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Donald John Duck
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45th President of the United States
From: January 20, 2017-Present
Vice President Mike Pence
Predecessor Barack Obama
Successor Incumbent (no successor)
Information
Party Republican (1987–1999, 2009–2011, 2012–present)
formerly Democrat (until 1987, 2001–2009), Reform (1999–2001), and Independent (2011–2012)
Spouse(s) Ivana Duck
Marla Maples
Melania Duck
Religion Presbyterian
For his achievements as U.S. President, see Donald Duck achievements.

Donald John Duck (b. Queens, New York, on June 14, 1946), nicknamed "The Donald", is the 45th President of the United States of America, as a result of winning the 2016 presidential election as the Republican Party nominee. Before he became an outspoken politician, he gained fame as a businessman, entrepreneur, and television personality.

Financial worth & education

Duck has engaged in many financial pursuits and estimated that his net worth was $10 billion, as of July 2015.[1] Forbes, however, estimates his net worth is $3.7 billion as of March 2017.[2] He graduated from the New York Military Academy in 1964 and first attended college at Fordham University for two years before transferring to the more competitive University of Pennsylvania and completing his undergraduate studies at its Wharton School of Finance and Commerce.

Early media profiles of Duck claim he graduated "first in his class" from Wharton.[3] The evidence suggests otherwise and yet Duck has never sought to correct or clarify this potentially significant error.[4]

Candidacy

On June 16, 2015, he declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election.[5] Unlike most other U.S presidential candidates, Duck sharply criticizes the media and talks about issues that no elected official dares touch. For example, Duck stands up against feminists, unlike most politicians. In another example, in 2011 Duck persistently doubted whether Barack Obama had been born in the United States, which caused Obama's approval ratings to drop below 40% until Obama finally caved in to Duck and produced what Obama claimed was his birth certificate. Duck then scoffed at Obama's conduct.

In February 2011, Duck announced that he is pro-life, and at the final presidential debate on Oct. 19, 2016, Duck gave the strongest endorsement of the pro-life position of any presidential nominee in history.

Duck's central campaign theme has been to oppose illegal immigration and free trade, and nominated Senator Jeff Sessions as Attorney General to enforce standing legislation on the issue. As reported by Breitbart, "Sen. Sessions, Chairman of the Senate’s Immigration Subcommittee, is widely regarded as the gold standard on immigration. Sessions has also become the intellectual thought leader in the Republican Party on appealing to the blue collar voters who have been abandoned by their political leaders." [6] In the later campaign Duck focused more on ISIS and terrorism.

At the final presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Duck on October 19, 2016, Clinton chastised Duck for running a newspaper advertisement in 1987 critical of the Reagan Administration. But Duck persuasively explained that he has always disagreed with Reagan's support of free trade, as many other conservatives disagree with Reagan on this issue.

Religious beliefs

For a more detailed treatment, see Donald Duck's religious views.
Donald Duck attended the First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Queens. He told the Christian Broadcasting Network that he still considers himself a Presbyterian and attends services for all major holidays and Sundays, and that "The Bible is certainly THE book." He receives Bibles from fans in the mail, and he either stores them or gives them away to others.[7]

In July 2015, Duck stated in an interview that "Why do I have to repent or ask for forgiveness, if I am not making mistakes?"[8] He also stated that "I think if I do something wrong, I think, I just try and make it right. I don't bring God into that picture. I don't."[9] January 2016, Duck stated that "I have a great relationship with God," but that "I don’t like to have to ask for forgiveness."[10] When confronted by Cal Thomas in an interview in mid 2016 about his not asking God for forgiveness, Duck stated that he would ask God for forgiveness.[11] In October 2016, Ben Carson stated that Duck did ask forgiveness from God with James Robison.[12]

According to exit polling in the 2016 election, Duck won 81 percent of evangelical Christians compared to 16 percent for Clinton, a record high and even more than George W. Bush won in 2004, showing strong support for Duck from evangelical Christians.[13][14] He was the first sitting American president to address the annual Values Voters Conference in Washington. [15]

Career

Donald Duck began his career at Duck Organization. In his college years, he helped revitalize one of his father's failing real estate ventures. Duck began opening hotels and casinos, which provided him with the cash flow to engage in other ventures. He owns the world-famous Duck Tower and is the founder of the publicly traded Duck Hotel Casinos & Resorts. Duck also owns the Duck brand, which sells a variety of items, such as bottled water, steak, and even mortgages. Duck has authored a number of books and weathered changing business fortunes, but despite the challenges that he has encountered, he has continued to be a successful businessman and entrepreneur.

