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“  | This is the most important election in the history of our country. There has never been such a difference between two parties, or two individuals, in ideology, philosophy, or vision than there is right now. Our opponents believe that America is a depraved nation. We want our sons and daughters to know the truth: America is the greatest and most exceptional nation in the history of the world! Our country wasn’t built by cancel culture, speech codes, and soul-crushing conformity. We are not a nation of timid spirits. We are a nation of fierce, proud, and independent American Patriots.[1] |  ”

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—Donald Trump (August 2020)[2]

Donald Trump was the 45th president of the United States. Former Vice President Joe Biden defeated Trump in the 2020 presidential election on November 3, 2020. Biden received 306 electoral votes, while Trump received 232.

Trump assumed office on January 20, 2017, and filed to run for re-election on the same day. He crossed the delegate threshold necessary to win the Republican nomination—1,276 delegates—on March 17, 2020. He was formally nominated at the Republican National Convention on August 24, 2020.

Trump's running mate was Vice President Mike Pence.

Trump's re-election campaign focused on the economy, jobs, immigration, and foreign policy.[3][4] He described his platform, which he named America First, during his inaugural address: "Every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affairs, will be made to benefit American workers and American families. We must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our products, stealing our companies, and destroying our jobs."[5]

Key policy initiatives during Trump's first term included the United States withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal, the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and First Step Act in 2018, reducing the size of the ISIS caliphate, and establishing the Space Force as an independent military branch.[6][7] Trump made more than 200 federal judicial appointments, including three U.S. Supreme Court justices.

## Contents

* 1 Trump in the news
* 2 Biography
* 3 Campaign staff
* 4 PredictIt markets
* 5 Battleground state polls
* 5.1 Arizona
* 5.2 Florida
* 5.3 Georgia
* 5.4 Michigan
* 5.5 North Carolina
* 5.6 Pennsylvania
* 5.7 Wisconsin
* 6 Campaign finance
* 6.1 Fundraising
* 6.2 Spending
* 6.3 Cash on hand
* 7 Satellite spending
* 8 Campaign ads
* 8.1 Support
* 8.2 Oppose
* 9 Policy positions
* 9.1 Other policy positions
* 10 Response to the coronavirus pandemic
* 11 Potential Supreme Court nominees
* 12 Campaign themes
* 12.1 Website
* 12.2 Key policy initiatives
* 13 Archive of Political Emails
* 14 Social media
* 14.1 Accounts
* 14.2 Twitter feed
* 15 Ballot access
* 16 Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing
* 16.1 2020
* 16.1.1 November 2020
* 16.1.2 October
* 16.1.3 September
* 16.1.4 August
* 16.1.5 July
* 16.1.6 June
* 16.1.7 May
* 16.1.8 April
* 16.1.9 March
* 16.1.10 February
* 16.1.11 January
* 16.2 2019
* 16.2.1 December
* 16.2.2 November
* 16.2.3 October
* 16.2.4 September
* 16.2.5 August
* 16.2.6 July
* 16.2.7 June
* 16.2.8 May
* 16.2.9 April
* 16.2.10 March
* 16.2.11 February
* 16.2.12 January
* 17 Footnotes

## Trump in the news

See also: Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing and Editorial approach to story selection for the Daily Presidential News Briefing

This section featured five news stories about Trump and his presidential campaign. For a complete timeline of Trump's campaign activity, click here.

* November 3, 2020: Trump participated in a phone interview on Fox & Friends. He then went to Arlington, Virginia, for an event with campaign staffers. His campaign planned to hold a gathering at the White House in the evening.
* November 2, 2020: Trump held campaign rallies across North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan (twice), and Wisconsin.
* November 1, 2020:
* The Trump campaign took over the YouTube masthead for the three days leading up to Election Day. The advertising space was secured in 2019.
* Trump held rallies in five states: Michigan, Iowa, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
* October 31, 2020: Trump was scheduled to campaign across Pennsylvania with events in Bucks County, Reading, and Butler.
* October 30, 2020: Trump campaigned in Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

## Biography

Trump was born in Queens, New York, in 1946.[8] He attended Fordham University before transferring to the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a B.S. in economics in 1968.[9]

After graduation, Trump joined his family's company, Elizabeth Trump & Son. He took control of the company in 1971 and later renamed it the Trump Organization.[10] He was involved in a variety of real estate and other business ventures in the following years. From 2004 until 2015, Trump hosted and served as executive producer of The Apprentice on NBC.[11][12]

In 1999, Trump ran as a Reform Party presidential candidate; he withdrew from the race in February 2000.[9][13] Between 1987 and 2012, he changed his official party affiliation five times, registering most recently as a Republican in April 2012.[14]

Trump declared his candidacy for the 2016 presidential election on June 16, 2015, and officially received the nomination of the Republican Party on July 19, 2016, at the Republican National Convention.

On November 8, 2016, Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States. He received 304 electoral votes to Hillary Clinton's 227.[15]

## Campaign staff

See also: Donald Trump presidential campaign staff, 2020, Presidential election key staffers, 2020, and Presidential campaign managers, 2020

The table below shows a sampling of the candidate's 2020 national campaign staff members, including the campaign manager and some senior advisors, political directors, communication directors, and field directors. It also includes each staff member's position in the campaign, previous work experience, and Twitter handle, where available.[16] For a larger list of national campaign staff, visit Democracy in Action.

Donald Trump presidential campaign national staff, 2020

Staff  |  Position  |  Prior experience  |  Twitter handle
Bill Stepien |  Campaign manager  |  Senior political advisor, Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2020 |  N/A
Jeff DeWit |  Chief operating officer  |  Chief financial officer, NASA |  @JeffDeWitAZ
Stephanie Alexander |  Chief of staff  |  Midwest political director, Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2020 |  @SAlexanderOK
Lara Trump |  Senior advisor |  Strategic planning and digital communications coordinator, Donald Trump's campaign committee, 2017  |  @LaraLeaTrump
Bob Paduchik |  Senior advisor  |  Co-chair, Republican National Committee |  @Paduch
Katrina Pierson |  Senior advisor |  National spokeswoman, Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016 |  @KatrinaPierson
Bill Shine |  Senior advisor  |  White House deputy chief of staff for communications |  N/A
Kimberly Guilfoyle |  Senior advisor  |  Vice chairwoman, America First Action |  @kimguilfoyle
Jason Miller |  Senior advisor  |  Managing director, Teneo Strategy  |  @JasonMillerinDC
Chris Carr |  Political director |  Political director, Republican National Committee, 2016 |  N/A
Tim Murtaugh |  Director of communications |  Director of communications, U.S. Department of Agriculture |  N/A
Cole Blocker |  National finance director |  Deputy director, White House Visitor's Office |  N/A

## PredictIt markets

See also: PredictIt markets in the 2020 presidential election

## Battleground state polls

The following charts show poll data from seven battleground states—Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—aggregated by RealClearPolitics.

### Arizona

### Florida

### Georgia

### Michigan

### North Carolina

### Pennsylvania

### Wisconsin

## Campaign finance

### Fundraising

The following chart displays Joe Biden and Donald Trump's overall fundraising over time through the Post-General 2020 campaign finance reports. Hover over each line for more specific figures.

### Spending

The following chart displays Joe Biden and Donald Trump's overall spending over time through the Post-General 2020 campaign finance reports. Hover over each line for more specific figures.

### Cash on hand

The following chart displays cash on hand—a measurement of how much money a campaign has currently available in its campaign accounts—for Joe Biden and Donald Trump as of each reporting deadline during the 2020 campaign cycle.

## Satellite spending

See also: Satellite spending

Satellite spending, commonly referred to as outside spending, describes political spending not controlled by candidates or their campaigns; that is, any political expenditures made by groups or individuals that are not directly affiliated with a candidate. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.[17][18][19]

This section lists satellite spending in this race as reported and analyzed by Circa Victor. Spending reported as being in support of a candidate is marked with an (S) and spending reported as opposing a candidate is marked with an (O).

## Campaign ads

This section shows a sampling of advertisements released to support or oppose this candidate in the 2020 presidential election.

### Support

"Strength" - Trump campaign, October 31, 2020

"America is Stronger, Safer, and More Prosperous" - Trump campaign, October 29, 2020

"President Trump Will Uphold the Law" - Trump campaign, October 27, 2020

"Carefully" - Trump campaign, October 10, 2020

"Jack Brewer" - Trump campaign, September 30, 2020

"Commander in Chief" - Trump campaign, August 13, 2020

"Cards" - Trump campaign, August 3, 2020

"Break In" - Trump campaign, July 20, 2020

"Leadership" - Trump campaign, July 3, 2020

"Abolished" - Trump campaign, July 2, 2020

"Fortitude" - Trump campaign, June 19, 2020

"Great American Comeback" - Trump campaign, June 6, 2020

"Healing, Not Hatred" - Trump campaign, June 3, 2020

"Won't Cut It" - Trump campaign, May 27, 2020

"Tough Steps" - Trump campaign, May 7, 2020

"American Comeback" - Trump campaign, May 3, 2020

"HOPE" - Trump campaign, March 27, 2020

"Fighter" - Trump campaign, March 6, 2020

"New Heights" - Trump campaign, February 14, 2020

"Criminal Justice Reform" - Trump campaign, February 2, 2020

"Stronger, Safer, More Prosperous" - Trump campaign, January 30, 2020

"Stand With Our President" - Trump campaign, November 7, 2019

"Facts" - Trump campaign, October 9, 2019

"Changing Things" - Trump campaign, October 3, 2019

"Coup" - Trump campaign, October 2, 2019

"Biden Corruption" - Trump campaign, September 27, 2019

"They're All the Same" - Trump campaign, July 30, 2019

"FOUR MORE YEARS!" - Trump campaign, June 17, 2019

### Oppose

"Bad for You" - Priorities USA ad, October 27, 2020

"ACA" - Priorities USA ad, October 20, 2020

"I Choose America" - Lincoln Project ad, October 20, 2020

"My Mom" - Biden campaign ad, October 12, 2020

"Gasping for Air" - Lincoln Project ad, October 7, 2020

"What It Means to Serve" - Biden campaign ad, September 24, 2020

"Anthem" - Biden campaign ad, August 28, 2020

"I Alone" - Biden campaign ad, August 26, 2020

"Swing" - Biden campaign ad, August 11, 2020

"Moms" - Lincoln Project ad, released August 2, 2020

"Conservative" - Lincoln Project ad, released July 27, 2020

"Didn't Matter" - Biden campaign ad, released July 27, 2020

"Gestapo Trump" - Really American PAC ad, released July 22, 2020

"Betrayed" - Lincoln Project ad, released June 30, 2020

"Bounty" - Lincoln Project ad, released June 27, 2020

"#TrumpIsNotWell" - Lincoln Project ad, released June 16, 2020

"Timeline" - Biden campaign ad, released May 26, 2020

"Deer In The Headlights" - Biden campaign ad, released May 22, 2020

"Lincoln" - Biden campaign ad, released May 7, 2020

"Mourning in America" - The Lincoln Project, released May 4, 2020

"260,000 Words" - Biden campaign ad, released May 1, 2020

"Two Americans" - The Lincoln Project, released April 24, 2020

"Donald Trump: Unfit. Unwell. Unacceptable." - Republicans for the Rule of Law, released April 24, 2020

"Unprepared" - Biden campaign ad, released April 18, 2020

"Responsibility" - Biden campaign ad, released April 16, 2020

"Pandemic" - Unite the Country, released March 31, 2020

"One Week Later" - Priorities USA, March 30, 2020

"Expontential Threat" - Priorities USA, March 23, 2020

"Trump's Real Super Bowl Ad" - Bloomberg campaign, February 2, 2020

"Trump Disrespects Our Troops" - Bloomberg campaign, January 24, 2020

"Screwed Us" - Steyer campaign, September 18, 2019

"Not Even You, Donald" - Steyer campaign, September 12, 2019

"Trump's America" - Priorities USA, April 16, 2019

## Policy positions

The following policy positions were compiled from the candidate's official campaign website, editorials, speeches, and interviews.

### Immigration

Donald Trump's campaign website says, "President Trump has enforced immigration laws to protect American communities and American jobs. Upon entering office, President Trump called on Congress to fully fund a wall along the Southern border, to close legal loopholes that enable illegal immigration, to end chain migration, and to eliminate the visa lottery program. Under President Trump’s leadership, the Department of Homeland Security took action to wind down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in an orderly fashion, following the assessment of the Department of Justice (DOJ) that DACA lacks legal authorization. The Department of Homeland Security launched the office of Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE). The President released his immigration reform proposal which calls for the transition to a merit-based immigration plan." [source]

### Healthcare

Donald Trump's campaign website says, "President Trump has worked to improve access to affordable quality health care. As part of the landmark Tax Cuts and Jobs Act President Trump repealed the individual mandate, which forced people to buy expensive insurance and taxed those who couldn’t afford it. President Trump signed a six-year extension of CHIP to fund healthcare for 9 million. President Trump has mobilized his entire administration to address drug addiction and opioid abuse by declaring the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency." [source]

### Energy and environmental issues

Donald Trump's campaign website says that "President Trump has approved the infrastructure and provided the resources needed to unleash oil and gas production in the U.S. The administration approved the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, supporting an estimated total of 42,000 jobs and $2 billion in wages. President Trump rescinded President Obama’s costly Clean Power Plan and instead has proposed the Affordable Clean Energy Rule. In addition to the Clean Power Plan, the Trump administration has rescinded many costly Obama-Era regulations." [source]

### Trade

Donald Trump's campaign website says, "President Trump has kept his promise to crack down on trade cheaters and to promote fairer and equal trade for all Americans. In his first year in office, President Trump took action to protect America’s critical steel and aluminum industries, which were harmed by unfair trade practices and global excess capacity. One of President Trump’s first actions was to withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, advancing his agenda to protect American workers. The Trump Administration successfully litigated WTO disputes targeting unfair trade practices and protected our right to enact fair trade laws." [source]

### Economy

Donald Trump's campaign website says, "President Trump is unleashing economic growth and jobs. Since his election, the Trump administration’s pro-growth policies have generated 6 million new jobs, the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest point in 50 years, and wages have grown at more than 3% for 10 months in a row. Under President Trump’s leadership, Congress passed historic tax cuts and relief for hard-working Americans. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth has soared under President Trump, topping 3% in 4 quarters under his administration." [source]

### Education

Donald Trump's campaign website says, "President Trump’s proposed budgets have made school choice a priority. The Trump Administration successfully implemented the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to empower states with the flexibility they need to educate their students. The Trump Administration implemented the year-round distribution of Pell grants, instead of limiting these grants to the spring and fall semesters. The Trump Administration brought in financial experts to modernize the way FSA offers and services student loans." [source]

### Gun regulation

Donald Trump's campaign website says, "The Second Amendment to our Constitution is clear. The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed upon. Gun and magazine bans are a total failure. The right of self-defense doesn’t stop at the end of your driveway. That’s why I have a concealed carry permit and why tens of millions of Americans do too. That permit should be valid in all 50 states." [source]

### Criminal justice

Donald Trump's campaign website says, "President Donald J. Trump and the Department of Justice are working with local law enforcement to protect American communities. The Department of Justice announced more than $98 million in grant funding through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services COPS Hiring Program to allow 802 additional full-time law enforcement officers. The Trump Administration expanded Project Safe Neighborhoods to encourage U.S. Attorney’s to work with communities to develop customized crime reduction strategies. The Department of Justice returned to their longstanding charging policy for federal prosecutors, trusting them once again to charge the most serious, readily provable offense." [source]

### Foreign policy

Donald Trump's campaign website says, "President Trump has gone around the globe working to restore America’s prominence in global diplomacy. South Korea and Japan pledged to build closer defense collaboration with the United States, and the President underscored the commitment of the United States to providing advanced military equipment. In Saudi Arabia, President Trump pushed for a coalition of nations to confront Iran and attended the opening of the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology. President Trump followed through on his promise and recognized Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel and directed the relocation of the U.S. Embassy. Under President Trump, the United States has worked tirelessly to combat extremism and stick up for religious minorities." [source]

