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Donald Trump is a New York businessman and a Republican candidate in the 2016 United States presidential election. Trump has stated that he is a "conservative Republican." He has also described himself as a "common-sense conservative."

Economic policy

Taxes

Trump has stated he wants to simplify the tax code, lower taxes for middle and working-class people, and increase taxes on wealthy private equity and hedge fund managers, who Trump says currently pay next to nothing. However, a detailed analysis by both the conservative Tax Foundation and non-partisan Tax Policy Center concluded that Trump's tax plan would "boost the after-tax incomes of the wealthiest households by an average of more than $1.3 million a year" and significantly lower taxes for the wealthy.

The Trump campaign's tax plan calls for reducing the corporate tax rate to 15% concurrent with the elimination of various loopholes and deductions. Notably, the plan would include a cap on business interest expense deductions, which were first made deductible in 1918. Opponents (primarily large banks and Wall Street private equity firms) of this change claim that capping business interest expense deductions would reduce corporate borrowing and thereby reduce the level of corporate investment. Proponents argue that a cap would reduce use of debt financing, in turn reducing systemic economic volatility. Another claim is that the lower tax rates enabled by such a cap would stimulate economic activity and slow or reverse the flight of US companies and capital moving to offshore tax "havens".

In September 2015, economist Larry Kudlow said that he supported Donald Trump's corporate tax plan, stating that the 15 percent plan is a "pro-growth, supply-side" program that would grow the nation's long-slagging economy. During the October 28 primary debate, Trump made note of Kudlow's support of his plan.

Trade policy

See also: § Trade deals

Trump identifies as a "free trader", although others such as conservative economist Stephen Moore consider him a protectionist. Trump says that he favors a 45 percent tariff on Chinese exports to the United States to give "American workers a level playing field."

Infrastructure

Trump strongly supports improving America's infrastructure.

Minimum wage

Trump opposes increasing the U.S. minimum wage, saying that doing so would hurt America's economic competitiveness. Speaking at the Republican debate on November 10, Trump said, "We are a country that is being beaten on every front—economically, militarily. Taxes too high, wages too high, we're not going to be able to compete against the world ... People have to go out, they have to work really hard, and they have to get into that upper stratum."

Immigration and border security

Border security

Trump has emphasized U.S. border security. During his announcement speech he stated in part, "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems.... They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people." On July 6, 2015, Trump issued a written statement to clarify his position on illegal immigration which drew a reaction from critics. It read in part:

"The Mexican Government is forcing their most unwanted people into the United States. They are, in many cases, criminals, drug dealers, rapists, etc. This was evident just this week when, as an example, a young woman in San Francisco was viciously killed by a 5-time deported Mexican with a long criminal record, who was forced back into the United States because they didn’t want him in Mexico. This is merely one of thousands of similar incidents throughout the United States. In other words, the worst elements in Mexico are being pushed into the United States by the Mexican government. The largest suppliers of heroin, cocaine and other illicit drugs are Mexican cartels that arrange to have Mexican immigrants trying to cross the borders and smuggle in the drugs. The Border Patrol knows this. Likewise, tremendous infectious disease is pouring across the border. The United States has become a dumping ground for Mexico and, in fact, for many other parts of the world. On the other hand, many fabulous people come in from Mexico and our country is better for it. But these people are here legally, and are severely hurt by those coming in illegally. I am proud to say that I know many hard working Mexicans—many of them are working for and with me...and, just like our country, my organization is better for it."

Border wall between U.S. and Mexico

During his first town hall campaign meeting in Derry, New Hampshire Trump claimed that if he won the election, "Day 1 of my presidency, illegal immigrants are getting out and getting out fast." Trump has stated he wants to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico to prevent illegal immigrants from entering into the country. In his 2015 book, he cites the Israeli West Bank barrier as a successful example.

"Before I came here, I saw, on the news, a family decimated ... their daughter torn apart by illegal immigrants. Many gang members, these rough guys, are illegal immigrants. We have to stop this ... I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I’ll build them very inexpensively, I will build a great, great wall on our southern border. And I will have Mexico pay for that wall."

— Trump Announcement Speech

Birthright citizenship

Trump opposes birthright citizenship based solely on birth within the United States, arguing that it should not be protected by the Fourteenth Amendment.