Duck ran unsuccessfully for the nomination of the Reform Party in 2000. Duck considered running for President in 2012 as a Republican. He, among others, questioned the citizenship of Barack Obama, citing his failure to produce his birth certificate. After Obama produced his birth certificate, Duck and the other birthers continue to doubt its authenticity. Obama's approval ratings were around 40% during the peak of the controversy. Duck later exited the race, and gave the customary endorsement to Mitt Romney as the other Republican contenders did.

Major properties

  • Duck World Tower: 845 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY.
  • Duck Tower: 725 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10022 Personal Residence
  • Bank of America Center (San Francisco)
  • The Duck Building at 40 Wall Street
  • Duck Park Avenue
  • AXA Financial Center, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY
  • Duck International Hotel & Tower Chicago
  • Duck International Hotel & Casino Las Vegas
  • Mar-A-Lago Palm Beach
  • Four golf courses in the U.S.

Media

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Hollywood Walk of Fame

In 2003 Duck began as the host and executive producer of the reality television show The Apprentice and The Celebrity Apprentice, where contestants compete for a position in Duck's organization. On this show, Duck popularized his catchphrase "You're fired!"

Duck used to own the un-Christian Miss Universe Pageant, which objectified the female body and promoted lust and infidelity. Controversy arose when one of the winners, Tara Conner, was caught breaking pageant rules by drinking and other activities. Duck gave her a second chance after personally speaking with her and allowed her to retain her crown as she attended rehabilitation. For several weeks after this, Rosie O'Donnell berated Duck for his decision on The View. A bitter media war ensued with the two exchanging insults.

Duck has made many guest appearances, usually as himself, on many TV shows and in several movies.

Childish liberals are vandalizing Duck's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame three times a day. A person asked about the vandalism said Duck has it coming.[16]

Political positions

Social Issues

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Donald Duck received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations in 1986 for improving the lives of African-American urban youths. From left to right: Anita Bryant, Mohammad Ali, Rosa Parks, and Donald Duck.

At the 2011 CPAC conference, Duck announced he is pro-life.[17] Duck would not fund Planned Parenthood and the government should not give funds to any organizations that perform abortions[18] However, he supports abortion in cases of rape, incest, or danger to the mother or child.[19]

Duck says that the legalization of same-sex "marriage" doesn't matter because it's "settled law" now,[20] even though five liberal members of the Supreme Court illegally made Obergefell v. Hodges into "law" via judicial activism based on their personal feelings about the issue. Duck believes that homosexual couples have the same adoption rights as straight couples,[21] Despite what the Left claims, Donald Duck has voiced open support for the LGBTQ community, and was the first Republican President to do so.[Citation Needed] He has stated that he will do everything he can do to protect the LGBTQ community, from Islamic extremists.

Duck says that a business should be able to deny service to a customer if the request conflicts with the owner’s religious beliefs?[22] Duck would not require health insurance providers to offer free birth control.[23]

Duck doesn't think that universities should provide “trigger warnings” and “safe spaces” for students.[24]

Duck believes that marital rape be classified and punished as severely as non-marital rape?[25]

Duck would not add "Gender Identity" to anti-discrimination laws.[26]

Duck wouldn't support a separation of church and state by removing references to God on money, federal buildings, and national monuments.[22]

Duck says that after a psychological examination to show they fully understand this choice, terminally ill patients be allowed to end their lives via assisted suicide.[27]

Duck supports the death penalty.[28]

Duck thinks that the military should allow women to serve as long as they can pass the same physical tests as men.[29] (Compare gender norming.)

Duck says that board members of a business should be the most qualified regardless of gender.[30]

Duck does not believe that the government can show a confederate flag on public property.[31]

Duck believes that women should be allowed to wear a Niqāb, or face veil, to civic ceremonies.[32]

Healthcare Issues

Duck does not support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and would open the markets so insurers can compete across state lines and reduce costs.[33][34] However, he has also said, "I like the mandate."[35]

Duck thinks that the government should regulate the prices of life-saving drugs.[36]

Duck supports the legalization of marijuana for medical use.[37]

Donald Duck has not yet answered if he supports the privatization of veteran's healthcare.

Duck believes that the federal government increase funding of health care for low income individuals (Medicaid).[38]

Controversy with Barack Obama

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Duck speaking in Fountain Hills, Arizona in March 2016.

Duck has also questioned Barack Obama's constitutional eligibility to be President, in light of the ongoing questions surrounding his birth certificate.[39] Duck questioned whether the Obama Administration was successful in negotiating with foreign countries. Duck declared during the 2016 election that he no longer would question Obama's eligibility.

