sarah Connor and the T-800. The writers' room included Josh Friedman, creator of the television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Other writers included David S. Goyer, Justin Rhodes and Billy Ray.[42] The creative team stated that the new film would feature a young 18- to 21-year-old, who could potentially lead the franchise should the first film be successful. Miller made mention of creating a theme park attraction akin to T2 3-D: Battle Across Time should the film prove successful.[43] Because the series deals with time-travel, the film ignores the premise of the last three films and the TV series and is not titled Terminator 6, as it is also a direct sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day.[44] Filming began in Isleta del Moro, Almería[45][46] on June 4, 2018, shooting for a month there, before shooting the rest in the United States. This film was intended as the first in a new trilogy of Terminator films,[47] but these plans were canceled due to very mixed audience reactions and the film's underperforming box office record.[48][49] Television Series Season Episodes First released Last released Showrunner(s) Network(s) Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles 1 9 January 13, 2008 March 3, 2008 Josh Friedman Fox 2 22 September 8, 2008 April 10, 2009 Terminator Zero 1 8 August 29, 2024 Mattson Tomlin Netflix Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008–2009) Main article: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles follows Sarah (Lena Headey) and John Connor (Thomas Dekker) as they try to "live under the radar" after destroying Cyberdyne in Terminator 2. Summer Glau plays a Terminator named Cameron and Brian Austin Green plays Derek Reese, the brother of Kyle Reese, both sent back in time to protect the Connors and prevent another Judgment Day. Terminator Zero (2024) Main article: Terminator Zero Terminator Zero is an anime series released on Netflix on August 29, 2024, notably referencing Judgment Day from the films. It is a co-production between Skydance and Production I.G. Unlike previous installments, the eight-episode series takes place in Japan without any ties to Sarah Connor or her son, John, instead focusing on new characters. Future In December 2022, while promoting Avatar: The Way of Water, producer and director of the first two Terminator films James Cameron revealed that another series reboot was "in discussion, but nothing has been decided". The reboot would likely feature an entirely new cast and reset the continuity of the entire film series. Cameron suggested that in hindsight, bringing back both Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton for Terminator: Dark Fate had been a mistake.[50][51] In May 2023, Schwarzenegger stated in an interview that he would not appear in any future franchise installments after the last few films were "not well-written".[52] Later that month, it was reported that Cameron was developing a script for a Terminator reboot.[53] In February 2024, Hamilton stated in an interview that she would also not appear in any more future installments feeling that she did all she could in the franchise and thought the story had been "done to death". She also questioned the idea of rebooting the franchise again stating "Why anybody would relaunch it is a mystery to me."[54] In September 2024, Cameron confirmed that he was working on more films, in which the core themes are kept but the "distinct iconography" of the previous films is to be discarded.[55] Web series Series Season Episodes First released Last released Showrunner(s) Network(s) Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series 1 6 May 18, 2009 June 24, 2009 Andy Shapiro Machinima Terminator Genisys: The YouTube Chronicles 1 3 June 22, 2015 Jay Bushman YouTube Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series (2009) Main article: Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series Set in 2016, years after Judgment Day, Blair Williams (voiced by Moon Bloodgood) is fighting the war against the machines in downtown Los Angeles, while tracking down the computer hacker named Laz Howard (voiced by Cam Clarke) and trying to persuade him to join sides with the resistance. Terminator Genisys: The YouTube Chronicles (2015) Terminator Genisys: The YouTube Chronicles was released in three parts on June 22, 2015 to promote the fifth film, produced by Heresy.[56][57] The web series was directed by Charles Paek and written by Jay Bushman. It features several popular YouTube stars appearing with Arnold Schwarzenegger as the T-800, as they stand together against the T-360 (played by fellow YouTube personality, Toby Turner).[citation needed] Cast and crew For a more comprehensive list, see List of Terminator (franchise) characters. Principal cast List indicators This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in the franchise. An empty grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed. A indicates an appearance through archival footage or audio. E indicates an appearance not included in the theatrical cut. O indicates an older version of the character. P indicates an appearance in onscreen photographs. S indicates an appearance through use of special effects. V indicates a voice-only role. Y indicates a younger version of the character. M indicates a model with the actor or actress's likeness served as a body double. L indicates the actor or actress lent only their likeness for the film. Characters Films Theme park attraction Television series The Terminator Terminator 2: Judgment Day Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Terminator Salvation Terminator Genisys Terminator: Dark Fate T2-3D: Battle Across Time Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1 Season 2 1984 1991 2003 2009 2015 2019 1996 2008–2009 Machines Terminator T-800 Model 101[b] Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold SchwarzeneggerLS[c] Roland KickingerYM Arnold Schwarzenegger Brett AzarYM Arnold Schwarzenegger Mentioned T-1000 Robert Patrick Lee Byung-hun Robert Patrick Mentioned T-X Kristanna Loken Skynet Dr. Serena Kogan Alex[d] Mentioned Helena Bonham Carter Matt Smith Ian EtheridgeY Seth MeriwetherY Nolan GrossY Mentioned No physical