If we could sum up the last four years of Donald J Trump's presidency, how would it look like? We took a deep dive in the Getty archive to dig some images...
A sign advertising the television show "The Apprentice" hangs at Trump Towers April 15, 2004 in New York City. (Photo by Peter Kramer/Getty Images)
Note: We do know how to spell 'American'. Not so sure about the 45th President of Uhmerica.
Former president Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden listen to the inaugural proceedings as Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden sit under an umbrella on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Eric Trump (C) and Donald Trump, Jr., attend the Presidential Inauguration of their father Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Saul Loeb - Pool/Getty Images) U.S. President Donald Trump sings to the song "My Way" while dancing with first lady Melania Trump during the inaugural Liberty Ball at the Washington Convention Center January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stands with his wife Melania Trump (center left) and from right: Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Tiffany Trump. In the front row are Kai Trump and Donald Trump III, children of Donald Trump Jr. on April 21, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump test the teleprompters and microphones on stage before the start of the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (L-R) Senior Advisor Jared Kushner looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before signing the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on January 29, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) (L to R) Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., who was making a joke about Eric not shaving today, speak during a ribbon cutting event for a new clubhouse at Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point, June 11, 2018 in The Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) President Donald Trump hugs the flag of the United States of America at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center February 29, 2020 in National Harbor, Maryland. Conservatives gather at the annual event to discuss their agenda. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) Donald Trump plays a round of golf after the opening of The Trump International Golf Links Course on July 10, 2012 in Balmedie, Scotland. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images) Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump kisses three-month-old Kellen Campbell, of Denver, right, and holds six-month-old Evelyn Keane, of Castel Rock, Colo., after Trump's speech at the Gallogly Event Center on the campus of the University of Colorado on July 29, 2016 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Photo by Joe Mahoney/Getty Images) An attendee wears a shirt depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and adult entertainment star Stormy Daniels at a campaign rally at the Ford Center on August 30, 2018 in Evansville, Indiana. (Photo by Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images) People carry signs addressing the issue of sexual harassment at a #MeToo rally outside of Trump International Hotel on December 9, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers remarks while campaigning at Regent University October 22, 2016 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) President Donald Trump (R) holds up a chart of military hardware sales as he meets with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office at the White House on March 20, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (2nd L) talks with journalists during a rally against the Iran nuclear deal on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol September 9, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Donald Trump, president and chief executive of Trump Organization Inc. and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, left, stands with a man he called onto the stage from the crowd because of the "Legal Immigrant For Trump" t-shirt he was wearing, during a campaign event in Bloomington, Illinois, U.S., on Sunday, March 13, 2016. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images Children look from the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexico border fence at dusk on July 22, 2018, in Nogales, Arizona. President Trump has proposed replacing the fence with a wall. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) People demonstrate and call out words of encouragement to detainees held inside the Metropolitan Detention Center after marching to decry Trump administration immigration and refugee policies on June 30, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) Russian President Vladimir Putin hands U.S. President Donald Trump (L) a World Cup football during a joint press conference after their summit on July 16, 2018 in Helsinki, Finland. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) U.S. President Donald Trump walks up the steps of the U.S. Capitol to attend the weekly Republican Senate policy luncheon January 09, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) U.S. President Donald Trump waves during a campaign rally for Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and other Tennessee Republican candidates at the McKenzie Arena November 4, 2018 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) PANMUNJOM, SOUTH KOREA - JUNE 30 (SOUTH KOREA OUT): provided by Dong-A Ilbo of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the South and North Korea on June 30, 2019 in Panmunjom, South Korea. (Handout photo by Dong-A Ilbo via Getty Images/Getty Images) U.S. President Donald Trump stands next to Butter, the National Thanksgiving Turkey, after giving him a presidential pardon during the traditional event in the Rose Garden of the White House November 26, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) U.S. President Donald Trump hugs rapper Kanye West during a meeting in the Oval office of the White House on October 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras - Pool/Getty Images) President Donald Trump holds up a sign reading, 'never give up!,' given to him during a 'Evangelicals for Trump' campaign event held at the King Jesus International Ministry on January 03, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office before signing an executive order related to regulating social media on May 28, 2020 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images) U.S. President Donald Trump holds his notes while speaking to the media before departing from the White House on November 20, 2019 in Washington, DC. President Trump spoke about the impeachment inquiry hearings currently taking place on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) U.S. President Donald Trump stands next to a monitor playing a video during the briefing of the White House Coronavirus Task Force in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House April 13, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) A t-shirt of President Donald Trump is offered for sale outside a campaign rally at Las Vegas Convention Center on February 21, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) U.S. President Donald Trump holds a copy of The Washington Post as he speaks in the East Room of the White House one day after the U.S. Senate acquitted on two articles of impeachment, ion February 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) U.S. President Donald Trump stands next to a monitor playing a video during the briefing of the White House Coronavirus Task Force in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House April 13, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) U.S. President Donald Trump leaves the podium at the conclusion of a news conference about his administration's response to the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House July 22, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (L-R) President Donald Trump pretends to check his watch after Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) mentioned upcoming Senate votes during an event about judicial confirmations in the East Room of the White House on November 6, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic in the press briefing room of the White House on March 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) In this photo illustration a notification from Twitter appears on tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump that the social media platform says violated its policy on May 29, 2020 in San Anselmo, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) A derogatory sign against Democratic nominee Joe Biden is held up as U.S. President Donald Trump addresses thousands of supporters during a campaign rally at Capital Region International Airport October 27, 2020 in Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) A torn sign lies on the ground after a "Keep America Great" campaign rally for President Donald Trump at BancorpSouth Arena on November 1, 2019 in Tupelo, Mississippi. (Photo by Brandon Dill/Getty Images) A truck carrying an anti President Donald Trump sign is shown parked outside the Andrew Mellon Auditorium where speakers took park in opening night of the virtual Republican National Convention on August 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) President Donald Trump waves to the audience while departing from the podium following his remarks at a campaign rally inside of the Knapp Center arena at Drake University on January 30, 2020 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images) A monitor displays the American flag under an exit sign at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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A sign advertising the television show "The Apprentice" hangs at Trump Towers April 15, 2004 in New York City. (Photo by Peter Kramer/Getty Images) /file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2GettyImages-632206520.jpg "Former president Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden listen to the inaugural proceedings as Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden sit under an umbrella on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/GettyImages-632209876.jpg "Eric Trump (C) and Donald Trump, Jr., attend the Presidential Inauguration of their father Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Saul Loeb - Pool/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/3GettyImages-632249606.jpg "U.S. President Donald Trump sings to the song \"My Way\" while dancing with first lady Melania Trump during the inaugural Liberty Ball at the Washington Convention Center January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/GettyImages-522830364.jpg "Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stands with his wife Melania Trump (center left) and from right: Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Tiffany Trump. In the front row are Kai Trump and Donald Trump III, children of Donald Trump Jr. on April 21, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/4GettyImages-578330212.jpg "Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump test the teleprompters and microphones on stage before the start of the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/4GettyImages-1197377343.jpg "(L-R) Senior Advisor Jared Kushner looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before signing the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on January 29, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/GettyImages-971716196.jpg "(L to R) Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., who was making a joke about Eric not shaving today, speak during a ribbon cutting event for a new clubhouse at Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point, June 11, 2018 in The Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/5GettyImages-1209537315.jpg "President Donald Trump hugs the flag of the United States of America at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center February 29, 2020 in National Harbor, Maryland. Conservatives gather at the annual event to discuss their agenda. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/6GettyImages-148110464.jpg "Donald Trump plays a round of golf after the opening of The Trump International Golf Links Course on July 10, 2012 in Balmedie, Scotland. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/8GettyImages-584662062.jpg "Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump kisses three-month-old Kellen Campbell, of Denver, right, and holds six-month-old Evelyn Keane, of Castel Rock, Colo., after Trump's speech at the Gallogly Event Center on the campus of the University of Colorado on July 29, 2016 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Photo by Joe Mahoney/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/9GettyImages-1025398752.jpg "An attendee wears a shirt depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and adult entertainment star Stormy Daniels at a campaign rally at the Ford Center on August 30, 2018 in Evansville, Indiana. (Photo by Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/10GettyImages-888970172.jpg "People carry signs addressing the issue of sexual harassment at a #MeToo rally outside of Trump International Hotel on December 9, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/11GettyImages-617286760.jpg "Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers remarks while campaigning at Regent University October 22, 2016 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/12GettyImages-935180874-1.jpg "President Donald Trump (R) holds up a chart of military hardware sales as he meets with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office at the White House on March 20, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/13GettyImages-487401352.jpg "Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (2nd L) talks with journalists during a rally against the Iran nuclear deal on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol September 9, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/14GettyImages-515404954.jpg "Donald Trump, president and chief executive of Trump Organization Inc. and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, left, stands with a man he called onto the stage from the crowd because of the \"Legal Immigrant For Trump\" t-shirt he was wearing, during a campaign event in Bloomington, Illinois, U.S., on Sunday, March 13, 2016. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/15GettyImages-1004282764.jpg "Children look from the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexico border fence at dusk on July 22, 2018, in Nogales, Arizona. President Trump has proposed replacing the fence with a wall. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/16GettyImages-988419450.jpg "People demonstrate and call out words of encouragement to detainees held inside the Metropolitan Detention Center after marching to decry Trump administration immigration and refugee policies on June 30, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/17GettyImages-1000226238.jpg "Russian President Vladimir Putin hands U.S. President Donald Trump (L) a World Cup football during a joint press conference after their summit on July 16, 2018 in Helsinki, Finland. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/18GettyImages-1091841590.jpg "U.S. President Donald Trump walks up the steps of the U.S. Capitol to attend the weekly Republican Senate policy luncheon January 09, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/19GettyImages-1063521790.jpg "U.S. President Donald Trump waves during a campaign rally for Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and other Tennessee Republican candidates at the McKenzie Arena November 4, 2018 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/20GettyImages-1159161650.jpg "PANMUNJOM, SOUTH KOREA - JUNE 30 (SOUTH KOREA OUT): provided by Dong-A Ilbo of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the South and North Korea on June 30, 2019 in Panmunjom, South Korea. (Handout photo by Dong-A Ilbo via Getty Images/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/21GettyImages-1184798410.jpg "U.S. President Donald Trump stands next to Butter, the National Thanksgiving Turkey, after giving him a presidential pardon during the traditional event in the Rose Garden of the White House November 26, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/22GettyImages-1051893134.jpg "U.S. President Donald Trump hugs rapper Kanye West during a meeting in the Oval office of the White House on October 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras - Pool/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/23GettyImages-1197368505.jpg "President Donald Trump holds up a sign reading, 'never give up!,' given to him during a 'Evangelicals for Trump' campaign event held at the King Jesus International Ministry on January 03, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/25GettyImages-1227631606.jpg "U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office before signing an executive order related to regulating social media on May 28, 2020 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/27GettyImages-1188927586-1.jpg "U.S. President Donald Trump holds his notes while speaking to the media before departing from the White House on November 20, 2019 in Washington, DC. President Trump spoke about the impeachment inquiry hearings currently taking place on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/26GettyImages-1218648359.jpg "U.S. President Donald Trump stands next to a monitor playing a video during the briefing of the White House Coronavirus Task Force in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House April 13, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/28GettyImages-1207843853.jpg "A t-shirt of President Donald Trump is offered for sale outside a campaign rally at Las Vegas Convention Center on February 21, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/29GettyImages-1198921166.jpg "U.S. President Donald Trump holds a copy of The Washington Post as he speaks in the East Room of the White House one day after the U.S. Senate acquitted on two articles of impeachment, ion February 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/24GettyImages-1218648328.jpg "U.S. President Donald Trump stands next to a monitor playing a video during the briefing of the White House Coronavirus Task Force in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House April 13, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/30GettyImages-1257662140.jpg "U.S. President Donald Trump leaves the podium at the conclusion of a news conference about his administration's response to the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House July 22, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/31GettyImages-1180484013.jpg "(L-R) President Donald Trump pretends to check his watch after Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) mentioned upcoming Senate votes during an event about judicial confirmations in the East Room of the White House on November 6, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/32GettyImages-1208441563.jpg "National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic in the press briefing room of the White House on March 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/33GettyImages-1232456373.jpg "In this photo illustration a notification from Twitter appears on tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump that the social media platform says violated its policy on May 29, 2020 in San Anselmo, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/34GettyImages-1282549531.jpg "A derogatory sign against Democratic nominee Joe Biden is held up as U.S. President Donald Trump addresses thousands of supporters during a campaign rally at Capital Region International Airport October 27, 2020 in Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/35GettyImages-1179432561.jpg "A torn sign lies on the ground after a \"Keep America Great\" campaign rally for President Donald Trump at BancorpSouth Arena on November 1, 2019 in Tupelo, Mississippi. (Photo by Brandon Dill/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/36GettyImages-1268371038.jpg "A truck carrying an anti President Donald Trump sign is shown parked outside the Andrew Mellon Auditorium where speakers took park in opening night of the virtual Republican National Convention on August 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/37GettyImages-1197633990.jpg "President Donald Trump waves to the audience while departing from the podium following his remarks at a campaign rally inside of the Knapp Center arena at Drake University on January 30, 2020 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/38GettyImages-622409176.jpg "A monitor displays the American flag under an exit sign at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images")