### Impeachment

In a statement before the press, Donald Trump said, "They took nothing and brought me to a final vote of impeachment. That’s a very ugly word to me. It’s a very dark word. Very ugly. They took nothing. They took a phone call that was a totally appropriate call—I call it a perfect call because it was—and they brought me to the final stages of impeachment, but now we have that gorgeous word. I never thought a word would sound so good. It’s called total acquittal. Total acquittal." [source]

### Labor

Donald Trump's campaign website does not include a statement about labor. [source]

### Abortion

Donald Trump's campaign website says, "The President has kept the promises he made in 2016 to the pro-life community and has delivered unprecedented victories for the pro-life movement: He took executive action to stop taxpayer money from flowing to Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion business in the country. He reinstated and expanded the ban on Americans' tax dollars paying for abortions in foreign countries. He is standing with the Catholic nuns known as the Little Sisters of the Poor, defending them from Obama-era regulations forcing them to violate their religious beliefs by providing health insurance that covers abortifacients." [source]

### Supreme Court vacancy

Donald Trump said he would nominate a woman to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg by September 26, 2020. He tweeted, "We were put in this position of power and importance to make decisions for the people who so proudly elected us, the most important of which has long been considered to be the selection of United States Supreme Court Justices. We have this obligation, without delay!" [source]

### Other policy positions

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Abortion

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Criminal justice

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Economy

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* 2020 presidential candidates on the minimum wage
* 2020 presidential candidates on paid leave
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Education

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* 2020 presidential candidates on student loan debt
* 2020 presidential candidates on charter schools and voucher programs

Energy and environmental issues

* 2020 presidential candidates on energy and environmental issues
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* 2020 presidential candidates on the Green New Deal

Foreign policy

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* 2020 presidential candidates on China
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* 2020 presidential candidates on North Korea
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* 2020 presidential candidates on South and Central America

Gun regulation

* 2020 presidential candidates on gun regulation

Healthcare

* 2020 presidential candidates on healthcare
* 2020 presidential candidates on the Affordable Care Act
* 2020 presidential candidates on Medicare for All
* 2020 presidential candidates on prescription drugs costs

Immigration

* 2020 presidential candidates on immigration
* 2020 presidential candidates on border security
* 2020 presidential candidates on DACA and Dreamers
* 2020 presidential candidates on immigration enforcement

Impeachment

* 2020 presidential candidates on impeachment

Labor

* 2020 presidential candidates on labor policy
* 2020 presidential candidates on Janus v. AFSCME
* 2020 presidential candidates on public-sector unions
* 2020 presidential candidates on unionization and organization
* 2020 presidential candidates on the right to strike

Trade

* 2020 presidential candidates on trade
* 2020 presidential candidates on tariffs
* 2020 presidential candidates on NAFTA and USMCA

## Response to the coronavirus pandemic

See also: Documenting America's Path to Recovery

On August 10, 2020, the White House released a document outlining Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic. It listed the following key takeaways:[20]

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* Took early action to cut off travel from China
* Built the world’s leading testing system from nothing
* Enacted mitigation measures to slow the spread
* Mobilized public and private sectors to secure needed supplies
* Took action to protect vulnerable Americans
* Launched effort to deliver a vaccine and therapeutics in record time
* Provided support to workers and businesses
* Paved way for reopening to get America working again
* Surged resources to hot spots as they arose
* Confronted China as origin of the virus while Democrats and media cowered[1]

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This document also provided a list of Trump's comments, distribution of resources, and executive actions related to the coronavirus pandemic:

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At the outset, President Trump took action to stop travel from China to stem the spread to the United States as long as possible.

* While Democrats were focused on their impeachment sham, President Trump took swift and decisive action to stop travel from China in January and enhanced airport screenings to help stop cases from coming into the United States as long as possible.
* In his February 4th State of the Union address, President Trump pledged to “take all necessary steps to safeguard our citizens from the virus,” while the Democrats’ response made not a single mention of the virus or even the threat of China.

President Trump built the world’s leading testing system from nothing, based on a virus we have never faced before.

* In order to accurately trace and combat this virus, President Trump set out to build the world’s best testing system, and that’s exactly what he did.
* We have already conducted more than 65 million tests, far outpacing any other country.

As soon as cases began to rise, President Trump released guidance to slow the spread.

* President Trump released guidance recommending mitigation measures critical to slowing the spread of the virus, and the American people stepped up to do their part.
* Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx have attested to the fact that President Trump took action as soon as the data was presented to him.

In order to secure the supplies needed to confront the surge in coronavirus we faced, President Trump led the largest mobilization of public and private sector resources since WWII.

* The President directed his Administration to secure and distribute needed medical supplies to states in need – resulting in billions of PPE delivered so far.
* At the President’s urging, private companies shifted production to supplying masks, ventilators, hand sanitizer, testing supplies, and more.
* President Trump has acted under the Defense Production Act more than 30 times to ensure we have the supplies we need.
* When we faced a potentially catastrophic shortage of ventilators, President Trump took action to produce 100,000 ventilators and ensure no patient who needs one goes without a ventilator.

President Trump moved swiftly to protect vulnerable communities.

* The Administration quickly established guidelines for nursing homes and expanded telehealth opportunities to protect our vulnerable seniors.
* The President took action to ensure that uninsured Americans are able to get the COVID-19 care and testing they need.
* President Trump directed Secretary Carson to focus the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council on underserved communities impacted by COVID-19.
* The Administration is investing approximately $2 billion in community health centers, helping their 28 million patients in medically underserved areas receive the care and testing they need.

Early in the fight against the virus, President Trump launched a historic effort to develop a vaccine and therapeutics in record time.

* President Trump understood early on that in order to defeat this virus once and for all and protect Americans, we need a vaccine and therapeutics.
* President Trump revolutionized the clinical trial process to ensure Americans get a safe vaccine as quickly as possible, by providing unprecedented investments in leading vaccine candidates to simultaneously produce them as they are tested and developed.
* Thanks to President Trump’s efforts, coronavirus vaccine trials have progressed at record speeds, with multiple candidates already in or near the final stage of clinical trials.

President Trump responded to the devastating toll the virus took on our businesses and workers and secured unprecedented financial support.

* The President negotiated and launched the Paycheck Protection Program – helping save 51 million American jobs.
* President Trump secured direct payments to help the countless Americans who are hurting due to the pandemic.
* President Trump took executive action to give tax relief to workers, ensure unemployment benefits for those out of work, prevent families from losing their homes to eviction or foreclosure, and provide student debt relief for Americans already hurting due to the virus.

Understanding the harmful toll a never-ending shutdown would have on our Nation, President Trump provided support to help states safely reopen as soon as they were able.

* As we built out our critical medical supplies, flattened the curve, and rapidly expanded testing, states across the country were able to safely move towards reopening.
* President Trump ensured they had the data and resources to reopen on the correct timeframe.

As hot spots have emerged, President Trump has surged resources to impacted areas while enabling us to prevent another nationwide shutdown.

* The President has provided support to states facing new emergences of the virus, including surging testing sites, deploying medical personnel, and advising on mitigation strategies.

While the media and Democrats refuse to do so, President Trump has called out China for its actions to ensure we prevent a similar threat from arising again.

* President Trump has rightly called out China’s handling of the virus for refusing to be transparent and failing to contain the virus before it spread.
* The President held the WHO accountable for its egregious bias towards China that jeopardizes the safety of Americans.[1]

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—White House, August 10, 2020[20]

## Potential Supreme Court nominees

On September 9, 2020, Trump released a new list of 20 potential nominees to the Supreme Court.[21]

Trump campaign legal adviser Jenna Ellis said in a press release, "President Trump’s list of Supreme Court nominees shows once again his firm commitment to protecting our fundamental rights, including religious freedom and the right to life for every precious unborn child. Originalist judges are necessary to protect and preserve our constitutional republic, built on the truthful recognition that our rights are God-given, not government-given."[22]

The following individuals were named:

* Bridget S. Bade, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
* Daniel Cameron, Kentucky attorney general
* Paul Clement, former solicitor general of the United States
* Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)
* Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)
* Stuart Kyle Duncan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
* Steven Engel, Office of Legal Counsel, DOJ
* Noel Francisco, former solicitor general of the United States
* Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)
* James Ho, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
* Greg Katsas, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
* Barbara Lagoa, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
* Christopher Landau, U.S. ambassador to Mexico
* Carlos Muñiz, Supreme Court of Florida
* Martha Pacold, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
* Peter Phipps, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
* Sarah Pitlyk, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
* Allison Jones Rushing, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit
* Kate Todd, deputy White House counsel
* Lawrence VanDyke, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

Trump has released three other lists since 2016.[21] Previously announced candidates include the following officials and judges:[23]

* Amy Coney Barrett of Indiana, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
* Keith Blackwell of Georgia, Supreme Court of Georgia
* Charles Canady of Florida, Supreme Court of Florida
* Steven Colloton of Iowa, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
* Allison Eid of Colorado, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
* Britt Grant of Georgia, Supreme Court of Georgia
* Raymond Gruender of Missouri, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
* Thomas Hardiman of Pennsylvania, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
* Brett Kavanaugh of Maryland, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
* Raymond Kethledge of Michigan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
* Joan Larsen of Michigan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
* Mike Lee of Utah, United States Senator
* Thomas Lee of Utah, Supreme Court of Utah
* Edward Mansfield of Iowa, Supreme Court of Iowa
* Federico Moreno of Florida, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
* Kevin Newsom of Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
* William Pryor of Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
* Margaret Ryan of Virginia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
* David Stras of Minnesota, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
* Diane Sykes of Wisconsin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
* Amul Thapar of Kentucky, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
* Timothy Tymkovich of Colorado, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
* Robert Young of Michigan, Supreme Court of Michigan (Ret.)
* Don Willett of Texas, Supreme Court of Texas
* Patrick Wyrick of Oklahoma, Supreme Court of Oklahoma

## Campaign themes

### Website

Trump released the following list of core priorities for his second-term agenda on August 23, 2020.[24]

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Building on the incredible achievements of President Donald J. Trump’s first term in office, the President’s re-election campaign today released a set of core priorities for a second term under the banner of 'Fighting for You!' President Trump’s boundless optimism and certainty in America’s greatness is reflected in his second-term goals and stands in stark contrast to the gloomy vision of America projected by Joe Biden and Democrats.

President Trump will further illuminate these plans during his acceptance speech Thursday at the Republican National Convention. Over the coming weeks, the President will be sharing additional details about his plans through policy-focused speeches on the campaign trail.

President Trump: Fighting for You!

JOBS

* Create 10 Million New Jobs in 10 Months
* Create 1 Million New Small Businesses
* Cut Taxes to Boost Take-Home Pay and Keep Jobs in America
* Enact Fair Trade Deals that Protect American Jobs
* 'Made in America' Tax Credits
* Expand Opportunity Zones
* Continue Deregulatory Agenda for Energy Independence

ERADICATE COVID-19

* Develop a Vaccine by The End Of 2020
* Return to Normal in 2021
* Make All Critical Medicines and Supplies for Healthcare Workers in The United States
* Refill Stockpiles and Prepare for Future Pandemics

END OUR RELIANCE ON CHINA

* Bring Back 1 Million Manufacturing Jobs from China
* Tax Credits for Companies that Bring Back Jobs from China
* Allow 100% Expensing Deductions for Essential Industries like Pharmaceuticals and Robotics who Bring *Back their Manufacturing to the United States
* No Federal Contracts for Companies who Outsource to China
* Hold China Fully Accountable for Allowing the Virus to Spread around the World

HEALTHCARE

* Cut Prescription Drug Prices
* Put Patients and Doctors Back in Charge of our Healthcare System
* Lower Healthcare Insurance Premiums
* End Surprise Billing
* Cover All Pre-Existing Conditions
* Protect Social Security and Medicare
* Protect Our Veterans and Provide World-Class Healthcare and Services

EDUCATION

* Provide School Choice to Every Child in America
* Teach American Exceptionalism

DRAIN THE SWAMP

* Pass Congressional Term Limits
* End Bureaucratic Government Bullying of U.S. Citizens and Small Businesses
* Expose Washington’s Money Trail and Delegate Powers Back to People and States
* Drain the Globalist Swamp by Taking on International Organizations That Hurt American Citizens

DEFEND OUR POLICE

* Fully Fund and Hire More Police and Law Enforcement Officers
* Increase Criminal Penalties for Assaults on Law Enforcement Officers
* Prosecute Drive-By Shootings as Acts of Domestic Terrorism
* Bring Violent Extremist Groups Like ANTIFA to Justice
* End Cashless Bail and Keep Dangerous Criminals Locked Up until Trial

END ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND PROTECT AMERICAN WORKERS

* Block Illegal Immigrants from Becoming Eligible for Taxpayer-Funded Welfare, Healthcare, and Free College Tuition
* Mandatory Deportation for Non-Citizen Gang Members
* Dismantle Human Trafficking Networks
* End Sanctuary Cities to Restore our Neighborhoods and Protect our Families
* Prohibit American Companies from Replacing United States Citizens with Lower-Cost Foreign Workers
* Require New Immigrants to Be Able to Support Themselves Financially

INNOVATE FOR THE FUTURE

* Launch Space Force, Establish Permanent Manned Presence on The Moon and Send the First Manned Mission to Mars
* Build the World’s Greatest Infrastructure SystemWin the Race to 5G and Establish a National High-Speed Wireless Internet Network
* Continue to Lead the World in Access to the Cleanest Drinking Water and Cleanest Air
* Partner with Other Nations to Clean Up our Planet’s Oceans

AMERICA FIRST FOREIGN POLICY

* Stop Endless Wars and Bring Our Troops Home
* Get Allies to Pay their Fair Share
* Maintain and Expand America’s Unrivaled Military Strength
* Wipe Out Global Terrorists Who Threaten to Harm Americans
* Build a Great Cybersecurity Defense System and Missile Defense System[1]

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—2020 Trump Presidential Campaign[24]

### Key policy initiatives

This section lists key policy initiatives in Trump's political career, as identified on his presidential campaign website:[25]

* Signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 into law
* Rescinded the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) program and limited the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program
* Signed the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement into law
* Rescinded the Clean Power Plan and withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement
* Signed the First Step Act into law
* Appointed more than 200 judges to the federal judiciary
* Supported defeat of ISIS caliphate and the military raid that led to the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
* Signed the Abraham Accords Peace Agreement with the United Arab Emirates, the State of Israel, and Bahrain
* Repealed the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act

## Archive of Political Emails

The Archive of Political Emails was founded in July 2019 to compile political fundraising and advocacy emails sent by candidates, elected officials, PACs, nonprofits, NGOs, and other political actors.[26] The archive includes screenshots and searchable text from emails sent by 2020 presidential candidates. To review the Trump campaign's emails, click here.

## Social media

### Accounts

* Donald Trump on Facebook
* Donald Trump on Instagram
* Donald Trump on YouTube

### Twitter feed

Tweets by Donald Trump

## Ballot access

See also: Ballot access for presidential candidates

In order to get on the ballot, a candidate for president of the United States must meet a variety of complex, state-specific filing requirements and deadlines. These regulations, known as ballot access laws, determine whether a candidate or party will appear on an election ballot. These laws are set at the state level. A presidential candidate must prepare to meet ballot access requirements well in advance of primaries, caucuses, and the general election.

There are three basic methods by which an individual may become a candidate for president of the United States.

1. An individual can seek the nomination of a political party. Presidential nominees are selected by delegates at national nominating conventions. Individual states conduct caucuses or primary elections to determine which delegates will be sent to the national convention.[27]
2. An individual can run as an independent. Independent presidential candidates typically must petition each state to have their names printed on the general election ballot.[27]
3. An individual can run as a write-in candidate.[27]

## Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing

See also: Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing

The following section provides a timeline of Trump's campaign activity beginning in January 2019. The entries, which come from Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing, are sorted by month in reverse chronological order.

