Donald Trump
Coverage of the 45th president of the United States, from his domestic and foreign policy to his tweets.
The latest in Donald Trump
![The clever politics of Republicans’ anti-immigrant pitch](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162340762.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The clever politics of Republicans’ anti-immigrant pitch](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162340762.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The Republican National Convention featured plenty of angry rhetoric about immigration. It might find a receptive audience.
![The Trump shooting points to shocking Secret Service security lapses](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161925705.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.674280493376%2C0%2C66.651439013248%2C100&w=2400)
![The Trump shooting points to shocking Secret Service security lapses](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161925705.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.011420740063954%2C0%2C99.977158519872%2C100&w=2400)
The attack has fueled intense scrutiny of the agency tasked with protecting him.
![5 causes — and accelerants — of political violence](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161922590.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.660253943825%2C0%2C66.679492112351%2C100&w=2400)
![5 causes — and accelerants — of political violence](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161922590.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0096172340834784%2C100%2C99.980765531833&w=2400)
While we can’t always predict public political violence, Vox spoke to four experts who can help us understand it.
![Democrats shouldn’t use Trump’s shooting as an excuse to stick with Biden](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161169336.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Democrats shouldn’t use Trump’s shooting as an excuse to stick with Biden](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161169336.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The party doesn’t need to accept defeat. It just needs to reject Joe Biden.
![Someone tried to assassinate the former president — and the GOP still won’t talk about guns?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161353774_361772.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=9.9365331217771%2C0%2C80.126933756446%2C100&w=2400)
![Someone tried to assassinate the former president — and the GOP still won’t talk about guns?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161353774_361772.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C8.3993399339934%2C100%2C83.201320132013&w=2400)
Republicans have been essential to gun safety legislation before. They could do it again.
![How the Republican convention and Project 2025 work together](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161596575.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.672357862387%2C0%2C66.655284275226%2C100&w=2400)
![How the Republican convention and Project 2025 work together](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161596575.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0085367935803333%2C0%2C99.982926412839%2C100&w=2400)
The convention showcases Trumpian instincts — but few policies to back them up. Project 2025 fills the gap.
![The pure media savvy of Trump’s fist pump photo, explained by an expert](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/AP24195803307155.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The pure media savvy of Trump’s fist pump photo, explained by an expert](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/AP24195803307155.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
“It’s his brand now.”
![A right-wing judge just threw out a case against Trump in a brazen abuse of power](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1258666628.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.65%2C0%2C66.7%2C100&w=2400)
![A right-wing judge just threw out a case against Trump in a brazen abuse of power](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1258666628.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.02498750624688%2C100%2C99.950024987506&w=2400)
The classified documents case against Trump hits another major setback before the 2024 election.
![What J.D. Vance really believes](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1244627787.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.670436552816%2C0%2C66.659126894368%2C100&w=2400)
![What J.D. Vance really believes](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1244627787.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0056548292241558%2C0%2C99.988690341552%2C100&w=2400)
The dark worldview of Trump's choice for vice president, explained.
![The Trump assassination attempt was a window into America’s fractured reality](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161922154.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.669568245125%2C0%2C66.660863509749%2C100&w=2400)
![The Trump assassination attempt was a window into America’s fractured reality](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161922154.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0043523676880284%2C0%2C99.991295264624%2C100&w=2400)
The shooting wasn’t staged, but conspiratorial thinking has become widespread in our paranoid age.
![Are assassination attempts getting more common?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161356420.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.035532994924%2C0%2C61.928934010152%2C100&w=2400)
![Are assassination attempts getting more common?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161356420.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=3.5532994923858%2C0%2C92.893401015228%2C100&w=2400)
The attempt on Donald Trump is the latest in a wave of political violence.
![This is how you get escalation](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161923017.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![This is how you get escalation](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161923017.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Political leaders should try to douse the flames. The right’s leaders are fanning them.
