In Pictures: Four years of President Donald J Trump
Updated / Thursday, 21 Jan 2021 10:34
Donald Trump's love of golf is well-known - he was said to be 'gutted' when the PGA said it would not be staging the 2022 event at his Bedminster course
During his inauguration speech on this day in 2017, Donald Trump said that he was taking "an oath of allegiance to all Americans".
Four years later, he is leaving office as the first US president to be impeached twice, with a trial due in the Senate in the coming weeks.
Mr Trump's first term in office came during a time of political polarisation across America and dysfunction in Washington DC, making his presidency among the most contentious in US history.
He curtailed immigration, abandoned international treaties, alienated longtime US allies, praised authoritarian foreign leaders, exhibited deference to longtime American adversary Russia, secured deep tax cuts that especially benefited the rich and corporations and vilified opposition Democrats.
Mr Trump led a disjointed US government response to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic - downplaying its seriousness, casting doubt on protective masks and predicting the pathogen's miraculous disappearance - that many medical experts said worsened the public health crisis and cost lives.
This gallery looks back at some of the many memorable moments of a former reality television star who became the 45th President of the United States.
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Barack Obama invited then President-elect Trump to the White House following his election victory in 2016On 20 January 2017, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United StatesAn early glimpse of Trump's presidency was his insistence that the crowds at his inauguration (L) were larger than those at Barack Obama's in 2009Donald Trump sits in the driver's seat of a truck in 2017 as he welcomes truckers and CEOs to the White House to discuss healthcareCriticised over his response to the devastation caused in Puerto Rico by Hurricane Maria, Trump throws paper towels to people during a brief visit there in 2017Donald Trump issued many pardons during his presidencyDonald Trump stuck to some White House traditions - here he is with then taoiseach Leo Varadkar for the 2018 St Patrick's shamrock ceremonyPresidential hand hold - Emmanunel Macron and Donald Trump pictured at the White House in April 2018German Chancellor Angela Merkel deliberates with Donald Trump on the sidelines of the 2018 G7 summit in Canada. Other leaders seen in the picture are French president Emmanuel Macron and then British prime minister Theresa MayVladimir Putin and President Donald Trump chat at the same summitA number of celebrities were strong supporters of Trump - here he speaks to Kanye West in the Oval Office in October 2018First Lady Melania Trump raised a media storm when she was photographed emblazoned with the words 'I really don't care, do you?' after a visit with child migrants on the US-Mexico border
Donald Trump holds up a chart of military hardware sales as he meets Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office in 2018Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet in Singapore in June 2018. They were the first sitting leaders of their countries to meet, shake hands and negotiate to end a decades-old nuclear stand-offDuring impeachment proceedings against him, Donald Trump spoke to reporters - his notes with the phrase 'I want no quid pro quo' were captured by photographersBefore delivering his annual State of the Union address in February 2020, Donald Trump refused to shake the proffered hand of top Democrat, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Ms Pelosi later ripped up a print out of Mr Trump's speech as he finished itOn an 'unofficial' visit to Ireland the president stopped for photos with local children while playing golf at his course in DoonbegDonald Trump holds a Bible while visiting St John's Church across from the White House in June 2020. He made his way to the church after the area was cleared of people protesting the death of George FloydBuilding a wall along the US/Mexico border was a big part of Donald Trump's campaign in 2016 - last June he attended a ceremony marking the 200th mile of the border wall, which remains incomplete. It was not funded by Mexico - which he pledged would happeDonald Trump at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota in July 2020 for a rally of his supporters, an event that drew 7,500 people, packed tightly into an amphitheatreIn October 2020, the President and First Lady tested positive for Covid-19 - Donald Trump was treated at a military hospital and said he was 'immune', taking off his face covering after arriving back at the White HouseIn the early hours of 4 November 2020, Donald Trump refused to admit defeat to Joe Biden - in the days and weeks that followed he spread baseless conspiracy theories about election fraud, and claimed that he won the vote by a landslideEarlier this month Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol as Congress gathered to certify Joe Biden's win in the election. A week later, Trump became the first US president to be impeached twice as the House charged him with inciting an insurrectionDonald Trump at a rally Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 14 January - he never formally conceded the election to Joe BidenDonald Trump speaks to reporters before he and Melania leave the White House at the end of his presidency