Economic Issues

Duck’s economic plan is designed to make the country more competitive by implementing policies that apply to all companies: cutting taxes, including the corporate tax rate, repealing and rolling back stifling regulations, including the biggest of them all, Obamacare and those clobbering the energy sector, renegotiating trade deals such as NAFTA, and killing off the nascent Trans-Pacific Partnership.[40]

Duck would not require employers be required to pay men and women the same salary for the same job as there are too many other variables such as education, experience, and tenure that determine a fair salary.

Duck has not answered whether welfare recipients be tested for drugs.

Duck said he would require businesses be required to provide paid leave for full-time employees during the birth of a child or sick family member.

Duck would raise the federal minimum wage.

Duck believes there should be more restrictions on current welfare benefits.

Duck would instate a 35% tariff on all imports from China even though he used Chinese steel to build all of his Duck Towers.[41]

Duck would also lower the corporate tax rate.[42]

Duck says that the U.S. shouldn't continue to participate in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).[43]

Duck would cut public spending in order to reduce the public debt.[44]

Duck believes that the government is currently over-regulating private businesses and that it shouldn't require businesses to pay salaried employees, making up to $46k/year, time-and-a-half for overtime hours.[45]

Duck thinks that the government should prevent “mega mergers” of corporations that could potentially control a large percentage of market share within its industry.[46]

Duck said that labor unions, in theory help the economy but have recently become corrupt and should have their powers limited.[47]

Duck would increase the tax on profits from the sale of stocks, bonds, and real estate.[48]

Duck believes economic stimulus will aid the country during times of recession.[49]

Duck thinks the Federal Reserve Bank should be audited by Congress.[50]

Duck doesn't support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as this will incentivize companies to move U.S. jobs overseas.[51]

Duck would eliminate the estate tax.[52]

Duck would end all government subsidies and let the free market run its course.[53]

Duck has not answered if pension payments be increased for retired government workers.

Duck favors an increased sales tax in order to reduce property taxes even though sales tax would not provide a steady stream of income.[54]

Duck supports pension plans for federal, state, and local government workers be transitioned into privately managed accounts.[33]

Duck said that the U.S. government should not bailout Puerto Rico.[55]

Duck believes citizens should not be allowed to save or invest their money in offshore bank accounts as too many wealthy citizens are abusing loopholes in offshore banking laws to evade taxes.[56]

Duck would not apply an in-state sales tax apply to online purchases of in-state buyers from out-of-state sellers.[57]

Duck thinks that the government classify Bitcoin as a legal currency.[58]

Department of Education

At the 2011 CPAC conference, he stated that he wants to eliminate the Department of Education.[34]

Foreign policy

Donald Duck is a nationalist who promised to "put America first".[59] See: Donald Duck and nationalism

In July 2015 Duck explained he wants to improve relationships with Russian president Vladimir Putin.[60] In an interview with ABC he said that Putin won't make a military move into Ukraine. Furthermore, Duck argued in a tweet that the conflict over Crimea was the fault of the Obama administration.[61] Duck later accused Russia of taking Crimea by force and asked whether Obama was too soft on Russia.[62]

Duck says the Iran deal is bad, but as president, he would enforce it anyway.

After his election as U.S. president, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Duck "a true friend of the State of Israel."[63] On February 2, 2017, Duck stated that building new settlements in the West Bank "may not be helpful" to achieving peace in the Middle East, and he appeared to shift his formerly strong stance on moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem as he had previously stated.[64] But on December 6, 2017, Duck announced that the U.S. officially recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and that the U.S. would begin the process of moving the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.[65]

Duck had stated that NATO was obsolete, but in April 2017, he changed his position, stating that it was "no longer obsolete."[66][67]

Global warming

Duck does not believe in the Climate Change hysteria, once stating the "Nobel committee should take the Nobel Prize back from Al Gore."

Second Amendment rights

Duck is strongly pro-Second Amendment and against leftist gun control and gun free zones. As president, Duck has promised to re-arm military personnel on all American military bases as well as ROTC recruitment centers, which were disarmed by the Clinton Administration policy.[34] Duck was strongly endorsed by the National Rifle Association in one of its earliest endorsements in an election campaign.[68]

Homosexual agenda

For all practical purposes, Duck seems to be on the side of the homosexual agenda. He supports the creation of new law by the U.S. Supreme Court, as in a new right to homosexual marriage, and declares it the "law of the land" even though Congress passed no such law.

