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Section sizes Section size for Donald Trump (92 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 9,437 9,437 Early life and education 4,487 4,487 Business career 149 35,304 Real estate 4,555 15,949 Manhattan and Chicago developments 6,170 6,170 Atlantic City casinos 3,610 3,610 Clubs 1,614 1,614 Licensing the Trump name 1,364 1,364 Side ventures 7,220 7,220 Foundation 5,025 5,025 Legal affairs and bankruptcies 2,315 2,315 Wealth 3,282 3,282 Media career 3,445 5,107 The Apprentice and The Celebrity Apprentice 1,662 1,662 Early political aspirations 4,690 4,690 2016 presidential election 18,373 18,373 First presidency (2017–2021) 903 176,444 Early actions 2,730 2,730 Conflicts of interest 3,372 3,372 Domestic policy 20,094 20,094 Race relations 6,430 6,430 Pardons and commutations 2,574 2,574 Immigration 3,112 20,420 Travel ban 4,347 4,347 Family separation at the border 6,269 6,269 Mexico–United States border wall and government shutdown 6,692 6,692 Foreign policy 2,859 36,931 Trade 2,517 2,517 Russia 4,226 4,226 East Asia 21 10,653 China, Hong Kong, Taiwan 4,914 4,914 North Korea 5,718 5,718 Middle East 23 16,676 Afghanistan 3,042 3,042 Israel 2,637 2,637 Saudi Arabia 2,229 2,229 Syria 4,758 4,758 Iran 3,987 3,987 Personnel 8,705 8,705 Judiciary 4,174 4,174 COVID-19 pandemic 291 30,415 Initial response 7,145 7,145 White House Coronavirus Task Force 4,747 4,747 World Health Organization 2,673 2,673 Pressure to abandon pandemic mitigation measures 7,799 7,799 Political pressure on health agencies 2,690 2,690 Outbreak at the White House 2,667 2,667 Effects on the 2020 presidential campaign 2,403 2,403 Investigations 1,079 26,089 Financial 3,111 3,111 Russian election interference 6,491 6,491 FBI Crossfire Hurricane and 2017 counterintelligence investigations 2,573 2,573 Mueller investigation 12,835 12,835 First impeachment 10,209 10,209 Second impeachment 3,398 3,398 2020 presidential election 34 23,357 Loss to Biden 6,907 15,674 Rejection of results 8,767 8,767 January 6 Capitol attack 7,649 7,649 Between presidencies (2021–2025) 5,214 29,173 Legal issues 21 23,959 Classified documents 4,968 4,968 2020 election 5,412 5,412 Criminal conviction in the 2016 campaign fraud case 7,103 7,103 Civil lawsuits and judgments 6,455 6,455 2024 presidential election 17,780 17,780 Second presidency (2025–present) 181 7,133 Early actions 4,990 4,990 Foreign policy 21 1,962 Trade 673 673 Middle East 20 1,268 Israel 1,248 1,248 Political practice and rhetoric 7,985 52,107 Racial and gender views 9,362 9,362 Link to violence and hate crimes 9,369 9,369 Conspiracy theories 3,317 3,317 Truthfulness 10,483 10,483 Social media 5,810 5,810 Relationship with the press 5,781 5,781 Personal life 18 7,710 Family 1,323 1,323 Health 3,697 3,697 Religion 2,672 2,672 Assessments 18 6,969 Public image 4,516 4,516 Scholarly rankings 2,435 2,435 Notes 136 136 References 30 30 Works cited 18 12,051 Books 3,217 3,217 Journals 8,816 8,816 External links 5,713 5,713 Total 416,001 416,001

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01. Use the official White House portrait as the infobox image. (Dec 2016, Jan 2017, Oct 2017, March 2020) (temporarily suspended by #19 following copyright issues on the inauguration portrait, enforced when an official public-domain portrait was released on 31 October 2017)

02. Show birthplace as "Queens, New York City, U.S." in the infobox. (Nov 2016, Oct 2018, Feb 2021) "New York City" de-linked. (September 2020)

03. Omit reference to county-level election statistics. (Dec 2016)

05. Use Trump's annual net worth evaluation and matching ranking, from the Forbes list of billionaires, not from monthly or "live" estimates. (Oct 2016) In the lead section, just write: Forbes estimates his net worth to be billion. (July 2018, July 2018) Removed from the lead per #47.

06. Do not include allegations of sexual misconduct in the lead section. (June 2016, Feb 2018)

09. Include a link to Trump's Twitter account in the "External links" section. (Jan 2017) Include a link to an archive of Trump's Twitter account in the "External links" section. (Jan 2021)

12. The article title is Donald Trump, not Donald J. Trump. (RM Jan 2017, RM June 2019)

13. Auto-archival is set for discussions with no comments for 7 days. Manual archival is allowed for (1) closed discussions, 24 hours after the closure, provided the closure has not been challenged, and (2) "answered" edit requests, 24 hours after the "answer", provided there has been no follow-on discussion after the "answer". (Jan 2017) (amended with respect to manual archiving, to better reflect common practice at this article) (Nov 2019)

14. Omit mention of Trump's alleged bathmophobia/fear of slopes. (Feb 2017)

22. Do not call Trump a "liar" in Misplaced Pages's voice. Falsehoods he uttered can be mentioned, while being mindful of calling them "lies", which implies malicious intent. (RfC Aug 2017, upheld by RfC July 2024)

25. In citations, do not code the archive-related parameters for sources that are not dead. (Dec 2017, March 2018)

26. Do not include opinions by Michael Hayden and Michael Morell that Trump is a "useful fool manipulated by Moscow" or an "unwitting agent of the Russian Federation". (RfC April 2018)

27. State that Trump falsely claimed that Hillary Clinton started the Barack Obama birther rumors. (April 2018, June 2018)

28. Include, in the Wealth section, a sentence on Jonathan Greenberg's allegation that Trump deceived him in order to get on the Forbes 400 list. (June 2018, June 2018)

29. Include material about the Trump administration family separation policy in the article. (June 2018)

30. Supersedes #24. The lead includes: "Many of his comments and actions have been characterized as racially charged or racist." (RfC Sep 2018, Oct 2018, RfC May 2019)

31. Do not mention Trump's office space donation to Jesse Jackson's Rainbow/Push Coalition in 1999. (Nov 2018)

32. Omit from the lead the fact that Trump is the first sitting U.S. president to meet with a North Korean supreme leader. (RfC July 2018, Nov 2018)

33. Do not mention "birtherism" in the lead section. (RfC Nov 2018)

34. Refer to Ivana Zelníčková as a Czech model, with a link to Czechs (people), not Czechoslovakia (country). (Jan 2019)

37. Resolved: Content related to Trump's presidency should be limited to summary-level about things that are likely to have a lasting impact on his life and/or long-term presidential legacy. If something is borderline or debatable, the resolution does not apply. (June 2019)