Muslims

On November 19, a week after the November 2015 Paris attacks, when Trump was asked if he would implement a database system tracking Muslims in the United States, he stated: "I would certainly implement that. Absolutely. There should be a lot of systems, beyond databases. We should have a lot of systems." On November 21, Trump expanded on his stance, saying that he would order surveillance of "certain mosques" to combat Muslim terrorism after the Paris attacks, and recalled that he had watched as “thousands and thousands of people were cheering” while the World Trade Center towers fell on September 11, 2001, citing that as a reason to reinforce surveillance. Trump cited a Washington Post article from a week after 9/11 which detailed law enforcement detaining "a number of people" who were allegedly seen celebrating the attacks to support his claim. Most of the claims of celebrations rely on anecdotal evidence of small gatherings.

Trump has received widespread notoriety for proposing a temporary ban on foreign Muslims entering the United States (approximately 100,000 Muslim immigrants are admitted to the U.S. each year) until better security precautions are implemented. In response to the 2015 San Bernardino shooting, Trump released a statement on "Preventing Muslim Immigration" and called for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on." Trump cited President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's World War II use of the Alien and Sedition Acts to issue presidential proclamations for rounding up, holding, and deporting Japanese, German, and Italian alien immigrants, then argued that Roosevelt was highly respected and had highways named after him. Trump stated that he did not agree with Roosevelt's internment of Japanese Americans, and clarified that the proposal would not apply to Muslims who were U.S. citizens or to Muslims who were serving in the US military. He later clarified that Muslims who were U.S. citizens or serving in the U.S. military would be let back into the United States. The measure proposed by Trump would be temporary, until better screening methods are devised, although the proposal has also been phrased in more controversial ways. This proposal gained considerable support among Republican voters, with 59% supporting such a ban in an ABC News/Washington Post survey. Support for such a proposal came to approximately 36% among the population as a whole according to another survey.

Domestic and social policy

Abortion and reproductive care

Trump has described the evolution of his position on abortion; although he formerly took several pro-choice positions, he now describes himself as pro-life and would ban late-term abortions except in cases of rape, incest, or health. He is in favor of cutting federal funding for Planned Parenthood.

Drug policy

Trump is supportive of states' rights to legalize and regulate cannabis.

Education

Trump has stated his support for school choice and local control for primary and secondary schools. On school choice he's commented, "Our public schools are capable of providing a more competitive product than they do today. Look at some of the high school tests from earlier in this century and you’ll wonder if they weren't college-level tests. And we’ve got to bring on the competition—open the schoolhouse doors and let parents choose the best school for their children. Education reformers call this school choice, charter schools, vouchers, even opportunity scholarships. I call it competition—the American way."

He has stated he opposes the Common Core State Standards Initiative for primary and secondary schools, and has called Common Core "a disaster" that must be ended.

Faith-based issues

Trump is identified as a Presbyterian and has expressed support for several issues and policy positions important to some Christians. In campaign speeches, he routinely has praised the Bible, often joking that his own book Trump: The Art of the Deal is his second favorite book after the Bible, which he has sometimes carried at campaign events. He drew some criticism in August 2015, however, when he was unwilling to cite his favorite Biblical passage. He has said he will defend what he sees as an assault on the Christmas holiday. "Remember the expression, 'Merry Christmas?' You don't see it anymore. You're going to see it if I get elected, I can tell you right now", he has said.

Trump has praised prominent national evangelical leaders, including Tony Perkins and Ralph Reed. In September 2015, he invited dozens of Christian and Jewish leaders to his New York City offices for a meeting and laying on of hands prayer gathering. On September 30, 2015, he received a blessing from Greek Orthodox priest Emmanuel Lemelson at a campaign rally in Keene, New Hampshire.

Trump has said he would support persecuted Christians in Iraq and Syria.