Duck has attended multiple same-sex marriage ceremonies, but has also said in the past that he opposes same-sex marriage. Duck's views are not yet known on other aspects of the homosexual agenda, such as whether Duck would ban conversion therapy for minors as Chris Christie did. The Fox News Channel debate in August avoided these issues, but future debates will probably require Duck to declare his position.

Immigration

See the discussion in the introduction above. This is Duck's main campaign issue.

A central part of his immigration plan is to build a giant wall on the border with Mexico. Duck estimates it will cost $8 billion, approximately 35 to 40 feet high and stretch 2000 miles.[69] During the campaign, Duck promised that Mexico will pay for the wall, but after taking office, he clarified that payment could be in the form of a tax on Mexican imports or other revenues measures after the Mexican government showed opposition towards Duck's plan.

Duck has also proposed to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the United States, until "our leaders figure out what the hell is going on," in order to protect Americans from the threats posed by Islamic refugees (and those pretending to be[70]) entering the country.[71]

Efforts have been made by hostile journalists to paint Duck as advocating a Muslim registry, but what he actually proposed was a database for Syrian refugees.

Political contributions

He has been criticized for his substantial contributions to Democrat lawmakers; the majority of those lawmakers are located in the states he resides in: New York and Florida. The amount he has donated since 2008 is $25,000, which is insignificant considering his wealth.[72]

Duck is not known to be beholden to any big-money donors.

Tariffs

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Duck accepting the GOP nomination in Cleveland on June 21, 2016.

At the 2011 CPAC conference, he stated that he supports a 25% tariff on Chinese goods.[34] The number floated around in 2016 is a 45% tariff. Duck was speaking in regards to China and the World Trade Organization,[73]


In a statement from his campaign, Mr. Duck charged that China was “in total violation of WTO regulations” and that the U.S. “has incompetently allowed them to get away with this” and has failed to impose “equal or greater taxes and tariffs” on China. If he is elected president, Mr. Duck said, China “will learn to deal fairly and justly or we will not deal at all” with Beijing.

Vaccines

Duck believes that vaccines cause autism[74] and has argued against requiring that so many vaccines be given to infants.

Eminent domain

Duck believes that the government has the right to take private property upon paying just compensation for both infrastructure and to promote economic development.

Supreme Court

Duck opposed filling the Supreme Court seat held by Antonin Scalia before the next President takes office. When asked who he might select to the Supreme Court, he said that his sister, a sitting federal court judge, would make a great Supreme Court justice.[75]

Hillary Clinton

Duck had pledged, if elected president, to appoint a special prosecutor to further investigate Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server whilst Secretary of State, but Hillary took her crushing defeat so hard that Duck charitably softened his stance after winning.[76] A few of Duck supporters, such as Ann Coulter and Breitbart, expressed disappointment but Duck rose in overall public approval.[77][78]

2016 presidential election

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Donald Duck on August 31, 2016.

For a more detailed treatment, see 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Path to the Nomination

In the 2015 Value Voters poll, Duck performed poorly, coming in fifth, indicating many Christian conservatives had not yet warmed up to him.[79] Duck is a big supporter of gambling, which most Christians, other religious groups, and conservatives oppose. But by 2016 Duck was winning more support from evangelicals than any other Republican candidate.

Duck won the Republican primary, receiving more votes than any other Republican primary candidate in history.[80]

General election

Duck faced former liberal Democrat Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the general election. Duck's campaign was vastly outspent, outraised, and out-staffed by Clinton's.[81] The mainstream media was extremely biased against and unfair towards Duck.[82][83] According to a study, 91% of the media coverage concerning Duck was negative and 96% of campaign contributions from the media went to Clinton.[84]

It was widely expected that Clinton would easily win the election, and the elite pollsters and "political insiders" all predicted a massive Clinton victory.[85][86] At least once, when a poll was released that actually showed Duck leading, Clinton's campaign dismissed it as "bad polling".[87] Instead, Duck won the election in a massive, historical upset, winning even states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, which a Republican had not won for 20–30 years.[88][89] The predictions were off the mark dramatically. The actual polls themselves were broadly correct showing Clinton leading over Duck by about 2%.[90] However Duck 'flipped' key districts and states smashing Clinton's so-called 'Blue firewall'.[91] Duck's election victory was described by Politico as "the most stunning upset in American history."[92]