38. Do not state in the lead that Trump is the wealthiest U.S. president ever. (RfC June 2019)

39. Supersedes #21 and #36. Do not include any paragraph regarding Trump's mental health or mental fitness for office. Do not bring up for discussion again until an announced formal diagnosis or WP:MEDRS-level sources are provided. This does not preclude bringing up for discussion whether to include media coverage relating to Trump's mental health and fitness. This does not prevent inclusion of content about temperamental fitness for office. (RfC Aug 2019, July 2021)

40. Include, when discussing Trump's exercise or the lack thereof: He has called golfing his "primary form of exercise", although he usually does not walk the course. He considers exercise a waste of energy, because he believes the body is "like a battery, with a finite amount of energy" which is depleted by exercise. (RfC Aug 2019)

41. Omit book authorship (or lack thereof) from the lead section. (RfC Nov 2019)

42. House and Senate outcomes of the impeachment process are separated by a full stop. For example: He was impeached by the House on December 18, 2019, for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. He was acquitted of both charges by the Senate on February 5, 2020. (Feb 2020)

43. The rules for edits to the lead are no different from those for edits below the lead. For edits that do not conflict with existing consensus: Prior consensus is NOT required. BOLD edits are allowed, subject to normal BRD process. The mere fact that an edit has not been discussed is not a valid reason to revert it. (March 2020)

44. The lead section should mention North Korea, focusing on Trump's meetings with Kim and some degree of clarification that they haven't produced clear results. (RfC May 2020)

46. Use the caption "Official portrait, 2017" for the infobox image. (Aug 2020, Jan 2021)

47. Do not mention Trump's net worth or Forbes ranking (or equivalents from other publications) in the lead, nor in the infobox. (Sep 2020)

48. Supersedes #45. Trump's reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic should be mentioned in the lead section. There is no consensus on specific wording, but the status quo is Trump reacted slowly to the COVID-19 pandemic; he minimized the threat, ignored or contradicted many recommendations from health officials, and promoted false information about unproven treatments and the availability of testing. (Oct 2020, RfC Aug 2020)

49. Supersedes #35. Include in lead: Trump has made many false and misleading statements during his campaigns and presidency, to a degree unprecedented in American politics. (Dec 2020)

50. Supersedes #17. The lead sentence is: Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. (March 2021), amended (July 2021), inclusion of politician (RfC September 2021)

51. Include in the lead that many of Trump's comments and actions have been characterized as misogynistic. (Aug 2021 and Sep 2021)

52. Supersedes #23. The lead should contain a summary of Trump's actions on immigration, including the Muslim travel ban (cf. item 23), the wall, and the family separation policy. (September 2021)

53. The lead should mention that Trump promotes conspiracy theories. (RfC October 2021)

54. Include in the lead that, quote, Scholars and historians rank Trump as one of the worst presidents in U.S. history. (RfC October 2021) Amended after re-election: After his first term, scholars and historians ranked Trump as one of the worst presidents in American history. (November 2024)

55. Regarding Trump's comments on the 2017 far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, do not wiki-link "Trump's comments" in this manner. (RfC December 2021)

56. Retain the content that Trump never confronted Putin over its alleged bounties against American soldiers in Afghanistan but add context. Current wording can be altered or contextualized; no consensus was achieved on alternate wordings. (RfC November 2021) Trump's expressions of doubt regarding the Russian Bounties Program should be included in some capacity, though there there is no consensus on a specific way to characterize these expressed doubts. (RfC March 2022)

57. Do not mention in the lead Gallup polling that states Trump's the only president to never reach 50% approval rating. (RfC January 2022)

58. Use inline citations in the lead for the more contentious and controversial statements. Editors should further discuss which sentences would benefit from having inline citations. (RfC May 2022, discussion on what to cite May 2022)

59. Do not label or categorize Trump as a far-right politician. (RfC August 2022)

60. Insert the links described in the RfC January 2023.

61. When a thread is started with a general assertion that the article is biased for or against Trump (i.e., without a specific, policy-based suggestion for a change to the article), it is to be handled as follows:

1. Reply briefly with a link to Talk:Donald Trump/Response to claims of bias, optionally using its shortcut, WP:TRUMPRCB.
2. Close the thread using {{archive top}} and {{archive bottom}}, referring to this consensus item.
3. Wait at least 24 hours per current consensus #13.
4. Manually archive the thread.

This does not apply to posts that are clearly in bad faith, which are to be removed on sight. (May 2023)

62. The article's description of the five people who died during and subsequent to the January 6 Capitol attack should avoid a) mentioning the causes of death and b) an explicit mention of the Capitol Police Officer who died. (RfC July 2023)

63. Supersedes #18. The alma mater field of the infobox reads: "University of Pennsylvania (BS)". (September 2023)

64. Omit the {{Very long}} tag. (January 2024)

65. Mention the Abraham Accords in the article; no consensus was achieved on specific wordings. (RfC February 2024)

66. Omit {{infobox criminal}}. (RfC June 2024)

67. The "Health" section includes: "Trump says he has never drunk alcohol, smoked cigarettes, or used drugs. He sleeps about four or five hours a night." (February 2021)

Include mention of Trumpism in lead of article

Currently, Trumpism is only mentioned as a link in a "See also" under the section "Campaign rhetoric and political positions." Irrespective of Trump, I believe that any figure that has an entire ideology named after them should have that ideology mentioned in an article's lead. BootsED (talk) 21:59, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Trumpism is used ironically or imprecisely in various sources, but it is not a well-enough defined term to be considered an ideology. SPECIFICO talk 03:46, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

"Trumpism" isn't coherent enough to be an actual ideology. It's just "Trump said it so I'm gonna cheer" even if what he says in one sentence is completely contradictory towards what he said in the previous one. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 18:17, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Trumpism has been used to describe an ideology, political movement, and the overall personal style of Donald Trump. However, I do believe that it is significant enough to include a mention in the lead. A quick Google search of Trumpism will include links to hundreds of articles, academic journals, and reputable sources that talk about it and its impacts on American politics. Trump has in many ways redefined and captured the Republican Party and oversaw major shifts in American politics to an unprecedented degree.

To that end, I believe that we should add in a brief sentence after "During the campaign, his political positions were described as populist, protectionist, isolationist, and nationalist" stating:

 His rise created a political movement known as ].

