"Donald Trump" is the third official single from American

United States

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 rapper Mac Miller

Mac Miller

Malcolm McCormick , known by his stage name Mac Miller , is an American rapper from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...

, and the only song released as an official single from his critically acclaimed mixtape Best Day Ever

Best Day Ever (mixtape)

Best Day Ever is the sixth official mixtape from rapper Mac Miller. The Mixtape was released online March 11, 2011. Over 20,000 viewers joined Miller for a live video stream just prior to releasing the tape...

. The music video to the song was uploaded to YouTube

YouTube

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 on March 3, 2011, while the single was released digitally on May 17, 2011. "Donald Trump" is also incorrectly included as a bonus track on the tracklist of some versions of Mac Miller's debut album Blue Slide Park

Blue Slide Park

-Track listing:*On some physical copies of the album a 17th song, "Donald Trump", is incorrectly listed as a bonus track on the reverse cover track listing...

. Miller himself confirmed that the song does not feature on the album.

Background

The money-inspired hip-hop song refers to American

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The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 business magnate

Business magnate

A business magnate, sometimes referred to as a capitalist, czar, mogul, tycoon, baron, oligarch, or industrialist, is an informal term used to refer to an entrepreneur who has reached prominence and derived a notable amount of wealth from a particular industry .-Etymology:The word magnate itself...

 Donald Trump

Donald Trump

Donald John Trump, Sr. is an American business magnate, television personality and author. He is the chairman and president of The Trump Organization and the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts. Trump's extravagant lifestyle, outspoken manner and role on the NBC reality show The Apprentice have...

, particularly Mac Miller's ambitions to become wealthy and successful like him ("Take over the world when I'm on my Donald Trump shit/Look at all this money, ain't that some shit?"). In August 2011, shortly after the music video to the song reached 20 million views on YouTube

YouTube

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, Donald Trump himself praised the song and branded the young Pittsburgh rapper as "the next Eminem

Eminem

Marshall Bruce Mathers III , better known by his stage name Eminem or his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group project, D12, to mainstream recognition...

". Mac Miller responded appreciatively, but played down any comparisons between himself and Eminem.

Track listing

Chart Performance

"Donald Trump" was the first song by Mac Miller to chart on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 chart, managing to reach #80 on June 11, 2011. It also entered the US Digital

Hot Digital Songs

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chart at #58 on the same date. The single has sold 404,000 units in the US.