Political positions of Donald Trump

Donald Trump is an American businessman, politician, actor, television personality, author, and current President-elect of the United States.

Trump's proposals include elements from across the political spectrum. For example, he has proposed sizable income tax cuts and deregulation consistent with conservative (Republican Party) policies, along with significant infrastructure investment and protection for entitlements for the elderly, typically considered liberal (Democratic Party) policies. His anti-globalization policies of trade protectionism and immigration reduction cross party lines. Trump has said that he is "totally flexible on very, very many issues." Trump's "signature issue" is illegal immigration, and in particular building or expanding a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico. As of October 2016, Trump's campaign had posted fourteen categories of policy proposals on his website. During October 2016, Trump outlined a series of steps for his first 100 days in office.

Trump's political positions, and his descriptions of his beliefs, have frequently changed, and often been dishonest or contradictory.Politico has described his positions as "eclectic, improvisational and often contradictory." According to an NBC News count, over the course of his campaign Trump made "141 distinct shifts on 23 major issues." In July 2016, PolitiFact counted 17 times when Trump said one thing and then denied having said it. According to Richard Bernstein, Trump is a bigger liar than Nixon, and lies comprise a large portion of Trump's political views: "What we have seen throughout the campaign is pathological disdain for the truth, a kind of lying and ease with lying that we have not seen before. ... Richard Nixon was nothing, in terms of lying, compared to what we have seen from Donald Trump."

Trump registered as a Republican in Manhattan in 1987 and since that time has changed his party affiliation five times. In 1999, Trump changed his party affiliation to the Independence Party of New York. In August 2001, Trump changed his party affiliation to Democratic. In September 2009, Trump changed his party affiliation back to the Republican Party. In December 2011, Trump changed to "no party affiliation" (i.e., independent). In April 2012, Trump again returned to the Republican Party.

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