### 2020

* November 2020 (click to collapse)

#### November 2020

* November 3, 2020: Trump participated in a phone interview on Fox & Friends. He then went to Arlington, Virginia, for an event with campaign staffers. His campaign planned to hold a gathering at the White House in the evening.
* November 2, 2020: Trump held campaign rallies across North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan (twice), and Wisconsin.
* November 1, 2020:
* The Trump campaign took over the YouTube masthead for the three days leading up to Election Day. The advertising space was secured in 2019.
* Trump held rallies in five states: Michigan, Iowa, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.

* October 2020 (click to collapse)

#### October

* October 31, 2020: Trump was scheduled to campaign across Pennsylvania with events in Bucks County, Reading, and Butler.
* October 30, 2020: Trump campaigned in Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
* October 29, 2020: Trump held a rally in Tampa, Florida.
* October 28, 2020: Trump held two rallies in Arizona.
* October 27, 2020:
* Trump released an ad highlighting support from law enforcement officials. A second ad featured a fracking technician from Pennsylvania.
* Trump held rallies in three states: Michigan, Wisconsin, and Nebraska.
* October 26, 2020: Trump held three rallies across Pennsylvania in Lehigh Valley, Lancaster, and Martinsburg.
* October 25, 2020:
* CBS aired an interview with Trump on 60 Minutes.
* Trump was scheduled to campaign in New Hampshire.
* October 24, 2020:
* Trump was scheduled to hold rallies in North Carolina, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
* Trump cast his ballot in-person in Florida. “I voted for a guy named Trump,” he said.
* October 23, 2020: Trump held two Florida rallies in The Villages and Pensacola.
* October 22, 2020: Trump participated in the final presidential debate in Nashville with Biden. The candidates discussed the coronavirus pandemic, election interference, foreign conflicts of interest, China, North Korea, healthcare, economic stimulus, immigration, race, and climate change.
* October 21, 2020: Trump held a rally in Gastonia, North Carolina.
* October 20, 2020:
* Trump held a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania.
* Trump ended an interview with Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes early. He tweeted that he was considering posting the interview early “so that everybody can get a glimpse of what a FAKE and BIASED interview is all about.”
* October 19, 2020:
* Trump and the Republican National Committee announced they were spending $55 million on ads in the final two weeks of the election. They targeted Arizona, Iowa, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Michigan.
* Trump held two rallies in Arizona on Monday: one in Prescott, the other in Tucson.
* The pro-Trump Preserve America launched a $10 million ad campaign in seven battleground states that criticized Biden on his economic policy. The ads were set to air in Florida, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona, North Carolina, Georgia, and Iowa.
* October 16, 2020: Trump was scheduled to hold rallies in Florida and Georgia.
* October 15, 2020:
* Trump participated in a town hall on NBC News in Miami moderated by Savannah Guthrie. He denounced white supremacy and antifa. He said he would always protect people with pre-existing conditions. Trump said his reported personal debt of $421 million was tiny compared to his assets. He said his position on Supreme Court nominations in election years changed after how Brett Kavanaugh was treated during his confirmation hearing.
* Trump, the Republican National Committee, and joint fundraising committees raised $248 million in September.
* October 14, 2020:
* Trump held a rally in Des Moines, Iowa.
* Trump began airing an ad questioning Hunter Biden’s business dealings in Ukraine. The narrator said in the clip, “The question is not why Hunter Biden used his name to get these gigs. It’s why Joe Biden let him do it.”
* October 13, 2020: Trump held a rally in Johnston, Pennsylvania.
* October 12, 2020:
* Trump was scheduled to hold his first rally since his COVID-19 diagnosis at an airport in Sanford, Florida.
* Trump’s physician, Sean Conley, said Trump had tested negative for COVID-19 on consecutive days. “Repeatedly negative antigen tests, taken in context with additional clinical and laboratory data, including viral load, subgenomic RNA, and PCR cycle threshold measurements, as well as ongoing assessment of viral culture data, all indicate a lack of detectable viral replication,” Conley said in a statement.
* October 10, 2020:
* Trump’s physician, Sean Conley, said in a statement, “This evening I am happy to report that in addition to the President meeting CDC criteria for the safe discontinuation of isolation, this morning’s Covid PCR sample demonstrates, by currently recognized standards, he is no longer considered a transmission risk to others.”
* Trump began airing two new national ads focused on reopening the country and Biden’s tax plan.
* October 9, 2020: Trump appeared on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show for two hours in what the campaign described as the “largest radio rally in history."
* October 8, 2020: Trump said he would not participate in the second presidential debate virtually after the Commission on Presidential Debates announced the format change.
* October 7, 2020:
* The Trump campaign said Trump was considering returning to the campaign trail with an event in Pennsylvania as early as October 12. Trump’s physician said that Trump’s physical exam and vital signs were stable and in the normal range. He said Trump was symptom-free for over 24 hours and had detectable levels of antibodies in his lab work.
* The Trump campaign canceled planned ad buys in Ohio ($2.5 million), Iowa ($820,000), Michigan ($2 million), and Wisconsin ($5 million). They redirected the ad spending to Florida, Georgia, Nevada, and Arizona.
* October 6, 2020:
* Trump’s physician said in a statement that Trump’s vitals were stable and Trump reported no coronavirus symptoms.
* Facebook removed and Twitter flagged a post from Trump that said the seasonal flu was deadlier than COVID-19 in most populations.
* Trump told Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday to halt bipartisan negotiations over an economic relief package until after the election. In the evening, he tweeted that he supported the immediate passage of $25 billion in aid for the airline industry and direct payments of $1,200 to Americans.
* October 5, 2020:
* Trump was discharged from the Walter Reed Medical Center and returned to the White House after receiving treatment for COVID-19. In a video posted to Twitter, Trump said of the coronavirus, “Don’t let it dominate you. Don’t be afraid of it. You’re going to beat it. We have the best medical equipment. We have the best medicines, all developed recently.” He also said vaccines were coming momentarily.
* Trump began airing a new ad on network cable focused on the opportunity zone investment program created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
* October 3-4, 2020:
* Trump received several treatments for COVID-19, including dexamethasone, Regeneron’s experimental antibody treatment, and remdesivir. Doctors said that Trump had experienced two drops in his oxygen levels but continued to improve. Dr. Brian Garibaldi said that “if he continues to look and feel as well as he does today, our hope is that we can plan for a discharge as early as tomorrow [October 5] to the White House where he can continue his treatment course.”
* Trump posted two videos to Twitter discussing his condition and thanking his supporters. He also greeted supporters outside of Walter Reed Medical Center in a presidential motorcade.
* October 2, 2020:
* Trump was admitted to Walter Reed Medical Center in the evening.
* Trump announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19, along with First Lady Melania Trump. He earlier confirmed reports that White House adviser Hope Hicks, who traveled with him to the debate and a rally in Minnesota this week, had tested positive. Trump’s rally in Florida was canceled. Trump said he would quarantine at home in the White House.
* October 2, 2020: Trump announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19, along with First Lady Melania Trump. He earlier confirmed reports that White House adviser Hope Hicks, who traveled with him to the debate and a rally in Minnesota this week, had tested positive. Trump’s rally in Florida was canceled. Trump said he would quarantine at home in the White House.
* October 1, 2020:
* The Trump campaign said that it would not support format changes to the remaining debates. Campaign officials also said the Commission on Presidential Debates was biased against Trump.
* The Republican Jewish Coalition spent $3.5 million on a pair of pro-Trump ads in South Florida.

* September 2020 (click to collapse)

#### September

* September 30, 2020:
* Trump campaigned in Minneapolis and Duluth. This was his second visit to Minnesota in the past two weeks.
* Trump began airing an ad featuring Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett and calling on supporters to stand up for conservative values. The clip was part of an ad buy worth more than $10 million.
* September 29, 2020: Trump and Biden debated in Cleveland, Ohio. The candidates discussed the Supreme Court vacancy, coronavirus pandemic, economy, race and violence, climate change, election integrity, and their political records.
* September 27, 2020: The New York Times reported on Trump’s federal tax returns from 2000 to 2017. The report said that Trump “paid no income taxes at all in 10 of the previous 15 years — largely because he reported losing much more money than he made.” Trump lawyer Alan Garter disputed the report, saying that “most, if not all, of the facts appear to be inaccurate.”
* September 26, 2020:
* The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee sued North Carolina election officials to block new guidance that allows for mail-in ballots with deficiencies to be corrected without a new blank ballot being submitted.
* Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to fill the Supreme Court vacancy on Saturday. He said, “Rulings that the Supreme Court will issue in the coming years will decide the survival of our Second Amendment, our religious liberty, our public safety and so much more. To maintain security, liberty and prosperity, we must preserve our priceless heritage of a nation of laws. And there's no one better to do that than Amy Coney Barrett.”
* September 25, 2020:
* Trump attended a Latinos for Trump event in South Florida in the morning.
* Trump then delivered remarks about Black economic empowerment in Atlanta.
* Trump was scheduled to hold a rally at a private airport in Virginia. Natasha Dwamena, a Virginia Department of Public Health district director, sent a letter to the company leasing the hangar warning the event could pose a severe public health threat.
* September 24, 2020: Trump held a Great American Comeback rally in Jacksonville, Florida.
* September 23, 2020:
* When asked if he would commit to a peaceful transfer of power after the election, Trump responded, “We’re going to have to see what happens. You know that I’ve been complaining very strongly about the ballots, and the ballots are a disaster. Get rid of the ballots and you’ll have a very peaceful—there won’t be a transfer, frankly. There’ll be a continuation. The ballots are out of control.”
* Trump spoke at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast. The event took place virtually.
* September 23, 2020: Trump spoke at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast. The event took place virtually.
* September 21, 2020:
* Trump said he had spoken with several potential Supreme Court nominees and planned to meet a few candidates in person. He said he had narrowed his list to five women.
* Trump gave a prerecorded address to the U.N. General Assembly.
* Trump made two campaign stops in Ohio on Monday: a stop in Vandalia focused on the American worker and a Great American Comeback event in Toledo.
* September 18-19, 2020: Trump was scheduled to hold “Great American Comeback” rallies in Minnesota and North Carolina.
* September 17, 2020:
* Trump began airing a new ad nationwide and in Florida and Philadelphia highlighting the Israel-United Arab Emirates normalization agreement.
* Trump held a campaign rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin.
* September 16, 2020:
* CNBC reported that casino executive Sheldon Adelson was expected to contribute $20 million to $50 million to Preserve America, the Republican National Committee, and other Republican groups to support Trump’s campaign.
* The Trump campaign requested a federal judge prevent mail-in ballots in New Jersey from being counted 10 days prior to the election while a lawsuit was pending. It also requested that mail-in ballots without a postmark not be accepted up to two days prior to the election.
* Trump was scheduled to hold a call with Jewish leaders and deliver remarks at the National Republican Congressional Committee Battleground Dinner.
* September 15, 2020:
* Trump launched an eight-figure ad campaign focused on the economy. The ad campaign, which Fox News reported cost more than $10 million, was set to run nationwide and in Arizona, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
* Trump traveled to Philadelphia to participate in an ABC News town hall at the National Constitution Center.
* September 14, 2020:
* Trump traveled to McClellan Park, California, to speak with local and federal officials about wildfires across the state.
* Trump spoke at a Latinos for Trump Coalition roundtable in Phoenix, Arizona.
* September 13, 2020: Trump held his first indoor rally in three months in Henderson, Nevada. With thousands of attendees, the city said the gathering was in violation of the state’s emergency directives. Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh responded, “If you can join tens of thousands of people protesting in the streets, gamble in a casino, or burn down small businesses in riots, you can gather peacefully under the 1st Amendment to hear from the President of the United States.”
* September 10, 2020: Trump was scheduled to speak at the MBS International Airport in Saginaw County, Michigan.
* September 9, 2020:
* In a recorded interview with journalist Bob Woodward from February 2020, Trump discussed the dangers of the coronavirus. He said it was deadlier than the flu and a delicate issue because it was airborne. In another interview about the coronavirus from March 2020, Trump said, “I wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down because I don’t want to create a panic.”
* Trump defended his comments in a Fox News interview. He said, “I'm the leader of the country, I can't be jumping up and down and scaring people. I don't want to scare people. I want people not to panic, and that's exactly what I did.”
* Trump and the Republican National Committee raised $210 million in August, setting a record for the campaign. They trailed Biden and the Democratic National Committee’s fundraising total for the month by $154 million.
* Trump released a list of 20 potential Supreme Court nominees. The list includes Sens. Tom Cotton (Ark.), Ted Cruz (Texas), and Josh Hawley (Mo.), and five current or former members of his administration.
* September 8, 2020:
* Trump was scheduled to campaign in Jupiter, Florida, to discuss conservation and environmental protection in the Everglades. He was also scheduled to hold a rally in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, later in the day.
* Trump began airing radio ads in urban markets in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida featuring former professional football player Herschel Walker and Georgia Democrat Vernon Jones. The spots focused on criminal justice and economic empowerment for Black Americans.
* September 7, 2020: Trump discussed a coronavirus vaccine, economic stimulus, and the Democratic presidential ticket during a press conference at the White House.
* September 4, 2020: Trump began airing a new ad in North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan focused on coronavirus recovery and economic policy. The ad, “Great American Comeback,” said Biden would kill American jobs.
* September 3, 2020:
* Trump held a campaign rally in southwestern Pennsylvania. During the rally, Trump reiterated his call for supporters to vote by mail and then try to vote in person to make sure their vote was counted. He said, “Sign your mail-in ballot, OK? You sign it and send it in and then you have to follow it. And if on Election Day or early voting, that is not tabulated and counted, you go vote. And if for some reason after that — it shouldn’t take that long — they’re not going to be able to tabulate it because you would have voted.”
* The Trump campaign launched a bus tour of Texas in San Antonio. It had stops scheduled in Granger and Bedford.
* September 2, 2020:
* Trump traveled to Wilmington, North Carolina, for an official White House event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II.
* Trump began airing two ads in Wisconsin and Minnesota focused on rioting in Minneapolis and Kenosha. A campaign press release said, “The ads are part of a multi-state buy aimed at early-voting states. Voters in Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina will see other messaging defining Biden as a tool of the radical left.”
* September 1, 2020:
* Trump traveled to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where demonstrations against police brutality were taking place following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. He was scheduled to survey property damaged during the protests and host a roundtable discussion on community safety.
* Republican Voters Against Trump announced it was targeting 450,000 independent and Republican voters in Florida as part of an $8 million campaign called Project Orange Crush.