actor, network facility only Marcus Wright Cyborg Sam Worthington T-600 Mentioned Brian Steele Chris Gann T-3000 Jason Clarke Grace Harper[58] Augment Mackenzie Davis Stephanie GilY Rev-9 Gabriel Luna Cameron Summer Glau Cromartie / John Henry T-888 Owain Yeoman Garret Dillahunt Garret Dillahunt Catherine Weaver T-1001 Shirley Manson Humans Sarah Connor Linda Hamilton Linda Hamilton Leslie HamiltonM Mentioned Linda HamiltonV Emilia Clarke Willa TaylorY Linda Hamilton Maddy CurleyYM Linda Hamilton Lena Headey Kyle Reese Michael Biehn Michael BiehnE[e] Anton Yelchin Jai Courtney Bryant PrinceY Mentioned Jonathan Jackson Skyler GisondoY Jonathan Jackson Dr. Peter Silberman Earl Boen Earl BoenA Bruce Davison Mentioned Lieutenant Ed Traxler Paul Winfield Vukovich Lance Henriksen John Connor Mentioned Edward Furlong Michael EdwardsO Dalton AbbottY Nick Stahl Christian Bale Jason Clarke Edward FurlongLS Jude CollieYM Aaron KunitzV Edward Furlong Thomas Dekker John DeVitoY Miles Dyson Joe Morton Courtney Vance Phil Morris Mentioned Danny Dyson DeVaughn Nixon Dayo Okeniyi Shawn Prince Tarissa Dyson S. Epatha Merkerson Charlayne Woodard Enrique Salceda Castulo Guerra Tony Amendola Katherine "Kate" Connor (née Brewster) Claire Danes Bryce Dallas Howard Robert Brewster David Andrews Scott Mason Mark Famiglietti Blair Williams Moon Bloodgood Lieutenant Barnes Common General Ashdown Michael Ironside Dr. Serena Kogan Helena Bonham Carter Star Jadagrace Berry Detective O'Brien J. K. Simmons Wayne BastrupY Lieutenant Matias Michael Gladis Detective Cheung Sandrine Holt Daniella "Dani" Ramos Natalia Reyes Diego Ramos Diego Boneta Felipe Gandal Tristán Ulloa Major Dean Fraser James Derek Reese Brian Austin Green James Ellison Richard T. Jones Charley Dixon Dean Winters Allison Young Summer Glau Jesse Flores Stephanie Jacobsen Riley Dawson Leven Rambin Additional crew Crew Film The Terminator Terminator 2: Judgment Day Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Terminator Salvation Terminator Genisys Terminator: Dark Fate 1984 1991 2003 2009 2015 2019 Executive Producer(s) John Daly, Derek Gibson Gale Ann Hurd, Mario F. Kassar Moritz Borman, Guy East, Nigel Sinclair, Gale Ann Hurd Peter D. Graves, Bahman Naraghi, Mario F. Kassar, Andrew G. Vajna, Joel B. Michaels, Dan Lin, Jeanne Allgood. Bill Carraro, Robert Cort, Megan Ellison, Laeta Kalogridis, Patrick Lussier Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Edward Cheng, Tim Miller, John J. Kelly, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn Composer Brad Fiedel Marco Beltrami Danny Elfman Lorne Balfe Tom Holkenborg Cinematography Adam Greenberg Don Burgess Shane Hurlbut Kramer Morgenthau Ken Seng Editor Mark Goldblatt Conrad Buff IV Mark Goldblatt Richard A. Harris Nicolas De Toth Neil Travis Conrad Buff Roger Barton Julian Clarke Production companies Hemdale Pacific Western Productions Cinema '84 Carolco Pictures Pacific Western Productions Lightstorm Entertainment StudioCanal Intermedia C2 Pictures The Halcyon Company Wonderland Sound and Vision Skydance Productions Skydance Media 20th Century Fox Tencent Pictures Lightstorm Entertainment TSG Entertainment Distributor Orion Pictures TriStar Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International Warner Bros. Pictures Sony Pictures Releasing International Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures 20th Century Fox Reception Box office performance Film U.S. release date Box office revenue Box office ranking Budget Ref(s) North America International Worldwide North America Worldwide The Terminator October 26, 1984 $38,371,200 $40,000,000 $78,371,200 #1,917 $6.4 million [60] Terminator 2: Judgment Day July 3, 1991 $205,881,154 $312,106,698 $517,987,852 #152 (#106)(A) #136 $94–102 million [61] Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines July 2, 2003 $150,371,112 $283,000,000 $433,371,112 #288 #188 $170–$187.3 million [62][63] Terminator Salvation May 21, 2009 $125,322,469 $246,030,532 $371,353,001 #418 #242 $200 million [64] Terminator Genisys July 1, 2015 $89,760,956 $350,842,581 $440,603,537 #706 #186 $155–158 million [65][66] Terminator: Dark Fate November 1, 2019 $62,253,077 $198,866,215 $261,119,292 #1,368 #602 $185–196 million [67] Total $671,959,968 $1,430,846,026 $2,102,805,994 #30 #27 $810.4–832.4 million [68] List indicator(s) A dark gray cell indicates the information is not available for the film. (A) indicates the adjusted totals based on current ticket prices (calculated by Box Office Mojo). Critical and public response Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore[69] The Terminator 100% (8.80/10 average rating) (71 reviews)[70] 84 (21 reviews)[71] — Terminator 2: Judgment Day 91% (8.50/10 average rating) (90 reviews)[72] 75 (22 reviews)[73] A+ Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 70% (6.50/10 average rating) (207 reviews)[74] 66 (41 reviews)[75] B+ Terminator Salvation 33% (5.10/10 average rating) (280 reviews)[76] 49 (46 reviews)[77] B+ Terminator Genisys 26% (4.70/10 average rating) (278 reviews)[78] 38 (41 reviews)[79] B+ Terminator: Dark Fate 70% (6.20/10 average rating) (352 reviews)[80] 54 (51 reviews)[81] B+ Television Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (season 1) 76% (6.95/10 average rating) (34 reviews)[82] 74 (24 reviews)[83] Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (season 2) 94% (7.40/10 average rating) (16 reviews)[84] 67 (4 reviews)[85] Web series Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic Terminator Zero (season 1) 86% (7.30/10 average rating) (29 reviews)[86] 69 (11 reviews)[87] Cultural impact The Terminator franchise, most notably James Cameron's original films, The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, has had a significant impact on popular culture. The film franchise placed #17 on the top 25 greatest film franchises by IGN[88] and is also in the top 30 highest-grossing franchises. According to Rotten Tomatoes, the Terminator franchise is the sixth highest rated franchise on the site behind the Toy Story franchise, the Dollars Trilogy, The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, the Mad Max franchise and the original Star Wars trilogy, but in front of the Indiana Jones franchise. In 2008, The Terminator was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".