Today is Donald Trump's last full day in office. He has made The Economist's cover many times in the past five years. Our editors have picked some of the most notable. Take a look back at his presidency in this thread 👇 econ.st/38VQuZy 
When Mr Trump announced his candidacy for the presidency in June 2015, many found it hard to take him seriously. But the possibility that he might win was not a joke. From September 5th 2015 econ.st/2XX20xk
When Mr Trump won the presidency, an era of uncertainty beckoned. From November 12th 2016 econ.st/2M2oWIU
Mr Trump was inaugurated on January 20th 2017, and the question was whether normal politics would be replaced by something different. Two weeks later, it was clear that chaos was a governing principle of his administration. From February 4th 2017 econ.st/2XS2OU7
The Economist interviewed Mr Trump about his economic beliefs in our May 13th 2017 issue. With its embrace of economic nationalism, we discovered that Trumponomics was anything but familiar econ.st/3iwl9zF
Three months later, white supremacists and counter-protesters clashed in Charlottesville, Virginia. Though he criticised neo-Nazis and the murder of a protester, Mr Trump found blame “on both sides”. From August 19th 2017 econ.st/3sC3R8Z
Unlike his predecessors Mr Trump was a long-standing sceptic of free trade, and risked escalating a trade war with close allies. He didn't manage to blow up the multilateral trading system. But he put it in peril. From March 10th 2018 econ.st/3oZMpZX
In our April 21st 2018 issue, we lamented Mr Trump's takeover of the Republican Party. The party’s organising principle, we wrote, had become loyalty—not to an ideal or a legislative programme, but to one man and the rage of its voter base econ.st/3qBZyZI
In June 2018 Mr Trump headed to Singapore to meet with Kim Jong Un, North Korea's dictator, seeking to denuclearise the Korean peninsula. Our June 9th 2018 issue reflected on Mr Trump's highly transactional approach to foreign policy econ.st/3sF0YEn
Our August 28th 2018 issue arrived just after Paul Manafort, Mr Trump's former campaign manager, was convicted for bank and tax fraud, while Robert Mueller was still investigating allegations of collusion with Russia. A simple question hung in the air... econ.st/39NKqBs
By threatening tariffs, imposing sanctions and issuing blacklists, Mr Trump showed just how America’s role as the nerve centre of the global economy could be exploited. From June 8th 2019 econ.st/3bSreVM
Our endorsement cover, in the week before last November's election, came out in favour of Joe Biden. But Mr Trump's presence was inescapable. Can you spot him? From October 29th 2020 econ.st/3p0qlOT
An invasion of the Capitol Building by Mr Trump's supporters, whipped up by his own fury to stop a fictitious “steal” of the election, sealed his legacy. From January 9th 2021 econ.st/3qAIZxe
In the wake of the insurrection at the Capitol, Mr Trump became the first president to be impeached twice and was banned from his favourite social-media platform. From January 16th 2021 econ.st/2LLbPMt
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