* August 2020 (click to collapse)

#### August

* August 31, 2020: Preserve America, a new pro-Trump super PAC led by Chris LaCivita, was expected to begin a $30 million ad campaign in battleground states.
* August 29, 2020: Trump traveled to Louisiana and Texas to meet with officials and relief workers following Hurricane Laura.
* August 28, 2020: Trump held a campaign event at an airport hangar near Londonderry, New Hampshire.
* August 27, 2020: Trump formally accepted the Republican nomination from the White House grounds. He highlighted his first-term accomplishments and discussed the economy, coronavirus pandemic, protests, and public safety. Trump also called Biden “a Trojan horse for socialism.”
* August 26, 2020: In an interview with the Washington Examiner, Trump said he would request drug tests before the presidential debates.
* August 25, 2020: During the Republican National Convention, Trump pardoned Jon Ponder, a convicted bank robber who started a nonprofit in 2010 to help ex-prisoners reenter society.
* August 24, 2020: Delegates to the Republican National Convention formally nominated Trump for president. Speaking in Charlotte, Trump said Democrats were using COVID-19 to steal the election. He also briefly discussed his second-term agenda, including filling future Supreme Court vacancies.
* August 20, 2020:
* Trump discussed the coronavirus pandemic, Democratic National Convention, and using law enforcement as poll watchers during an interview on Fox News’ Hannity.
* Trump held a campaign event in Scranton, Pennsylvania—Joe Biden’s birthplace—in the afternoon. The campaign said the speech’s theme would be “a half-century of Joe Biden failing America.”
* The Trump campaign released a two-minute digital ad focused on Hunter Biden’s business associations with China.
* August 18, 2020:
* The Trump campaign sued New Jersey seeking to invalidate an executive order allowing ballots to be mailed to every voter in the state.
* Trump spoke in Yuma, Arizona, after accepting the endorsement of the National Border Patrol Council.
* August 17, 2020:
* The Trump campaign launched a seven-figure digital ad campaign on YouTube and other digital platforms, like Hulu, during the Democratic National Convention. The spending, which could reach $10 million, included an ad on the main banner of YouTube for four days beginning on August 18 and ad space on The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and FoxNews.com.
* Trump released a digital ad that questioned Biden’s mental acuity by comparing clips of his speeches from 2015 and 2016 to 2020. The ad ends with the phrase, “What happened to Joe Biden?”
* Speaking during a campaign event in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Trump said, “The only way we're going to lose this election is if this election is rigged.” He also discussed the coronavirus pandemic and said Biden wanted to “replace American freedom with left-wing fascism."
* August 15, 2020: Trump announced that his younger brother, Robert Trump, had died.
* August 14, 2020: The Police Benevolent Association, which represented 24,000 officers in the New York Police Department, endorsed Trump. The union’s president, Pat Lynch, said he could not recall the organization ever endorsing a president before.
* August 13, 2020: Trump said universal mail-in voting would not be possible without additional funding for the USPS, which he said he opposed. “They need that money in order to have the post office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots,” Trump said. “If they don’t get those two items, that means you can’t have universal mail-in voting because they’re not equipped to have it.”
* August 12, 2020: The Trump campaign and Republican National Committee sued two county auditors in Iowa for filling in information—the voter’s name, address, date of birth, and voter ID—on absentee ballot applications before mailing them to voters.
* August 11, 2020:
* The Trump campaign responded to Harris’ selection as Biden's vice presidential running mate in a statement, saying, “Joe Biden is no moderate, and with Harris as his ‘political living will,’ he is surrendering control of our nation to the radical mob with promises to raise taxes, cut police funding, kill energy jobs, open our borders, and appease socialist dictators.”
* In interviews, Trump said he would love to hold rallies but could not because of COVID-19 and the visual effect of empty seats in a stadium.
* August 10, 2020:
* Trump said that he would accept the Republican nomination from the White House or the battlefield in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
* The Trump campaign launched two national bus tours—one in Pennsylvania and one in Florida—set to travel across the country until the general election.
* August 8, 2020:
* Trump attended two fundraisers in the Hamptons that raised $15 million for the Trump Victory Fund.
* Trump signed four executive actions for coronavirus economic relief: allow payment of $400 weekly of additional jobless benefits, funded from the Disaster Relief Fund and state governments; identify temporary financial assistance to renters and homeowners; defer the 6.2% Social Security tax on wages from September 1 through December 31; extend the moratorium on monthly student loan payments with zero interest.
* August 6, 2020:
* Trump spoke to a crowd of 100 supporters in Cleveland at the Burke Lakefront Airport. He also visited the Whirlpool Corporation Manufacturing Plant, where he made the following six promises: defeat the coronavirus, create job prosperity and economic resiliency, turn America into the top medical manufacturer, onshore millions of manufacturing jobs, bring back American jobs, and put American workers first.
* The Commission on Presidential Debates rejected the Trump campaign’s request to add a fourth debate or alter the schedule. “While more people will likely vote by mail in 2020, the debate schedule has been and will be highly publicized. Any voter who wishes to watch one or more debates before voting will be well aware of that opportunity,” the commission’s co-chairs said.
* August 5, 2020:
* Representing the Trump campaign, Rudy Giuliani sent a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates requesting a fourth debate be held in early September before states bean sending out absentee ballots. If not, Giuliani said the third debate should be moved from October 22 to the first week in September.
* Trump and Republican National Committee raised $165 million in July 2020.
* Facebook removed a video from Trump’s personal page where he said in an interview that children were almost immune from COVID-19. Twitter removed a similar tweet from Trump’s election campaign account. Both companies said the posts violated their rules regarding coronavirus misinformation.
* Vote Common Good and the Lincoln Project launched an initiative to mobilize faith voters against Trump. The partnership was focused on white evangelicals and Catholics.
* August 4, 2020:
* Trump said that he supported mail-in voting in Florida. “Over a long period of time, they've been able to get the absentee ballots done extremely professionally. Florida is different from other states," he said. His campaign filed a lawsuit against Nevada for its plan to expand mail-in voting.
* Illustrating the difference in canvassing approach, the Trump campaign said it knocked on over 1 million doors in the previous week, while the Biden campaign reported zero.
* August 3, 2020:
* Trump resumed airing ads with a focus on early voting states. The campaign did not specify which states, but likely targets based on the election calendar were Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. Trump also tweeted, “We are doing a new ad campaign on Sleepy Joe Biden that will be out on Monday. He has been brought even further LEFT than Crazy Bernie Sanders ever thought possible.”
* In an interview with Axios, Trump discussed U.S. coronavirus deaths, Black Lives Matter, and the Russian bounty file, among other issues.
* The Trump campaign released a Spanish-language ad that connected Biden and progressive policies to socialism in Latin America.
* Trump said he planned to file a lawsuit against Nevada after the governor signed a bill that would automatically send mail-in ballots to active voters. He tweeted, "In an illegal late night coup, Nevada’s clubhouse Governor made it impossible for Republicans to win the state. Post Office could never handle the Traffic of Mail-In Votes without preparation. Using Covid to steal the state. See you in Court!”
* Trump encouraged supporters to wear masks in a campaign email. He wrote, “I don't love wearing them either. Masks may be good, they may be just okay, or they may be great. They can possibly help us get back to our American way of life that so many of us rightfully cherished before we were so terribly impacted by the China Virus.”

* July 2020 (click to collapse)

#### July

* July 31, 2020: Trump was scheduled to travel to Tampa for a fundraiser. He postponed an event at his golf resort in Doral due to Hurricane Isaias.
* July 30, 2020:
* The Trump campaign paused its ad spending to review its campaign messaging under the leadership of new campaign manager Bill Stepien. The campaign spent no money on July 29 and July 30 and had minimal bookings in August.
* Trump questioned if the presidential election should be delayed in a tweet. He wrote, “With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???”
* July 29, 2020: Trump attended two fundraisers in Odessa, Texas, for the Republican National Committee and his campaign. He also spoke at Double Eagle Energy Holdings in Odessa and toured an oil rig. Trump raised $7 million during his visit to Texas, which was his 16th trip to the state since becoming president.
* July 28, 2020: According to an analysis by Bloomberg, 92% of Trump’s state-based spending in July went to states he won in the 2016 presidential election, including Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
* July 27, 2020:
* Trump made his first public appearance in North Carolina since early March. He visited a biotech facility in Morrisville working on developing a vaccine for COVID-19.
* Trump announced that he would accept the Republican presidential nomination in North Carolina in August. Plans to hold most of the convention in Jacksonville, Florida, were canceled the previous week.
* July 25, 2020: The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute requested that Trump and the Republican National Committee stop using Reagan’s likeness in fundraising efforts.
* July 23, 2020: MeidasTouch, a Democratic super PAC, expanded its ad campaign in Texas with a six-figure ad buy in the Houston and Dallas markets. The campaign focused on Donald Trump’s responses to the arrest of Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, a 2017 white supremacist rally, and John McCain.
* July 22, 2020: The Trump campaign made 3 million voter contacts in North Carolina, according to a spokeswoman from the Republican National Committee. The campaign had more than 120 staffers in the state.
* July 21, 2020:
* Trump raised $20 million from 300,000 donors during the campaign’s first virtual fundraiser. Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle, the national chair of the Trump Victory Finance Committee, hosted the event.
* The Trump campaign released a Spanish-language ad in the Miami media market focused on criticizing the Goya Foods boycott and comparing Biden to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
* July 20, 2020: The Trump campaign announced three new senior hires: Justin Clark as deputy campaign manager, Nick Trainer as director of battleground strategy, and Matt Morgan as campaign counsel.
* July 19, 2020: In an interview on Fox News Sunday, Trump said he was prohibited from holding rallies in Michigan, Minnesota, and Nevada. He said, “We're not allowed to have rallies in these Democrat-run states. … I guarantee you, if everything was gone 100%, they still wouldn't allow it.”
* July 18, 2020: The Trump campaign began running ads on Facebook calling for TikTok to be banned and saying the app was spying on its users.
* July 17, 2020:
* Trump held his first tele-rally, speaking to supporters through a telephone conference about the coronavirus pandemic, housing regulations, and Biden.
* The Lincoln Project and Republican Voters Against Trump launched a joint campaign, called “Operation Grant,” to target conservative-leaning voters in Ohio. The groups made six-figure ad buys for network and cable television spots across the Columbus, Akron, and Cincinnati markets.
* July 15, 2020:
* Trump traveled to Atlanta to discuss transportation initiatives at a UPS facility. He last visited the city in March.
* The National Association of Police Organizations, which backed Barack Obama in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections, endorsed Trump. The group did not make an endorsement in the 2016 presidential election.
* Trump replaced former campaign manager Brad Parscale with Bill Stepien, who previously served as deputy campaign manager. Stepien was also national director for John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign.
* July 14, 2020: During a news conference in the Rose Garden, Trump criticized Biden’s energy plan and positions on the U.S. military, immigration, and China.
* July 13, 2020:
* Trump Victory, the joint effort between Trump and the Republican National Committee, hired 300 additional staffers for field operations in 20 target states, bringing the total number of field staffers to 1,500.
* Trump held a conference call with Alabama voters to promote Tommy Tuberville over Jeff Sessions in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. Senate.
* Trump retweeted a tweet that said the CDC, media, Democrats, and doctors were lying about COVID-19 to affect the election.
* July 11, 2020:
* Donald Trump Jr. announced that he was self-publishing a book, Liberal Privilege: Joe Biden and the Democrats’ Defense of the Indefensible, the week of the Republican National Convention in August.
* July 10, 2020:
* Trump traveled to Florida for both official and campaign business. He met with the U.S. Southern Command to discuss its counternarcotics operations and attending a fundraiser in Hillsboro Beach.
* The Trump campaign postponed a rally scheduled for July 11 in New Hampshire due to a tropical storm.
* July 8, 2020: Trump tweeted that schools should open for the 2020-2021 school year. He wrote, “In Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and many other countries, SCHOOLS ARE OPEN WITH NO PROBLEMS. The Dems think it would be bad for them politically if U.S. schools open before the November Election, but is important for the children & families. May cut off funding if not open!”
* July 7, 2020: Trump won the Republican presidential primaries in Delaware and New Jersey.
* July 4, 2020: Trump hosted a Fourth of July celebration in Washington, D.C. His statement on the White House’s South Lawn reprised the themes of his Mount Rushmore speech.
* July 3, 2020: Trump delivered a speech at Mount Rushmore where he condemned what he called a “left-wing cultural revolution.” He said, “And yet, as we meet here tonight, there is a growing danger that threatens every blessing. Our ancestors fought so hard for, struggled, they bled, and the nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out the history, defame our heroes, erase our values and indoctrinate our children.”
* July 1, 2020:
* The Trump campaign replaced Michael Glassner with Jeff DeWit as chief operating officer. Glassner will instead work on the campaign’s legal team going forward.
* The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee raised $131 million in June.

* June 2020 (click to collapse)