This would be similar to how Reaganomics/Reaganism is included in the lead of Ronald Reagan's page, even though Reaganism is limited to an economic angle, while Trumpism is more in line with a political movement and ideological angle. Trumpism has been a major force making the Republican Party more populist, and I believe that this unique movement deserves mention within the lead of the article. BootsED (talk) 23:12, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

What do those academic sources say? Isn't MAGA the most common reterm for what you describe? SPECIFICO talk 23:23, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Trumpism appears to be the preferred term among academics rather than "MAGA" itself. A search in JSTOR filtered to include only research reports brought up more relevant results with Trumpism than with MAGA. Another article by the Cambridge American Political Science Review found that "Partisan terms indicating identification with Trumpism (e.g., “Trump,” “MAGA”) are more frequent than those referencing the Republican Party itself" when it came to social media. So yes, MAGA can refer to Trumpism, but Trumpism seems to be the preferred term under which "MAGA" is identified. MAGA is also a political campaign slogan, which might partly be why Trumpism is seen as more fitting for academic use. BootsED (talk) 03:56, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

The lead section is a summary of the most important contents of the article, and this article doesn't—and shouldn't, IMO—mention Trumpism. According to its WP article, people have widely differing opinions on what Trumpism is; some dispute that it exists. As for "Reaganomics", the Reagan article uses the term in scare quotes in the lead and the body. It's GOP PR for Reagan's economic policies that were either great or awful, depending on whom you ask. Space4Time3Continuum2x (cowabunga) 16:31, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

As other have said, its not really a coherent movement, but by the same token, it maybe what he ends up being remembered for. Slatersteven (talk) 16:36, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

One more interesting piece of information, WP has an entire category for Trumpism, with Donald Trump listed within that category. Vivek Ramaswamy's WP page also has him in the Trumpism category, not to mention the page List of politicians associated with Trumpism which I think shows how Trumpism has spread beyond Donald Trump himself, and is further indication of its importance to mention in the lead of the article. If the consensus is against putting it in the lead, I believe that it should at least be more explicitly mentioned within the body of the article itself beyond the current "See also" mention, most potentially as a sentence within the "Campaign rhetoric and political positions" section at the end of the first paragraph. Again, there are many academic journals that talk about the impact Trumpism has had on American politics and the Republican Party writ large. BootsED (talk) 20:20, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

The sources you linked are interesting but don't show widespread use in mainstream peer-reviewed scholarly sources. Based on your knowledge of the term and its application, how would you describe "trumpism" in a sentence or two? SPECIFICO talk 20:55, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

I'm not sure how best to describe Trumpism beyond what I have already stated. The WP page on Trumpism provides a broad description of the term and its uses, and itself links to many sources describing the phenomenon. The Cambridge Dictionary defines a basic version of the term. I respectfully disagree with your assertion that the "sources you linked are interesting but don't show widespread use in mainstream peer-reviewed scholarly sources." There is widespread use of the term in academic peer reviewed sources. Let me link to this one, or this one, or this one, or this one, or this one, or this one, or this one, or this one, or this one. Some good definitions of Trumpism include, "Generalized structural equation modeling (GSEM) of 2021 US survey data tests Trumpism (approval of ex-president Trump) as an emergent political-identity indicator, descendant from the classical divisions by party and ideology but exerting its own distinct influence" from this resource or "We argue that Trumpism is a disunifying symbol in our respondents’ self-narratives. Specifically, right-leaning collegians use Trumpism to draw distinctions over the appropriate meaning of conservatism" from this resource. As you can see, Trumpism is a new self-identifying label among certain identity groups wholly independent of mainstream conservativism brought into existence by Donald Trump. One interesting point on this is former Speaker Newt Gingrich giving a speech hosted by the Heritage Foundation on "Understanding Trump and Trumpism" which shows the widespread adoption of this term even within leading conservative thought circles. With that said, Trumpism therefore deserves greater mention within the body of this article itself, and preferably a mention in the lead of this article. BootsED (talk) 22:57, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Well there's no disputing that it's a turn of phrase. But the sources you have found are not really very strong, I think trumism - while notable as a matter of language and speech -- is not a well-defined policy or course of action that goes beyond him personally, changing every time he speaks, that would add to readers' understanding of him on this bio page. SPECIFICO talk 23:47, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

The first link above does have some engaging language, -- "unimpeded horizontality" etc. but it also has a link "click here to join our editorial board" -- that makes it look like an artifact of a biased google search. Interestingly, the linked essays don't appear to have clear definitions of their own, despite lots more fancy language from the academic study of communications -- "discursive ambiguity" etc. Because we have a WP page on Trumpism, there might be no harm giving it a one-sentence mention as a term of speech somewhere in the Rhetoric section, where we already have a see also link. The main point is that Trumpism is a communications phenomenon ratheer than a political ideology. SPECIFICO talk 13:00, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

I recommend not putting 'Trumpism' in the lead of this BLP. GoodDay (talk) 23:08, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

I think that there is more than enough coverage of the topic to warrant further mention in the body. Do you have a wording in mind for something that could potentially go in the lead? Cessaune 03:10, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Besides the one you inculded which I find kinda 'meh'. Cessaune 05:06, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Party Political Offices

@Woodensuperman: Why did you move the navbox, if that is the correct name, "Office and distinctions" into the prominent position above the other ones? Was that intentional? The new title "Party Political Positions" isn't an improvement either, IMO. Space4Time3Continuum2x (cowabunga) 12:35, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

They were succession boxes hidden inside navbox markup. That is incorrect usage of the functionality. Navboxes and succession boxes are two separate things and we should not be using a hybrid of both when succession boxes have their own method to collapse. --woodensuperman 13:11, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

I just looked at Trump's predecessors Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. They're all using navboxes with succession tables for various political offices. Space4Time3Continuum2x (cowabunga) 13:41, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

They are using the markup incorrectly then. That's not a good reason not to correct it here. --woodensuperman 13:42, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Is there a WP/MOS rule on this? There must be hundreds of articles using this "incorrect" format then. I just looked at some random U.S. senators' articles. Space4Time3Continuum2x (cowabunga) 14:05, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

I'm not sure there needs to be an MoS for this, it seems to me fairly obvious that navboxes should use navbox markup and succession boxes should be using succession markup! Perhaps someone didn't like the way that succession boxes are formatted and decided to hide them within navboxes and others have followed suit. Personally, I'm not a fan of succession boxes (or excessive navboxes for that matter), but shouldn't we be using the tools properly? Anyway, maybe WP:SBS? --woodensuperman 14:21, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Also, note that anything hidden in navbox markup cannot be seen on a mobile device. --woodensuperman 14:28, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Fascism

There, I said it.

Everyone knows Trump has always used incendiary rhetoric, which many have observed that in some cases comes real close to fascist-speak. Until recently, reliable sources have apparently determined the rhetoric does not quite cross the line for them to report it as such. But this has changed in recent weeks as Trump has sharply escalated his rhetoric, such that multiple reliable sources have now explicitly reported his rhetoric echoes that of fascists such as Mussolini and Hitler. And now significant reporting has emerged about plans he and his allies are making for a second term. This NYT lede alone is particularly stunning in drawing historical parallels to fascism:

Former President Donald J. Trump is planning an extreme expansion of his first-term crackdown on immigration if he returns to power in 2025 — including preparing to round up undocumented people already in the United States on a vast scale and detain them in sprawling camps while they wait to be expelled.

