The Donald Trump Score Card

Trump says an invasion of Canada is unlikely but doesn't rule it out for Greenland.


https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/04/trump-carney-canada-greenland-00325783

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President Donald Trump isn’t closing the door on using force to attempt to annex Greenland and Canada. But he said the prospect of attacking Ottawa appears “highly unlikely.”

Greenland on the other hand?

“I don’t rule it out,” Trump told host Kristen Welker in an interview that aired Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “I don’t say I’m going to do it, but I don’t rule out anything. No, not there. We need Greenland very badly. Greenland is a very small amount of people, which we’ll take care of, and we’ll cherish them, and all of that. But we need that for international security.”

 

Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies that are produced in foreign lands.


Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in foreign lands’

 

Trump calls for reopening Alcatraz.


Trump orders feds to reopen Alcatraz to house 'America’s most ruthless and violent' criminals

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Trump said he is directing the Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, FBI and Department of Homeland Security to reopen a "substantially enlarged and rebuilt" Alcatraz, "to house America’s most ruthless and violent offenders."

 

A de minimis tariff exemption expires Friday. Here's what that means for shoppers.

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"Retailers are already tacking on hefty tariff surcharges to customers' orders, leading to sticker shock for some U.S. shoppers who had long relied on China for cheap imported goods.

"The way we shop online will never be the same," Ram Ben Tzion, CEO of Publican, a company that authenticates shipment documentation, told CBS MoneyWatch.

Specifically, "everything will take more time, cost more money, and everything that's price-sensitive won't be available," he said."

 

Trump rejects concerns about prices and economic uncertainty as he defends his agenda

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"He acknowledged that prices on some goods “might” go up but argued that falling energy prices will matter more to consumers.

“Gasoline is thousands of times more important than a stroller” or something else, he said, adding: “You don’t need to have, as I said, 35 dolls.”

Instead, he said a child should have “two, three, four, and save a lot of money,” asserting that, with regard to products made costlier by his tariffs, “We don’t need to feed the beast.”

Trump said he was not trying to prepare Americans to see empty shelves in stores.

“I’m not saying that. I’m just saying they don’t need to have 30 dolls. They can have three. They don’t need to have 250 pencils. They can have five,” he said."

 

Trump's tariffs and the garment industry.


Trump tariffs raise costs, business risks for NYC garment companies

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"According to the American Apparel and Footwear Association, 97% of the clothes and shoes sold in the U.S. are imported. Most of these items come from China, India and Vietnam, according to the World Bank."

 

What do Trump’s tariffs mean for fashion suppliers?

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"The threat of President Trump’s import tariffs is weighing heavily on Assisi Garments. The organic cotton manufacturer, which is based in Tamil Nadu, India, provides work and training to vulnerable members of the community, such as widows and single mothers, and uses its profits to fund initiatives including cancer clinics and homes for the elderly. Its biggest brand partner, Kooshoo, which makes plastic-free hair accessories, makes 80 per cent of its sales in the US."

 

Temu adds 'import charges' of about 145% after Trump tariffs, more than doubling price of many items

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"For example, a summer dress sold on Temu for $18.47 will cost $44.68 after $26.21 in import charges are added to the bill, a 142% surcharge, a CNBC analysis shows. A child's bathing suit priced at $12.44 will cost shoppers $31.12 when the $18.68 import charge is taken into account, a staggering 150% fee. A handheld vacuum cleaner listed at $16.93 now costs $40.11 when factoring in an import charge of $21.68, which is a roughly 137% markup."

 

GOP in House stymies efforts by Senate to stop Trump's tariff national emergency.

The Senate came within one vote to more forward with stopping Trump's tariff war last week. VP Vance was the deciding vote that saved Trump..


Republicans in Congress pull out all the stops to protect Trump tariffs

 

Trump takes the credit for good economic news, blames Biden for the bad.


https://www.politico.com/news/2025/...ut-not-the-blame-for-the-u-s-economy-00325501

 

Another heartwarming Easter message from Trump.


Is Trump in mental decline? He sounds far worse than Biden ever did. | Opinion

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His Truth Social posts are unspeakably unhinged, including recent lines like: “Happy Easter to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting and scheming so hard to bring Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, the Mentally Insane, and well known MS-13 Gang Members and Wife Beaters, back into our Country. Happy Easter also to the WEAK and INEFFECTIVE Judges and Law Enforcement Officials who are allowing this sinister attack on our Nation to continue, an attack so violent that it will never be forgotten!”

 

Detached from reality.


Trump draws criticism with AI image of himself as the pope ahead of the papal conclave

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close Trump ally, piled on.

“I was excited to hear that President Trump is open to the idea of being the next Pope. This would truly be a dark horse candidate, but I would ask the papal conclave and Catholic faithful to keep an open mind about this possibility!” Graham, R-S.C., wrote on X. “The first Pope-U.S. President combination has many upsides. Watching for white smoke…. Trump MMXXVIII!”

 

Trump draws criticism with AI image of himself as the pope ahead of the papal conclave

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Jack Posobiec, a prominent far-right influencer and Trump ally who recently participated in a Catholic prayer event in March at Trump's Florida resort, also defended the president.

"I’m Catholic. We’ve all been making jokes about the upcoming Pope selection all week. It’s called a sense of humor," he wrote on X.

 

Trump lies about low gas prices and says the prices (in his mind) are due to his Drill, baby, Drill.


Trump makes false or misleading claims about grocery prices and the cost of gas. Here's a fact check.

 

Rubio is now serving four posts in the Trump administration at the same time.

The latest addition is National Security Advisor after Trump booted Waltz.


Marco Rubio Is Now Serving as Secretary of State, National Security Adviser, U.S. Archivist and Head of USAID — All at Once

 

A few Republicans in the Senate finally mounted an effort to try to stop Trump when they saw their money going away.

It's the same for Musk who won't be at DOGE as much after realizing his behavior is destroying his own company.


YouTube video:

Randy Newman - It's Money That Matters

 

This borders on obscene. How disrespectful to the church.

 

Don't watch the next one--it's not important that we're losing our country. I'm sure there's some real nice plastic shit on sale somewhere.