[89] The American Film Institute (AFI) has also recognized both films on a number of occasions: the line "I'll be back" from The Terminator placed as the 37th-best movie quote, while "Hasta la vista, baby" from Terminator 2 ranked 76th on the same list. The Terminator character from The Terminator was voted the 22nd-greatest villain; meanwhile, the T-800 (of the same likeness) in Terminator 2: Judgment Day was voted the 48th-greatest hero; this is the only time the same character has appeared on the two opposing lists. In the 100 Years...100 series list, the Terminator franchise was voted the 42nd most thrilling. In addition, Terminator 2: Judgment Day ranked 8th on AFI's top 10 list in the science fiction genre.[90] In 2023, Terminator 2: Judgment Day was also selected for preservation.[citation needed] Both films are the source of numerous pop culture references, such as the use of "I'll be back" in countless other media, including different variations of the phrase by Arnold himself in many of his subsequent films and, in cameo appearances by Robert Patrick, as the T-1000, in Last Action Hero and Wayne's World. The Simpsons have also spoofed both films and the T-1000, in particular, on a number of occasions.[91][92][93] Terminator 2 is the only film in the series to garner attention at the Academy Awards, with six nominations and four wins,[94] and is rated highly among critics.[72][73] In 2006 the readers of Total Film rated The Terminator as cinema's 72nd best film and Terminator 2: Judgment Day the 33rd.[95] The first five Terminator films have had very respectable box office gross, though after James Cameron left the series it saw diminishing returns in subsequent films. The Terminator made $78 million worldwide, far surpassing its $6 million budget and becoming a major sleeper hit. Terminator 2: Judgment Day grossed approximately $520 million globally, becoming a major blockbuster and the top-grossing film of 1991. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines earned $433 million, making it the seventh highest-grossing film of 2003. Terminator Salvation grossed an estimated $371 million worldwide, a figure below industry expectations. Terminator Genisys grossed $440 million. Terminator: Dark Fate raised approximately $261 million worldwide with an estimated loss of $130 million, becoming the least successful film in the franchise and a box-office bomb.[96] Music Soundtracks Title U.S. release date Length Composer(s) Label The Terminator: Original Soundtrack 1984 35:32 Brad Fiedel Enigma Records Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) July 1, 1991 53:01 Varèse Sarabande Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) June 24, 2003 51:22 Marco Beltrami Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Original Television Soundtrack) December 23, 2008 63:54 Bear McCreary La-La Land Records Terminator Salvation: Original Soundtrack May 19, 2009 50:27 Danny Elfman Reprise Records Terminator Genisys: Music from the Motion Picture June 24, 2015 75:05 Lorne Balfe Skydance Media Terminator: Dark Fate (Music from the Motion Picture) November 1, 2019 58:00 Tom Holkenborg Paramount Music Terminator Zero August 30, 2024 73:45 Michelle Birsky & Kevin Henthorn Lakeshore Records Other media Video games Main article: List of Terminator video games Various video games have been released since 1991. Novels Main article: T2 (novel series) Various novels have been released since 1985.[97] Comics See also: List of Terminator comics The Terminator spin-off comics In 1988, NOW Comics published an ongoing series with John Connor as the main character in 2031, after sending Kyle Reese back to 1984 to protect his mother. The Terminators in this canon had more human-like endoskeletons and some issues would deal with subordinates of Connor's in the ruins of certain geographic areas. The seventeen issue series was followed by two limited series.[98][99][100] Dark Horse Comics acquired the rights in 1990. In The Terminator (with Tempest added in trade paperbacks to distinguish itself from other comics), a group of human soldiers and four Terminators come to the present, to stop Skynet in differing ways.[101] In the sequel, Secondary Objectives, the surviving Terminator is reprogrammed to destroy another Terminator sent to aid him and kill Sarah Connor.[102] In its sequel, The Enemy Within, a team of human assassins attempt to return to the past and kill a Skynet developer.[103] The 1992 Endgame concludes this arc. Human colonel Mary Randall protects Sarah Connor as she goes into labor.[104] Dark Horse published a 1992 one-shot written by James Dale Robinson and drawn by Matt Wagner. Here, a female Terminator and a resistance fighter battle for the life of a woman named Sarah Connor, but not the correct one.[105] The comic book had the unusual feature of a physical "pop-up" in one scene. A 1993 limited series Hunters and Killers, set during the war, has special Terminators created to impersonate leaders in the Russian resistance.[106] Another limited series, published in 1998, follows the misadventures of two malfunctioning Terminators in Death Valley.[107] This set up the following year's comic The Dark Years, set in 2030. In The Dark Years, a Terminator is sent to eliminate John Connor and his mother in 1999.[108] In 2013, Dark Horse released a sequel comic based on the 2009 film Terminator Salvation, entitled Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle.[109] Malibu Comics published twin series in 1995. One was a sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day, in which Sarah and John encounter two Terminators. The other was a prequel that explains the scenario. The conclusions to the series were published in one issue.[110][111] Beckett Comics published three series to promote Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, each consisting of two issues.[112][113][114] Terminator 2: Infinity (later simply Terminator Infinity (2007) comic book series by Dynamite Entertainment, was set in 2033. It was, for two issues, tied into another one of Dynamite's publications, called Painkiller Jane.