![What the assassination attempt on President Reagan reveals about the Trump shooting](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-615297464.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.736842105263%2C0%2C66.526315789474%2C100&w=2400)
![What the assassination attempt on President Reagan reveals about the Trump shooting](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-615297464.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.10526315789473%2C0%2C99.789473684211%2C100&w=2400)
In 1981, Ronald Reagan was shot by John Hinckley Jr. and, like Trump, survived.
![Who shot Trump? What we know about the assassination attempt.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161922017.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Who shot Trump? What we know about the assassination attempt.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161922017.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
This is what happened at the Butler rally, as we understand it right now.
![Donald Trump targeted in assassination attempt](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161923146.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.67145731532%2C0%2C66.657085369359%2C100&w=2400)
![Donald Trump targeted in assassination attempt](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161923146.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0071859729807358%2C0%2C99.985628054039%2C100&w=2400)
![Yes, it’s still fair to call Trump a threat to democracy](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161513267.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.770833333333%2C0%2C66.458333333333%2C100&w=2400)
![Yes, it’s still fair to call Trump a threat to democracy](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161513267.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.15625%2C0%2C99.6875%2C100&w=2400)
The attempt on his life shouldn’t cow his critics.
![Will Trump’s shooting change everything? Or surprisingly little?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161925534.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.672838363266%2C0%2C66.654323273468%2C100&w=2400)
![Will Trump’s shooting change everything? Or surprisingly little?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161925534.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0092575448990928%2C0%2C99.981484910202%2C100&w=2400)
Two theories on the political impact of the Trump assassination attempt.
![Project 2025: The myths and the facts](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-862546872-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.833333333333%2C0%2C70.333333333333%2C100&w=2400)
![Project 2025: The myths and the facts](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-862546872-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C2.60663507109%2C100%2C94.78672985782&w=2400)
The sweeping conservative plan for Trump's second term is very real. Here’s what it actually says.
![American allies have gone from denial to bargaining on Trump’s return](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161052491.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.671503192107%2C0%2C66.656993615786%2C100&w=2400)
![American allies have gone from denial to bargaining on Trump’s return](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161052491.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0072547881601821%2C0%2C99.98549042368%2C100&w=2400)
This week’s NATO summit was already dominated by election anxiety. Biden’s shaky performance didn’t help.
![Are betting markets the best way to predict an election?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2158941391.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.651291512915%2C0%2C66.69741697417%2C100&w=2400)
![Are betting markets the best way to predict an election?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2158941391.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.023052097740894%2C100%2C99.953895804518&w=2400)
Prediction markets have closely tracked Biden’s fate, but they have a long way to go as reliable indicators.
![The arguments for Biden 2024 keep getting worse](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160792139.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.663608001468%2C0%2C66.672783997064%2C100&w=2400)
![The arguments for Biden 2024 keep getting worse](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160792139.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0045875768419137%2C100%2C99.990824846316&w=2400)
No, "history" does not tell us that the Democrats shouldn't change their nominee
![The Supreme Incompetents](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1204098864.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.657142857143%2C0%2C66.685714285714%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Incompetents](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1204098864.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.014281633818911%2C100%2C99.971436732362&w=2400)
The justices are awful at their jobs, and they don’t know that they are awful at their jobs.
![How the 1990s broke politics](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1273219765-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.15625%2C0%2C65.6875%2C100&w=2400)
![How the 1990s broke politics](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1273219765-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.734375%2C0%2C98.53125%2C100&w=2400)
Inside the GOP’s transition from the party of Reagan to the party of Trump.
![Forget four more years. Is Biden fit to serve now?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159613249.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.733333333333%2C0%2C66.533333333333%2C100&w=2400)
![Forget four more years. Is Biden fit to serve now?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159613249.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.1%2C0%2C99.8%2C100&w=2400)
The urgent question about Biden's mental fitness that Democrats aren’t yet asking.
