Trump throws his hat in the presidential ring

Amelia Havanec • Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

Republish Article

You can republish articles in print or online. Simply copy the HTML below, which includes our tracking pixel, all paragraph styles and hyperlinks, the author byline, and credit to Cascade PBS. Republishing of the photos or videos embedded in an article can occur only if the photo or video is a copyright of Cascade Public Media ("CPM") and not of a third party. Photos and videos that are a copyright of CPM are not required to appear in the republished article, but if they are used, they must be embedded where they appear in the original article and must include the attribution to the CPM photographer.

You may reprint in any medium
You may edit only for tense and timeliness
If republishing in print you can edit for length if you follow our print republishing guidelines.
You may write your own headline
Include a byline and shirttail with credit and link to Cascade PBS
Include our tracking pixel
Remove if we ask

          <article>
            <header>
              <hgroup>
                <h1>Trump throws his hat in the presidential ring</h1>
                <h2><p>Businessman, TV personality and author Donald Trump showed up the GOP presidential pregame this morning, making him the 16th candidate to enter the White House race. The 45-minute announcement was made at the lavish Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan and hit on a range of issues, including stopping the Islamic</p></h2>
              </hgroup>
               <p>By <a href="/author/amelia-havanec-crosscut-com/">Amelia Havanec</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
            </header>
            <p>Businessman, TV personality and author Donald Trump showed up the GOP presidential pregame this morning, making him the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/16/politics/donald-trump-2016-announcement-elections/?ref=avalancheghost.one">16th candidate</a> to enter the White House race. The 45-minute announcement was made at the lavish Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan and hit on a range of issues, including stopping the Islamic State, keeping Iran from building a nuclear weapon, "beating" China on "deals," repealing ObamaCare and Obama’s executive orders on immigration, building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border (which “<a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/06/16/414914628/the-best-moments-from-donald-trumps-announcement-speech?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=politics&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews">Mexico would pay for</a>”) and job creation. The billionaire says he will use his own wealth to fund his campaign so that he can focus on the race - a good idea considering more than half of Republicans have a <a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-gop-trump-20150615-story.html?ref=avalancheghost.one">negative view</a> of the Donald.</p>
          </article>

Businessman, TV personality and author Donald Trump showed up the GOP presidential pregame this morning, making him the 16th candidate to enter the White House race. The 45-minute announcement was made at the lavish Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan and hit on a range of issues, including stopping the Islamic State, keeping Iran from building a nuclear weapon, "beating" China on "deals," repealing ObamaCare and Obama’s executive orders on immigration, building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border (which “Mexico would pay for”) and job creation. The billionaire says he will use his own wealth to fund his campaign so that he can focus on the race - a good idea considering more than half of Republicans have a negative view of the Donald.

Our members' donations make local journalism happen.

Support once for $1

Support monthly for $7

Cascade PBS Passport
Mossback members-only newsletter
Print Viewer Guide (opt-in)

Support monthly for $25

Invitation to quarterly news and original programming video conference
Annual in-person meet-up with news & programming teams
Special event perks (reduced price or free tickets, cocktails, etc.)

Continue

By Amelia Havanec

Amelia Havanec is Crosscut's Science and Tech Fellow. She came to Washington from her home state of Connecticut by way of New York, Florida, California and Michigan in pursuit of the perfect pint. Sh