Republican leaders and members of Congress celebrated on Monday the 10-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign announcement.
Coming down an escalator in Trump Tower in Manhattan, Trump announced his candidacy for the 2016 presidential election on June 16, 2015. Since then, Trump has dominated the American political environment for a decade.
Republicans celebrated on X on Monday, including senators, governors and other GOP leaders.
Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) posted that Trump “[took] the country and the GOP by storm” since his first campaign announcement.
“Despite relentless attacks, President Trump never stopped fighting to make America great again. A once-in-a-generation leader and patriot, I’m proud to call him a friend,” Sen. Banks added.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) posted that Trump has “has never stopped fighting for us” since the 2015 announcement.
Meanwhile, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said “the course of American politics was forever changed 10 years ago today. Our country is better for it.”
Donald Trump Jr., one of Trump’s sons, posted that “one outsider, sick of the bulls*** and failure in Washington D.C. decided to get in the game and change the course of history.”
Shortly after Trump’s 2016 campaign announcement, he garnered a 17% support rate among Republicans nationwide, beating out other primary candidates such as now-Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. His favorable rating among Republicans by the end of 2015 was over 40%.
In 2016, his approval rating nationwide was at 34%, jumping up to 42% after his election victory and remaining roughly around 40% for the remainder of his first term, until beginning a sharp decline back to 34% after summer of 2020.
His second term has seen his ratings improve to 47% in January and 43% in May.
Trump’s support at the beginning of his campaign in 2015 primarily came from other celebrities, such as Mike Tyson, Hulk Hogan and Ted Nugent.
In 2024, he received support from most Republican politicians, with some notable exceptions. His former vice president, Mike Pence, along with around half of his first cabinet, did not endorse his 2024 campaign. Other notable names to decline endorsement included former President George Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney, Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan.
Trump won his 2024 race with 49.8% of the popular vote with 312 electoral votes, compared to 46.8% with 232 electoral votes in 2020, and 46.2% with 306 electoral votes in 2016.
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Author: Kristina Watrobski
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