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In 'political positions', the entire first paragraph is discussing how liberal or conservative he was, but it says nothing about his actual beliefs in policy. Instead, I suggest deleting most of that paragraph and adding info on his public viewpoints on contentious topics. CS012831 (talk) 22:49, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

4th paragraph, change "then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump" to "Republican then-presidential nominee Donald Trump" as the current page wrongly implies that Donald Trump is no longer Republican. Wayway19 (talk) 00:18, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Partly done: I think both constructions read quite awkwardly, so I opted to remove "then-" altogether. Day Creature (talk) 00:26, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]