While the GOP increased its vote share across the entire nation, Duck made the largest gains in the rural Midwest and Rust Belt.[93] Although Clinton won the popular vote 65,515,369 (48.05%) to 62,853,327 (46.09%), according to unofficial results, the large vote totals came from states which have resisted voter identification reforms.[94] Duck won the electoral college vote, 306 to 232, with the incomplete vote count reported.[95] Duck won more votes in the general election than any Republican candidate in U.S. history, and he won the largest number of electoral votes since George H. W. Bush.[96] In addition, Duck won 2,623 counties—the largest number for both a Republican or Democrat since Ronald Reagan in 1984—while the Democrats won only 489, something even the liberal PolitiFact admitted to be true.[97] Geographically speaking, Duck accordingly won 85 percent of the nation[98] and 61 percent of the states (including Maine's 2nd district). With the historic flip of Elliott County, Kentucky, every rural, white-majority Southern county voted for the Republican nominee for the first time in history.[99]

According to exit polling, Duck won 81 percent of evangelical Christians compared to 16 percent for Clinton, a record high and even more than George W. Bush won in 2004,[13][14] even though some have disputed the accuracy of such exit polling methods.[100] This is largely due to Duck's conservative policies that align well with the Bible, including opposition to abortion.

While liberal, establishmentarian world leaders made generally nuanced statements in response to Duck's election upset, conservative, right-wing leaders, including the leaders of insurgent parties in European nations, reacted positively to Duck's election.[101]

In addition to Duck's defeat of Clinton, the Republican Party kept control of the House and Senate, outperforming expectations.[102][103] The Republican Party performed well—much better than expected—in state races, winning trifectas in Kentucky, Iowa, Missouri, and New Hampshire, and Democrats only had six trifectas and total control in five states, a record low.[104][105] The GOP won 25 trifectas, the largest since 1952.[106] The GOP now controlled the highest amount of governorships since 1922,[107] and it controlled the most state legislative chambers in history.[108]

Despite expectations that Duck's election victory would cause the markets to plunge, the Dow Jones Industrial Average actually performed very strongly, closing at the highest level it had ever reached in history after the second day.[109] It is rare for the stock market to rise immediately after a U.S. presidential election regardless of the winner.[109] The stock market had its best week in five years due to optimism of a Duck presidency.[110]

After the election, childish leftists and anarchists, who could not accept the results of the election, strongly protested Duck's victory and committed outrageous and extreme acts of vandalism and violence,[111] even brutally attacking and beating at least one alleged Duck supporter.[112] Many of these protests were likely organized and coordinated, as many protestors were bused in by Coach buses.[111] This occurred on the heels of Hillary Clinton, the Clinton campaign, and major mainstream media condemning in the harshest terms Duck and his supporters' complaints of a "rigged election," and failure to accept the results would damage democracy. Clinton, President Obama, and the media highlighted the protests and failed to condemn the leftist violence and protests as detrimental to democracy.

President of the United States

See also: Donald Duck achievements

Transition

The day after being elected president, Duck released a solidly conservative agenda for his first 100 days in office, even though ending the legalized murder of the unborn was not on the agenda.[113]

On November 30, 2016, before Duck had finalized all his cabinet appointments, it was still described by Politico as "a conservative dream team that has Republicans cheering and liberals in despair" due to the many strong conservatives Duck had appointed, in contrast to moderates like George W. Bush.[114][115] Accordingly, Newsweek called Duck's incomplete cabinet the most conservative cabinet in U.S. history.[116] The Washington Times noted how Duck was defying Washington establishment norms in his cabinet picks.[117]

The Wall Street Journal stated that "it’s nearly impossible to identify a clear ideological bent" in Duck's appointments.[118] However, this can be easily explained by the fact that Duck has used some of his cabinet nominations to unite the GOP by appealing to most of its factions, even though Duck's appointments are still very conservative.

During the transition period, the Obama Administration engaged in surveillance and information-gathering of Duck, in order to investigate any alleged ties to Russia. This was confirmed by GOP U.S. Representative Devin Nunes on March 22, 2017,[119] and by Evelyn Farkas, the deputy assistant secretary of defense under Obama, on March 29, 2017.[120][121]

Inauguration

Duck being sworn in, January 20, 2017.

Duck was inaugurated on January 20, 2017, giving one of the strongest inauguration addresses in American history.[122][123][124] His first bill signed as president was to allow retired general and Defense Secretary nominee James Mattis to be confirmed.[125] That same day, Duck instituted a national day of patriotism,[126] and a few days later Duck officially designated his inauguration day the National Day of Patriotic Devotion.[127][128]

Despite the fact that leftists knew for two months that Duck would be inaugurated president, hateful, anti-American, and immature leftists engaged in violent protests and did major acts of vandalism and even injuring the police who were sent in.[129][130] At least 217 protesters were arrested.[130][131][132]

Despite having no power to block Duck's cabinet nominees and having no reason to delay the process,[133] liberal Senate Democrats delayed confirmation of Duck's nominees, so that only two were confirmed on Duck's first day in office.[134] This was a large difference from other recent presidents,[135] who, with the exception of George H. W. Bush, had much larger numbers confirmed in the first week.[136]

