Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A lokacin yakin neman zabensa na Shugaban kasa, an lura da Trump a matsayin dan takarar Jam'iyyar Republican na farko da ya bude budewa ga al'ummar LGBT, yana mai cewa zai "yi duk abin da zan iya don kare 'yan kasarmu LGBTQ daga tashin hankali da zalunci na akidar kasashen waje", yana nufin Orlando wasan kwaikwayo na dare a 2016 a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na
Taron Jam'iyyar Republican na kasa. Da yake mayar da martani ga tafiyar, Trump ya ce: "Kuma dole ne in ce, a matsayin ɗan Republican, yana da kyau in ji ku kuna murna da abin da na ce kawai. Na gode". Duk da yake an ga jawabinsa a matsayin LGBT-haɗakarwa, matsayin manufofinsa kamar sake nazarin Johnson Amendment wanda ya hana ƙungiyoyin da ba su da haraji daga tallafawa 'yan takara da kuma burinsa na neman maye gurbin mai adalci Antonin Scalia an yi la'akari da dumi ga al'ummar bishara da kuma adawa da haƙƙin LGBT.