Trump’s view on marriage equality is a political winner

Published June 26, 2025 6:00am ET



When Donald Trump descended the golden escalator at Trump Tower a decade ago, everything in the Republican Party changed instantly. Almost overnight, the businessman-turned-reality-star-turned-presidential-candidate remade the GOP on an array of well-documented issues, ranging from border security to domestic energy, tariffs, and foreign policy.

During that same summer of 2015, another event occurred where President Trump did not receive the credit he deserved: Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark 2015 U.S. Supreme Court case that affirmed the right to marry for same-sex couples.

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