And there's a lot more than that. I believe the sourcing is now sufficiently DUE for this to be mentioned in the BLP and not merely relegated exclusively to his 2024 campaign article. soibangla (talk) 23:53, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

There continues to be an overriding NPOV fail on this page in its presumption that Trump was a successful businessman and a patriotic politician. These are not thecurrent views of the best RS. SPECIFICO talk 00:39, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

I suggest this be discussed to elicit compelling reason why I should not restore this edit:

In the fall of 2023, Trump drew criticism for stating undocumented immigrants were "poisoning the blood of our country" and characterizing his political opponents as "vermin." The statements echoed dehumanizing rhetoric of white supremacists and fascist dictators such as Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler. Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung sought to downplay the significance of the remarks, saying of critics that "their sad, miserable existence will be crushed when President Trump returns to the White House."

soibangla (talk) 07:44, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

(The better term is "Nazi rhetoric", and I used it at Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign.) "In the fall of 2023" is still a year away from the election, WP:NOTNEWS. What’s the enduring notability of Trump and his spokesman/campaign spokesman’s unfiltered speeches, and do we want to turn this article or the 2024 campaign article into a platform for every outrageous thing Trump/his campaign utters until the 2024 election? He’s now playing high school auditoriums with a capacity of a few hundred, not convention centers. He’ll repeat the material his rally attendees love, and he’ll say anything that will get him headlines in the "fake news" — it’s going to be a long year. Space4Time3Continuum2x (cowabunga) 11:40, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

This should be reinstated but in a very summarised trimmed way, just mentioning "vermin" and "crushed" and that it's Nazi rhetoric. It bears mention but it's little more than a way to get attention, and we shouldn't focus on that at the expense of covering his overtly authoritarian 2024 plans (Agenda 47, Project 2025; deploying the military against civilians and replacing the executive branch with loyalists). We could do all this in fewer words than what's being proposed for reinstatement. DFlhb (talk) 11:57, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

"Nazi rhetoric" seems unduly inflammatory and less on point than "fascist rhetoric" - the cited sources do make the connection with Nazi wording - our users can see that from the cited sources - but "Nazi rhetoric" gets close to the kind of labeling that we try to avoid and that is likely to alienate readers without giving broader context. SPECIFICO talk 14:12, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Agree that avoiding the word Nazi is the better part of valor. Mentioning Hitler and Mussolini is also problematic, no matter how accurate. Just mentioning Mussolini I think works better. Fascists of the mid-20th century is another option. Has to be some way of saying Nazi without using the word. O3000, Ret. (talk) 14:49, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, that's better - DFlhb (talk) 15:09, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

"poisoning the blood of our country" The statement reflects Nativism in United States politics, which has centuries of history in that xenophobic country. The main article cites xenophobic texts and policies by the politicians Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton in the 18th century as the foundations of American nativism. Dimadick (talk) 16:13, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

It`s text book Know Nothing politics Anonymous8206 (talk) 03:00, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

can we move toward a consensus on phrasing and inclusion? here's another source: "Trump's Dire Words Raise New Fears About His Authoritarian Bent". The New York Times. November 20, 2023.

Recommend the proposed paragraph be placed in the his 2024 campaign page. If he becomes US president on January 20, 2025 & then implements or attempts to implement such policies? then we could add the paragraph here. GoodDay (talk) 20:59, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Trump currently presents these totalitarian, xenophobic narratives and the agenda of converting the US government to his personal instrument of retribution against whomever he chooses. It is his personal core. It is extensively sourced and discussed in secondary and tertiary RS. It should be prominently placed in this page. The question is whether the proposed wording should be inserted or whether it can first be improved. SPECIFICO talk 21:03, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

The US Constitution is the law of the land, not the president. GoodDay (talk) 21:06, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

That is unintelligible. Please read recent references and comment on the arguments in this thread. SPECIFICO talk 01:38, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

I already have read them. Again, the proposed paragraph belongs in the Trump's 2024 prez campaign page, not here. GoodDay (talk) 02:04, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

This relates to the man. We don't need to wait for a second presidency to include significant well-souurced content about the man that is known now. soibangla (talk) 21:24, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

I disagree. This relates to a potential second term in the White House, for Trump. GoodDay (talk) 21:48, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Let's say this is about anyone but Trump. Would you agree that with the extensive reliable sourcing here that this rhetoric would and should be included in anyone else's BLP? soibangla (talk) 22:16, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

If this was about (for example) Joe Biden? I would recommend such a paragraph be added to Biden's 2024 campaign page, not Biden's bio page. GoodDay (talk) 22:22, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Even if the person has a long history of highly incendiary rhetoric that multiple reliable sources now explicitly report has crossed into the realm of fascism, regardless of his presidential candidacy? soibangla (talk) 22:41, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

His promises/proposals belong in his 2024 campaign page & again, what he believes he can do & what he can actually do, are different things. GoodDay (talk) 22:47, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

"poisoning the blood of our country" and "vermin" are not campaign promises/proposals, they are dehumanizing rhetoric that are classic tells of fascism, as multiple reliable sources have reported. soibangla (talk) 23:08, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Again, the statements belong in his 2024 campaign page. I think we few have given our input on this. So, it's best to allow others to give their input, as a circular discussion, just goes... in circles. GoodDay (talk) 23:11, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

GoodDay, that objection is basically the same as the false and failed claims of the American right that claims Trump's incitements, coded calls to calumny, and extra-constitutional aspirations are just good ol' American Free Speech. Those claims are widespread, from Trump to his rotating set of defense attorneys to the far-right social media. So it is not merely about what might occur in the future. There have been multiple arrests for attacks, planned attacks and other crimes incited by Trump's rhetoric after he was no longer president. See Attack on Paul Pelosi. SPECIFICO talk 16:03, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

My position hasn't changed, concerning whether the proposed paragraph should be added to this BLP or not. However, I foresee this discussion devolving into unpleasant areas. Therefore, I'm going to stand aside & allow the content dispute to continue forward, by others. GoodDay (talk) 16:15, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

How does it not relate to the present time ? it needs to be in the article Anonymous8206 (talk) 21:56, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

soibangla, the NYT lede fails rs, per WP:NEWSORG. It's hyperbole. It's not what fascism experts say. TFD (talk) 03:23, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

did you take a deep dive into the first NYT article, it's a major article, and dive into the second NYT article I've cited here to see remarks by people such as Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Jennifer Mercieca? have you googled Trump fascist rhetoric? soibangla (talk) 04:19, 22 November 2023 (UTC)::How does it not relate to the present time ? it needs to be in the article Anonymous8206 (talk) 21:56, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Jon Meacham: "To call your opponent 'vermin,' to dehumanize them, is to not only open the door but to walk through the door toward the most ghastly kinds of crimes."

Michael Beschloss: "Please tell us if this reminds you of any earlier historical figure."

Jason Stanley, author of How Fascism Works: "It doesn't echo 'Mein Kampf.' This is textbook 'Mein Kampf' ... Trump's comments are remarkably evocative particularly of Hitler's rants against Marxists and socialists -- Hitler also decried pro-democratic forces as Marxist ... took it that Jews were behind the international left, Marxism, communism, but his real target was democracy. This overbroad use of Marxism to target basically any political opponent, this is familiar from fascism and the way you attack democracy. And of course labeling your political opponents vermin, yeah, I mean the Nazis targeted their political opponents, they targeted them for incarceration and concentration camps."

