President Donald Trump celebrates his 80th birthday today, June 14, 2026, while serving as the 47th president of the United States, according to Wikipedia.
Since returning to the White House in 2025 following a victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, Trump has initiated mass layoffs of federal workers and imposed the highest tariffs on nearly all countries since the Great Depression, Wikipedia reports. His administration has signed the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" and conducted mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, according to the same source.
These actions, along with the restriction of transgender rights, the extensive use of executive orders, and the targeting of civil society and political opponents, have drawn more than 550 lawsuits challenging their legality, Wikipedia states. In Latin America, Trump has pursued a campaign to attack alleged drug traffickers, the source adds.
Trump’s return to office followed a period of significant legal activity. In May 2024, he became the first U.S. president convicted of a felony after a New York state court found him guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records, according to Wikipedia. The case, brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, centered on payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to prevent her from speaking about an alleged affair before the 2016 election. He later received a no-penalty sentence. Wikipedia also notes that two federal felony indictments related to the retention of classified documents and the obstruction of the 2020 election were dismissed without prejudice. The classified documents case, led by Special Counsel Jack Smith, involved materials stored at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, while the election interference case focused on efforts to overturn the 2020 results.
Trump previously served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021 after defeating Hillary Clinton in 2016, Wikipedia reports. During his first term, he appointed three Supreme Court justices: Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett, according to the source. He signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which significantly lowered the corporate tax rate, and implemented a travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries, which faced multiple legal challenges before being upheld by the Supreme Court, Wikipedia reports.
He was impeached twice—in 2019 for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress following a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and in 2021 for incitement of insurrection following the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol—though the Senate acquitted him both times, Wikipedia states.
Born into a wealthy New York City family, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a degree in economics from the Wharton School, according to Wikipedia. He took over his family’s real estate business in 1971, renaming it the Trump Organization, and expanded the company’s portfolio to include luxury hotels, casinos, and skyscrapers, including Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue, the source adds. He later hosted the reality show The Apprentice from 2004 to 2015, which increased his national profile and public image as a decisive business leader, according to Wikipedia.
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