[115] Dynamite's continuation, Terminator: Revolution and IDW Publishing's Salvation tie-in comic book were legally possible as the former was specifically based on the Terminator 2 license.[116] Crossover comics Terminators have crossed over with RoboCop, Superman and Alien vs. Predator. In RoboCop versus The Terminator (1992) and Superman vs. The Terminator: Death to the Future (2000), the heroes must prevent the war-ravaged future.[117][118] In 2000's Alien versus Predator versus The Terminator from Dark Horse, where Skynet, has reactivated farther in the future and is creating an Alien-Terminator hybrid. Ellen Ripley's clone (from Alien Resurrection) and the Predators join forces to stop Skynet.[119] In 2020, Dark Horse and IDW Publishing published Transformers vs. The Terminator, in which the Autobots and the Decepticons are antagonised by the T-800 as Skynet sends the Terminator back through time to destroy the Cybertronians and restore the future timeline. Collectible card game Main article: The Terminator Collectible Card Game The Terminator Collectible Card Game was released in 2000 by Precedence.[120] Role-playing game First announced in 2020 by Nightfall Games, The Terminator RPG was released in digital form on June 1, 2022, with a physical version following later in the year. The game is based on the first film and Dark Horse Comics line of graphic novels and comics.[citation needed] Theme park attractions T2-3D: Battle Across Time, a film ride based on the franchise, opened at Universal Studios Florida in 1996. The ride is presented as the original sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day. It features Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, and Robert Patrick reprising their roles as the Terminator, Sarah Connor, John Connor, and the T-1000, respectively. James Cameron was one of three directors on the attraction,[121][122] which marked his last major involvement with the franchise until Terminator: Dark Fate.[123] Terminator Salvation: The Ride operated at California's Six Flags Magic Mountain from 2009 to 2010. Terminator X: A Laser Battle for Salvation operated at various locations beginning in 2009.[citation needed] Canceled projects Terminator Salvation trilogy In May 2007, the production rights to the Terminator series had passed from the feuding of Andrew G. Vajna and Mario Kassar to The Halcyon Company. The producers of the company hoped to start a new trilogy based on the franchise.[124] However, due to the box office failure of the fourth film and legal troubles, the Salvation trilogy was ultimately cancelled. William Wisher, who co-wrote the first two films, had written material for a potential Terminator 5 and Terminator 6 that would follow on from the events of Terminator Salvation. The two-part story would involve an element of time travel that brings back the deceased character of Sarah Connor, allowing her to interact with Kyle Reese beyond their initial meeting in the first film. Schwarzenegger would also reprise his role for the sixth film. The films would also include new Terminator villains from Skynet. Wisher had written a 24-page film treatment for Terminator 5 and a four-page concept outline for Terminator 6.[125][126][127] Terminator Genisys trilogy By December 2013, there were plans for Terminator Genisys to be the start of a new trilogy of films.[128][129] In September 2014, Paramount announced release dates for the two Genisys sequels: May 19, 2017 and June 29, 2018.[130] Terminator Genisys producer David Ellison described the film and its intended trilogy as standalone projects based on Cameron's original Terminator films. Ellison stated Terminator Genisys is neither a sequel or a prequel to the previous films, saying: "For us this is Terminator 1, this is not Terminator 5".[131] The sequels to Genisys were tentatively known as Terminator 2 and Terminator 3.[131][130][132] The two sequels were to be filmed back to back during nine months of continuous shooting.[133] The storylines for the two sequels were devised by Genisys writers Kalogridis and Lussier.[134][131] The trilogy was being planned out before Terminator Genisys began filming, as producers David Ellison and Dana Goldberg wanted the full storyline finished ahead of time rather than having to "figure it out as you go along", stating: "We spent a lot of time breaking that down, and we do know what the last line of the third movie is, should we be lucky enough to get to make it".[135] Production on the sequels was contingent on whether Terminator Genisys would be successful;[135] development of the trilogy stalled in 2015 after the film's disappointing box-office performance.[136][137][138] The planned sequels were ultimately cancelled,[139] with Terminator 2 being removed from Paramount's release schedule in January 2016.[132] The new trilogy would have explained who sent Pops back in time to protect Sarah Connor.[140] In February 2015, Schwarzenegger stated he would reprise his role as Pops for the second film in the trilogy, with filming set to begin in 2016.[141] Jai Courtney and Matt Smith would also reprise their respective roles as Kyle Reese and Skynet.[142][143] J. K. Simmons would have had further involvement in the new trilogy,[140] and Dayo Okeniyi would have a significant role reprising his character Danny Dyson in the second film,[140][133] which would have focused on John Connor's life after becoming part machine. Jason Clarke said about the cancelled Genisys sequel:[139] What I remember was that second one was going to be about John's journey after he was taken by Skynet…like going down to what he became; half machine, half man. That's where the second one was going to start, and that's about all I knew. It's such a bummer we didn't get to do that. Terminator Genisys–connected television series By December 2013, Skydance Productions and Annapurna Pictures were developing a new Terminator television series. Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz, who had worked together on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, were named as writers and executive producers. The series was to deviate from the franchise's history at a critical moment in 1984's The Terminator and would also integrate with the planned sequels to Terminator Genisys.