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Aren't the assassination attempts against him noteworthy enough to be mentioned in the lede? What do you people think?Shoshin000 (talk)15:35, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Previous discussion in the archive. ―Mandruss ☎ IMO.15:44, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The consensus was "no". The two previous discussions dealing with the lead:July–August 2024 andJune 2025.Space4TCatHerder🖖16:20, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What assasination attempts? They were staged performances.4t5y6u7i8o9p (talk)01:08, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have seen no evidence of this nor do most reliable sources state this is the case.GothicGolem29 (talk)01:12, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The sentence "Trump had a 15-year friendship with Jeffrey Epstein" should be changed to "Trump had a 15-year friendship with the financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein", as their friendship is only controversial due to Epstein's crimes.209.93.85.118 (talk)17:54, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The current wording is the consensus arrived at after almost eight weeks of discussions and three rounds of !voting. SeeTalk:Donald_Trump/Archive_202#Trump–Epstein andTalk:Donald_Trump/Archive_203#Follow-up_to_Trump-Epstein.Space4TCatHerder🖖18:45, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for this clarification. --209.93.85.118 (talk)11:24, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

They provide a view into how he sees himself and the country. A great resource about a very recent one (him in a fighter jet, dropping excreta on the population) can be found below, in a historian's column. I am not on his actual site to link directly to it, but I'm sure serious wikipedians can find it to refer to it if needed. Thank you.

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-20-202598.252.50.184 (talk)17:46, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that the AI videos made and officially put out of him putting a crown on his head (reminiscent of Napoleon), and the video he posted himself of the jet /excrement on the 7-8 million American people exercising their democratic right to protest “no kings”—which is at the historic heart of the American project—are highly significant & should be included on this page.2001:569:5176:BD00:649D:EB2:FF9F:2E29 (talk)18:35, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

One's belief that something is highly significant is not an argument for inclusion. Showsufficient reliable source coverage and we can talk about it. RS coverage does not mean the publishing of the cartoons etc.; it would need to be independent RS coverage of said cartoons etc. ―Mandruss ☎ IMO.18:38, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is aWikipedia:BLP. We should be neutral, balanced, very careful of the tone and not malign anyone regardless of our feelings.Crampcomes (talk)05:00, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia's "neutrality" is to accurately report what the sources say, not to sweep negative aspects under the carpet. PerWikipedia:Neutral point of view: "Achieving what the Wikipedia community understands as neutrality means carefully and critically analyzing a variety of reliable sources and then attempting to convey to the reader the information contained in them fairly, proportionately, and as far as possible without editorial bias." In the latestHistorical rankings of presidents of the United States, Trump is literally ranked 45th out of 45, rated worse than the likes ofFranklin Pierce (42nd),Andrew Johnson (43rd), andJames Buchanan (44th). By comparison, his much more competent predecessorJoe Biden is ranked 14th out of 45. In C-SPAN's ratings from 2021, Trump is specifically rated to have the worst Administrative Skills out of the entire list of presidents.Dimadick (talk)07:48, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Moreover, seeconsensus 54. This has received adequate discussion including anRfC; no need to rehash. ―Mandruss ☎ IMO.15:59, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW, I agree with you Crampcomes. Butconsensus #54 doesn't & that's what prevails.GoodDay (talk)16:03, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is common practice in Wikipedia to add that he or she is a convicted felon in the first sentence of their biography if they have been convicted. This holds true even for politicians e.g.George Santos. So I believe we ought to add that to the first sentence of Donald Trump's Wikipedia article also.Crampcomes (talk)05:40, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Removed{{rfc}} template. RfC is for when you can't reach consensus without RfC. We have a consensus that you can find in the talk page archive. We could create aconsensus list item for that if you think it might help. Donald Trump is not George Santos or anybody else. For Wikipedia's purposes, Donald Trump is unique. ―Mandruss ☎ IMO.05:46, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There's entry #699 in the consensus list above that covers this, although not verbatim. That was from January 2025 and there haven't been new criminal convictions since then so probably not much would change with another discussion. Personally I think we should add it, or remove it from other similar articles, for the sake of internal consistency.NICHOLAS NEEDLEHAM (talk)17:26, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why does the photo look like shit? Can it be better?— Precedingunsigned comment added by61.92.37.146 (talk)11:07, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You need to ask the whitehouse, they issued it.Slatersteven (talk)11:10, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I was going to say "I don't know and no"—but that works too. ―Mandruss ☎ IMO.11:12, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Could be worse, very prominently showing the ear he wasshot in by a bullet from an AR 15.Space4TCatHerder🖖16:45, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Iadded this text

On October 20–23, 2025, he had wrecking crewsdemolish the White House's East Wing without prior announcement to make room for a 90,000-square-foot ballroom.^[1][2]

and was revertedhere with the editsum "overdetail". Trump demolishing part of the White House as a fait accompli, without consultation of Congress, historians, not to mention the owners (aka the people), is more than a detail. It'sthe mortar-and-stone "display [of] Trump's arbitrary power over the Presidency, including its physical seat". It deserves a summary-level sentence in the top bio per consensus #37. As for "meaning its perspective should be on his entire life" perWP:TRUMPOTA: hell yeah. The whataboutism (Truman balcony, Obama's basketball court) by the usual suspects as usual misses the point; none of these changes demolished the historically grown architecture.

Space4TCatHerder🖖18:24, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It may well be many things, but is itwp:due? This article is about Trump, not the White House.Slatersteven (talk)18:29, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If Charles were to demolish a wing of Buckingham Palace to make room for a 90,000 sq.ft. "King Charles III ballroom", I think that would also feature prominently in his article and not just the one on Buckingham Palace.Space4TCatHerder🖖18:38, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I doubt it.Slatersteven (talk)18:47, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just take an objective, dispassionate, uninterested look at RS coverage. If you're able to do that. Ask yourself if you would cite that same amount of RS coverage for something Trump-favorable. This also applies to the new section about third term talk. ―Mandruss ☎ 2¢ IMO.18:31, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gee, thanks. There's a difference between a wrecking ball and talk.Space4TCatHerder🖖18:40, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Editors' personal, biased judgment has been allowed to play too large a role for years. We are here to accept the judgment of RS, not supply our own. ―Mandruss ☎ 2¢ IMO.18:44, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I can see here, you found what you wanted in two reliable sources and then quit. I ask again, would you accept two sources for Trump-favorable content? If so, let's get you on record. ―Mandruss ☎ 2¢ IMO.18:48, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A sampler of the coverage so far:[1],[2],[3],[4],[5],[6],[7],[8],[9],[10],[11],[12],[13],[14],[15],[16],[17],[18],[19],[20],[21],[22]. Yep, that's how I edit,you found what you wanted in two reliable sources and then quit. Thanks for the vote of confidence.Space4TCatHerder🖖19:06, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry. I'm from Missouri, figuratively speaking. I haven't vetted your sources. If nobody else wants to, I'll take your word for it. Disclaimer: I do not doubt your good faith. ―Mandruss ☎ 2¢ IMO.19:10, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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