During Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, Miller denounced Trump and urged people to not elect him. In July 2015, Trump changed his attitude toward Miller again when he ended an interview by praising Miller's song as it approached 100 million views. In response, Trump threatened Miller with a lawsuit via a series of tweets. He added that he could have referenced Bill Gates instead and that the name did not matter. In a January 2013 interview, Miller insulted Trump and said he was bothered by Trump taking credit for the song's success. Īs the song garnered more streams in 2012, Trump took a more aggressive tone and demanded royalties for using his name, igniting a feud with Miller. Miller responded appreciatively, but played down any comparisons between himself and Eminem. When the music video surpassed 20 million views in August 2011, Trump released a YouTube video congratulating Miller, and branded him "the new Eminem". According to Miller, the use of Trump's name was a last-minute decision, and that he "was just somebody who symbolized financial success to everybody at that time".
The money-inspired song refers to Donald Trump, particularly 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?"). The song was included in Miller's 2011 mixtape Best Day Ever, and commercially released by Rostrum Records as a single on May 17, 2011. Its music video, directed by Ian Wolfson, was uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2011. After performing the song for several weeks, Mac Miller released "Donald Trump" as a free download on February 9, 2011.
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