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First presidency of Donald Trump

The first presidency of Donald Trump as the 45thpresident of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 2017, and ended on January 20, 2021.

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See the main article: 2016 United States presidential election

Further information: Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign, 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries, and 2016 Republican National Convention

On November 9, 2016, Republican Donald Trump of New York and Governor Mike Pence of Indiana won the 2016 election, defeating former Democratic secretary of state Hillary Clinton of New York and U.S.

senator Tim Kaine of Virginia. Trump won 304 electoral votes compared to Clinton's 227, although Clinton won the popular vote, receiving nearly 2.9 million more votes than Trump. Trump then became the fifth person to win the presidency while losing the popular vote.^[1] In the congressional elections, Republicans maintained majorities in b