[128][135][144] Terminator: Dark Fate trilogy Plans for a new Terminator film trilogy were announced in July 2017.[145] While working on the story for Terminator: Dark Fate that year, Cameron and the writers envisioned the film as the first in the new trilogy. They also worked out the basic storylines for each planned film.[146][147][148][149] In October 2019, Cameron stated that sequels to Terminator: Dark Fate would further explore the relationship between humans and artificial intelligence, while stating that a resolution between the two feuding sides would be the ultimate outcome.[149][150] That month, Schwarzenegger stated that Cameron would write the Terminator: Dark Fate sequels and that Cameron would begin work on the next film in early 2020, for release in 2022.[151] Although the events of Terminator: Dark Fate erase Schwarzenegger's T-800 character from existence, Cameron did not rule out the possibility of Schwarzenegger reprising the character: "Look, if we make a shit ton of money with this film [Terminator: Dark Fate] and the cards say that they like Arnold, I think Arnold can come back. I'm a writer. I can think of scenarios. We don't have a plan for that right now, let me put it that way".[152] Natalia Reyes was to reprise her role for a sequel.[153][154] Hamilton stated in October that she would probably reprise her role as well,[155] although she joked that she would fake her own death to avoid appearing in it, saying that making Terminator: Dark Fate "really was hard" because of the physical training she had to undergo.[156][157] Hamilton later said that she would be happy not to star in another Terminator film, but she kept the possibility open, with a potential exception being that a sequel be done on a smaller scale and budget.[158] Dark Fate director Tim Miller stated in November that he did not expect to return for a sequel.[159] Production of a sequel was contingent on whether Dark Fate was a box-office success.[160] Following the underwhelming performance of Dark Fate at the box-office (with an estimated loss of at least $120 million), sources close to Skydance told The Hollywood Reporter that there are no plans for further films, effectively cancelling the planned Dark Fate trilogy.[49] See also Grandfather paradox List of the highest-grossing media franchises Temporal paradox Time travel in fiction Notes Skydance Media owns the rights just to produce new Terminator films. Other elements, such as some of the films and trademarks relating to them, are owned by other entities, including StudioCanal.[1][2][3] In the first three films, the characters portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger are each credited as Terminator. In Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the character briefly uses the alias of Uncle Bob on the behest of John Connor. In Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, the character refers to itself as a T-101 and is referred to in promotional materials as a T-850. In Terminator Genisys, the character is referred to as Pops and credited as Guardian. In Terminator: Dark Fate, the character goes by the name Carl. Arnold Schwarzenegger's facial likeness was utilized via CGI, applied to Kickinger's body performance. The CGI model was made from a mold of his face made in 1984, scanned to create the digital makeup.[31] In Terminator Salvation, Skynet appears on a computer screen using the physical appearance of Dr. Serena Kogan (portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter). In Terminator Genisys, Skynet makes a physical appearance under the disguise of a resistance soldier who is credited as Alex (portrayed by Matt Smith). In the latter film, Skynet, now known as Genisys, makes additional appearances as a holographic human male ranging in age from 10 to 18 years old, and aged again into another form also portrayed by Smith. Michael Biehn reprised his role as Kyle Reese in a cameo scene in which he visits Sarah in a dream of hers. His scene was cut from the theatrical release,[59] but was later restored when the film was re-released in 1993 and 1997 under the name Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Special Edition. References "Terminator RPG". "T-800 Endoskeleton". "Terminator: Resistance". Elias, Herlander. Cyberpunk 2.0: fiction and contemporary. No. 2nd Edition. Covilhã: LabCom Books, 2009, 2009. Nandi, Arindam. 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For the original character, see Terminator (character). Terminator Terminator characters A Terminator endoskeleton (T-800) First appearance The Terminator (1984) Last appearance Terminator: Resistance (2019) Created by James Cameron Portrayed by Various actors In-universe information Race Cyborg/android Occupation Infiltration unit Affiliation Skynet The Turk (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) Legion (Terminator: Dark Fate) In the Terminator franchise, a Terminator is an autonomous cyborg, typically humanoid, conceived as a virtually indestructible soldier, infiltrator, and assassin. A variety of models appear throughout the franchise. Within the fictional storyline, Terminators are created in a post-apocalyptic future by a computer AI known as Skynet,[a] after it has launched war on humans. The machines are created to aid Skynet in its quest, and most are designed as infiltrators with a human appearance. Several Terminators throughout the franchise are reprogrammed by the human resistance to instead serve as protectors. James Cameron introduced the first Terminator character in the 1984 film The Terminator, featuring a single cyborg simply called the "Terminator" or "Cyberdyne Systems Model 101", portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Fictional background A T-800 endoskeleton seen in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Terminators are cyborgs designed as skilled killing machines. In most franchise media, the machines are created in a post-apocalyptic future by a computer AI, Skynet,[a] after it has launched a nuclear war against humans. According to the first two films, Terminators were created after the war started. The films Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and Terminator Salvation feature an altered timeline affected by the destruction of Cyberdyne Systems in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. In this new timeline, Terminators were created by Cyber Research Systems, starting with the T-1. Subsequent films also feature their own alternate timelines. Terminators typically consist of an exterior made of living human tissue, covering a metal endoskeleton. The skin is prone to aging and injury related deterioration.