Donald Trump began his presidential campaign in 2015.
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Badlands MediaOct 21, 2026
Multiple independent sources report that Trump announced his presidential campaign on June 16, 2015 at Trump Tower, so the claim that his campaign began in 2015 is supported. The extracted claim is a faithful reading of the post's reference to his '2015 campaign.
What was said
… Yeah, I mean, they're there for gotchas. They're not, they're not there to, you know, obtain the truth for the American people. They're there to get gotcha moments, to spin a narrative for their handlers, and I think that that is something that Trump has known since the beginning of his, you know, 2015 campaign, and he's played it, he's played it against them. He's played their own tactics against them in a brilliant way. It's so entertaining at this point. …
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Supports. The Trump Presidential Library states that Trump announced his candidacy for President on June 16, 2015.[2]
Supports. Bloomberg, CNN, and NBC News all report on June 16, 2015 that Trump formally launched his Republican presidential campaign in New York.[3][4][5]
Supports. The Washington Post retrospective and the AP year-end poll both describe Trump's June 2015 Trump Tower announcement as the start of his 2016 presidential run.[1][6]
Context. The Miller Center states that Trump's first campaign began on June 16, 2015, and the People timeline gives a July 16, 2015 date for a speech, which is still within 2015.[7][8]
Sources
8 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 4 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1AP Poll: US election voted top news story of 2016apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2President Donald J. Trumptrumplibrary.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Donald Trump Officially Enters the 2016 Presidential Racenbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4Can He Be Hired? Donald Trump Enters Presidential Racebloomberg.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Donald Trump is running for president in 2016 | CNN Politicscnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 6The spectacle in Trump Tower that launched a presidencywashingtonpost.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 7Donald Trump: Campaigns and Electionsmillercenter.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 8Donald Trump Campaign Timelinepeople.com · not rated · cited for: context
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