Ruth Ben-Ghiat: "There are echoes of fascist rhetoric, and they’re very precise. The overall strategy is an obvious one of dehumanizing people so that the public will not have as much of an outcry at the things that you want to do ... calling people 'vermin' was used effectively by Hitler and Mussolini to dehumanize people and encourage their followers to engage in violence ... Trump is also using projection: note that he mentions all kinds of authoritarians 'communists, Marxists, fascists and the radical left' to set himself up as the deliverer of freedom. Mussolini promised freedom to his people too and then declared dictatorship." soibangla (talk) 04:59, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Jennifer Mercieca: "He describes a world of threats and a nation that is humiliated - he claims that there is danger everywhere and he's the only one who can provide safety - he claims that his opposition are enemies who cheat. Those are the classic arguments of fascism." soibangla (talk) 05:24, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Timothy Naftali: "The language is the language that dictators use to instill fear. When you dehumanize an opponent, you strip them of their constitutional rights to participate securely in a democracy because you’re saying they’re not human. That’s what dictators do."

Public Religion Research Institute: "What we have witnessed from Trump over the last few weeks is something new," said Robert Jones, founder of the Public Religion Research Institute, or PRRI. "Trump has clearly crossed into the domain of Nazi ideology openly."

Brian Klaas: "I study the breakdown of democracy, and I don’t know how to say this more clearly: We are sleepwalking towards authoritarianism, and people are not waking up to this."

Stephen Miller: "Any activists who doubt President Trump's resolve in the slightest are making a drastic error: Trump will unleash the vast arsenal of federal powers to implement the most spectacular migration crackdown. The immigration legal activists won't know what's happening."

"How Trump's rhetoric compares with Hitler's". The Washington Post. November 13, 2023. soibangla (talk) 07:20, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Fascism is the subject of extensive academic study. Tens of thousands of books and academic papers have been written about it. People write PhD papers about fascism, become professors, write academic papers and books. The academic community then decides which views are most credible and which scholars are most authoritative. IOW it's a real academic area of study, no different from any other.

Some of the people you mention are noted fascism scholars and none of your sources was published in an article or book in the academic press.

Jennifer Mercieca is a scholar of rhetoric. Jacob Urowsky is a professor of philosophy whose book was published by Random House, which is not an academic publisher.

See Is Trump a fascist? 8 experts weigh in (Dylan Matthews, Vox Oct 23, 2020). It says, "Call him a kleptocrat, an oligarch, a xenophobe, a racist, even an authoritarian. But he doesn’t quite fit the definition of a fascist."

The experts include Roger Griffin, Robert Paxton, Stanley Payne, who are among the top ten if not the top five fascism scholars.

Also, note that the article mentions Jason Stanley and Ruth Ben-Ghiat, whom you quote in support of your thesis. But note the article says they have both said Trump is not a fascist.

You need to show us a textbook that says there is consensus among fascism scholars that Trump is a fascist. In the meantime you are doing what climate change deniers do. They present non-significant scientists, editorials and distortions of expert sources to support a predetermined conclusion. TFD (talk) 03:37, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

I have noted over the years that in certain instances you insist on academic research papers to substantiate content, when that is rarely the norm of what we do here. Rather, we overwhelmingly rely on contemporaneous reliable sources. And what we have here is subject matter experts quoted in reliable sources, right here and now. Moreover, this is not a matter of whether Trump is a fascist, but rather whether his rhetoric reflects that of fascists. soibangla (talk) 05:11, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

BTW, Robert Paxton whom you cite in 2021 wrote an op-ed for Newsweek in which he stated that he now believed Donald Trump was a fascist, after insisting for several years that he was instead a right-wing populist soibangla (talk) 05:53, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

What part of this article meets that textbook standard? ~None. SPECIFICO talk 09:07, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Different types of sources are required for different types of claims. Rather than recite them all, let me point to the common sense approach to this. Articles should only refer to people as fascists if that is the academic consensus. The best way to determine this is to consult textbooks, but articles that poll leading experts such as the Vox article or the earlier one for History can be useful.

Note that I am not recommending that the Vox article be used as a source. I am merely citing it as evidence that your opinion is contrary to expert opinion.

Paxton wrote an editorial for the NYT saying that his opinion on Trump had changed after 1/6. However, he has not written a paper on this and remains an outlier.

Calling one's political opponents fascists is very common. It is however offensive because it trivializes fascism. Fascists were responsible for WWII and the Holocaust, leading to the deaths of tens of millions of people. They suspended parliament, banned rival political parties, locked up or killed opponents, censored the press and had gangs terrorize local populations. However odious the Trump administration might have been, that didn't happen, at least not to any significant degree.

When you trivialize fascism, you help its rehabilitation. If everyone is a fascist then no one is a fascist. This is exactly what the gun lobby does when it harps on about gun control in Nazi Germany.

I don't understand why, with so many actual facts you can use to criticize Trump, you rely on the argumentum ad hitlerum. This type of hyperbole is more likely to backfire than persuade and is best avoided. TFD (talk) 11:39, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

This is getting considerably away from the proposed article content. There's lots of RS detail about the efforts of Trump's current entourage to source and vet prospective appointees who, like various now-charged January 6 defendants and disgraced former Trump advisors, would support, enable, and execute presidential actions adverse to the American core. This thread is not about labeling Trump a "fascist" at the top of the lead. SPECIFICO talk 15:49, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Please note that all the references I provided above are from this month. The Vox piece you cite is from three years ago. You also mention some fascism experts who wrote their major work decades ago and appear retired now. Things have changed. The proposal here relates to the change in Trump's rhetoric in recent weeks, on which subject matter experts have been quoted in publications here and now, rather than academics writing papers that get peer-reviewed and published years later.

As SPECIFICO notes, there is no proposal here to label Trump a fascist. No one is suggesting the lead should say Donald J. Trump is a fascist who was the 45th president of the United States. It's about his rhetoric. As it stands, nowhere in this article is his authoritarian rhetoric even mentioned, despite it being extensively written about for several years. The article says "Trump's political positions and rhetoric were right-wing populist," with sources from 2+ years ago. Nowhere in the article does rule of law appear.

June 2016: Donald Trump Could Threaten U.S. Rule of Law, Scholars Say. Donald J. Trump’s blustery attacks on the press, complaints about the judicial system and bold claims of presidential power collectively sketch out a constitutional worldview that shows contempt for the First Amendment, the separation of powers and the rule of law, legal experts across the political spectrum say.

And now many reliable sources, supported by modern fascism and rhetoric academics, report his rhetoric now reflects that of Mussolini and Hitler. soibangla (talk) 05:25, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

His authoritarian rhetoric and lack of respect for the rule of law both definitely deserve mention, along with what I suggested in my first comment. DFlhb (talk) 08:14, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

The article already says, "During the campaign, his political positions were described as populist, protectionist, isolationist, and nationalist...Trump promoted conspiracy theories and made many false and misleading statements during his campaigns and presidency, to a degree unprecedented in American politics. Many of his comments and actions have been characterized as racially charged or racist and many as misogynistic."