![Do other Democrats actually poll better against Trump than Biden?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1243996385.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Do other Democrats actually poll better against Trump than Biden?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1243996385.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
What the data says, and what it means.
![5 terrible reasons for Biden to stay in the race](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159030756.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.660944206009%2C0%2C66.678111587983%2C100&w=2400)
![5 terrible reasons for Biden to stay in the race](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159030756.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.008582217645035%2C100%2C99.98283556471&w=2400)
A rebuttal of the bad — but prominent — arguments for the president’s candidacy.
![The Supreme Court’s disastrous Trump immunity decision, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1198669899.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=13.871282301316%2C0%2C72.257435397367%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court’s disastrous Trump immunity decision, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1198669899.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C3.8686459739091%2C100%2C92.262708052182&w=2400)
The Court's Trump immunity case is a blueprint for dictatorship.
![Democrats say Trump is an existential threat. They’re not acting like it.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-2158271832.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Democrats say Trump is an existential threat. They’re not acting like it.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-2158271832.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
If the stakes of the 2024 election are as great as the party says, there’s no excuse for inaction.
![How Democrats got here](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2158937191.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.622340425532%2C0%2C66.755319148936%2C100&w=2400)
![How Democrats got here](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2158937191.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.066401062417%2C100%2C99.867197875166&w=2400)
Democrats really need to choose electable vice presidents.
![The Democrats who could replace Biden if he steps aside](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2158015324.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.682264857277%2C0%2C66.635470285447%2C100&w=2400)
![The Democrats who could replace Biden if he steps aside](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2158015324.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.023397285914832%2C0%2C99.95320542817%2C100&w=2400)
Kamala Harris? Gavin Newsom? Pete Buttigieg?!?
![Joe Biden should save his legacy by ending his candidacy](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-2159613364.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.675%2C0%2C66.65%2C100&w=2400)
![Joe Biden should save his legacy by ending his candidacy](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-2159613364.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.012500000000003%2C0%2C99.975%2C100&w=2400)
The case for somebody, anybody else.
![Biden vs. Trump: The first 2024 presidential debate](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1229228133.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=12.5%2C0%2C75%2C100&w=2400)
![Biden vs. Trump: The first 2024 presidential debate](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1229228133.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C5.5555555555556%2C100%2C88.888888888889&w=2400)
It's a historic rematch, the first ever debate between a sitting president and a former president.
![The most important Biden Cabinet member you don’t know](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2152935501.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.669982096678%2C0%2C66.660035806644%2C100&w=2400)
![The most important Biden Cabinet member you don’t know](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2152935501.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0049731450169119%2C0%2C99.990053709966%2C100&w=2400)
Vox’s Dylan Matthews sits down with US trade representative Katherine Tai
![Facts on the Ground](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/FACTSOnTheGround_LandingPage.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
We're here to help you understand the state of America on some of the most contested policy areas of the 2024 election.
![Biden’s border record: Trump’s claims vs. reality](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/FactsOnTheGround_Border_Final_6-26.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.21640625%2C4.364168618267%2C59.990625%2C89.915690866511&w=2400)
The border trends during Biden's presidency, and how his policies played into them, explained.
![4 reasons why the Biden-Trump debate could actually matter](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1229228566.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=12.5%2C0%2C75%2C100&w=2400)
![4 reasons why the Biden-Trump debate could actually matter](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1229228566.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C5.5555555555556%2C100%2C88.888888888889&w=2400)
Most debates don’t change anyone’s mind. This year’s could be an exception.
![Trump’s rumored VP shortlist, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1439889638.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.615853658537%2C0%2C66.768292682927%2C100&w=2400)
![Trump’s rumored VP shortlist, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1439889638.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.076103500761036%2C100%2C99.847792998478&w=2400)
A rundown of the people auditioning for the job and what they bring to the ticket.
![We rewatched the 2020 Trump-Biden debates. There’s so much we didn’t see coming.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1229230492.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.51023890785%2C0%2C66.9795221843%2C100&w=2400)
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