Donald Trump, Jr.

Donald Trump, Jr.
Basic facts
Organization:	Trump Organization
Role:	Executive Vice President
Education:	The Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania

Donald Trump, Jr. is an executive vice president at the Trump Organization.^[1] He is the son of President Donald Trump. Trump Jr. was also a member of Donald Trump's presidential transition team, a group of advisors tasked with recommending presidential appointments for the incoming administration.^[2]

Business career[edit]

Donald Trump, Jr. graduated from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania in 2000 with a degree in economics. He joined the Trump Organization in 2001.^[3][1]

According to the Trump Organization website, Donald Trump, Jr. is involved in deal evaluation, analysis, planning, construction, branding, marketing, operations, sales and leasing for Trump properties both in the United States and internationally.^[1]

On November 11, 2016, the Trump Organization released a statement that Donald Trump, Jr., along with Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump would take over the organization while their father serves as President of the United States. The statement read, "We are in the process of vetting various structures with the goal of the immediate transfer of management of The Trump Organization and its portfolio of businesses to Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric Trump along with a team of highly skilled executives."^[4]

Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016[edit]

See also: Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016

During Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, Trump Jr. actively campaigned for his father, giving speeches across the country and headlining a fundraiser for Rebuilding America Now, a pro-Trump super PAC.^[5][6]

Meeting with Russian lawyer[edit]

On June 9, 2016, Trump Jr., campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner held a meeting with Kremlin-connected lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, who promised Trump Jr. that she had damaging information about Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. According to The New York Times, Trump Jr. initially said the meeting was about adoptions of Russian children. He later issued a statement saying, "After pleasantries were exchanged the woman stated that she had information that individuals connected to Russia were funding the Democratic National Committee and supporting Mrs. Clinton. Her statements were vague, ambiguous and made no sense. No details or supporting information was provided or even offered. It quickly became clear that she had no meaningful information."^[7]

Contact with WikiLeaks[edit]

See also: WikiLeaks

In November 2017, The Atlantic reported that Trump Jr. and the Twitter account for WikiLeaks had been in contact during the presidential election. The article noted that Trump Jr. replied to at least one direct message from WikiLeaks in which the organization alerted Trump Jr. to the formation of a new anti-Trump group. Trump Jr. then forwarded the information to campaign chief Steve Bannon, campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, digital director Brad Parscale, and advisor Jared Kushner. Kushner passed the information to communications director Hope Hicks. WikiLeaks again contacted Trump Jr. with a link to search the site's leaks of DNC and Clinton-related emails. Trump Jr. tweeted the link out two days later.^[8]

After the story's publication, Trump Jr. acknowledged that he had been in contact with WikiLeaks and released the correspondence in a series of tweets on November 13, 2017.^[9][10][11]

Donald Trump presidential transition team, 2016-2017[edit]

See also: Donald Trump presidential transition team

Donald Trump Jr. was a member of Donald Trump's presidential transition team in his first presidential term. The transition team was a group of around 100 aides, policy experts, government affairs officials, and former government officials who were tasked with vetting, interviewing, and recommending individuals for top cabinet and staff roles in Trump's administration.^[2]

Republican National Convention[edit]

Donald Trump, Jr. was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from New York. Trump, Jr. was one of 89 delegates from New York bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.^[12] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.

Trump, Jr. announced the New York delegation's votes at the national convention, pushing Trump over the 1,237 votes needed to clinch the Republican nomination for president.

Delegate rules[edit]

See also: RNC delegate guidelines from New York, 2016 and Republican delegates from New York, 2016

At-large delegates from New York to the Republican National Convention were selected by the New York Republican State Committee and were awarded to presidential candidates based on the results of the New York Republican primary election on April 19, 2016. District-level delegates were elected in the state primary election. All New York delegates were bound on the first round of voting at the convention.

New York primary results[edit]

See also: Presidential election in New York, 2016

New York Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Delegates
Donald Trump	59.2%	554,522	89
John Kasich	24.7%	231,166	6
Ted Cruz	14.5%	136,083	0
Blank or void	1.6%	14,756	0
Totals		936,527	95
Source: The New York Times and New York State Board of Elections

Delegate allocation[edit]

See also: Republican National Convention, 2016 and 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules

New York had 95 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 81 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 27 congressional districts). New York's district delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the vote in a district in order to be eligible to receive a share of that district's delegates. The first place finisher in a district received two of that district's delegates and the second place finisher received one delegate. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a district, he or she received all of that district's delegates.^[13][14]

Of the remaining 14 delegates, 11 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to receive a share of the state's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.^[13][14]

Noteworthy events[edit]

Tested positive for coronavirus[edit]

See also: Politicians, candidates, and government officials diagnosed with or quarantined due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

On November 20, 2020, a spokesperson for Trump Jr. confirmed that he had tested positive for COVID-19 earlier that week.^[15]

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See also[edit]

• Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016
• Donald Trump presidential transition team
• Republican National Convention, 2016

External links[edit]

• Donald Trump, Jr. on Facebook
• Donald Trump, Jr. on Twitter

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