<P> Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States at noon EST on January 20 , 2017 , succeeding Barack Obama . Trump , the Republican nominee , was a businessman and reality television personality from New York City at the time of his victory in the 2016 presidential election over the Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton . While Trump lost the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes , he won the Electoral College vote by 304 to 227 . His running mate , former Governor Mike Pence of Indiana , took office as the 48th Vice President of the United States on the same day . Trump 's term in office is set to end on January 20 , 2021 , though he is eligible for election to a second term and has declared his intention to run , announcing his reelection campaign on the day of his inauguration . Opinion polls have shown Trump to be the least popular President in the history of modern American presidential opinion polling , as of the end of his first year in office . </P>
<P> Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States at noon EST on January 20 , 2017 , succeeding Barack Obama . Trump , the Republican nominee , was a businessman and reality television personality from New York City at the time of his victory in the 2016 presidential election over the Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton . While Trump lost the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes , he won the Electoral College vote by 304 to 227 . His running mate , former Governor Mike Pence of Indiana , took office as the 48th Vice President of the United States on the same day . Trump 's term in office is set to end on January 20 , 2021 , though he is eligible for election to a second term and has declared his intention to run , announcing his reelection campaign on the day of his inauguration . Opinion polls have shown Trump to be the least popular President in the history of modern American presidential opinion polling , as of the end of his first year in office . </P>
who was the 45th president of the us
who was the 45th president of the us
Donald Trump
Donald Trump