Firearms regulation

Trump supports the Second Amendment, is opposed to gun control in general, and has a New York concealed carry permit. He supports fixing the federal background check system so that criminal and mental health records are always put into the system. He once supported a ban on assault weapons and longer waiting periods for gun purchases but has since reversed his position. Trump plans to lift the ban on guns in military bases and recruiting centers. He also supports national right to concealed carry and allow gun permits to be applicable to all 50 states much like a driver's license. After the 2015 San Bernardino shooting Trump declared that the victims "could've protected themselves if they had guns"

Healthcare and Social Security

Trump favors replacing the Affordable Care Act (commonly referred to as "Obamacare") with a free-market plan and competition to lower costs, although he has also stated support for a single-payer system in the past. He supports funding Social Security and Medicare rather than cutting them. He has previously expressed support for allowing people to privately invest their social security dollars.

Trump believes that childhood vaccinations are related to autism, a hypothesis which has been repeatedly debunked.

Veterans Affairs

Trump favors getting rid of backlogs and waitlists which are the focus of the Veterans Health Administration scandal. In a statement, he said he believes that Veterans Affairs facilities need to be upgraded with recent technology, hire more veterans to treat other veterans, increase support of female veterans, and create satellite clinics within hospitals in rural areas.

Law and order

In 2015, Trump told a Patrolmen's Benevolent Association that "anybody killing a police officer, the death penalty is going to happen." He stated, "Police forces throughout the country have had a hard time, a lot of people killed."

LGBT issues

Trump has stated that he supports traditional marriage. Of the June 2015 Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, he said: "I would have preferred states, you know, making the decision and I let that be known. But they made the decision. ... So, at a certain point you have to be realistic about it." Gregory T. Angelo, the president of the Log Cabin Republicans (a pro-LGBT organization), described Trump as "one of the best, if not the best, pro-gay Republican candidates to ever run for the presidency."

Environmental and energy policy

Climate change

Trump contends that global warming is "a total hoax". Trump was criticized for his joke that "The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make US manufacturing non-competitive."

Trump criticized President Obama's description of climate change as "the greatest threat to future generations", "naive", and "one of the dumbest statements I’ve ever heard."

Emmissions and renewable energy

Trump opposes cap and trade. He supports a higher ethanol mandate (the amount of ethanol required by federal regulation to be blended into the U.S. gasoline supply). Despite expressing hatred for wind farms in the past (calling them "ugly"), Trump has said that does not oppose the wind production tax credit, saying: "I'm okay with subsidies, to an extent."

Pollution

Although "not a believer in climate change," Trump has stated that "clean air is a pressing problem," remarking: "You want to have clean air, clean water. That's very important to me, and I've won many environmental awards."

Political reform

Campaign finance

Trump has repeatedly stated, "I love the idea of campaign finance reform." In the first Republican primary debate in Cleveland on Fox News, Trump accused his Republican opponents of being bound to their campaign financiers, and that anyone (including Trump himself) could buy their policies with donations. Trump has stated that it is wrong that as a rich person he can have more influence than people without money. He has stated limits to contributions or spending would be "okay", although has not stated whether this would be achieved by further limits on contributions, regulating corporate spending, total limits on spending in elections, all of these or a combination.

Foreign policy

Trade deals

In the June 2015 announcement of his candidacy, Trump claimed his experience and talent as a negotiator in private business would enhance his ability to negotiate better international trade deals as President, saying " used to have victories, but we don't have them. When was the last time anybody saw us beating, let’s say, China in a trade deal? They kill us. I beat China all the time. All the time."

Trump believes the Trans-Pacific Partnership "should not be allowed to happen." On November 10, Trump released his plan on US–China relationship, calling for China to be called a currency manipulator and stop it from forcing intellectual property to be shared as a condition for joining the Chinese market.

Foreign affairs and national defense

Trump has stated his intention to provide presidential leadership with strong diplomacy to restore "respect" for the United States around the world and he supports a robust national defense. In his announcement speech he said that the U.S. is getting weaker as a country and that its nuclear arsenal is old and does not work, although he appeared to be unfamiliar with the term "nuclear triad" when asked by Hugh Hewitt in a December 2015 debate what specific improvements he would make. Trump opposed the 2003 Iraq War and has pointed to his opposition several times during the campaign. In his interview with O'Reilly, Trump claimed that he had a proven record in negotiating with foreign countries. "I've made a fortune with foreign countries." He argued that "here's nobody bigger or better at the military than I am." During his speech at the Oklahoma State Fair he accused his opponents of wanting to "start World War III over Syria." Unlike his opponents he would not reveal his military strategies to the enemy. "I don't want them to know what I'm thinking, does that make sense? I want people to be guessing ... I don't want people to figure it out. I don't want people to know what my plan is. I have plans. I have plans! But I don't want to do it." Once elected he would find a "proper general", Patton or a McArthur who would "hit so hard your head would spin."