#### June

* June 29, 2020:
* The Trump campaign made a $95 million ad buy across several battleground states—Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—starting in September for the two months leading up to the general election.
* The Trump campaign sued Pennsylvania and its election board in federal court over the state’s implementation of mail-in voting. Campaign legal adviser Jenna Ellis said, “Shifting from an absentee voting system to one that pushes unmonitored vote-by-mail creates opportunities for fraud, and encourages ballot harvesting where paid political operatives try to collect and deliver loose ballots.”
* June 28, 2020: In a tweet, Trump praised a video clip of Trump supporters in Florida, which included a man chanting “white power.” Trump later deleted the tweet. White House spokesman Judd Deere said, “He did not hear the one statement made on the video. What he did see was tremendous enthusiasm from his many supporters.”
* June 27, 2020: The Trump campaign released diversity data showing 25% of its senior staff were people of color and 56% were women.
* June 25, 2020: Trump visited Wisconsin to tour the shipbuilder Fincantieri Marinette Marine. He also traveled to Green Bay to record a town hall with Fox News host Sean Hannity.
* June 24, 2020: The Trump campaign sued Priorities USA for airing an ad criticizing Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying it misrepresented his use of the word “hoax.”
* June 23, 2020:
* Trump toured the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona to mark the construction of more than 200 miles of the border wall.
* Pence attended two events in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, to discuss school choice, religion, and protests.
* Biden and Trump won the presidential primaries in Kentucky. Biden also won the Democratic primary in New York; the Republican primary had been canceled when Trump was the only candidate to qualify for the ballot.
* Trump spoke in Phoenix at an event organized by Students for Trump. It was Trump’s third visit to Arizona in five months.
* June 22, 2020: Retweeting a Breitbart article on election fraud, Trump wrote, “This will be the Election disaster of our time. Mail-In Ballots will lead to a RIGGED ELECTION!”
* June 20, 2020:
* Trump discussed the coronavirus pandemic, policing, race relations, and Biden at his first campaign rally in months in Tulsa. An estimated 6,200 people attended the event, according to Tulsa’s fire department. The venue had capacity for 19,000. Trump campaign adviser Mercedes Schlapp said 5.3 million people watched the event online.
* Trump and the Republican National Committee (RNC) raised $74 million in May, marking the first time they underperformed Biden and the Democratic National Committee—who raised $81 million in May—in monthly fundraising. Trump and the RNC have $265 million in cash on hand.
* More than 50 Trump campaign surrogates attended the Tulsa rally, including Sens. Jim Inhofe, James Lankford, and Tom Cotton. Multiple camera crews were also at the event, which Axios described as “a giant commercial for Trump's re-election campaign, an answer to protests outside the White House and a trial run for Republican National Convention events in Jacksonville this August.”
* June 18, 2020: Former national security adviser John Bolton said Trump prioritized his re-election over the national interest in The Room Where It Happened. Trump called Bolton a liar and said that “everybody in the White House hated John Bolton.” The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Bolton for breach of contract and sought to establish a constructive trust from Bolton’s book advance and royalties.
* June 17, 2020:
* The Trump Victory Finance Committee launched the Senate Captains program to encourage Republican senators to act as volunteer fundraisers for Donald Trump’s campaign.
* Trump Victory, the joint committee of the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee, was offering donors various packages for the Republican National Convention, including a $1.2 million tier for premier access at the event.
* June 16, 2020:
* CNN reported the Trump campaign was considering using an additional venue for overflow during its rally in Tulsa on June 20. An Oklahoma judge denied an emergency motion to block the rally unless the Trump campaign used social distancing guidelines at the event. Plaintiffs said they would pursue the case in the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
* Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday to establish a database of police officers with excessive use-of-force complaints.
* June 15, 2020:
* Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale said guests at the campaign’s Tulsa rally on June 20 would receive a temperature check, hand sanitizer, and masks before entering the venue. He also said 1 million tickets had been requested for the event; the venue’s capacity is 19,000 people.
* CNN reported that Trump would hold a rally in Mobile, Alabama, to support Tommy Tuberville for U.S. Senate in July. Tuberville is running against Jeff Sessions, who previously served in the Trump administration as U.S. attorney general.
* June 14, 2020:
* Trump and the Republican National Committee raised $14 million, marking the groups’ top online fundraising day.
* Local rallies were held in cities across the country to celebrate Trump’s 74th birthday.
* June 12, 2020: Pence kicked off “The Great American Comeback Tour,” a series of events highlighting the reopening of the country, in Pittsburgh. America First Policies is hosting the tour.
* June 11, 2020:
* ABC News reported attendees of an upcoming Trump rally in Oklahoma would be required to sign a waiver that said they could not hold the Trump campaign or venue liable if they contracted COVID-19.
* The Republican National Committee announced that Trump would accept the party’s nomination in Jacksonville, splitting the national convention between Florida and its original location in Charlotte, North Carolina. Trump’s acceptance speech was scheduled to take place at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, which has a 15,000-person capacity.
* Trump met with faith leaders, law enforcement officials, and small business owners in Dallas to discuss race relations and policing. Later, he resumed his in-person fundraisers with a small event at a private home in Dallas.
* June 10, 2020:
* Trump announced that he would hold his first rally since the coronavirus pandemic began in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Jun. 19. He said additional events were planned in Florida, Texas, and Arizona.
* The Trump campaign questioned the methodology of a CNN national poll that showed Biden leading by 14 percentage points and demanded the network retract it. A spokesman for CNN said, “We stand by our poll.”
* June 8, 2020:
* Politico reported that Trump’s campaign would resume holding rallies in coming weeks. Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale said, “Americans are ready to get back to action and so is President Trump. The great American comeback is real and the rallies will be tremendous. … You’ll again see the kind of crowds and enthusiasm that sleepy Joe Biden can only dream of.”
* Trump tweeted, “I have retained highly respected pollster, McLaughlin & Associates, to analyze todays CNN Poll (and others), which I felt were FAKE based on the incredible enthusiasm we are receiving. Read analysis for yourself. This is the same thing they and others did when we defeated. … Crooked Hillary Clinton in 2016. They are called SUPPRESSION POLLS, and are put out to dampen enthusiasm. Despite 3 ½ years of phony Witch Hunts, we are winning, and will close it out on November 3rd!”
* Trump met with law enforcement representatives for a roundtable discussion at which he said, “There won't be defunding, there won't be dismantling of our police and there is not going to be any disbanding of our police. … There's a reason for less crime, it's because we have great law enforcement. I'm very proud of them.”
* Trump tweeted, “CNN Polls are as Fake as their Reporting. Same numbers, and worse, against Crooked Hillary. The Dems would destroy America!”
* June 7, 2020: Trump responded to Powell, “Somebody please tell highly overrated Colin Powell that I will have gotten almost 300 Federal Judges approved (a record), Two Great Supreme Court Justices, rebuilt our once depleted Military, Choice for Vets, Biggest Ever Tax & Regulation Cuts, Saved Healthcare & 2A, & much more!”
* June 5, 2020:
* Trump visited Maine. He toured Puritan Medical Products, a medical swab manufacturing facility, and held a roundtable discussion on commercial fishing.
* Trump’s campaign hired Jason Miller as a senior adviser. Miller was also an adviser to Trump’s 2016 campaign.
* June 4, 2020:
* Trump tweeted, “Sleepy Joe Biden’s 1994 Crime Bill was a total disaster. It was mass incarceration for Black people, many of them innocent. I did Criminal Justice Reform, something Obama & Biden didn’t even try to do - & couldn’t do even if they did try. Biden can never escape his Crime Bill!”
* Trump met with campaign manager Brad Parscale, RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, and other staff to discuss campaign strategy and messaging.
* June 3, 2020:
* Trump responded to the above statement from Mattis: “Probably the only thing Barack Obama & I have in common is that we both had the honor of firing Jim Mattis, the world’s most overrated General. I asked for his letter of resignation, & felt great about it. His nickname was ‘Chaos’, which I didn’t like, & changed to ‘Mad Dog’ … His primary strength was not military, but rather personal public relations. I gave him a new life, things to do, and battles to win, but he seldom ‘brought home the bacon’. I didn’t like his ‘leadership’ style or much else about him, and many others agree. Glad he is gone!”
* Trump said in a phone call to the Brian Kilmeade Show, “I have other polls where I'm winning, and you've seen them too, I guess. But, I have polls. Just like last time, I was losing to Hillary in every state, and I won every state, OK. I won Michigan, I won Wisconsin, I won places that they didn't even think were pollable, they didn't even want to go bother. … I saw another poll where I'm winning every swing state, substantially. And why wouldn't I?”
* June 2, 2020: Trump tweeted, “Had long planned to have the Republican National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, a place I love. Now, @NC_Governor Roy Cooper and his representatives refuse to guarantee that we can have use of the Spectrum Arena - Spend millions of dollars, have everybody arrive, and … then tell them they will not be able to gain entry. Governor Cooper is still in Shelter-In-Place Mode, and not allowing us to occupy the arena as originally anticipated and promised. Would have showcased beautiful North Carolina to the World, and brought in hundreds of … millions of dollars, and jobs, for the State. Because of @NC_Governor, we are now forced to seek another State to host the 2020 Republican National Convention.”
* June 1, 2020:
* Trump spoke about protests following the death of George Floyd before law enforcement cleared an area outside the White House and Trump walked to St. John's Episcopal Church. Trump said, “... we cannot allow the righteous cries and peaceful protesters to be drowned out by an angry mob. The biggest victims of the rioting are peace-loving citizens in our poorest communities, and as their President, I will fight to keep them safe. I will fight to protect you. I am your President of law and order, and an ally of all peaceful protesters.” ** Trump held a teleconference with U.S. governors.

* May 2020 (click to expand)

#### May

* May 31, 2020: Trump tweeted, “Get tough Democrat Mayors and Governors. These people are ANARCHISTS. Call in our National Guard NOW. The World is watching and laughing at you and Sleepy Joe. Is this what America wants? NO!!!”
* May 30, 2020:
* Trump returned to the Kennedy Space Center to view the SpaceX rocket launch. The launch, which was originally scheduled for, had been postponed due to weather.
*       * In his remarks at the Kennedy Space Center, Trump said, “The death of George Floyd on the streets of Minneapolis was a grave tragedy. It should never have happened. It has filled Americans all over the country with horror, anger, and grief. … I understand the pain that people are feeling. We support the right of peaceful protesters, and we hear their pleas. But what we are now seeing on the streets of our cities has nothing to do with justice or with peace.”
* May 28, 2020:
* Trump’s campaign manager, Brad Parscale, issued a statement on Trump’s “Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship.” Parscale said, “We have known for a long time that social media companies have it in for conservatives in general and President Trump specifically. ... Since social media companies have not appropriately self-regulated to stop the bias on their own, President Trump has stepped in to make sure Silicon Valley is held accountable for trying to manipulate the American people.”
* The Trump Make America Great Again Committee started running digital ads on Facebook picturing Joe Biden wearing a mask in front of a Chinese flag and Trump not wearing a mask in front of an American flag.
* May 27, 2020: Trump visited the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, to view the SpaceX rocket launch. A press secretary said, “‘Launch America’ not only restores American dominance and unlocks our entrepreneurial spirit in space, but it also symbolizes America’s ‘transition to greatness’ after an unprecedented disruption.”
* May 26, 2020: Trump said North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) should decide within a week whether a full-scale Republican National Convention can be held in the state. Trump said, “It’s a massive expenditure, and we have to know. Yeah, I would say within a week, certainly, we’d have to know. Now if he can’t do it, if he feels he’s not going to do it, all he has to do is tell us, and then we’ll have to pick another location.”
* May 25, 2020: Following a series of tweets from Trump regarding the possibility of moving the Republican National Convention away from Charlotte, North Carolina, Vice President Mike Pence stated, “We all want to be in Charlotte, we love North Carolina, but having a sense now is absolutely essential because of the immense preparations that are involved and we look forward to working with Gov. Cooper, getting a swift response, and if need be moving the national convention to a state that is farther along on reopening and can say with confidence that we can gather there.”
* May 23, 2020: Trump tweeted, “The United States cannot have all Mail In Ballots. It will be the greatest Rigged Election in history. People grab them from mailboxes, print thousands of forgeries and ‘force’ people to sign. Also, forge names. Some absentee OK, when necessary. Trying to use Covid for this Scam!”
* May 22, 2020: Politico reported that Trump’s campaign was spending $1 million on digital ads opposing Biden over his statement on The Breakfast Club.
* May 21, 2020:
* Trump visited Ypsilanti, Michigan, and toured a Ford plant that had been manufacturing ventilators. He said, “This country is poised for an epic comeback. Within the next year, we're going to be exceeding any expectation. And I've had a good gut feeling about a lot of things – including running for president. … By the way, I think we're going to do better the second time, and it's very important that we win the second time.”
* Trump told reporters, “We got to get back to the rallies … I think it's going to be sooner rather than later.” He said, “We might do some outdoor big ones and we also may just wait until some of the stadiums can open up. … The demand has been incredible to get going with the rallies.”
* May 20, 2020: Trump tweeted, “China is on a massive disinformation campaign because they are desperate to have Sleepy Joe Biden win the presidential race so they can continue to rip-off the United States, as they have done for decades, until I came along!”
* May 19, 2020:
* Trump held a closed-door lunch event with Senate Republicans. Afterward, Trump said, “We had a great meeting. All of the Republican senators were there. I think we made tremendous progress on a lot of different issues. ... We have a lot of very positive things happening, both in terms of the country, in terms of the election that’s coming up. We’re doing very well in every way.”
* The Trump Victory Finance Committee announced a new nine-team volunteer fundraising effort called the House Congressional Captains program. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said, “This new volunteer fundraiser program … will help provide President Trump and the Republican Party the resources needed to defeat the Democrats' radical socialist agenda and win on Election Day.”
* May 18, 2020: Trump’s campaign launched a website called “Truth Over Facts,” which it described as “an investigative website aimed at uncovering the truth behind Joe Biden’s never-ending, seemingly incomprehensible statements during his third, plodding campaign for president.” The title of the website references an earlier quote from Biden.
* May 16, 2020: Trump tweeted, “I’m not running against Sleepy Joe Biden. He is not even a factor. Never was, remember 1% Joe? I’m running against the Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrats & their partner, the real opposition party, the Lamestream Fake News Media! They are vicious & crazy, but we will WIN!”
* May 14, 2020:
* Trump tweeted, “Thank you to all of my great Keyboard Warriors. You are better, and far more brilliant, than anyone on Madison Avenue (Ad Agencies). There is nobody like you!”
* While visiting Allentown, Pa., Trump said, “We have to get your governor of Pennsylvania to start opening up a little bit. … You have areas of Pennsylvania that are barely affected and they want to keep them closed, you can’t do that.”
* May 13, 2020: Trump’s administration began working on potential transition plans, which are required by law to be prepared six months before the presidential election.
* May 12, 2020: Trump tweeted, “So interesting to see all of these people I beat so badly, pundits & consultants that never had a chance, telling me how to run for office. Many are Republicans who should LOVE our 280 new Judges, rebuilt Military, 2A, great V.A. Low Taxes, etc. Just don’t like that I beat them!”
* May 11, 2020:
* Trump’s re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee raised $61.7 million in April.
* Trump tweeted regarding opposition to coronavirus restrictions in Pennsylvania, where he plans to visit this week, “The great people of Pennsylvania want their freedom now, and they are fully aware of what that entails. The Democrats are moving slowly, all over the USA, for political purposes. They would wait until November 3rd if it were up to them. Don’t play politics. Be safe, move quickly!”
* May 9, 2020: Trump’s re-election campaign announced “Moms for Trump,” a coalition that says it will “mobilize and empower mothers, aunts, grandmothers, and nanas across the nation to re-elect President Donald J. Trump by sharing their stories and experiences of the President’s Pro-Family and Pro-America agenda.”
* May 8, 2020: Trump commented on the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery. He said, “So I saw the tape, and it’s very, very disturbing, the tape. ... And I will say that that looks like a really good, young guy.” He also said, “You know, it could be something that we didn’t see on tape. There could be a lot of — you know, if you saw things went off tape and then back on tape.”
* May 7, 2020: Trump approved a $10 million ad campaign opposing Biden. Trump’s campaign manager, Brad Parscale, tweeted, “For nearly three years we have been building a juggernaut campaign (Death Star). It is firing on all cylinders. Data, Digital, TV, Political, Surrogates, Coalitions, etc. In a few days we start pressing FIRE for the first time.”
* May 6, 2020: Trump signed a Proclamation on National Nurses Day and met with healthcare professionals in the Oval Office. He said, “This is really the worst attack we’ve ever had. This is worse than Pearl Harbor. This is worse than the World Trade Center. There’s never been an attack like this. And it should have never happened. It could have been stopped at the source. It could have been stopped in China. It should have been stopped right at the source, and it wasn’t.”
* May 5, 2020:
* Trump said his administration’s coronavirus task force would continue indefinitely. He tweeted, “... the Task Force will continue on indefinitely with its focus on SAFETY & OPENING UP OUR COUNTRY AGAIN. We may add or subtract people … to it, as appropriate. The Task Force will also be very focused on Vaccines & Therapeutics.”
* Trump visited Phoenix, Arizona, where he toured a Honeywell factory that is making N95 respirator masks. He said in a speech at the factory, "Thanks to the profound commitment of our citizens we’ve flattened the curve. … We’re reopening our country, and it's going to be something special."
* May 4, 2020: Trump participated in an interview with the New York Post in the Oval Office. Regarding his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, he said, “We did the right thing and now we’re bringing the country back. And I think there’s a great optimism. I don’t know if you see it, but I think there’s a great optimism now.”
* May 3, 2020:
* Trump began a seven-figure nationwide ad campaign focused on his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
* Trump participated in a town hall event at the Lincoln Memorial with Fox News’ Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum. At the event, Trump discussed a potential timeframe for developing a coronavirus vaccine and moving antibiotics production out of China.

* April 2020 (click to expand)