[2][3] Terminators are generally used as infiltration units, their appearance allowing them to blend in with humans. Dogs are used by the human resistance to detect Terminators in disguise.[4] Although designed to kill people, several of the machines are reprogrammed by the resistance to instead serve as protectors.[5] Common Terminator traits include super strength,[6][7] shapeshifting,[8][9] vocal impersonation,[10][11] and red eyes.[12][13] A Terminator's point of view is also rendered in this color.[14][15][16] Models Humanoid The original film The Terminator (1984) introduces a Cyberdyne Systems Model 101, also known as a T-800 and commonly referred to as simply the "Terminator".[17] The character is portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger, who would return to play various incarnations of the machine throughout the film series. Originally an antagonist, the T-800 is usually depicted as a protector in later appearances.[18][19] Subsequent films have introduced other Terminator models: The T-1000 (portrayed by Robert Patrick) appears in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). It is made of a liquid metal, described in the film as a mimetic polyalloy, which allows it to shapeshift into various people or objects.[20] Unlike other Terminators, it lacks an endoskeleton.[21] Another T-1000 (portrayed by Lee Byung-hun) appears in Terminator Genisys (2015).[22] The T-X (portrayed by Kristanna Loken) appears in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003). It is the first Terminator to assume a female appearance for its default exterior.[23][24] It has an endoskeleton as well as an exterior made of shapeshifting liquid metal, like the T-1000.[25] The T-5000 (portrayed by Matt Smith) appears in Terminator Genisys (2015). The machine is controlled by Skynet, marking its first physical embodiment, and is capable of infecting others with nanotechnology.[26] The Rev-9 (portrayed by Gabriel Luna) appears in Terminator: Dark Fate (2019). It has shapeshifting abilities and can split itself into two entities.[27] The films have also featured several humans who later become part machine: Terminator Salvation (2009) introduces Marcus Wright (portrayed by Sam Worthington), a death row inmate who agrees to have his body used for medical research after his execution. He later awakens in the post-apocalyptic future and discovers himself to now be a cyborg with a metal endoskeleton, though he has retained his brain, heart, and outer appearance.[28] In Terminator Genisys, the shapeshifting T-3000 comes into existence after John Connor (portrayed by Jason Clarke) is infected by the T-5000.[29][30] In Terminator: Dark Fate, Grace (portrayed by Mackenzie Davis) is a post-apocalyptic fighter who, at her insistence, is implanted with technology, giving her abilities such as enhanced strength.[31] A television series, titled Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008–09), introduces several new Terminator models. Among these are multiple T-888 antagonists,[32][33] including one known as Cromartie (portrayed by Garret Dillahunt).[34] Other Terminators include a shapeshifting T-1001 known as Catherine Weaver (portrayed by Shirley Manson),[32] and an unknown model known as Cameron (portrayed by Summer Glau), a protector to John Connor.[35] An early model, the T-600, is referenced in the first film, noted as being easily spotted due to its rubber-skinned exterior.[36][37] The T-600 makes its first appearance in The Sarah Connor Chronicles.[38] Terminator Salvation features T-600s and T-700s, the latter also using rubber exteriors before Skynet upgrades to human tissue with the T-800. Both models also have a darker-colored endoskeleton and are larger compared with their successor.[28][39][40][41] Non-humanoid A Hydrobot from Terminator Salvation, on display at ExpoSYFY in Spain, 2013. Other machines, lacking a human appearance, have also appeared. These include Hunter-Killers (or HKs), which make appearances in the future war segments of the film series. Two types of HKs exist: ground-based tanks and aerial drones.[42][43][28][44] Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines briefly features the T-1, described as the earliest Terminator model by director Jonathan Mostow: "I wanted to depict the first generation of Terminator robots, to show where it all began. […] We came up with this primitive but deadly robotic machine that is part tank, part robot."[45] Terminator Salvation introduces a variety of new machines,[40] including Aerostats which fly over areas looking for humans.[28] Upon locating them, the Aerostats report back to the Harvester, a machine rising at least 50 feet. The Harvester is tasked with capturing the humans, and can smash into buildings to acquire them.[39][40] The humans are then loaded into the Transporter, a flying machine which brings them to Skynet's facilities for research, which is then used to create the T-800.[39] Terminator Salvation also introduces two other machines, both designed to kill humans: the Hydrobot, an amphibious snake-like vehicle;[40][43][46] and motorcycles known as Moto-Terminators.[43] Terminator Genisys introduces an additional model, four-legged Spider Tanks, which are dropped by aerial HKs.[47][48] Production background The Terminator concept was originally conceived by James Cameron, director and writer of the first two films.[49][50] Special effects artist Stan Winston and his crew provided practical Terminator effects for the original film, including the endoskeleton, and would return for the next three installments to provide further effects.[28][51][52] Following Winston's death in 2008, a successor company was formed by his crew under the name Legacy Effects, which worked on Terminator Genisys.