Trump said in a December 2015 rally, "We have to see Bill Gates and a lot of different people that really understand what's happening. We have to talk to them about, maybe in certain areas, closing that internet up in some ways. Somebody will say, 'Oh freedom of speech, freedom of speech.' These are foolish people." In the December Republican debate, Donald Trump said that the internet should be shut off to countries that have a majority of their territory controlled by terrorist organizations.

He said, "We Americans are laughed at around the world for losing a hundred and fifty billion dollars year after year, for defending wealthy nations for nothing, nations that would be wiped off the face of the earth in about 15 minutes if it weren’t for us. Our ‘allies’ are making billions screwing us." Trump has called for allied countries, including Japan, South Korea, Germany and Saudi Arabia, to pay the United States for helping protect their nations.

Interrogation

Trump has stated that he would re-instate waterboarding as an interrogation technique, and "a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding." When asked about his comments on CNN, Trump said, "They're chopping heads of Christians and many other people in the Middle East." Trump said, "They're chopping heads off. They laugh at us when they hear that we're not going to approve waterboarding ... It works, okay? It works. Only a stupid person would say it doesn't work."

Iran

If elected, Trump says he would prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. In an interview with NBC News in Charlottesville, Virginia, on July 14, 2015, Trump called the newly announced nuclear deal with Iran "terrible", saying that the president negotiated the agreement "from desperation". He added, "I don't understand the president. He dealt from desperation, and he shouldn't have been desperate." He further stated, "First of all, we're giving them billions of dollars in this deal, which we shouldn't have given them. We should have kept the money", in reference to the sanctions relief for Iran under the deal, which was negotiated by Iran and six world powers led by the United States. "Second of all, we have four prisoners over there. We should have said 'Let the prisoners out.' They shouldn't be over there." Trump also said that any deal should stipulate that inspectors have 24-hour-a-day access immediately to all nuclear sites. On September 2, 2015, Trump told CNN he believed the Iran deal would compel the U.S. to side with Iran in the event of war: "There’s something in the Iran deal that people I don’t think really understand or know about, and nobody’s able to explain it, that if somebody attacks Iran, we have to come to their defense", he said. "So if Israel attacks Iran, according to that deal, I believe the way it reads that we have to fight with Iran against Israel." Trump has said that despite opposing the content of the deal, as President he would seek to enforce it rather than repeal it.

When questioned on his "new deal with Iran" Trump responded that "Iran is doing nuclear. They're going nuclear." He would "put on the sanctions big league. I'd double and triple up the sanctions and make a deal from strength." According to Trump, nuclear weapons, not global warming, is America's biggest problem.

Iraq

Trump strongly opposed the Iraq War (2003-2011) arguing that Iran " take over and it would totally destabilize the Middle East." This has been an important talking point during his campaign. In his 2004 interview published in Esquire Trump described the war as a "mess" and questioned the credibility of Iraq ever becoming a "wonderful democracy where people are going to run down to the voting box and gently put in their ballot and the winner is happily going to step up to lead the county?" He predicted that "wo minutes after we leave, there's going to be a revolution, and the meanest, toughest, smartest, most vicious guy will take over." He argued that Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction but the leader who followed him would have them. In 2015 when asked how he would deal with Iraq's condemnation of strikes on their oil fields, Trump replied that Iraq is a corrupt country that is not deserving of his respect.

ISIS

ISIS or ISIL, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, is a Salafi jihadist militant group that follows an Islamic fundamentalist, Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam Trump has described his plans for dealing with ISIS in several debates and interviews. In December 2015, he said:

"The other thing with the terrorists is you have to take out their families, when you get these terrorists, you have to take out their families. They care about their lives, don't kid yourself. When they say they don't care about their lives, you have to take out their families."