That description has similarities to Fascism and Nazism. It also makes him comparable to contemporaries such as Duterte, Modi, Putin, Viktor Orban, Meloni, Javier Milei, LePen and Bolsonaro.

But it also has similarities with nativist and other movements throughout U.S. history: the Salem witch hunts, the Sons of Liberty, Andrew Jackson, Know Nothings, Copperheads, Klansmen, anti-Communists, Birchers, etc. These are more likely to be influences on Trumpism than foreign ideologies.

There are rs making these comparisons. However, if the article makes comparisons of Trump and Fascism/Nazism, then it should write about all the comparisons made in proportion to their support in rs. We must not give greater prominence to Hitler than Andrew Jackson, just because Hitler is less popular with the U.S. public.

TFD (talk) 14:20, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

That completely ignores the subject of this thread, the prominent awareness an RS discussion of his agenda to implement extra-legal powers by installing select agents in his second term. SPECIFICO talk 16:45, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

You might be confusing this tread with another one. This thread is called "fascism" and is introduced with Trump's "rhetoric echoes that of fascists such as Mussolini and Hitler." There's also mention of a crackdown on immigration, although it's unclear how this relates to Mussolini and Hitler.

I haven't read about the "select agents." Has this been covered in news media? TFD (talk) 20:36, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

Kudos for sharing that you have not been reading recent secondary and tertiary sourcing about Trump's current campaign, current statements, and current staff activities. ANS: yes. If you're interested in getting up to speed with how he's projecting himself and his vision for the future, there are numerous daily, periodical and book format references on that. This thread is discussing how best to convey their descriptions and, in some cases, revelations. SPECIFICO talk 21:24, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

The content is widely covered by several reliable sources that quote contemporary fascism/rhetoric academics who explicitly liken the Trump rhetoric to fascism, specifically that of Hitler and Mussolini. No one is proposing this be included in the lead, as is the language you cited above. Characterizations like "populist, protectionist, isolationist, and nationalist" should explicitly include "authoritarian," as this has been attributed to him for several years. The current language, indeed the entire article, ignores the elephant in the room. It is passive POV by omission.

My edit was deep in the article, as the matter arose during his 2024 campaign. It is by no means prominently placed. It is notable that Trump's spokesman said of anyone making such comparisons that "their sad, miserable existence will be crushed when President Trump returns to the White House."

I am aware there is a long history of people calling others they hate "fascists" and "communists," which sets up a "cry wolf" dilemma, but that's not what is happening here. It's not people screaming on Twitter. This is highly reliable sources going through rigorous editorial controls to report this. soibangla (talk) 18:23, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

Neutrality says that opinions reported in the article should reflect the weight in rs articles about the topic, in this case Donald Trump. It's not enough to show that Trump's rhetoric has been compared to Hitler's, but that it is a significant aspect of the topic as reported in rs.

Comparing political opponents with Hitler is pretty hackneyed by now, which is probably why rs don't give it the degree of attention to merit inclusion, per weight. You see the argumentum ad hitlerum more frequently in right-wing sources, whether it's about gun control, abortion or even unisex restrooms. TFD (talk) 20:53, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

Again, have you googled Trump fascist rhetoric? Do I need to list even more RS and experts than I already have? That sourcing alone would almost certainly be sufficient for inclusion of this content in anyone else's BLP. I just explained that this is not the usual phenomenon of people calling each other Nazis on message boards and podcasts, it's many reliable sources reporting on the man's rhetoric. It is "clearly fascistic," says Peter Wehner. soibangla (talk) 21:07, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

Perhaps this discussion should be widened via RFC soibangla (talk) 21:27, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

I don't think we are at the point where an RfC is going to help. Some editors are up to date on RS narratives and others have not yet seen them, before somebody takes the time and trouble to produce even more references, e.g the ones at "stephen miller 2024" "trump retribution" "trump kelly" etc. It's beyond me why the most elaborate opinions here are based on the least familiarity with recent sources, but that's nothing new. SPECIFICO talk 22:14, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

NOTNEWS? NPOV? RS? I seriously doubt that news reports about Trump in the last few weeks have had a major change on how you or anyone else perceives him. Can you explain what you now think about Trump that you didn't several weeks ago? Or do you just have more ammunition for your opinions? TFD (talk) 13:59, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

No I didn''t google Trump fascist rhetoric because I don't begin with what I think should be in the article and search for it, but instead use reliable sources to determine what should be in the article. Please read the policy on neutrality. What weight if any an aspect of the topic should receive is not based on the political biases of editors. If it were, then the content would be determined by the relative number of editors who were MAGA Republicans or Resistance Democrats.

You should thank your stars that rs are already negative toward the subject so you don't have to google search for additional negative material to add. TFD (talk) 13:54, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

well ok then. anybody else want to join this discussion? soibangla (talk) 17:07, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

There appears to be no opposition based on the sources, so I think you could proceed to implement article text. SPECIFICO talk 17:17, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Soibangla, I'd recommend not adding the proposed paragraph, without a consensus to do so. Perhaps, you should consider opening an RFC instead. We're inching closer to the official opening of the 2024 US presidential campaign & such proposals need as wide an input as possible. GoodDay (talk) 17:36, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

This page has thousands of page watchers, with no meaningful dissent. No, we donxt need RfCs on each and every sourced content improvement. SPECIFICO talk 18:04, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

I oppose soibangla's text above.

1. ...dehumanizing rhetoric is both a MOS:EGG and a MOS:SEAOFBLUE. (It really, really ticks me off that no one has pointed that out, for various reasons.)
2. Fascist, sure. It is clearly supported by reliable sources. Nazi? Not so fast. No matter how accurate, I oppose Nazi. I also oppose comparing him to Hitler or Mussolini in Wikivoice.

Cessaune 17:59, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

multiple sources say "dehumanizing rhetoric" but rhetoric can be dewikilinked here if that will address your concern. multiple sources explicitly relate the rhetoric to Hitler, Mussolini and Nazis, so is that in wikivoice? soibangla (talk) 18:22, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Cessaune, does my reply mitigate your concerns? soibangla (talk) 23:01, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

You have to go back to the far-right authoritarians in the 1930s in Europe or in 1970s Latin America to find the kind of dehumanizing and violent language that Trump is starting to consistently use

said Harvard professor Steven Levitsky, co-author of How Democracies Die about how elected leaders can gradually subvert the democratic process to increase their power. soibangla (talk) 23:55, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Also, this and this SPECIFICO talk 19:15, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

I would like to see more participation in this discussion, but lacking it I will seek to widen participation via RFC by Wednesday. soibangla (talk) 05:49, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

• Lasting impact, coverage in RS? So far, we have a couple of speeches and a TruthSocial post. I think we should keep this in Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign for now. Trump is revisiting all of the highlights (lowlights?) of his two prior campaigns with plans/threats/promises to turn the presidency into a dictatorship. Space4Time3Continuum2x (cowabunga) 15:37, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