#### April

* April 29, 2020:
* USA Today reported that Trump would travel to Phoenix on May 5 to visit a Honeywell aerospace facility manufacturing medical equipment. It will be his first trip away from Washington, D.C., in more than a month.
* The Trump campaign released a digital ad in 17 states featuring Democratic governors praising Trump’s response to the pandemic.
* April 28, 2020:
* Trump discussed testing capacity, the possibility of community spread in states that are reopening, and the Payroll Protection Program during a press briefing.
* The Hill reported that Yang and seven of his New York delegates filed a lawsuit against New York after the board of elections removed Yang’s name from the ballot and canceled the Democratic primary.
* April 27, 2020: Trump held a news conference where he and the White House coronavirus task force discussed expanding testing through retailers like Walmart and CVS. He also said the estimated death toll from the pandemic could rise to 70,000 in the United States.
* April 25, 2020: Trump did not participate in the daily coronavirus briefings the weekend of April 25-26. He tweeted, “What is the purpose of having White House News Conferences when the Lamestream Media asks nothing but hostile questions, & then refuses to report the truth or facts accurately. They get record ratings, & the American people get nothing but Fake News. Not worth the time & effort!”
* April 24, 2020: Trump signed a $484 billion stimulus bill seeking to aid employers and hospitals. The bill extended the Paycheck Protection Program with $250 billion, provide $100 billion for hospitals and a nationwide testing program, and offer additional assistance for community development banks and small businesses.
* April 23, 2020:
* The Associated Press reported on the evolution of the Trump campaign’s strategy to define Biden in the election. Initially, the campaign wanted to define him as a corrupt, veteran Beltway insider. It shifted its focus to Biden’s relations with and comments about China and his ability to perform as president.
* The Trump campaign launched an app to gamify support and drive voter outreach. The app was originally intended to build off of Trump’s rallies and has been reworked to feature videos and virtual events.
* During his daily press briefing, Trump said that his administration was considering extending national social distancing guidelines to the start of the summer or later.
* April 22, 2020: NBC News reported that Trump is considering taking day trips outside of Washington, D.C., beginning the week of May 4.
* April 21, 2020:
* The Lincoln Project, a group of anti-Trump Republicans and conservatives, released an ad praising Biden as a bipartisan leader ready to become president. The clip is airing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Grand Rapids, Michigan.
* Trump announced his new executive order on immigration will halt most green cards for 60 days. The order will not affect visas for temporary workers in agricultural and related industries. The order is also expected to include exemptions for essential employees and immigrants coming into the country through immediate family members.
* Trump spoke with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson about U.S.-U.K. coordination on the coronavirus response.
* Biden and the Democratic National Committee together had $57.2 million in cash on hand, after accounting for unpaid debts, according to The New York Times. That was approximately $187 million less than Trump and the Republican National Committee had.
* April 20, 2020:
* Trump said that he planned to suspend immigration in response to the coronavirus pandemic. He tweeted, “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!.”
* Biden raised $46.7 million in March, outraising Trump’s $13.6 million and marking his best fundraising month so far. Trump led in cash on hand with $98.5 million to Biden’s $26.4 million.
* April 16-19, 2020:
* Trump said that he would use the Defense Production Act to order the production of 20 million more coronavirus testing swabs.
* Trump encouraged protesters demonstrating against lockdowns in certain states in a series of tweets and his press conference. He wrote, “LIBERATE MINNESOTA,” “LIBERATE MICHIGAN,” and “LIBERATE VIRGINIA, and save your great 2nd Amendment. It is under siege!” Trump said the protesters were “people expressing their views" and "they seem to be very responsible people to me, you know, they’ve been treated a little bit rough.”
* America First Action released three ads in a series titled #BeijingBiden as part of its $10 million ad campaign in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. The narrator in one clip says, “Now more than ever America must stop China and to stop China you have to stop Joe Biden.”
* April 16, 2020:
* Trump issued his guidelines for reopening the economy. The plan had three phases beginning with restaurants, places of worship, movie theaters, and select other businesses opening if they observe social distancing practices. In the second phase, schools can open and nonessential travel can resume. In the third phase, large public venues can operate as normal with limited social distancing rules and senior care facilities and hospitals can allow visitors.
* America First Action PAC announced that it was launching a $10 million ad campaign in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania presenting Biden and his son, Hunter, as financially connected to China.
* April 15, 2020:
* Trump Victory, the joint fundraising committee formed by the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee, is establishing finance chairs in all 50 states. In 2016, the group launched with finance chairs in 33 states.
* Trump said he was considering adjourning Congress, in order to make recess appointments, since his administrative and judicial nominees were not able to go through the confirmation process. “If the House will not agree to that adjournment, I will exercise my constitutional authority to adjourn both chambers of Congress,” Trump said. “The current practice of leaving town while conducting phony pro-forma sessions is a dereliction of duty that the American people cannot afford during this crisis. It is a scam that they do.”
* April 14, 2020:
* Georgia State Rep. Vernon Jones (D) endorsed Trump. Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported he was the first state-elected Democrat in Georgia to back Trump.
* Trump said that he was halting funding to the World Health Organization until a review could be conducted into the organization’s management of the coronavirus pandemic.
* Trump also said he would soon issue guidelines for reopening the economy but would leave it to governors to determine the individualized plan for their state. He said he believed some states could open before May 1.
* April 13, 2020:
* During his daily press briefing, Trump said he had total authority over reopening the economy. “When somebody is president of the United States, the authority is total. The governors know that,” he said. Trump also said the number of daily new infections had flattened nationwide and that the U.S. was signing contracts with four new companies to produce more ventilators.
* Trump won the Wisconsin Republican primary with approximately 98% of the vote to receive all 52 of the state’s delegates.
* April 12, 2020: Trump and the Republican National Committee together raised $212 million in the first quarter of 2020. Their fundraising total for March alone was $63 million, down from a record high for the campaign of $86 million in February.
* April 9-10, 2020:
* Politico reported that the Republican National Committee would air a seven-figure ad campaign from April 13 through May 4 praising Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. One clip released April 9 featured two Democratic governors—Gavin Newsom (Calif.) and Andrew Cuomo (N.Y.)—saying Trump was responsive.
* The Daily Beast reported that the Trump campaign was renting its email list through the vendor Excelsior Strategies. Pro-Trump super PAC, America First Action, was one of the groups paying for the list. The campaign said it was paying fair market value.
* Trump communications manager Tim Murtaugh spoke with Daily Caller about the four ways the campaign has changed its strategy in response to coronavirus.
* The Trump campaign opposed Biden on his position on China and released a digital ad that presented Biden as friendly towards the country.
* April 8, 2020: Trump tweeted that Sanders supporters should join the Republican Party. He also said Sen. Elizabeth Warren was the reason Sanders lost several Super Tuesday states.
* April 7, 2020: Trump campaign spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany replaced Stephanie Grisham as White House press secretary.
* April 6, 2020: CNN profiled Trump’s campaign strategy, including rapid response teams, streaming content targeting different demographic groups, and the use of White House press briefings.
* April 6, 2020: During the briefing, Trump discussed the Paycheck Protection Program and said 3M would produce 166,000 face masks for frontline healthcare workers.
* April 4, 2020: Trump said the NFL season should begin in September as usual during a conference call with officials from major sports leagues.
* April 3, 2020: During the coronavirus briefing, Trump recommended that Americans wear face masks in public where social distancing is not possible to maintain. The White House also said that anyone coming into contact with the president would be tested for coronavirus first.
* April 2, 2020: During the daily coronavirus task force daily briefing, Trump and his team discussed supply chain issues for masks, ventilators, and other medical supplies. Trump also tested negative for the coronavirus for a second time.
* April 1, 2020: Trump campaign director of communications Tim Murtaugh discussed campaign strategy with surrogates. According to NBC News, Murtaugh said, “This is the bottom line: President Trump is leading the nation in this war against the coronavirus, and Joe Biden, the Democrats and the media have decided to be the opposition in that war.”

* March 2020 (click to expand)

#### March

* March 31, 2020: Trump and the White House’s coronavirus task force discussed medical supplies and the projected mortality rate during a daily press conference. The task force said an estimated 100,000 to 240,000 Americans could die from the coronavirus compared to 2.2 million without any countermeasures.
* March 31, 2020: The Trump administration said that it would not reopen HealthCare.gov for a special enrollment period. Politico reported that the administration was reviewing other options. The Trump administration also announced that it was lowering annual increases for fuel economy and emission standards from 5% to 1.5%.
* March 30, 2020: During his daily press briefing, Trump said more than 1 million Americans had been tested for the coronavirus. Social distancing guidelines were extended until April 30.
* March 27-28, 2020: Trump signed a $2 trillion coronavirus relief package and invoked the Defense Production Act in ordering General Motors to increase its production of ventilators. Trump also requested that the Centers for Disease Control issue a travel advisory urging residents of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut not to travel domestically for 14 days unless necessary due to the spread of coronavirus in these states.
* March 26, 2020: Trump wrote a letter to the nations' governors on classifying counties by their risk of coronavirus. “This is what we envision: Our expanded testing capacities will quickly enable us to publish criteria, developed in close coordination with the Nation's public health officials and scientists, to help classify counties with respect to continued risks posed by the virus.” He also gave a telephone interview on Fox News' Hannity.
* March 25, 2020: The Trump campaign sent cease-and-desist letters to television stations regarding a Priorities USA ad criticizing Trump's statements about the coronavirus.
* March 25, 2020: Trump tweeted, "The LameStream Media is the dominant force in trying to get me to keep our Country closed as long as possible in the hope that it will be detrimental to my election success." He also said of the coronavirus relief bill, "The Democrats have treated us fairly, and I really believe we‘ve had a very good back-and-forth and I say that with respect to [Senate Minority Leader] Chuck Schumer."
* March 24, 2020: Trump and the White House Coronavirus Task Force participated in a Fox News virtual town hall, where Trump said he hoped to have people back to work by Easter. Also, Priorities USA Action began running an ad in Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin criticizing Trump's statements about the coronavirus.
* March 23, 2020: In his daily press briefing, Trump said that the coronavirus pandemic looked as if it would get worse before getting better. Trump said that the country was not built to sustain a prolonged shutdown and that he would soon consider whether it was time to lift restrictions on business.
* March 22, 2020: Trump announced he would activate the U.S. National Guard for New York, Washington, and California—the states with the most coronavirus outbreaks.
* March 20, 2020: The pro-Trump super PAC, America First Action, said it is focusing on earned media during the coronavirus pandemic rather than spending any of its $300 million on negative ads against Biden.
* March 19, 2020: The Wall Street Journal reported on Trump's changing re-election strategy following the coronavirus pandemic.
* March 18, 2020: The Lincoln Project, a group formed by Republicans who oppose Trump, released an ad that compares Trump to a virus.
* March 17, 2020: Trump discussed economic stimulus initiatives during a briefing, including deferring IRS payments and possibly sending checks to every American.
* March 16, 2020: Trump held a press conference to provide updates and new recommendations regarding the coronavirus pandemic.
* March 15, 2020: Trump and his administration’s task force on the coronavirus discussed preventive health and travel measures and the Federal Reserve lowering interest rates to zero.
* March 14, 2020: The White House announced that Trump had tested negative for the coronavirus.
* March 10, 2020: Trump announced he would travel to Milwaukee on Mar. 19 to launch the “Catholics for Trump” coalition.
* March 9, 2020: Trump held a fundraiser in Longwood, Florida, that raised $4 million. His campaign postponed a “Women for Trump” bus tour through Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
* March 8, 2020: Tim Murtaugh, a spokesman for the Trump campaign, told reporters that the campaign would target Biden on trade and healthcare if he became the Democratic nominee.
* March 6-8, 2020: Trump attended two fundraisers in Florida over the weekend that included more than 1,000 donors.
* March 5, 2020: Trump spoke at his first televised town hall of the 2020 election cycle in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The event was hosted by Fox News.
* March 5, 2020: Facebook removed Trump ads that called for viewers to complete a U.S. census survey and directed them to a form on Trump’s campaign website.
* March 4, 2020: Trump spoke at the Latino Coalition Legislative Summit, where he discussed the border wall, tax policy, and trade.
* March 3, 2020: The Trump campaign filed a lawsuit against The Washington Post for defamation, citing two articles on alleged Russian assistance to Trump’s campaign.
* March 2, 2020: Trump held a campaign rally in North Carolina. Trump and the Republican National Committee jointly raised $86 million in February.

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#### February

* February 29, 2020: Trump discussed the Democratic primary, at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
* February 27-28, 2020:Trump held a rally in North Charleston, South Carolina. His campaign made a five-figure digital ad buy targeting Indian Americans.
* February 26, 2020: The Trump campaign announced that it was launching 15 community centers targeting black voters in battleground states, including Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
* February 25, 2020: Mike Pence campaigned for Trump in Michigan, visiting the Michigan Farm Bureau and holding a rally in Troy.
* February 25, 2020: Trump continued his state visit to India.
* February 24, 2020: Trump spoke at a joint rally with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. More than 100,000 people attended the event in Ahmedabad, India.
* February 20-21, 2020: Trump held a rally in Las Vegas. The Trump campaign purchased YouTube masthead ads in the days leading up to the general election in November. Bloomberg described the ad location as “more akin to a Super Bowl TV ad.”​​​
* February 20, 2020: Politico reported that Trump and the Republican National Committee would spend more than $10 million to challenge Democratic voting-related lawsuits.
* February 18-19, 2020: Trump granted seven pardons and four commutations, including former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik. He held a rally in Arizona.
* February 16, 2020: Trump ran a television ad during the broadcast of the Daytona 500 called “New Heights.” He met with 2028 Olympic Games organizers and attended a fundraising event in Beverly Hills Feb. 18.
* February 16, 2020: The Trump campaign and Republican National Committee raised $60.1 million in January. Trump attended the Daytona 500 in Florida.
* February 12, 2020: Trump made endorsements in three Republican congressional primaries in Texas.
* February 11, 2020: Trump advisers discussed the state of the Democratic primary with NBC News.
* February 10, 2020: Trump held a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire. He called on independents to vote in the Democratic primary for the weakest candidate.
* February 10, 2020: Trump released his 2021 budget proposal, which included initiatives in battleground states like Florida and Nevada.
* February 6, 2020: Trump discussed his acquittal at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C.
* February 5, 2020: Trump was acquitted in the U.S. Senate of abuse of power by a vote of 52-48 and obstruction of Congress by a vote of 53-47.
* February 4, 2020: In his State of the Union address, Trump discussed the USMCA trade agreement, economy, Democratic Party, and assasination of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani.
* February 4, 2020: Trump delivered his State of the Union address in Washington, D.C.
* February 2, 2020: In addition to his two Super Bowl commercials, Trump flew aerial banners in Miami before the Super Bowl. Fox News’ Sean Hannity also interviewed Trump in a pregame event.

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#### January

* January 30, 2020: Trump released one of two ads that aired during the Super Bowl. The first, “Stronger, Safer, More Prosperous,” focused on the economy and unemployment rates.
* January 30, 2020: Mike Pence campaigned in Iowa on behalf of Trump, hosting events with evangelicals and veterans.
* January 28, 2020: Trump held a campaign rally in Wildwood, New Jersey. He discussed impeachment, the economy, and immigration.
* January 27, 2020: KETV reported that more than 80 Trump surrogates would campaign in Iowa on Feb. 3.
* January 27, 2020: Trump met with Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and opposition leader Benny Gantz to discuss policy in the Middle East.
* January 23, 2020: NBC News profiled Trump’s campaign operations in Iowa.
* January 24, 2020: Trump attended the annual, anti-abortion March for Life in Washington, D.C.. The organization’s president, Jeanne Mancini, said it will be the first time a president attends the event.
* January 21, 2020: Trump spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
* January 19, 2020: Trump spoke at the American Farm Bureau Federation conference in Austin.
* January 16, 2020: Trump’s impeachment trial began as Chief Justice John Roberts and the U.S. senators were sworn in as the presiding officer and jurors, respectively. Mike Pence held a Latinos for Trump event in Kissimmee, Florida.
* January 15, 2020: It was announced that former Fox News anchor Kimberly Guilfoyle would serve as the national finance chairwoman of the Trump Victory Finance Committee for Trump.
* January 15, 2020: The U.S. House delivered two articles of impeachment against Trump to the U.S. Senate.
* January 14, 2020: Trump held a rally in Milwaukee. There, he discussed trade, impeachment, and the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Also that day, Trump flew an aerial banner and ran a newspaper ad in The Des Moines Register during the Democratic presidential primary debate.
* January 13, 2020: Trump attended the playoff championship game between LSU and Clemson in New Orleans.
* January 10, 2020: Trump discussed the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and impeachment in an interview on Fox News.
* January 9, 2020: Trump focused on the economy, the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, and Democratic primary candidates at his rally in Ohio. More than 8,000 people attended the event. Mike Pence joined Trump at the rally. Also that day, McClatchy DC profiled the Trump campaign's microtargeting of undecided women voters.
* January 7, 2020: Politico reported that Trump would spend $10 million on 60 seconds of airtime during the Super Bowl on Feb. 2.
* January 3, 2020: Trump said that he authorized the strike that killed Iran’s security and intelligence services commander Qasem Soleimani.

### 2019

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#### December

* December 24, 2019: The Trump campaign launched a website providing supporters with arguments defending Trump against liberal relatives during the holiday season.
* December 21, 2019: Trump spoke at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in West Palm Beach, Florida. He will remain in the state for the holidays.
* December 19, 2019: Cheddar interviewed Trump director of strategic communications Michael Shure about Trump’s re-election strategy.
* December 18, 2019: The U.S. House impeached Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The first article was approved by a vote of 230-197 and the second 229-198. All Republicans and two Democrats voted against both articles. One Democrat, Jared Golden (Maine), voted for abuse of power and against obstruction of Congress. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) voted present on both articles. Trump spoke at a rally in Battle Creek, Michigan.
* December 17, 2019: Trump sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) calling for an end to the impeachment process. The House is expected to vote on impeachment.
* December 17, 2019: Republicans critical of Trump—Steve Schmidt, John Weaver, Jennifer Horn, Rick Wilson, and George Conway—launched a super PAC called the Lincoln Project to convince conservative voters to reject Trump.
* December 16, 2019: The Hawaii Republican Party canceled its presidential primary and committed its 19 convention delegates to Trump.
* December 15, 2019: Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale tweeted the campaign raised more than $10 million in the previous week.
* December 14, 2019: Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale and other senior advisers gave a presentation in Arlington on the Trump campaign’s re-election strategy, including remaking state parties and targeting smaller counties in swing states.
* December 10, 2019: House Democrats introduced two articles of impeachment charging Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
* December 8, 2019: Trump held a rally in Hershey, Pennsylvania, marking his 14th visit to the state as a sitting president.
* December 7, 2019: Trump attended a private fundraiser in Florida that raised $3.5 million for the state Republican Party. He featured Clint Lorance and Mathew Golsteyn, two former soldiers who received presidential pardons related to war crimes.
* December 3, 2019: The Georgia Republican Party voted to include only Trump on the ballot. Four other candidates had submitted their names for consideration, including De La Fuente, Walsh, and Weld.
* December 3, 2019: Pence met with faith and community leaders in Michigan.
* December 2, 2019: The Trump campaign announced that it would no longer permit Bloomberg reporters to cover its campaign events. Trump and Republican leadership also released a joint statement criticizing Google’s policy on microtargeted political ads.