[52] Industrial Light & Magic has also worked on the films since Terminator 2, providing computer-generated imagery of the machines for certain shots.[53][54][55] Notes In Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), Skynet is replaced by a new AI known as Legion, following the time-altering events depicted in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).[1] References Holmes, Adam (October 4, 2019). 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From unexpected tragedies to viral sensations, these individuals left an indelible mark on the digital landscape. Note: Every month, we create a list of the most searched people on Google by filtering through 25+ billion Google search queries. We share the full list below, plus the most Googled person in the world for the past 5 years. Key Highlights: The most Googled person of all time is Donald Trump, who reached peak popularity following his election win and continues to lead headlines with the signing of controversial and highly impactful executive orders. Elon Musk follows up with his running of the new department of government efficiency (DOGE) under the Trump administration. Taylor Swift remains a top figure, although interest is approaching pre-2023 levels as fame from her worldwide tour and VMAs cool off. Most Googled Person By Month in 2025 January 2025: Donald Trump - The former president is sworn into office for his second term as U.S. president and swiftly signs a wide array of controversial executive orders. Most Googled Person By Year Year Person 2024 Donald Trump 2023 Donald Trump 2022 Will Smith (after slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars) 2021 Donald Trump 2020 Kobe Bryant (after his unexpected death in January) The Full List – The Most Searched People in 2025 Rank Person Search Volume (past 30 days) 1 Donald Trump 66,184,027 2 Elon Musk 38,483,548 3 Taylor Swift 23,629,132 4 Ariana Grande 15,931,624 5 Drake 15,423,663 6 Bad Bunny 14,592,516 7 Zendaya 10,205,431 8 Bruno Mars 9,684,922 9 Billie Eilish 9,617,423 10 Cristiano Ronaldo 9,236,003 11 Lady Gaga 7,798,556 12 Tom Holland 7,675,101 13 Selena Gomez 7,523,904 14 Justin Bieber 7,265,751 15 LeBron James 7,235,404 16 Travis Scott 6,504,461 17 Novak Djokovic 6,236,255 18 Adele 6,101,754 19 Mark Zuckerberg 5,976,148 20 Rihanna 5,972,410 21 Shakira 5,655,028 22 Kendrick Lamar 5,362,864 23 Patrick Mahomes 5,282,396 24 Dua Lipa 5,102,844 25 Will Smith 5,056,680 26 Kylie Jenner 4,963,789 27 Kim Kardashian 4,731,526 28 Ed Sheeran 4,538,800 29 Kanye West 4,346,668 30 Jeff Bezos 4,290,087 31 Kamala Harris 4,260,511 32 The Weeknd 4,027,559 33 Jennifer Lopez 3,987,916 34 Joe Rogan 3,913,371 35 Post Malone 3,885,871 36 Scarlett Johansson 3,624,129 37 Olivia Rodrigo 3,568,200 38 Jimmy Butler 3,492,202 39 Miley Cyrus 3,463,860 40 Lewis Hamilton 3,272,646 41 Bill Gates 3,263,668 42 Harry Styles 3,139,965 43 LaMelo Ball 2,747,133 44 Nicki Minaj 2,723,864 45 Emma Watson 2,722,452 46 Dwayne Johnson 2,444,827 47 Cardi B 2,424,116 48 Anthony Edwards 2,410,767 49 Kendall Jenner 1,974,585 50 Doja Cat 1,931,974 To see the top searches in any niche, get our free Chrome extension: Google Trends Supercharged. Rank Person Search Volume (past 30 days) 51 Stephen Curry 1,894,697 52 Gal Gadot 1,860,737 53 Chris Hemsworth 1,858,785 54 Ja Morant 1,828,791 55 Anthony Davis 1,814,610 56 Chris Evans 1,796,796 57 Jayson Tatum 1,741,969 58 Kevin Durant 1,668,301 59 Shawn Mendes 1,568,732 60 Lionel Messi 1,564,648 61 Tiger Woods 1,525,080 62 Jalen Green 1,498,781 63 Max Verstappen 1,395,109 64 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 1,371,799 65 Giannis Antetokounmpo 1,354,332 66 Russell Westbrook 1,345,952 67 Maluma 1,337,896 68 Paul George 1,271,628 69 Camila Cabello 1,178,587 70 James Harden 1,177,216 71 Kyrie Irving 1,175,578 72 Gigi Hadid 1,155,984 73 Zayn Malik 1,119,367 74 Zion Williamson 1,108,598 75 Trae Young 1,104,536 76 Cade Cunningham 1,070,037 77 Demi Lovato 1,031,104 78 Serena Williams 1,019,122 79 Naomi Osaka 1,003,860 80 Devin Booker 978,210 81 Donovan Mitchell 978,208 82 Beyoncé 972,917 83 Kawhi Leonard 950,164 84 Simone Biles 945,968 85 Damian Lillard 925,307 86 Jaylen Brown 818,081 87 Charles Leclerc 723,072 88 Oprah Winfrey 676,670 89 Ben Simmons 634,982 90 J Balvin 633,481 91 Scottie Barnes 591,070 92 Roger Federer 568,993 93 Tyrese Haliburton 559,392 94 Evan Mobley 541,197 95 Bam Adebayo 509,536 96 Josh Giddey 480,411 97 Nikola Jokić 464,873 98 Rafael Nadal 451,790 99 Lil Nas X 442,456 100 Franz Wagner 391,249 To check how any two people compare in search popularity, get our free Chrome extension: Google Trends Supercharged. Most Googled Person by Month in 2024: December 2024: Donald Trump - The president-elect leads the headlines over the holidays in anticipation of his upcoming inauguration and presidency. November 2024: Donald Trump - The former president won the 2024 U.S. presidential election against Kamala Harris and will return to the White House with a Republican government trifecta. October 2024: Donald Trump - The former president dominated headlines with a high-profile Madison Square Garden rally, ongoing legal battles, and intensified campaigning for the 2024 presidential election. September 2024: Taylor Swift - Swift makes history at the 2024 MTA VMAs with 7 wins, including the "video of the year," making her the solo artist with the most career VMA wins and the most video of the year wins. August 2024: Taylor Swift - The pop superstar led the 2024 MTV VMAs with 12 nominations, the highest number for any artist that year. July 2024: Donald Trump - The former president's life was put in danger after a failed assassination attempt. June 2024: Dan Hurley - The college basketball coach was the subject of much discussion as his contract negotiations with the UConn Huskies unfolded. May 2024: Donald Trump - The ex-president faced legal consequences with his conviction in a hush money trial. April 2024: Aoki Lee Simmons and Vittorio Assaf - The couple's relationship dynamics and academic achievements became a topic of public interest. March 2024: Kate Middleton - The princess shared a personal health update, revealing her cancer diagnosis. February 2024: Miley Cyrus - Family feuds involving Miley Cyrus made her a prominent figure in search trends. January 2024: Taylor Swift - American pop superstar Taylor Swift remains in the spotlight for her budding romance with NFL star Travis Kelce and the controversy surrounding AI generated images of her. Most Googled Person by Month in 2023 December 2023: Taylor Swift (Pop superstar Taylor Swift remains in the headlines with the media covering her budding romance with boyfriend Travis Kelce and how they spent their Christmas.) November 2023: Taylor Swift (American pop superstar Taylor Swift made headlines in November for winning 10 Billboard Music Awards and for her Eras Tour in Brazil. Notably, a fan died during her concert in Rio de Janeiro due to excessive heat. Brazil has been experiencing a heat wave unusual for the spring.) October 2023: Taylor Swift (American pop superstar Taylor Swift made headlines for kissing NFL player Travis Kelce on the cheek in an Instagram photo. The duo have gone public with their long-rumored relationship with many photos of them being together circulating online.) September 2023: Taylor Swift (Pop superstar Taylor Swift made headlines for winning the most awards at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards. This makes her the second-most awarded artist in the show's history, behind only Beyoncé.) August 2023: Lionel Messi (Football superstar Lionel Messi has become the fifth player in history to score 100+ goals in three decades, as Inter Miami tops Philadelphia Union 4-1 advancing to Leagues Cup Final.) July 2023: Lionel Messi (Football legend Lionel Messi shocked the soccer world by joining Inter Miami in the US after leaving Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). He will play for the Major League Soccer club until December 2025) June 2023: Taylor Swift (American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is breaking records with her ongoing 'Eras Tour' which is projected to amass over $600 million in revenue) May 2023: Taylor Swift (American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift came into the spotlight after skipping the 2023 Met Gala following recent news of her breakup from Joe Alwyn. Her song High Infidelity became trending after singing it live at the 'Eras Tour' on Apr 29) April 2023: Trump (Former President Donald Trump became the first US president charged with criminal activity in a 34-count felony indictment) March 2023: Putin (Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Russia would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus) February 2023: Tom Brady (Legendary quarterback Tom Brady announced his retirement in Feb 2023 after 23 years in the NFL) January 2023: Pelé (Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, passed away in Jan 2023 at the age of 82 due to cancer) Most Googled Person by Month in 2022 December 2022: Lionel Messi (Messi won the 2022 FIFA World Cup after Argentina beat France) November 2022: Kanye West (The famous rapper drew headlines for anti-semitic behavior and announced his 2024 presidential bid in Nov 2022) October 2022: Jeffrey Dahmer (Dahmer's story topped Netflix's list of most-watched series in Oct 2022, becoming the second most-viewed Netflix series of all time) September 2022: Queen Elizabeth (The Queen died in Sep 2022) August 2022: Anne Heche (A famous actress, Heche died in Aug 2022) July 2022: Ivana Trump (Trump's ex-wife died in July 2022) June 2022: Johnny Depp & Amber Heard (The famous actors' defamation lawsuit played out in court in May and June of 2022) May 2022: Johnny Depp & Amber Heard April 2022: Will Smith (Smith slapped a fellow actor on stage at the Oscars in Mar 2022) March 2022: Putin (Russia invaded Ukraine in Feb 2022) February 2022: Putin Most Searched Person on Google by Category The most searched man: Donald Trump The most searched woman: Taylor Swift The most searched singer: Taylor Swift The most searched actor: Will Smith The most searched artist: Taylor Swift The most searched K-pop idol: BTS The most searched personality: Kim Kardashian The most searched athlete: Lionel Messi The most searched football player: Lionel Messi The most searched tennis player: Serena Williams The most searched ballerina: Misty Copeland The most searched cricketer: Virat Kohli The most searched politician: Donald Trump The most searched celebrity: Taylor Swift The most searched pulitzer winner: Robert Frost The most searched Asian celebrity: Jackie Chan The most searched president: Donald Trump The most searched presidential candidate: Donald Trump Fascinating Statistics about Google Searches 1. A person's searches are highest when they die: unnamed (6) 2. Most of the top searched people in the world are entertainers; Roughly ⅓ are musicians Roughly ¼ are actors and another ¼ are politicians The only entrepreneur to make it on the list is Elon Musk 5% are not real people (anime characters, etc.) unnamed (7) Methodology: To compile this comprehensive list of the most searched people on Google, we employed a rigorous data analysis process: Keyword Isolation: We segmented our extensive database of over 25 billion keywords to identify individuals who were frequently mentioned. Relevance Filtering: Using advanced heuristics, we eliminated individuals who had not generated significant search interest in the past month, narrowing down the list to approximately 10,000-20,000 candidates. Search Volume Analysis: We then analyzed the search volume for each remaining individual using our search volume tool, trusted by top companies like the New York Times and IKEA. Ranking and Selection: Finally, we ranked the individuals based on their overall search volume to determine the most searched people of the year. Important Note: When calculating the most searched person for a specific year, we focused on the individual who achieved the highest peak in search volume during any given month within that year. While Donald Trump has consistently maintained a high search volume since 2016, he was not the most searched person in every individual month throughout that period. For access to a CSV file containing the top 1,000 searched people, updated weekly, contact Glimpse. 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