  Recent developments are quite distinct from any plans articulated in his prior campaigns. Even his election denial in 2020-21 was couched in terms of the American legal process and remedies, albeit tenuous and ultimately resolved as vacuous. The current plans are to dismantle the civil service, staff the executive branch with anti-constitutionalists, and politicize the American military for Trump's personal goals -- among other things reported in RS including the several linked on this talk page. SPECIFICO talk 16:00, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Noticed that twice, attempts were made to give this discussion a more neutral heading. I recommend those attempts be allowed & not reverted. GoodDay (talk) 15:21, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

I don't think that was Mandruss's reason for reverting Soibangla's revert. I reverted for a different reason than Soibangla; I think this heading is better. Space4Time3Continuum2x (cowabunga) 15:40, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Vermin

I see the word “vermin” occurs eight times in this talk page section so far, but never in context. Trump discussed “radical left thugs that live like vermin….” Thus, he was only referring to a certain subset of his opponents as vermin. No reliable source has suggested, of course, that he was calling Republican opponents such as Nikki Haley or Ron DeSantis vermin, nor that he was calling Democratic opponents like Joe Biden or Chuck Schumer vermin. He was only calling “radical left thugs” vermin. Any discussion in this BLP about “vermin” should include at least the immediate context: “radical left thugs that live like vermin….” That quote with context is widely reported in RS’s. Anythingyouwant (talk) 06:51, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

who are the "radical left thugs" he characterized as vermin?

Former President Trump wished his supporters a happy Thanksgiving in a Truth Social post early Thursday while slamming New York's attorney general, the judge overseeing his civil fraud case, President Biden and the "Radical Left Lunatics" ... Trump also targeted Biden, accusing him of weaponizing the “Department of Injustice” against his predecessor in the Oval Office, as well as “all of the other Radical Left Lunatics, Communists, Fascists, Marxists, Democrats, & RINOS, who are seriously looking to DESTROY OUR COUNTRY."

soibangla (talk) 08:56, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Maybe Trump has said those people are vermin or thugs, maybe not, but the article you link to uses neither word. Anythingyouwant (talk) 13:12, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Your "immediate context" isn't the full context. On Veterans Day, he defined the "radical left thugs" both in the speech and in a post on social media: we will root out the Communists, Marxists, Fascists, and Radical Left Thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our Country, lie, steal, and cheat on Elections. They're not off-the-cuff remarks where he went off-script, he then published the script. Space4Time3Continuum2x (cowabunga) 13:14, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

That particular quote does not clearly accuse marxists, communists, or fascists of being like vermin. I can understand why opponents of Trump wish he had called those people vermin, or called his other opponents vermin, but I haven’t yet seen that he did so. He called radical left thugs vermin, which is pretty nasty language on Trump’s part. I suppose maybe the “vermin” might apply to stuff earlier in the sentence, it’s hard to tell. But even if so, he wasn’t calling all of his opponents vermin. I have no objection to using the longer quote which includes more context in this BLP, so long as we don’t suggest he generally called his opponents vermin. Anythingyouwant (talk) 13:22, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Yes, it does. the communists, marxists, fascists, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country. Notice the "and"? His Veterans Day speech in New Hampshire is on C-SPAN. This is a transcript of the last minutes of the speech, starting at 1:45:00. The text of the TruthSocial post is in green.

They removed a few sentences from the speech, including the one I bolded. It says that the real threat is not from the radical right. Space4Time3Continuum2x (cowabunga) 15:03, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

”Joe owned three cats and two dogs that barked constantly.” That doesn’t suggest cats bark! Anythingyouwant (talk) 16:02, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Yes, it does. You're only exclusing barking cats because cats usually don't bark. Space4Time3Continuum2x (cowabunga) 16:06, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

No it doesn’t, ”exclusing” is not a word, and I gotta go. Have a good day. Anythingyouwant (talk) 16:09, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

"Joe owned three poodles and two bulldogs that barked constantly." - It's less clear when both are things that bark. --Onorem (talk) 16:12, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Would be better placed in his 2024 campaign page. Afterall, weren't we trying to make his BLP shorter? GoodDay (talk) 15:15, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

References

1. Gabriel, Trip (October 5, 2023). "Trump Escalates Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric With 'Poisoning the Blood' Comment". The New York Times.
2. Sullivan, Kate (October 6, 2023). "Trump's anti-immigrant comments draw rebuke". CNN.
3. Gold, Michael (November 13, 2023). "After Calling Foes 'Vermin,' Trump Campaign Warns Its Critics Will Be 'Crushed'". The New York Times.
4. Kim, Soo Rin; Ibbsa, Lalee (November 13, 2023). "Trump compares political opponents to 'vermin' who he will 'root out,' alarming historians". ABC News. Retrieved November 16, 2023.

Include mention of Abraham Accords in opening section

The opening section of the article is heavily critical of Donald Trump, citing his controversial policies, controversial actions and failings. I am not disputing this, but I suggest that it may improve the article's balance and neutrality, to also mention successful aspects of his administration. The Abraham Accords are the main achievement I suggest; under the Trump administration's mediation, Israel normalized relations with 4 Arab nations: the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan. This was a significant development, creating diplomatic relations between key US allies and advanced economies in the region. It was also a key step closer towards ending the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Looking to build consensus. Neutral Editor 645 (talk) 18:44, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

This has been discussed many times here, and the consensus has been that they are not relevant to Trump's bio. Zaathras (talk) 20:32, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

How an arbitrary pool of scholars and historians rank Trump is relevant, but one of his greatest tangible achievements from office isn't?

Now that the dust has settled a little more, this should possibly be open to discussion again. The current state of the article is imbalanced and everything that Misplaced Pages should avoid being. Neutral Editor 645 (talk) 21:50, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

one of his greatest tangible achievements from office ? Lol what? The Abraham Accords were largely ceremonial agreements between states already in de facto peace agreements. Trump himself didn't even have a personal hand in any of it, until it was time to put pen to paper. It has no importance to this article, and is better covered elsewhere. Zaathras (talk) 22:25, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

A lot of this is your own opinion, on a contentious topic. I can see from the past archives that you have been quite active in promoting this view here. Something tells me that you likely do not apply similarly high standards of scrutiny to the successes done under other administrations - just the Trump one. Please do remember what Misplaced Pages is for.

We could debate about Trump's level of involvement in the Abraham Accords, but this is a red herring. Ultimately the Abraham Accords were a hugely successful accomplishment under his administration.

Just because it is covered in other articles about the Trump administration, does not neglect the importance of including it in the Donald Trump article, amid paragraphs extensively discussing his actions and policies in office. Neutral Editor 645 (talk) 22:45, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

This is a can of worms. In addition to having just about nothing to do with Trump, it would open the door to the RS narratives concerning his son-in-law's pandering and cultivation of the Saudi's that culminated in an otherwise inexplicalble investment in the young man's untested and undistinguished investment fund. The talk archives have repeatedly determined this Abraham bit is UNDUE for this page. SPECIFICO talk 23:24, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for your input. May I ask you to clarify what you mean by "RS narratives"? Genuinely sincere question. Neutral Editor 645 (talk) 01:26, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Something tells me that you likely do not apply similarly high standards of scrutiny to the successes done under other administrations - just the Trump one. My my, Whataboutism and casting aspersions in one go. Your stay here may be a short one. Zaathras (talk) 23:33, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

It's interesting that you chose to focus on one sentence, out of the seven wrote in my response, ignoring the more pertinent points. This tends to be known as cherry picking. Anyhow, it is clear that we shall disagree on this topic. I shall wait to see if any further consensus arrives. Neutral Editor 645 (talk) 01:29, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Neutral Editor 645:

Provide reliable sources that back up your claims. Since no one has done so to back up any claim in this thread, be the first one to do so. If the Abraham Accords are truly one of greatest tangible achievements then it shouldn't be too hard to find sourcing.

