--- ---  # Here's What President Trump Wants You to Call Him  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 21, 2017 4:20 PM UTC  U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during the Armed Forces Ball at the National Building Museum on Jan. 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C. U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during the Armed Forces Ball at the National Building Museum on Jan. 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 21, 2017 4:20 PM UTC Even though he was [sworn in](http://time.com/4640703/donald-trump-inauguration-day-2017/) as President of the United States on Friday, [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4641547/inauguration-2017-donald-trump-america-first/) might still prefer the honorific he carried throughout his business career: “Mr. Trump.” In Trump’s official biography on the newly updated White House website, he is often referred to by “Mr. Trump,” although “President Trump” appears a few times too. “Mr. Trump followed in his father’s footsteps as a real estate developer, and he entered the world of real estate development in New York,” his [biography page](https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president-trump) reads. “Mr. Trump has authored over fourteen bestsellers and his first book.” “Mr. Trump announced his candidacy on June 16, 2015,” it continues. By comparison, throughout his White House [biography page](https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/vice-president-pence), Vice President Mike Pence is referred to by his official title instead of “Mr. Pence.” It’s possible President Trump isn’t ready to let “Mr. Trump” go just yet. It’s also possible he will settle on a well-known combination of the two: Mr. President. Trump Inauguration: What President Trump Wants to Be Called ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4642287/president-trump-white-house-bio/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4642287/president-trump-white-house-bio/"},"headline":"Here's What President Trump Wants You to Call Him","datePublished":"2017-01-21T16:20:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:51:21.797Z","description":"It might not be 'President Trump'","url":"https://time.com/4642287/president-trump-white-house-bio/","keywords":["Donald Trump","White House","inauguration","onetime","Inauguration 2017","trump inauguration"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt637c7edfd87bf9b8/6988b6927cdbace62cd56dce/donald-trump-president-title.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt637c7edfd87bf9b8/6988b6927cdbace62cd56dce/donald-trump-president-title.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Donald Trump Attends A Salute To Our Armed Services Ball","caption":"President Donald Trump Attends A Salute To Our Armed Services Ball","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4642287/president-trump-white-house-bio/","name":"Here's What President Trump Wants You to Call Him"}}]}] ```