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Current consensus is to split the first term of Donald Trump as president to First presidency of Donald Trump and the second term of Donald Trump as president to Second presidency of Donald Trump. This was agreed to here.

Section sizes

Section size for First presidency of Donald Trump (88 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	8,414	8,414
2016 election	3,481	3,481
Transition period, inauguration, and first 100 days	3,561	3,561
Administration	4,919	16,756
Cabinet	7,381	7,381
Dismissal of James Comey	4,456	4,456
Judicial appointments	4,726	8,973
Supreme Court nominations	4,247	4,247
Leadership style	6,947	55,923
False and misleading statements	11,460	11,460
Rule of law	11,592	11,592
Relationship with the news media	11,300	11,300
Twitter	14,624	14,624
Domestic policy	91	249,561
Agriculture	2,308	2,308
Consumer protections	2,362	2,362
Criminal justice	7,025	12,926
Presidential pardons and commutations	1,732	1,732
Drug policy	3,025	3,025
Capital punishment	1,144	1,144
Disaster relief	182	10,931
Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria	8,577	8,577
California wildfires	2,172	2,172
Economy	14,751	34,575
Taxation	6,587	6,587
Trade	13,237	13,237
Education	4,837	4,837
Election integrity	652	652
Energy	7,880	7,880
Environment	25,156	25,156
Government size and regulations	4,859	4,859
Guns	2,664	2,664
Health care	13,099	50,674
Reproductive rights	5,741	5,741
Opioid epidemic	3,763	3,763
COVID-19 pandemic	28,071	28,071
Housing and urban policy	2,055	2,055
Immigration	18,346	39,625
Family separation policy	9,397	9,397
Travel bans	7,704	7,704
2018–2019 federal government shutdown	4,178	4,178
LGBT rights	7,915	7,915
George Floyd protests	2,669	18,354
Photo-op at St. John's Episcopal Church	6,545	6,545
Deployment of federal law enforcement to cities	9,140	9,140
Science	5,573	5,573
Space	1,165	1,165
Surveillance	623	623
Veterans affairs	3,647	3,647
Voting rights	4,939	4,939
White nationalists and Charlottesville rally	5,750	5,750
Foreign policy	5,956	49,456
Defense	7,243	7,243
Afghanistan	4,407	4,407
China	1,528	1,528
North Korea	7,859	7,859
Turkey	2,859	2,859
Iran	6,841	6,841
Saudi Arabia	6,645	6,645
Israel / Palestine	4,655	4,655
United Arab Emirates	1,463	1,463
Russia and related investigations	15,972	47,135
Special counsel's report	28,019	28,019
Counter-investigations	3,144	3,144
Ethics	3,840	56,985
Role of lobbyists	2,210	2,210
Potential conflicts of interest	13,854	13,854
Saudi Arabia	1,058	1,058
Transparency, data availability, and record keeping	6,792	6,792
Hatch Act violations	2,173	2,173
Security clearances	3,439	3,439
Impeachment inquiry	12,863	12,863
Use of the Office of President	10,756	10,756
Elections during the first Trump presidency	3,247	29,122
2018 midterm elections	559	559
2020 reelection campaign	2,413	25,316
Lost reelection and transition period	9,404	9,404
Electoral vote count and U.S. Capitol attack	6,714	6,714
Aftermath	6,785	6,785
Historical evaluations and public opinion	49	8,051
Historical evaluations	1,771	1,771
Opinion polling	3,836	3,836
Democratic backsliding	2,395	2,395
See also	655	655
References	76	76
Further reading	3,478	4,792
Historiography, memory and teaching	1,314	1,314
External links	1,476	1,476
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On 6 November 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved to First presidency of Donald Trump. The result of the discussion was Speedy moved.

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