Ultimately the Abraham Accords were a hugely successful accomplishment under his administration—according to who? To you? It sounds like lot of this is your own opinion, or am I mistaken?

It's interesting that you chose to focus on one sentence, out of the seven wrote in my response, ignoring the more pertinent points. This tends to be known as cherry picking. It is not, and will never be cherrypicking to point out behavior that goes against enwiki policy. Cessaune 18:13, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

The Accords, and Trump's personal involvement, are far less significant than some would have us believe. The agreement was not significant because the parties were not in conflict and it was an open secret they had been cooperating on various levels for years, they just didn't publicize it. Trump needed a foreign policy win going into an election year and this was a fairly easy one that his campaign and base could tout as worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize. His direct involvement was negligible beyond telling Kushner to get it done, and even then, Kushner needed to pull a 180 (annexation of West Bank settlements) in his long-awaited peace plan he had released months earlier to get it done. Then Trump showed up for the signing ceremony photo op. It was nothing close to the Camp David Accords. soibangla (talk) 02:14, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Leave it in..if it`s the best he could come up with in 4 years w/e...he signed some half-hearted bill regarding ivory importation the first day when he was signing everything his handlers were putting in front of him qualifying it with " I don`t hunt " Anonymous8206 (talk) 03:32, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

We can't leave it in if it isn't in to begin with. Zaathras (talk) 03:50, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

It was also a key step closer towards ending the Arab-Israeli Conflict. In light of recent events, simply ignoring the Palestinians for preelection photo-ops of people signing documents seems to have been a key step closer towards the current war. Space4Time3Continuum2x (cowabunga) 13:30, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Quite so, and the acceptance of various narratives boosting the purported significance of the cleverly-branded "accords" is symptomatic of the larger NPOV issues yet to be resolved on this article page -- in particular the portrayal of Trump as a successful businessman rather than a successful street-level media star. SPECIFICO talk 15:40, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

@Neutral Editor 645: I doubt you'll get a local consensus for such an addition. As for going the RFC route? That's up to you. GoodDay (talk) 15:51, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Respectfully, GoodDay, stop suggesting RfCs when RfCs are not warranted. Cessaune 18:14, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

I was responding to Neutral Editor, not you. GoodDay (talk) 18:18, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

You're missing the point. It's not helpful to suggest an RfC for every single issue, especially one with such broad consensus to not include. It doesn't matter who you're talking to, as the RfC is something we all collectively have to deal with. Cessaune 18:21, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Not discussing this with you, any further. Neutral Editor, can make their own choices. GoodDay (talk) 18:23, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Agree with Cessaune. In a one-against-many situation, launching an RfC after only two days of discussion is a waste of community time. And you don't get to pick who responds to you. O3000, Ret. (talk) 15:59, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Age at inauguration

Under "Early actions", I would like to add the fact that Trump was the oldest person in US history to be sworn in as president. This appears quiet significant. The same has been done on Reagan's page. My proposal can be seen below:

70 years old at the time, he became the oldest person to assume the U.S. presidency, surpassing Ronald Reagan who took office at age 69 in 1981; this ranking would at age 78 be passed on to Joe Biden in 2021. Marginataen (talk) 14:28, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

LOr "he became the oldest until he was not", seems to me to not really be very informative. Slatersteven (talk) 14:30, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Have we the same written about Reagan (nearly 70, in January 1981) & before that W. Harrison (68, in March 1841)? Kinda irrelevant trivia, since Biden (passed 78, in January 2021) too office. GoodDay (talk) 14:33, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

We have the same or similar at Ronald Reagan only because this user recently added it, so it should be reverted. Zaathras (talk) 14:39, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

I've just removed the trivia from Reagan's bio page. GoodDay (talk) 14:46, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

No. Once you get surpassed by someone in these kinds of trivia cases, we do not need to keep a record of or make note of the status quo ante. What if, praytell, a 90 year-old is someday elected to the presidency? We're going to add it like

70 years old at the time, he became the oldest person to assume the U.S. presidency, surpassing Ronald Reagan who took office at age 69 in 1981]]; this ranking would at age 78 be passed on to Joe Biden in 2021, until it was surpassed by Old-Man-Aged-90 in 2034.

No, this endless trivia stops here. Zaathras (talk) 14:39, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

You guys seriously find it to be "trivia" that Trump was the oldest POTUS in history? Grover Cleveland's article currently writes that he is the only president to serve serve non-consecutive presidential terms. If this changes in 2025, that would be updated and Trump' name would be mentioned on his page over 100 years after Cleveland's death. It is not unusual to update a fact about a record holder when the person in question no longer holds X record. Even if it's surpassed more than a 100 years later. Marginataen (talk) 18:28, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

How many times has the oldest person to become US president record, been broken? The first time was Adams (going on 62, in March 1797) breaking Washington's record (57, in April 1789), for example. Then Jefferson (going on 58, in March 1801) broke the youngest person to become US president record, etc etc. GoodDay (talk) 18:32, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Reminds me of how we in the UK keep getting younger and younger PMs. When Blair, Cameron and Sunak took office the media noted every time that they were "the youngest prime minister in 200 years". Tim O'Doherty (talk) 19:00, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Political positions

It's common that a politician's bio article includes a "Political positions" section. Here, quite a bit can be gleaned from the extensive coverage of his presidency, but that doesn't dispose of the issue. Since leaving office, he's talked about things he would do differently in a second term, so we can't just assume that everything he did as President represents a current position. There is some more recent information in the daughter article on his 2024 campaign. Per WP:SS, however, there should be at least a summary here. That might be an alternative to a separate "Political positions" section. One way or the other, the subject merits inclusion. JamesMLane t c 19:27, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

This might best be addressed in the section above captioned "fascism" where we appear to be converging on some coverage of his current views and aspirations. SPECIFICO talk 19:54, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

I agree that some of his recent statements have drawn criticism as fascism or fascism-adjacent, and that it's a subject worth including. The problem is that he's made many other statements that would go in a "Political positions" section but that don't fit under the "fascism" rubric -- Middle East conflict, withdrawal from NATO, repeal of Obamacare, etc. JamesMLane t c 04:59, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

I think it's worth considering, because for politicians, political positions are in many ways defining. There's a child article, and IMO Joe Biden#Political positions shows it can be done well. DFlhb (talk) 11:06, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

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