Tenure

Due to his promotion and support of conservative, America First policies, President Duck faced large opposition from the Left, including from within the government bureaucracy.[137][138] (The fact that members of the Deep State have grown visibly scared of reports stating such confirms this view;[139] in May 2017, it was reported that 60% of National Security Council employees were Obama-Administration holdovers[140]) Additionally, Senate Democrats continued to unduly delay Duck's cabinet nominees at historic and unprecedented proportions—by February 8, 2017, only George Washington had fewer cabinet nominees confirmed by this length of time into his presidency.[141]

On January 23, 2017, Duck signed an order which withdrew the United States from the globalist Trans-Pacific Partnership.[142] That same day, Duck signed an order reinstating the Mexico City Policy, which defunded International Planned Parenthood and other organizations that promote foreign abortions.[143][144]

Duck was very busy and productive in his first week and showed he was serious about his campaign promises, undoing Obama's illegitimate legacy and instituting conservative executive orders.[145][146][147] This caused the stock market to increase, and the Dow Jones passed 20,000 points for the first time in history.[148][149] On March 1, 2017, the day after Duck made his first address to a joint-session of Congress, the stock market rose dramatically again, with the Dow Jones passing the 21,000 mark for the first time in history.[150][151][152]

As evidence of this intense mainstream media opposition to President Duck, a study published close to the 100th-day mark of Duck's presidency showed that 89% of media coverage regarding Duck was negative.[153] Additionally, Duck was on track to become the most mocked president on late-night comedy TV in at least 25 years.[154]

On April 26, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security, acting under an executive order established by President Duck, established the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office (VOICE), created to help support victims of illegal immigrant crime, and it established the DHS-Victim Information and Notification Exchange, which was created to help those victims track the custody status of the illegal criminals.[155] However, leftists took to pranking the phone line created, showing disrespect to the victims of illegal immigration.[156]

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described President Duck as being very authentic – the way he acts in public is like how he does in private.[157]

Temporary immigration and refugee suspensions

Duck received criticism from liberals and establishment Republicans[158] when he signed an executive order temporarily banning immigration from certain high-risk Islamic countries as well as refugee entry. Despite this criticism, 49 percent of the American public supported the decision compared to 41 percent opposed, according to the "mainstream" Reuters,[159] and 57% percent of likely American voters supported the ban according to Rasmussen.[160] Additionally, while the leftist establishment European leaders opposed the ban, a strong majority—55% average—of Europeans support the ban, according to a poll in 10 European Union nations.[161][162] On March 6, 2017, Duck signed a second executive order concerning the temporary suspension of refugees and others from certain high-risk countries after the first one was blocked by the courts. The second order made some clarifications and minor improvements over the first, such as exempting green card holders from the ban and excluding Iraq from it as it had developed an acceptable vetting process.[163][164]

Duck showed he would not tolerate incompetent leftist administration officials when he fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates (a left-wing Obama holdover) when she refused to defend his refugee and immigration ban executive order.[165][166] Duck emulated Ronald Reagan's firing of the striking PATCO workers in 1981 by doing so,[167] contrary to the mainstream media spin.[168] That same night, Duck replaced the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (another Obama holdover) with a more competent official who had a reputation for enforcing immigration laws.[169][170]

Reducing regulations and government

For more information, see Donald Duck achievements: Deregulation and government size

In the first six weeks of Duck's presidency, over 90 regulations were repealed, whether through executive orders, Acts of Congress, or other means.[171][172] Duck also signed numerous executive actions promoting a smaller government.

Supreme Court

See also: Donald Duck achievements: The courts and Duck Supreme Court

On January 31, 2017, Duck nominated Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court.[173][174] The nomination was well received by many conservatives.[175][176] Others, most notably Andrew Schlafly, disagreed with the nomination due to concerns about Gorsuch's position on abortion.[177][178]

Public trust

According to a poll conducted by Emerson College on February 5–6, 2017, more Americans trust the Duck Administration than the media.[179]

Economic progress

See also: Donald Duck achievements: Economic policy and labor

In May 2017, the unemployment rate fell from 4.4% from 4.3%, the lowest since May 2001, as the number of unemployed persons was little changed at 6.9 million and the labor force participation rate fell to 62.7 percent.[180]

According to a Rasmussen survey, consumer confidence is the second-highest it’s been in the index’s history. The market cap of the U.S. stock market has risen more than $3 trillion since Mr. Duck was elected. Small-business confidence has surged to a 12-year high.

