User:WClarke/Donald Trump and news media

Donald Trump in August 2015.

Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States, has consistently been a prominent figure in news media since the 1980s throughout his business, entertainment, and political careers. Trump, born and raised in New York City, first became a subject in the media as a result of his business career in the early 1980s while head of The Trump Organization, a real estate development company founded by his father. The completion of Trump Tower in 1983, Trump's developments in Atlantic City, and Trump's listing on the Forbes 400 in 1982 all pushed Trump into the mainstream news media, especially from news outlets in New York.

Trump and his wife Ivana became of great interest to the public in the late 1980s, more than ever in 1989 after news broke of an affair between him and Marla Maples. The affair, the subsequent divorce between Trump and Ivana, and Trump's marriage to Maples was covered extensively in the news, most notably in tabloids like The New York Post and New York Daily News. In addition to print news, Trump has made many appearances on talk shows and radio shows throughout his career, which further established himself as a household name, along with the rise of the Trump brand and his 1987 book The Art of the Deal. Similar coverage of Trump's personal life with Maples continued into the 1990s with the birth of their daughter Tiffany, and then their divorce in 1999. In 2003 Trump became the host of the NBC TV series The Apprentice, hosting the show for a total of fourteen seasons.

Though Trump had received media coverage regarding his politics before 2015, like during his presidential campaign in 2000, coverage of Trump in political news became significant following his June 2015 announcement of his campaign to run in the 2016 presidential election as a Republican. From the start of the campaign there was conflict between Trump and the media, first between Trump and a Univision reporter following questions regarding Trump's statements on immigration, and later following the first Republican presidential debate, with Trump starting an election-long fued with Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, who asked tough questions when moderating the debate. Trump's unconventional political rhetoric and disdain for political correctness throughout his campaign, which set him apart from other candidates, frequently garnered significant media attention, so much that Trump was able to rely mainly on "free media" instead of bought publicity to propel his campaign. Trump on many occasions has publicly criticized news organizations on Twitter, usually after unfavorable reporting on him, often labeling the media as "dishonest" in reference to alleged media bias.

During the general election against Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party's candidate, tension between Trump and the media grew, with Trump making claims that mainstream media favored Clinton in their reporting.

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Background

Donald Trump grew up in Queens, New York City, and later received received an economics degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, before returning to New York to take over his father's company in 1971, which he renamed The Trump Organization. Trump's business ventures in the 1980s brought him into mainstream news coverage, which expanded into media interest in his personal affairs and marriages.

Early presence in media

Though Trump had previously been mentioned in real estate transactions and relatively minor articles in the media, his first noticeable appearance in news media was in June 1980, regarding the demolition of the Bonwit Teller Building to make way for Trump Tower. Trump ordered the demolition of two Art Deco bas-relief sculptures outside the Bonwit Teller Building that were expected to be acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which "elicited expressions of surprise and disappointment" from museum officials, promoting an article to be written in the The New York Times.