Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2020
| Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Candidate |
Donald Trump President of the United States (2017–present) Mike Pence Vice President of the United States (2017–present) |
| Affiliation | Republican Party |
| Status | Announced: February 17, 2017 |
| Headquarters |
Trump Tower Manhattan, New York |
| Key people | Michael Glassner (campaign committee manager) John Pence (campaign committee deputy executive director) Bradley Crate (campaign treasurer) |
| Receipts | US$7,000,000 |
| Slogan | Keep America Great |
| Website | |
| www |
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The Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2020 is an ongoing re-election campaign by President of the United States Donald Trump, who took office on January 20, 2017.
Trump started spending money on the 2020 race on November 24, 2016 (only sixteen days after the end of the 2016 election). The earliest campaign disbursement that his committees reported was spent towards the 2020 presidential primaries was for the purchase of a Delta Air Lines ticket on this date.
On January 10, 2017, Politico reported that Trump would be keeping his campaign offices in Trump Tower open in order to lay the groundwork for a re-election campaign. On January 18, Trump revealed in an interview with The Washington Post that he had decided on Keep America Great as his 2020 campaign slogan. Two days later, on the day of his inauguration, President Trump filed a form with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) declaring that he qualified as a candidate for the 2020 Presidential election.
The 2020 campaign office is based in Trump Tower. By January 2017 it already included a staff of about ten people led by Republican strategist Michael Glassner. Glassner's deputy is John Pence, nephew of Vice President Mike Pence. The campaign staff focuses on data-building and fundraising for a 2020 re-election campaign. By February 1, 2017, the campaign had already raised over $7 million.
Trump launched his reelection campaign significantly earlier in his presidency than his predecessors did. Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, and Ronald Reagan all declared their candidacies for reelection in the third year of their presidencies. Trump filed the papers for his reelection campaign approximately 47 months prior the date of the election. In contrast, both Reagan and George H. W. Bush filed approximately twelve months, George W. Bush filed approximately eighteen, and both Clinton and Obama filed approximately nineteen months prior to the date of the election. Although the early campaign filing is unusual, aspects of a "permanent campaign" would not be entirely unprecedented in American politics, dating at least from the presidency of Bill Clinton under the advice of Sidney Blumenthal.
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