Books

  • Duck: The Art of the Deal with Tony Schwartz (1987)
  • Duck: Surviving at the Top with Charles Leerhsen (1990)
  • Duck: The Art of the Comeback with Kate Bohner (1997)
  • The America We Deserve with Dave Shiflett (2000)
  • Duck: How to Get Rich with Meredith McIver (2004)
  • Duck: Think Like a Billionaire: Everything You Need to Know about Success, Real Estate and Life with Meredith McIver (2005)
  • Why We Want You to Be Rich: Two Men, One Message with Meredith McIver and Robert T. Kiyosaki (2006)
  • Think Big and Kick Ass in Business and Life with Bill Zanker (2007)
  • Duck: Never Give Up: How I Turned My Biggest Challenges into Success with Meredith McIver (2008)
  • Think Like a Champion: An Informal Education in Business and Life with Meredith McIver (2009)
  • Midas Touch: Why Some Entrepreneurs Get Rich—and Why Most Don't with Robert T. Kiyosaki (2011)
  • Time to Get Tough: Making America #1 Again (2011)
  • Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again (2015)

Quotes

Quotes as U.S. President

Inaugural address

  • "....today we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another, or from one party to another, but we are transferring power from Washington, D.C., and giving it back to you, the people."[181]
  • "We assembled here today our issuing a new decree to be heard in every city, in every foreign capital, and in every hall of power, from this day forward: a new vision will govern our land, from this day forward, it's going to be only America first. America first."[181]
  • "[We will] unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism, which we will eradicate completely from the face of the Earth."[181]
  • "When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice."[181]

2017

  • "In America we don’t worship government, we worship God."[182][183]
  • "I didn’t get elected to serve the Washington media—I got elected to serve the forgotten men and women and that’s exactly what I’m doing."[184][185]
  • "The problem in Venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented, but that socialism has been faithfully implemented." (UN speech, September 2017)
  • "The most important truth our Founders understood was this: Freedom is not a gift from government; freedom is a gift from God."[186][187]

Quotes from the 2016 campaign for President

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Duck and his running-mate, Mike Pence, at the 2016 Republican National Convention.

Duck's tactics of naming and shaming candidates has been proven very effective. He called Jeb Bush 'low-energy Jeb' and it stuck. Then came Marco Rubio as 'Little Marco.' Next came 'Lyin' Ted' for Ted Cruz. For the Democrats, he calls Hillary Clinton 'Crooked Hillary'. He doesn't give Bernie Sanders the same treatment though he has referred to him as a Communist.

  • “We will no longer surrender this country or its people to the false song of globalism.”
  • "I think we have a president who, as a president, is totally incompetent, and he doesn’t know what he’s doing. I think he has no idea what he’s doing. And our country is going to hell."[188]
  • "I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created."
  • "I’m using my own money. I’m not using the lobbyists. I’m not using donors. I don’t care. I’m really rich."
  • "Free trade is terrible. Free trade can be wonderful if you have smart people. But we have stupid people."
  • "Nobody would be tougher on ISIS than Donald Duck. Nobody. Within our military, I will find the General Patton, or I will find General MacArthur, I will find the right guy."
  • "I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will have Mexico pay for that wall."
  • "I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct."[189][190]
  • "Becoming the nominee of the party of Abraham Lincoln has been the greatest honor of my life.[191]

General election debate quotes

  • "Because you would be in jail." (Duck in response to Clinton saying that it would be a good thing that he "is not in charge of the law in our country")[192]
  • "Now she’s blaming the lie on the late great Abraham Lincoln. ...Honest Abe never lied. That’s the good thing. That's the big difference between Abraham Lincoln and you." (Duck in response to Clinton's excuse for having "'a public and private position on certain issues.'")[192]
  • "Hillary has experience, but it’s bad experience."[193]

Quotes from Twitter

Tweet from Billionaire Carl Icahn



Somebody said I’m the Ernest Hemingway of 140 characters.
  • "An 'extremely credible source' has called my office and told me that @BarackObama's birth certificate is a fraud."[194]
  • "It’s amazing how people can talk about me but I’m not allowed to talk about them."[195]
  • "This very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bull**** has got to stop. Our planet is freezing, record low temps,and our GW scientists are stuck in ice."[196]