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#### November

* November 28, 2019: Trump traveled to Afghanistan on Thanksgiving Day to meet with troops.
* November 26, 2019: Trump held a rally in Sunrise, Florida, at the BB&T Center.
* November 25, 2019: Trump is expected to spend more than $200 million in Florida, his new permanent residence.
* November 21, 2019: Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale and senior adviser Lara Trump held a campaign event in Tucson, Arizona.
* November 20, 2019: Trump bought a full-page ad in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution criticizing the Democratic candidates and used aerial advertising over Atlanta.
* November 19, 2019: Trump toured an Apple manufacturing plant in Austin, Texas, meeting with company CEO Tim Cook.
* November 18, 2019: Trump launched a six-figure ad campaign in black community newspapers and on urban-format radio stations in 11 markets across the country.
* November 16, 2019: Trump visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland as part of his annual physical exam.
* November 15, 2019: Trump held a rally in Bossier City, Louisiana, ahead of the state's gubernatorial election.
* November 13, 2019: Public hearings began regarding the impeachment inquiry into Trump. That day, Trump raised $3.1 million in small-dollar donations.
* November 12, 2019: Trump spoke at the Economic Club of New York, where he said that economic growth would be the focus of his re-election campaign.
* November 11, 2019: Trump commemorated Veterans Day with full-page newspaper ads in five local newspapers in Orlando, Detroit, Arizona, Las Vegas, and Virginia. He also attended the LSU-Alabama football game on November 9.
* November 8, 2019: Trump launched a black voter outreach initiative in Atlanta called "Black Voices for Trump.”
* November 7, 2019: Mike Pence traveled to New Hampshire to file in the New Hampshire primary for the Trump campaign.
* November 6, 2019: Trump held a rally in Monroe, Louisiana. The state held a gubernatorial runoff election on Nov. 16.
* November 4, 2019: Trump held a rally in Lexington, Kentucky, where he called on voters to support incumbent Republican Gov. Matt Bevin.
* November 1, 2019: Trump held a rally in Tupelo, Mississippi, to campaign for Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves in his run for governor of Mississippi. Trump discussed the impeachment inquiry, the Democratic primary, and the media. An estimated 10,000 people attended the event.

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#### October

* October 31, 2019: The Minnesota Republican Party sent a letter to the secretary of state listing its “determination of candidates” for the presidential primary ballot next March; only Trump was listed.
* October 31, 2019: The House passed a resolution establishing procedures for the impeachment inquiry into Trump, marking the first impeachment-related congressional vote. The 232-196 vote ran along party lines with no Republicans supporting the measure and two Democrats opposing it.
* October 30, 2019: Trump ran a campaign ad during the final night of the World Series. "He's no Mr. Nice Guy, but sometimes it takes a Donald Trump to change Washington,” the narrator says in the clip.
* October 29, 2019: Trump headlined a fundraiser in Washington, D.C., that raised $13 million for Take Back the House 2020, a joint fundraising committee benefiting House Republicans.
* October 28, 2019: Trump spoke at the International Association of Chiefs of Police annual conference in Chicago.
* October 27, 2019: Trump announced that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed during a military raid in northwest Syria.
* October 25, 2019: Trump spoke at a criminal justice forum at Benedict College in South Carolina.
* October 23, 2019: Trump spoke at an energy conference in Pittsburgh.
* October 23, 2019: The Washington Post profiled Donald Trump’s efforts to appeal to Latino voters in nontraditional places.
* October 23, 2019: Trump was in Pittsburgh at a natural gas industry conference.
* October 18, 2019: Trump announced he would hold rallies in Mississippi and Kentucky in the first week of November. Both states held gubernatorial elections on November 5.
* October 17, 2019: Roughly 20,000 people attended Trump’s rally in Dallas, where he criticized the Democratic presidential candidates and spoke about the ceasefire in Turkey.
* October 17, 2019: Trump is expected to discuss job growth during a campaign rally in Dallas.
* October 15, 2019: Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle, and campaign manager Brad Parscale hosted a “Keep America Great” panel in San Antonio, preceding Trump’s rally in Dallas on October 17.
* October 15, 2019: The Trump campaign, authorized joint fundraising committees, and Republican National Committee had a cumulative $158 million in cash on hand after the third quarter of 2019.
* October 10, 2019: Trump held a rally in Minneapolis. He criticized Biden and Rep. Ilhan Omar. At the rally, Trump predicted that he would carry the state in the general election.
* October 9, 2019: In response to Joe Biden calling for his impeachment, Trump tweeted, "So pathetic to see Sleepy Joe Biden, who with his son, Hunter, and to the detriment of the American Taxpayer, has ripped off at least two countries for millions of dollars, calling for my impeachment — and I did nothing wrong."
* October 8, 2019: Trump said of his decision to remove U.S. troops from the border of Syria, "We may be in the process of leaving Syria, but in no way have we Abandoned the Kurds, who are special people and wonderful fighters." He said he had campaigned on ending wars.
* October 4, 2019: Trump’s campaign announced that it would spend $1 million to air ads critical of Biden in early primary states.
* October 3, 2019: CNN rejected two of three ads submitted by the Trump campaign, citing fact issues and disparagement of CNN employees. CNN accepted one ad titled, “Changing Things.”
* October 2, 2019: As part of a previously announced $8 million ad buy, Trump started airing a new ad that calls the impeachment inquiry a coup.
* October 1, 2019: Trump and the Republican National Committee together raised $125 million in the third quarter of 2019.
* October 1, 2019: ABC reported that Trump spent more than $1 million on anti-impeachment Facebook ads last week.

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#### September

* September 27, 2019: The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee spent $10 million total on an ad campaign targeting Biden for alleged corruption in Ukraine and saying the Democrats want to steal the 2020 presidential election.
* September 24-26, 2019: Trump raised $13 million through fundraising emails following the impeachment inquiry announcement and two fundraisers.
* September 25, 2019: Trump dismissed the impeachment inquiry during a press conference in New York City.
* September 24, 2019: Trump and the Republican National Committee raised $1 million after sending fundraising emails Tuesday calling for supporters to donate and join the “Official Impeachment Defense Task Force.”
* September 24, 2019: Trump delivered his third address to the United Nations General Assembly, discussing the military, unemployment, USMCA, immigration, and foreign policy.
* September 23, 2019: Trump attended the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York.
* September 22, 2019: Trump appeared with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in Houston with 50,000 people registered to attend.
* September 22, 2019: Trump said that he had discussed corruption allegations against Biden and his son, Hunter, in a July phone call with Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump said media reports that he pressured the Ukranian government to investigate Biden were false. Following initial reports about the phone call, Biden called it an abuse of power and called on Congress to investigate Trump's communications with Zelensky.
* September 20, 2019: Trump is hosting Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the first state dinner of the year.
* September 18, 2019: Trump visited a portion of fencing at the California-Mexico border.
* September 17, 2019: The Trump campaign posted a digital video featuring Biden's alleged gaffes and television commentary critical of his campaign and debate performances. The video ends with the statement, "You just wonder.”
* September 16, 2019: Fortune reported that Trump was expected to raise more than $15 million for the joint fundraising committee Trump Victory during a California fundraising trip on September 17 and 18.
* September 16, 2019: Trump held a campaign rally in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
* September 12, 2019: Trump launched a media campaign in Texas that included two full-page newspaper ads targeting Biden, Castro, and Warren, and a flyover ad criticizing socialism. He also spoke at the House Republican Conference member retreat in Baltimore.
* September 10, 2019: Trump endorsed Ben Sasse—a Trump critic who opposed his 2016 presidential run—in his Senate reelection campaign.
* September 9, 2019: Trump held a rally at the Crown Expo Center in North Carolina, where two congressional special elections took place on September 10.
* September 7, 2019: Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale headlined the California Republican Convention. In his speech, Parscale said the Trump family was a dynasty and they would move the GOP “into a new party – one that will adapt to changing cultures.”
* September 5, 2019: Trump campaign officials said Trump could hold rallies in Minnesota, New Mexico, Colorado, and Nevada by the end of 2019.
* September 2, 2019: Trump's campaign flew planes with campaign banners over beaches and riverfronts in Detroit, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Erie, and Virginia Beach.

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#### August

* August 29, 2019: Trump canceled a scheduled trip to Poland to remain in the United States as Hurricane Dorian approaches landfall on the East Coast.
* August 28, 2019: Trump announced that he would make his first reelection campaign trip to the Bay Area on Sept. 17. Mike Pence also spoke at the American Legion’s national convention in Indianapolis.
* August 27, 2019: Trump returned to the White House following the final day of the G7 summit.
* August 24-26, 2019: Trump was in Biarritz, France attending the G7 summit.
* August 22, 2019: The Trump campaign announced its Iowa leadership team with Gov. Kim Reynolds and Chuck Grassley as honorary state chairs, Carly Miller as state director, and Stephanie Alexander as regional political director.
* August 21, 2019: Trump headlined a fundraiser for Matt Bevin’s gubernatorial reelection campaign in Kentucky.
* August 20, 2019: Mike Pence spoke at the Detroit Economic Club, reiterating Trump’s messaging that the economy will decline if Trump is not reelected.
* August 18, 2019: Trump confirmed that he would keep Mike Pence as his running mate in 2020.
* August 15, 2019: Trump discussed the economy, tariffs, the Democratic field, and mental health policy during a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire. He said the stock market will crash if he is not reelected in 2020.
* August 15, 2019: Trump brought his campaign to New Hampshire for the first time in 2019, holding a rally in Manchester.
* August 13, 2019: Trump said he was delaying a portion of the tariffs on Chinese imports until Dec. 15 to prevent any negative effect on holiday sales.
* August 12, 2019: The Trump administration issued a new rule expanding the factors an official can consider when evaluating whether an immigrant applying for admission or adjustment of status could become primarily dependent on the government for subsistence. The rule goes into effect Oct. 15.
* August 9, 2019: Trump raised $12 million at two fundraisers in the Hamptons.
* August 9, 2019: Trump departed for his New Jersey golf club as part of his annual August holiday.
* August 9, 2019: Real estate developer Stephen Ross hosted Trump at a fundraiser. Tickets for a private roundtable discussion with Trump were $250,000.
* August 7, 2019: Trump visited El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, to meet with the communities affected by the weekend’s mass shootings.
* August 6, 2019: Trump sued California, challenging the constitutionality of a state law requiring presidential candidates to disclose income tax returns in order to appear on the ballot.
* August 5, 2019: Washington Examiner profiled Mike Pence’s efforts to engage conservative and evangelical support for Trump.
* August 4-5, 2019: Trump called the weekend’s mass shootings part of a "mental illness problem." Trump also tweeted, "Republicans and Democrats must come together and get strong background checks, perhaps marrying this legislation with desperately needed immigration reform."
* August 3, 2019: Politico reported that Katrina Pierson would lead the African Americans for Donald Trump coalition, which was set to launch after Labor Day.
* August 1, 2019: During a campaign rally in Cincinnati, Ohio, Trump spoke about poverty and crime in urban areas, Democratic leadership, and immigration.

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#### July

* July 31, 2019: The pro-Trump super PACs America First Action and America First Policies reported raising $17.8 million in the first half of 2019.
* July 30, 2019: Trump began airing an ad criticizing the Democratic field on healthcare for individuals residing in the U.S. without legal permission. The ad was set to air both nights of the second set of Democratic debates on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News.
* July 29, 2019: The Detroit News profiled Trump's campaign strategy and organization in Michigan.
* July 26, 2019: The Washington Post reported on Jared Kushner's role in Trump's re-election campaign, describing him as a "de facto campaign manager".
* July 25, 2019: Trump held a meeting in the White House to discuss the Democratic primary, small donor platform WinRed, and field operations. Party and campaign officials identified Biden, Harris, and Warren as top challengers.
* July 24, 2019: Trump traveled to Wheeling, West Virginia, for a private campaign fundraiser. Trump vetoed three joint resolutions that would have prohibited certain arms sales in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Italy.
* July 23, 2019: Trump spoke at the Turning Point Teen Student Action Summit for conservative high school students.
* July 22, 2019: Donald Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., announced he was writing a book titled Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us, scheduled to be released on November 5, 2019—roughly one year before the 2020 presidential election.
* July 19, 2019: Trump hosted a fundraiser at his Bedminster golf course.
* July 18, 2019: The Trump campaign recruited at least 400 experienced bundlers to work on fundraising, according to a CNBC report.
* July 16, 2019: Politico reported that top donors to the Trump Victory Committee, a joint fundraising venture by the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee, included Nebraska donor Marlene Ricketts and former Small Business Administration head Linda McMahon. They each gave the maximum contribution of $360,000. Trump launched the Women for Trump coalition at an event near Philadelphia. Leading the effort were Lara Trump, Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel, former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle, and others.
* July 12, 2019: Trump attended a private fundraiser in Cleveland, Ohio, hosted by nursing home executive Brian Colleran. Trump promoted the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement during campaign stops in Wisconsin and Ohio.
* July 11, 2019: Politico examined Trump's 2020 campaign messaging on immigration and the economy.
* July 9, 2019: Trump invited Republican lawmakers, political strategists, and conservative social media personalities to the White House to discuss the “opportunities and challenges of today’s online environment.”
* July 8, 2019: Trump delivered a speech on his administration’s environmental policies at the White House.
* July 3, 2019: The Washington Times reported that the Trump campaign was expected to focus on Joe Biden's (D) record in the Senate, rather than his tenure as vice president, if he wins the Democratic presidential nomination.
* July 2, 2019: The Trump campaign announced that it and joint fundraising committees raised $54 million in the second quarter of 2019.
* July 1, 2019: Politico reported that White House director of strategic communications Mercedes Schlapp was moving to Trump's campaign to work on strategy and Latino outreach.

