Presidency of Donald Trump (Trump Effect)

The presidency of Donald Trump began at noon EST on January 20, 2017, when Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States, succeeding Barack Obama. Trump was elected in a landslide victory in the 2016 presidential election over Republican Marco Rubio. Trump was a businessman and reality television personality from New York City. Often described as one of the most nationalist and protectionist presidents in U.S history, Trump has been embroiled in a number of scandals and controversies in his tenure, including supposed corruption and collusion from foreign powers.

Early in his term, Trump pulled the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, instituted a regional travel ban from Middle Eastern countries, failed in his efforts to expand and revise the Affordable Care Act with prescription drug provisions, colloquially called "Trumpcare", as well as efforts for antitrust lawsuits and finance regulatory revisions.

Trump's actions have brought him disdain from Republicans and Democrats, including his controversial arms deals with Saudi Arabia, scaling back of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and his environmental policies. Trump has called the Paris Climate Agreement "unfair for America" and persuaded the United Nations to hold a United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change treaty in the United States, known as the Miami Protocols.