The Donald Trump Score Card

Newsom sues Trump over tariffs.


California’s Newsom Sues Trump Over ‘Chaos’ of Tariff Regime

 

Bernstein says Trump should declare victory in his trade war.


Biden’s economic adviser: Trump should ‘declare victory’ in trade war

 

Trump declared victory in his perceived 'water wars' when he foolishly let billions of gallons of water out of a dam in CA that had no effect on the wildfires that were already mostly extinguished anyway.

Trump also declared victory in the 'shower head wars' when he said he would be allowing shower heads to let out more water.

He tries to protect his eggshell ego by 'winning' fictitious wars that he concocts.

 

In a news article, one farmer was still bragging that he had a good year near the end of Trump's first term. But that was because of the welfare checks he received from Trump after the injury Trump inficted onto him with his trade wars.

Speaker Johnson isn't saying that farmers should work extra in order to be eligible for Trump's welfare checks, like he is currently saying about his desire for people to work to pay for their Medicaid benefits.

 

Judge finds probable cause to hold Trump administration in criminal contempt for not giving information about its deportation flights.


https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/g-s1...-contempt-over-alien-enemies-act-deportations

excerpt:

"But Boasberg wasn't convinced.

He said that while he issued the order temporarily pausing the flight, "those individuals were on planes being flown overseas, having been spirited out of the United States by the Government before they could vindicate their due-process rights by contesting their removability in a federal court, as the law requires."

"The Court ultimately determines that the Government's actions on that day demonstrate a willful disregard for its Order, sufficient for the Court to conclude that probable cause exists to find the Government in criminal contempt," Boasberg wrote on Wednesday."

 

Group of small businesses sue Trump and state that trade deficits are not a national emergency.


U.S. businesses sue to block Trump tariffs, say trade deficits are not an emergency

excerpt:

"Congress has not delegated any such power," the suit says. "The statute the President
invokes — the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ('IEEPA') — does not authorize the President to unilaterally issue across-the-board worldwide tariffs."

 

Another UFC event.


https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/13/us/trump-news

excerpt:

"President Trump, some of his cabinet members and his adviser Elon Musk sat ringside in Miami late Saturday night at the Ultimate Fighting Championship event — a spectacle of violence, throbbing music and cheering crowds that the president has long admired.

It’s the second U.F.C. event that Mr. Trump has attended since he was elected for a second time in November, and the first of his presidency. Unlike World Wrestling Entertainment events, U.F.C. matches aren’t staged."

 

Trump reportedly planning more import tariffs on electronics and pharmaceuticals.


https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/13/us/trump-news

 

Tufts student from Turkey details arrest, crowded detention conditions in new court filing | KLAS

excerpt:

"Ozturk was one of four students who wrote an op-ed in the campus newspaper, The Tufts Daily, last year criticizing the university’s response to student activists demanding that Tufts “acknowledge the Palestinian genocide,” disclose its investments and divest from companies with ties to Israel.

A senior Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said federal authorities detained Ozturk after an investigation found she had “engaged in activities in support of Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization that relishes the killing of Americans.” The department did not provide evidence of that support."

 

White House says Trump is in excellent physical and mental health.


President Trump 'remains in excellent health,' says White House physician

excerpt:

"President Trump exhibits excellent cognitive and physical health and is fully fit to execute the duties of the Commander-in-Chief and the Head of State," the report concluded.

 

Some of the test results:

He was able to read a sentence from the snake poem.

He was able to identify fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter from an array of faces.

He was able to distinguish a dog from a cat that he thinks immigrants are abducting and eating.

 

Trump made his claim about immigrants eating dogs and cats at the first and only 2024 presidential debate between him and Harris.

That statement alone should have been enough for people to question his mental state and not vote for him again.

 

But Trump made his 'eating the dogs and cats' claim with such conviction. That's what counts.

 

Trump goes with his gut and the world goes along for the ride

excerpt:

"The saga began on April 2 when Trump declared that trade deficits — when the U.S. buys more products from some countries than it sells — represented a national emergency, enabling him to enact tariffs without congressional approval.

The stock market collapsed and then the bond market began to slide. On Wednesday, Trump backed off his plans."

 

The stock market slid heavily. The bond market went down. The dollar dropped.

Yet Trump says he changed his mind and put a 90-day delay on his reciprocal tariffs because the public became too yippy.

 

Trump Clumsily Explains He’ll Leave Illegally Deported Man Rotting in Prison - WhoWhatWhy

excerpt:

There is plenty of evidence that a number of the deportees are not affiliated with gangs and found themselves on these flights simply because of their tattoos or other flimsy evidence. Only a minority of them appear to have criminal records.

Of course, we don’t know for sure because the Trump administration is not providing any information about them that would explain what makes them so dangerous.

The case of one of these prisoners is especially noteworthy.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a resident of Maryland, was on one of these flights even though he enjoyed a special protected status that made his deportation to El Salvador, a country from which he said he fled a decade ago to escape gang violence, illegal.

The Trump administration has admitted as much.

As a result, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld a ruling this week that ordered the United States to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return.

 

Trump goes with his gut and the world goes along for the ride
By CHRIS MEGERIAN
April 13, 2025

Trump goes with his gut and the world goes along for the ride

excerpt:.

“Instinctively, more than anything else,” he told reporters this past week. “You almost can’t take a pencil to paper, it’s really more of an instinct than anything else.”

It was the latest example of how Trump loves to keep everyone on edge for his next move. Trump has not only expansively flexed the powers of the presidency by declaring emergencies and shredding political norms, he has eschewed traditional deliberative procedures for making decisions. The result is that more of life around the country and the world is subject to the president’s desires, moods and grievances than ever before.

 

Trump says he can dispose of Powell and quickly.


Trump suggests he can remove Fed Chair Powell and says he's 'not happy' with him over interest rates

excerpt:

“If I want him out, he’ll be out of there real fast, believe me,” Trump said in the Oval Office while taking questions from reporters during a visit with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. “I’m not happy with him.”

 

Trump obtains his mineral deal with Ukraine.


Trump says minerals deal with Ukraine to be signed next Thursday

 

If Trump officials are found in contempt, what happens next?

excerpt:

"If any officials are found in contempt, regardless of Trump's possible involvement, it is unlikely that the president himself would ever be criminally charged, Prof Tsai said, thanks to the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling last year."