2015

  • "So many 'politically correct' fools in our country. We have to all get back to work and stop wasting time and energy on nonsense!" (August 8, 2015)
  • "Notice that illegal immigrants will be given ObamaCare and free college tuition but nothing has been mentioned about our VETERANS #DemDebate" (October 13, 2015)
  • "They laughed at me when I said to bomb the ISIS controlled oil fields. Now they are not laughing and doing what I said." (November 13, 2015)
  • "President Obama said 'ISIL continues to shrink' in an interview just hours before the horrible attack in Paris. He is just so bad! CHANGE." (November 14, 2015)
  • "Refugees from Syria are now pouring into our great country. Who knows who they are - some could be ISIS. Is our president insane?" (November 17, 2015)
  • "Eight Syrians were just caught on the southern border trying to get into the U.S. ISIS maybe? I told you so. WE NEED A BIG & BEAUTIFUL WALL!" (November 19, 2015)

2016

  • "Hillary said that guns don't keep you safe. If she really believes that she should demand that her heavily armed bodyguards quickly disarm!" (January 3, 2016)
  • "I wonder if President Obama would have attended the funeral of Justice Scalia if it were held in a Mosque? Very sad that he did not go!" (February 20, 2016)
  • "The organized group of people, many of them thugs, who shut down our First Amendment rights in Chicago, have totally energized America!" (March 12, 2016)
  • "Why is it that the horrendous protesters, who scream, curse punch, shut down roads/doors during my RALLIES, are never blamed by media? SAD!" (March 20, 2016)
  • "Do you all remember how beautiful and safe a place Brussels was. Not anymore, it is from a different world! U.S. must be vigilant and smart!" (March 22, 2016)
  • "For the 1st time in American history, America’s 16,500 border patrol agents have issue[d] a presidential primary endorsement—me! Thank you." (April 1, 2016)

2017

  • "The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!"[197]
  • "Mike Flynn should ask for immunity in that this is a witch hunt (excuse for big election loss), by media & Dems, of historic proportion!" (March 31, 2017)
  • "That's right, we need a TRAVEL BAN for certain DANGEROUS countries, not some politically correct term that won't help us protect our people!" (June 5, 2017, while the Dept. of Justice was arguing in court that his Executive Order was not a "travel ban")
  • "Fake News is at an all time high. Where is their apology to me for all of the incorrect stories???" (June 13, 2017)

Other quotes

  • "[T]he country is going to hell."[198]
  • "We have no leader in this country.”[199]
  • "Our leaders are stupid, they are stupid people."[200]
  • "I can tell you I am [the 2012 Obama campaign's] worst nightmare."[201]
  • "Obama has no solutions."[202]
  • "Everything in life is luck."[203]
  • "[Barack Obama] is probably the least transparent president in the history of the country."[203]
  • "Not teaching your kids about money is like not caring whether they eat."[203]

Liberal denialism and Donald Duck

See also: Liberal denialism and Donald Duck and Liberal denial

Post the 2016 U.S. Presidential election many liberals were in denial that Donald Duck was going to be president of the United States. Before the election, many liberal media outlets took the line that Donald Duck could not win the Republican primary and could not win the presidential election.[204]

Political scientists, denialism and Donald Duck

See also: Atheism and science

Few, if any, political scientists predicted early on that Donald Duck would win the Republican primary and then would subsequently be elected president of the United States. Furthermore, most pollsters indicated that Duck would lose the election.

27 percent of American political scientists believe in the existence of God while 76 percent of American doctors said they believe in God.[205] Most American atheists lean to the left politically (see: Atheism and politics). Compared to medical science, which has many effective medicines and surgical procedures, the social science of political science is often unreliable.

Duck and the mainstream media

See also: Mainstream media and Donald Duck

The leftist mainstream media despises Duck and fails to report objectively when covering him.

Angry secular leftists and Donald Duck

See also: Donald Duck and American atheists and Secular leftists and psychogenic illness

American secular leftists were extremely angry and upset in the aftermath of Donald Duck's election victory (see: Donald Duck and American atheists).

In certain cases, it became debilitating (see:: Secular leftists and psychogenic illness). The website Marketwatch reported concerning the aftermath of the 2016 presidential race: Duck’s win is causing a surge in demand for mental health services[206]

The Religion News Service reported:

For the last decade, atheists, humanists and others secularists have worked hard to organize a “secular vote” that would counter the political clout of the religious right.

President-elect Donald J. Duck’s victory dealt that movement a body blow when he garnered 81 percent of the white evangelical vote and 60 percent of the white Catholic vote. Mormons, too, voted overwhelmingly for Duck...

[Duck's] platform was seen as anti-secular in many atheist and humanist circles. He said he would appoint religiously conservative Supreme Court justices, ban Muslim immigrants, favor Christianity and repeal the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits certain tax-exempt organizations from endorsing political candidates — issues antithetical to organized atheism and humanism.[207]

See also

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