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#### June

* June 30, 2019: Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to enter North Korea. He then met with Kim Jong-un for an hour in the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas.
* June 27, 2019: Trump arrived in Japan for the G20 summit where tariffs, the global economy, climate change, oil markets, and marine plastic waste were expected to be discussed.
* June 26, 2019: The Trump campaign announced that more than four dozen surrogates for Trump would make media appearances in battleground state markets during and after the Democratic presidential primary debate. Also, Trump raised $36 million in the first week since launching his re-election bid, including more than $24 million in the first 24 hours.
* June 24, 2019: Trump unveiled WinRed, a fundraising site positioned as a counterpart to the Democratic Party's ActBlue.
* June 22, 2019: Trump announced he would delay Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in 10 major cities for two weeks to give Congress more time to develop a solution.
* June 21, 2019: Trump said that he called off a military strike on Iran that he had approved the previous night in response to a U.S. drone having been shot down in Iranian airspace. He cited concerns over casualties as the reason for calling off the strike.
* June 20, 2019: TIME published a profile of Trump's reelection campaign. In an interview for the piece, Trump suggested that he might not need to focus on winning over swing voters and might instead focus on driving turnout among his supporters.
* June 19, 2019: Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel stated that Trump raised $24.8 million toward his reelection in less than 24 hours amid his official campaign kickoff Tuesday. Trump raised $30.3 million during the first quarter of the year, from January 1 through the end of March.
* June 18, 2019: Trump announced his re-election bid in Orlando, Florida. His 2020 campaign slogan will be Keep America Great. The Bridge Project released an ad in opposition to Trump that highlights audio from last year related to family separation at the U.S.-Mexico border. The ad played on the radio in Orlando prior to Trump’s re-election announcement. According to the group’s website, The Bridge Project “is dedicated to opposing the conservative movement’s extreme ideology and exposing its dishonest tactics.”
* June 14, 2019: Trump called into Fox and Friends to celebrate his 73rd birthday and spoke with the hosts for 50 minutes.
* June 13, 2019: Trump and pro-Trump groups had spent more than $10 million on digital advertising in battleground states like Michigan, Florida, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.
* June 12, 2019: Trump discussed whether he would accept information from a foreign government on a political opponent without informing the FBI in an interview. “It’s not an interference, they have information — I think I’d take it,” Trump said. “If I thought there was something wrong, I’d go maybe to the FBI.”
* June 11, 2019: Trump spoke at Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy in Council Bluffs and a fundraiser in Des Moines. He promoted his trade policy and criticized the Green New Deal and Biden.
* June 10, 2019: In an interview with CNBC, Trump discussed his Mexico and China tariff strategy.
* June 7, 2019: Trump announced that the U.S. would not impose tariffs on Mexican goods following an agreement with Mexico on border security.
* June 6, 2019: Reuters reported on Republican efforts to boost Trump's re-election campaign in Ohio, including developing a central database for voter information collected by volunteers.
* June 5, 2019: The pro-Trump Great America PAC and the Committee to Defend the President PAC announced that they would work together to register one million new voters. “The first phase of the project will target an initial spend of more than $1 million, both nationally and in the key battleground states of Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. The second phase of the project will expand to Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, and New Hampshire, including national bus tours,” they said in a statement.
* June 4, 2019: Politico published an article detailing Trump's strategy of targeting New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Nevada—none of which had been won by a Republican presidential nominee since 2004—with campaign staff sent to each state. The Trump administration ended cruise travel to Cuba, banning both cruise ships and educational travel programs.

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#### May

* May 31, 2019: Trump announced that he would formally launch his re-election campaign with a rally in Orlando, Florida on June 18, 2019.
* May 30, 2019: Trump announced that the U.S. would begin imposing a 5 percent tariff on all goods from Mexico beginning June 10. The tariff will increase up to a rate of 25 percent “until such time as illegal migrants coming through Mexico, and into our Country, STOP,” Trump tweeted.
* May 30, 2019: Trump responded to Mueller’s press conference, tweeting, “Nothing changes from the Mueller Report. There was insufficient evidence and therefore, in our Country, a person is innocent. The case is closed! Thank you.” Axios reported that the Trump campaign was developing digital micro-targeting operations for three demographic groups: black, Hispanic, and suburban women voters. The potential messaging would be criminal justice policy, school choice, and funding childhood cancer research for each respective group.
* May 29, 2019: Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale said he was considering creating an account for Trump on the new social media platform Parler, which has a large conservative user base. “Having Trump’s imprimatur would give the platform overnight cachet and satisfy calls from his social media-savvy supporters for the president to stick it to the Silicon Valley companies with which he maintains a strained, symbiotic relationship,” Politico reported.
* May 28, 2019: Trump traveled to Japan over Memorial Day weekend to meet with Japanese business leaders and recognize the country’s new emperor.
* May 23, 2019: Vanity Fair reported on how the Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign are conducting and planning to use opposition research against Biden.
* May 21, 2019: The Mercury News reported that Trump spent nearly $5 million on Facebook advertising since the beginning of 2019 with a focus on immigration and ads targeting older Americans and women.
* May 21, 2019: Trump held a rally in Pennsylvania to support Fred Keller (R) against Marc Friedenberg (D) in the special election in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District. While discussing the 2020 election, Trump focused on Pennsylvania-born Joe Biden, saying he deserted the state by representing Delaware in the U.S. Senate.
* May 20, 2019: Fox News interviewed Trump about immigration policy, China, trade agreements, Iran, terrorism, and tax policy. Trump also traveled to Pennsylvania.
* May 16, 2019: The Trump campaign announced its plans to target five states Hillary Clinton won in 2016: Minnesota, New Hampshire, Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico.
* May 16, 2019: Trump was scheduled to appear on The Next Revolution on May 20 on Fox News Channel.
* May 16, 2019: Trump released a new immigration plan focused on a merit-based system. The plan will include increased border security and a modified green card system that favors highly skilled workers over relatives of individuals already in the U.S.
* May 14, 2019: The pro-Trump super PAC America First Policies designated Ohio as a priority. The group announced its plan to spend $300 million there and in five other states: Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.
* May 13, 2019: The Morning Call reported the Trump campaign’s intention to hold a campaign rally in Lycoming County in Pennsylvania on May 20. It was scheduled to coincide with a special election in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District the following day.
* May 12, 2019: Tampa Bay Times interviewed Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale about microtargeting strategy and Florida politics.
* May 8, 2019: Trump held his fourth Make America Great Again rally this year in Panama City Beach, Florida, where he criticized Democrats for not doing enough to provide disaster relief funding.
* May 8, 2019: The New York Times reported that Trump showed over $1 billion in losses on his businesses from 1985 to 1994 and as a result did not pay income taxes for eight of the 10 years. Trump’s personal lawyer Charles Harder said that drawing conclusions from a tax transcript was speculative and the report was false.
* May 7, 2019: Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, Vice President Mike Pence, and other top Republican officials pitched a bundler program to donors who declined to contribute to Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign during a gathering at Trump International Hotel.
* May 3, 2019: Trump said that tariffs for $200 billion of Chinese goods will increase from 10 to 25 percent.

* April 2019 (click to expand)

#### April

* April 27, 2019: Trump held his third MAGA rally of the year in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he discussed the Mueller report, sending apprehended migrants to sanctuary cities, and the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord.
* April 27, 2019: Former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle announced that she would join Trump’s campaign as a senior adviser.
* April 25, 2019: Trump gave an extended telephone interview on Hannity where he discussed Biden’s entry into the race and the other 2020 Democratic contenders. Trump spoke at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Indiana on April 26.
* April 24, 2019: Senior advisers to Trump traveled to Pennsylvania to meet with state party officials on field deployment, voter data, and coordination between state and national officials. Trump won Pennsylvania by less than 1 percentage point in 2016.
* April 18, 2019: Trump tweeted frequently about the Mueller report, saying that it showed no collusion or obstruction.
* April 16, 2019: Axios posted an analysis piece noting that Trump had been targeting a plurality of his digital Facebook ads—44 percent—to users who are 65 years old and up.
* April 16, 2019: Trump was scheduled to headline the Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit on April 24 in Atlanta and hold a rally in Wisconsin on April 27, rather than attend the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
* April 14, 2019: The Trump campaign announced that he had raised $30 million in the first quarter of 2019. The Republican National Committee also raised $46 million, setting a record for its best non-election year total.
* April 14, 2019: Trump began targeting states that he lost by 100,000 votes or less in 2016: Minnesota, New Mexico, Nevada, and New Hampshire. He visited Minnesota for the third time since taking office, where he highlighted the 2017 tax overhaul bill.
* April 11, 2019: TIME reported on Trump making immigration the centerpiece of his 2020 presidential campaign.
* April 10, 2019: Trump traveled to San Antonio, Texas, as part of a fundraising trip. He added that he would send troops to the border to combat an increase in Central America migrants.
* April 9, 2019: Trump tweeted a campaign video that juxtaposed images of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, among others, with the following text: “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they call you racist. Donald J. Trump. Your vote proved them all wrong."
* April 8, 2019: Bloomberg reported that Trump was developing an environmental campaign strategy with talking points on green success stories from Trump administration policies.
* April 6, 2019: Trump spoke at the annual meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas.
* April 5, 2019: As part of an effort to raise $1 billion for his re-election, Trump is fundraising in Los Angeles for his campaign and the Republican National Committee.
* April 2, 2019: Trump spoke at the National Republican Congressional Committee. He said of the Democratic field and Joe Biden, “We’re going into the war with some socialists. It looks like the only non-, sort of, heavy socialist is being taken care of pretty well by the socialists.”
* April 1, 2019: Trump said that Republicans were working on a new healthcare proposal but it would not be introduced until after the 2020 election.

* March 2019 (click to expand)

#### March

* March 28, 2019: NBC News reported that Trump had spent $3.6 million on Facebook ads featuring Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the border wall, and the Mueller investigation.
* March 28, 2019: Trump campaigned in Michigan, holding a rally in Grand Rapids, where he focused on the release of the Mueller report.
* March 26, 2019: Trump’s campaign announced it would hold a fundraising dinner in Los Angeles on April 5. NBC Los Angeles reported that tickets would cost $15,000 for dinner, $50,000 for a photo opportunity, and $150,000 to participate in a roundtable discussion.
* March 24, 2019: Trump released a campaign video following the completion of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. The ad, titled “Collusion Hoax!”, is composed of clips of Congressional Democrats talking about collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, followed by buzzing sounds and the word “Wrong” appearing on screen.
* March 20, 2019: Trump held a campaign rally at the Lima Army Tank Plant in Ohio. During his speech, Trump said General Motors should reconsider its decision to lay off 1,500 workers in Lordstown, Ohio.
* March 19, 2019: Trump told reporters he did not agree with Democratic proposals to change the makeup or selection of justices to the Supreme Court of the United States. “I wouldn’t entertain that. The only reason that they’re doing that is they want to try to catch up. It’ll never happen,” Trump said during a press conference with Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro.
* March 12, 2019: Trump's campaign was reportedly focusing early on organizing in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Campaign officials also identified Florida as another state Trump won that the campaign would target.
* March 8, 2019: White House communications director Bill Shine resigned from his post to join Trump's re-election campaign as a senior adviser.
* March 3, 2019: Trump spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference Saturday, where he spent two hours discussing the 2020 presidential election, North Korea, the Mueller investigation, and socialism. Watch his speech here.

* February 2019 (click to expand)

#### February

* February 25, 2019: Trump is focusing his early campaign on digital outlets. “Trump's campaign has already spent more than $3.5 million in small, targeted ads on Facebook, while an allied group has spent over $6 million, making him the biggest U.S. political spender since Facebook began tracking ad spending in May 2018,” The Hill reported.
* February 19, 2019: The Associated Press profiled Trump’s approach to commenting on the unfolding Democratic primary: “Presidents traditionally ignore their potential opponents as long as possible to maintain their status as an incumbent floating above the contenders who are auditioning for a job they already inhabit. Not Trump. He’s eager to shape the debate, sow discord and help position himself for the general election."
* February 19, 2019: Trump added five new members to his 2020 reelection campaign, including Republican campaign veteran Tim Murtaugh as communications director, Republican National Committee spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany as national press secretary, and former Mike Pence aide Mark Lotter as director of strategic communications. Former White House staffer Cole Blocker and former NASA press secretary Megan Powers were also scheduled to join the team as the director of finance and director of administrative operations, respectively.
* February 18, 2019: The Center for Public Integrity profiled Trump’s campaign strategy and fundraising, calling it the first permanent presidential campaign. Read more here.
* February 11, 2019: Conservative radio host and former #NeverTrump supporter Erick Erickson endorsed Trump in an op-ed for The Resurgent.
* February 11, 2019: Trump held his first campaign rally of the year in El Paso, Texas, where he advocated building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. He also criticized Democrats on abortion, socialist policies, and the Green New Deal.
* February 6, 2019: Trump was scheduled to hold his first campaign rally of the year in El Paso, Texas, on Feb. 11. Campaign executive director Michael Glassner said, “As the President continues his fight to secure our border, there’s no better place to demonstrate that walls work than in El Paso.”
* February 6, 2019: Trump was reportedly looking to expand his 2020 communications team, interviewing candidates for positions ranging from communications director to press secretary according to CNBC.
* February 5, 2019: Washington Examiner reported on the different Republican factions interested in seeing a 2020 challenge to Trump: “First is those convinced fielding a primary challenger is the most viable game plan. Second is those inclined to back an independent candidate. A third group advocates for a unifying center-left Democrat — similar to the sort of centrist who captured suburban Republican voters in the midterm elections.” Read more here.
* February 4, 2019: The Associated Press reported on Trump’s local campaign efforts to prevent a primary challenge in 2020. “One early success for Trump's campaign was in Massachusetts, where Trump backer and former state Rep. Jim Lyons last month defeated the candidate backed by Massachusetts Republican Gov. Charlie Baker, a Trump critic, to serve as the state party chairman,” the article noted.

* January 2019 (click to expand)

#### January

* January 31, 2019: According to a filing with the Federal Election Commission, Trump began the year with $19.3 million in his campaign account.
* January 30, 2019: Sen. Cory Gardner, who opposed Trump in 2016, endorsed his re-election bid. “I know what Kamala Harris and I know what Bernie Sanders will do to Colorado, and that’s why I’ll be supporting the president,” he said. Another 2016 Trump critic, Sen. Rob Portman, also endorsed Trump.
* January 28, 2019: Donald Trump responded to Howard Schultz’s announcement that he might run for president as an independent candidate. He tweeted, “Howard Schultz doesn’t have the ‘guts’ to run for President! Watched him on @60Minutes last night and I agree with him that he is not the ‘smartest person.’ Besides, America already has that! I only hope that Starbucks is still paying me their rent in Trump Tower!”
* January 25, 2019: The Republican National Committee voted unanimously to pass a resolution giving its “undivided support for President Donald J. Trump and his effective Presidency.”

## Footnotes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
2. ↑ NBC News, "Full text: President Trump's 2020 RNC acceptance speech," August 28, 2020
3. ↑ The Washington Post, "Trump unveiled his reelection strategy at the World Series," October 31, 2019
4. ↑ Promises Kept, "Home," accessed January 17, 2020
5. ↑ White House, "Inaugural Address," January 20, 2017
6. ↑ Newsday, "Trump's top 10 successes of 2018," January 2, 2019
7. ↑ Business Insider, "Trump's biggest accomplishments and failures as president as he heads into a reelection year after impeachment," December 31, 2019
8. ↑ Donald J.Trump for President, "About Donald J. Trump," archived June 11, 2016
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 CNN.com, "Donald Trump Fast Facts," July 17, 2019
10. ↑ Business Insider, "What Donald Trump and 24 other successful people were doing right out of college," November 15, 2016
11. ↑ Time, “Donald Trump’s 16 Biggest Business Failures and Successes,” August 7, 2015
12. ↑ NBCNews.com, "NBC Cuts Business Ties with Donald Trump Over Immigration Remarks," June 30, 2015
13. ↑ NPR.org, "5 Things You Should Know About Donald Trump," June 16, 2015
14. ↑ Politifact.org, "Bush says Trump was a Democrat longer than a Republican 'in the last decade,'" August 24, 2015
15. ↑ Electors officially voted in state capitals throughout the country on December 19, 2016. Congress officially counted the votes of the electors and declared a winner on January 6, 2017. Click here for more.
16. ↑ Democracy in Action, "Organization," accessed November 4, 2019
17. ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Outside Spending," accessed September 22, 2015
18. ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Total Outside Spending by Election Cycle, All Groups," accessed September 22, 2015
19. ↑ National Review.com, "Why the Media Hate Super PACs," November 6, 2015
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 White House, "President Trump’s Historic Coronavirus Response," August 10, 2020
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 SCOTUSblog, "Trump releases new list of potential Supreme Court nominees," September 9, 2020
22. ↑ 2020 Presidential Campaign Blog, "President Donald Trump Releases List of Prospective Supreme Court Nominees," September 9, 2020
23. ↑ White House, "President Donald J. Trump’s Supreme Court List," November 17, 2017
24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Donald J. Trump, "Trump Campaign Announces President Trump's 2nd Term Agenda: Fighting for You!" August 23, 2020
25. ↑ Promises Kept, "Home," accessed October 16, 2020
26. ↑ Archive of Political Emails, "About," accessed September 16, 2019
27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 Vote Smart, "Government 101: United States Presidential Primary," accessed August 15, 2015

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