Timeline of the second Trump presidency (2025 Q3)

The following is a timeline of the second presidency of Donald Trump during the third quarter of 2025, from July 1, 2025, to September 30, 2025. To navigate between quarters, see timeline of the Donald Trump presidencies. For the Q4 timeline see timeline of the second Trump presidency (2025 Q4).

Timeline

July 2025

Date Events Photos/videos
Tuesday
July 1
  • Vice President JD Vance casts a tie-breaking vote to pass the amended One Big Beautiful Bill Act in the Senate.[1]
  • President Trump tours Alligator Alcatraz, his new detention facility surrounded by gators. It would be opened days later.[2]
  • UPenn bans a trans athlete from competing in swimming, in cooperation with the administration.[3]
Wednesday
July 2
  • President Trump announces a 60-day ceasefire plan in Gaza.[4]
Thursday
July 3
Friday
July 4
Saturday
July 5
Sunday
July 6
Monday
July 7
  • President Trump releases a number of letters informing various countries of Tariff applications, to meet an August 1 invocation date.[11]
  • President Trump holds a bilateral meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.[12]
Tuesday
July 8
  • President Trump holds a meeting with his cabinet.
Wednesday
July 9
  • President Trump holds meetings with South African leaders.[13]
Thursday
July 10
Friday
July 11
Saturday
July 12
Sunday
July 13
Monday
July 14
  • President Trump holds a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House as he teases to increase arms shipments.[16]
  • The department of Health and Human Services has 90 ice cream brands that will remove artificial dyes by 2028.[17]
  • The Supreme Court allows President Trump to lay off more than 1300 employees at the Department of Education.[18]
Tuesday
July 15
  • President Trump joins an AI infrastructure summit in Pennsylvania.[19]
  • President Trump secures a trade deal with Indonesia.[20]
  • President Trump directs his Attorney General Pam Bondi to release "credible" Epstein files amid MAGA backlash.[21]
Wednesday
July 16
Thursday
July 17
  • President Trump announces through his press secretary that he has a benign venous insufficiency resulting in a bruise on his hand and buildup in his legs.[25]
  • The US House passes the GENIUS Act, the first bipartisan crypto investment bill.[26]
  • The House approves a rescissions bill to cut $9 billion in federal funding for PBS, NPR and USAID.[27]
  • President Trump denies a report from the Wall Street Journal saying he sent a bawdy letter to Epstein for his birthday in 2003.[28]
Friday
July 18
  • President Trump signs the bipartisan cryptocurrency GENIUS Act into law, as well as the rescissions package for PBS, NPR and USAID.[29]
Saturday
July 19
Sunday
July 20
Monday
July 21
Tuesday
July 22
  • President Trump holds a bilateral meeting with Filipino President Bongbong Marcos at the White House.[31]
  • The United States withdraws from UNESCO.[32]
Wednesday
July 23
  • President Trump unveils his AI Action plan, coupled with the launch of AI.gov.[33]
  • Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard brief members of the media.
Thursday
July 24
Friday
July 25
Saturday
July 26
Sunday
July 27
Monday
July 28
  • President Trump holds a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.[37]
  • President Trump tells Texas he wants an additional 5 GOP House seats in an unusual mid-decade redistricting.[38]
Tuesday
July 29
  • While speaking to reporters about Jeffrey Epstein President Trump indicated that he had banned Epstein from Mar-a-Largo because he had "stolen" young women workers from the club.[39]
Wednesday
July 30
Thursday
July 31
  • President Trump announces $200M White House ballroom construction starting in September.[40]

August 2025

Date Events Photos/videos
Friday
August 1
Saturday
August 2
Sunday
August 3
Monday
August 4
Tuesday
August 5
Wednesday
August 6
  • Apple Inc. announces additional $100 billion in US investment, gifts President Trump plaque with 24K gold base in exchange for major tariff relief.[42][43][44]
Thursday
August 7
  • President Trump orders federal law enforcement agencies to augment Washington, D.C. police after ex-DOGE staffer is assaulted by teens.[45]
  • The FBI fired more top leaders who previously investigated President Trump or January 6 participants.[46][47]
Friday
August 8
Saturday
August 9
Sunday
August 10
Monday
August 11
Tuesday
August 12
Wednesday
August 13
  • Vice President Vance visits with United States troops stationed in the United Kingdom.
Thursday
August 14
Friday
August 15
Saturday
August 16
Sunday
August 17
Monday
August 18
Tuesday
August 19
Wednesday
August 20
Thursday
August 21
  • President Trump announces "America by Design", a national initiative to improve the design of government websites. As part of this effort, he created the National Design Studio and appointed Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia to serve as the first Chief Design Officer of the United States.
  • Vice President Vance delivers remarks at ALTA Refrigeration, Inc. in the state of Georgia.
Friday
August 22
Saturday
August 23
Sunday
August 24
Monday
August 25
Tuesday
August 26
  • President Trump holds a cabinet meeting.
Wednesday
August 27
Thursday
August 28
  • Vice President Vance delivers remarks at Mid-City Steel.[54]
Friday
August 29
  • President Trump announces the cancelation of former Vice President Kamala Harris' Secret Service detail.[55]
  • President Trump unilaterally canceled $4.9 billion in foreign aid authorized by Congress to 15 international programs.[56]
Saturday
August 30
Sunday
August 31

September 2025

Date Events Photos/videos
Monday
September 1
Tuesday
September 2
Wednesday
September 3
  • President Trump holds a bilateral meeting with Polish President Karol Nawrocki at the White House.[58]
  • Vice President Vance and his wife, Second Lady Usha Vance, visit the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where they meet with families of those affected by the shooting that happened a week prior.[59]
  • After survivors of Jeffrey Epstein spoke on Capitol Hill and numerous politicians have called for more transparency in the investigation, Trump called the scandal a "Democrat hoax" while speaking on the issue.[60]
Thursday
September 4
Friday
September 5
Saturday
September 6
  • President Trump posted an AI-generated picture of himself mimicking Apocalypse Now and threatening to deploy National Guard and ICE into Chicago, Illinois.[61]
Sunday
September 7
Monday
September 8
Tuesday
September 9
Wednesday
September 10
Thursday
September 11
Friday
September 12
  • Trump announced his intention of deploying National Guard troops to Memphis, Tennessee.[68]
Saturday
September 13
Sunday
September 14
Monday
September 15
Tuesday
September 16
Wednesday
September 17
Thursday
September 18
  • President Trump holds a bilateral meeting and joint press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Chequers.
Friday
September 19
Saturday
September 20
Sunday
September 21
Monday
September 22
Tuesday
September 23
Wednesday
September 24
  • Vice President Vance delivers remarks on tax cuts and empowering law enforcement in Concord, North Carolina.
  • Ahead of a potential government shut down, the White House issued directives to federal agencies to prepare for a mass reduction in the workforce.[78]
Thursday
September 25
Friday
September 26
  • President Trump attended the 2025 Ryder Cup and made comments about how his enemies will face prosecution.[83]
Saturday
September 27
  • President Trump deployed troops to Portland, Oregon claiming the city was filled with "domestic terrorists" and describing it as "war-ravaged".[84]
Sunday
September 28
Monday
September 29
  • President Trump holds a bilateral meeting and joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.[85]
Tuesday
September 30

See also

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