— Donald Trump, 2 December 2015

On December 9, 2015, Jonathan Russell, Head of Policy for the anti-radicalization think tank Quilliam, warned that Trump's "anti-Muslim rhetoric" helps ISIS's narrative, saying "Trump will contribute to Islamist radicalization as his comments will make Muslims feel unwelcome in America. This grievance will fuel their identity crisis, which when combined are a potent combination for the vulnerability that ISIS is so adept at exploiting with their Islamist narrative."

Trump has said that he would "bomb the hell" out of Iraqi oil fields controlled by ISIS. Trump has called for the reintroduction of waterboarding and "a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding" on captured prisoners, which would contravene international law under the United Nations Convention Against Torture and the Geneva Conventions. In an interview, Trump stated "We’re going to have to do what Israel was doing for a period of time. 'Take out' means you have to wipe out their homes where they came from." Intentionally targeting non-combatants is a violation of the Geneva Convention and other aspects of the international law of war. In the aftermath of the November 2015 attacks on Paris by ISIS, Trump reiterated his statements about ISIS from November 12, 2015, when he stated he would "bomb the shit out of 'em" and said "I'd blow up the pipes, I'd blow up the refineries, and you know what, you'll get Exxon to come in there in two months... and I'd take the oil." Trump said in an interview with Anderson Cooper "There is no Iraq. Their leaders are corrupt." Retired Army Chief of Staff, General Ray Odierno, characterized Trump's strategy as "rather simplistic and shortsighted".

In a February 2016 debate, Trump said "in the Middle East, we have people chopping the heads off Christians, we have people chopping the heads off many other people... I'd bring back waterboarding and I'd bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding."

Libya

Trump believes the 2011 military intervention in Libya was a mistake, saying that Libya was better off under the rule of Muammar Gaddafi because of the current Libyan civil war and rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

North Korea

Trump has advocated for greater pressure on China, including through restrictions on trade, to rein in its ally North Korea in the wake of the 2016 North Korea nuclear test. He has described North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un as a "maniac", although he has also claimed that Kim Jong-un deserves "credit" for being able to overcome his rivals in order succeed his father.

South Asia

Trump has been critical of United States' major non-NATO ally Pakistan, comparing the country to North Korea, describing it as "probably the most dangerous country" in the world and claiming the country's nuclear weapons posed a "serious problem." He has advocated improving relations with India as a "check" to Pakistan.

Syria

Trump's first post-announcement interview on June 17, 2015, was with Bill O'Reilly on The O'Reilly Factor. One of several issues he highlighted was his proposed strategy in dealing with the Syrian Civil War. He observed that while Syria was supposed to be America's enemy he felt that Bashar al-Assad "looks a lot better than some of our so-called friends." Instead of fighting ISIS in Syria, Trump would cut off ISIS' access to capital by bombing the oil fields that ISIS controls while letting Iran and Russia protect Syria. He suggests, "It's really rather amazing, maybe Syria should be a free zone for ISIS, let them fight and then you pick up the remnants."

In the fourth Republican debate on November 10, 2015, Trump said he "got to know very well because we were both on '60 Minutes', we were stable mates, we did well that night." Trump said he approved of Russia's intervention in Syria, stating: "If Putin wants to knock the hell out of ISIS, I’m all for it 100 percent and I can’t understand how anybody would be against that ... He‘s going in and we can go in and everybody should go in."

Trump opposes allowing Syrian refugees into the US, saying they could be the "ultimate trojan horse", and supports returning the ones brought in under the Obama administration back to Syria. He favors a database of the refugees as well. In September 2015 Trump had praised Germany’s decision to take in Syrian refugees and he also believed that the United States should take in some refugees from Syria.

Ukraine

In July 2015 Trump opposed U.S. involvement in the Ukrainian crisis, describing the Crimea as "Europe's problem." In August 2015 Trump stated he "did not care" about Ukrainian NATO-membership. Trump believes good relations with Russia are essential as a means of preventing Russia and China from being driven closer together.

Speaking to the Yalta European Strategy conference in September 2015, Trump criticized Germany and other European countries for not doing enough to support Ukraine in its conflict with Russia and he claimed Ukrainians are "not being treated right."

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