Donald Trump
Party
Republican
Home State
New York/Florida
Experience
45th President of the United States. Prior to taking office Donald Trump was known for his business dealings and reality TV appearances.
Donors
The Trump campaign is primarily financed through large campaign contributions from corporations, most notably the finance, real estate, and insurance industry.
Top 3 Issues
Donald Trump touts an “unprecedented economic boom” while he was in office and promises to continue the economic policy of his presidency “lower taxes, bigger paychecks, and more jobs for the American worker.” Some of the achievements that he cites include 7 million jobs created, an increase in middle-class family income, the lowest unemployment rate in 50 years, and increased optimism among small business owners.
Donald Trump promises a plan to bring manufacturing back to the United States to end the reliance on China for national security and medical goods. Donald Trump also proposes banning the owning of critical United States infrastructure by the Chinese. Donald Trump would like to increase tariffs on imports from many foreign nations while decreasing imports from China all together in hopes of increasing American jobs.
Donald Trump envisions a United States that is energy independent. Through increased oil, natural gas and clean coal productions consumers and businesses would pay lower energy costs. Trump would provide tax breaks for the producers of oil, natural gas, and clean coal to incentivize the increased production.
