The Donald Trump Score Card

Musk accuses Trump whistleblower Vindman of ‘treason,’ says ‘he will pay’

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The tech billionaire went after Vindman, who worked as a Ukraine expert on the National Security Council and later testified in Trump’s 2019 impeachment hearings, after Vindman pointedly criticized Musk in an MSNBC interview circulated online.

“Clearly Putin has a type. He likes narcissists and egomaniacs that he knows as a case officer can easily pander to manipulate, to do his dirty work,” Vindman said in the late October interview circulated online by X users this week. “Russia has been using different levers — whether that’s corruption networks, in this case, its influencers like Donald Trump, like Elon Musk, to kind of sow discord.”

 

Zuckerberg dines with Trump at Mar-a-Lago.

According to Bloomberg, Zuckerberg is worth $202 billion.


Zuckerberg dines with Trump in Mar-a-Lago

 

Canada reviews possible retaliatory tariffs on U.S.


Canada is already examining tariffs on certain US items following Trump's tariff threat

 

Trump shouldn't even be threatening Mexico with tariffs. His border wall was supposed to solve all the problems.

 

Gorka is back for a second Trump term.

Trump has selected him to be the head of counter-terrorism.

Gork is known for his extreme Islamophobia.


'Islamophobic huckster': Who is Sebastian Gorka, Trump's pick for deputy assistant?

John Bolton rips into Trump’s pick for counter-terrorism chief Sebastian Gorka

 

The public doesn't seem concerned about the unqualified people Trump is assigning to run the military and their healthcare.

A CBS poll shows that 59% of the public approves of Trump's transition activities.


Most voters approve of Trump’s handling of presidential transition: Poll

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"A new CBS News poll released Sunday found that 59 percent of voters say they approve of Trump’s handling of his presidential transition so far, with 41 percent saying they do not approve."

 

'Trump Guitars' hit with cease and desist letter.

The guitars have an appearance of Gibson guitars.


'Trump guitars' hit with cease and desist letter

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"It is not the first time Trump has released merchandise. After launching products including "Trump University" and "Trump Steaks," the Republican continued this approach in his 2024 presidential campaign, offering a wide range of items. These included collectible digital trading cards featuring him as a superhero, $399 gold high-top sneakers, $100 "MAGADonalds" T-shirts, and even $60 "God Save America" Bibles. The latter was released in collaboration with country singer Lee Greenwood, whose anthem of the same name was frequently played at his rallies."

 

Hegseth and Fox look like an episode of MTV Jackass.

Trump has nominated Hegseth to run the entire military.

Time will tell if the GOP Senate confirms Hegseth.

 

Here are the fruits and vegetables from Mexico that could see higher prices from Trump tariffs

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"The U.S. imports approximately 60% of its fresh fruit and 40% of its fresh vegetables.

And among the countries of origin for those products, Mexico is the biggest contributor — meaning U.S. consumers could see higher prices for a range of grocery and produce items if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his latest threat to impose a 25% tariff on all items brought in across the southern border."

 

Trump asks Musk in person if the booster rocket can be reused after watching it crash in a massive fireball.


Elon Musk Gives Epic Side-Eye as Trump Asks If Booster Can Be Reused After Crashing in Massive Fireball

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Musk appears to do a double take and awkwardly responds: “Uhh, it’s going to be...it‘s...it’s probably gonna blow up. That’s my guess.”

 

Fox is upset about threats to Trump's team that it calls violent and un-American.

Trump's team is on the receiving end of what he did to lawmakers and police during his insurrection at the Capitol, only a much milder version.

Trump's rioters didn't just make threats but actually carried them out against innocent people at the Capitol and elsewhere.

A Trump supporter, looking for Nancy Pelosi, fractured Paul Pelosi's skull with a hammer after breaking into his house. Trump referred to as a 'break-out', implying the assailant was trying to flee from Pelosi. Elon Musk made a similar truther statement about the attacker, saying that he thought there was more to the story.


Trump Cabinet nominees, appointees targeted with 'violent, unAmerican threats'

 

The Republicans pick some real winners.

The Republicans' star witness against Biden whose testimony was supposed to be a cornerstone in their effort to impeach him has been charged with more crimes.

This time it's ten separate tax-related charges.

He was previously charged with crimes for lying to the FBI about Biden.


Ex-FBI informant charged with lies at 'heart' of Biden impeachment effort indicted on new tax charges

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Alexander Smirnov, the former FBI informant charged with lying to the FBI about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter, has now been indicted on 10 separate tax-related charges.

The new indictment states that Smirnov “received more than two million dollars in income from multiple sources in 2020, 2021, and 2022” and bought “a $1.4 million Las Vegas condominium, a Bentley, and hundreds of thousands of dollars of clothes, jewelry and accessories for himself and Domestic Partner purchased at high-end retailers in Los Angeles and Las Vegas."

 

McCabe says no part of the FBI would be safe with Kash Patel in a leadership position within it.


McCabe: No part of FBI mission would be safe with Kash Patel in leadership spot

 

Trump's picks for key positions in his second administration

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"During his campaign, Trump often attacked the Biden administration’s promotion of electric vehicles, and incorrectly referring to a tax credit for EV purchases as a government mandate."

 

They were a tax credit, not a mandate.

Trump accuses Biden of a government mandate and yet Trump says he will implement what sounds like a massive government intrusion into the energy industry in the U.S. to double production and cut energy prices in half without even knowing what type of effect that would have on the economy.

 

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-is-america-not-a-fluke/

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"America deserves everything it is about to get. We had a chance to stand united against fascism, authoritarianism, racism, and bigotry, but we did not. We had a chance to create a better world for not just ourselves but our sisters and brothers in at least some of the communities most vulnerable to unchecked white rule, but we did not. We had a chance to pass down a better, safer, and cleaner world to our children, but we did not. Instead, we chose Trump, JD Vance, and a few white South African billionaires who know a thing or two about instituting apartheid."

 

Trump feeds upon the low-end basal instincts of people to determine what types of ugliness resonate the best. He cultivates and amplifies them so that he can prosper from it.

An example is one of his rallies in AZ at a Turning Point USA event to college-age people. He spouted a number of derogatory racial slur names for the coronavirus to see which one garnered the biggest response.

 

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-is-america-not-a-fluke/

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"America willed Trump into existence. He was created from our greed, our insecurities, and our selfishness. We have summoned him from the depths of our own bile and neediness, and he has answered."

 

Trump thinks he solved the U.S. problem with migrants and illegal drugs in just about 24 hours after threatening Mexico with 25% tariffs.

He called the leader of Mexico this week and says she just sealed the Mexican border.

 

Rude Rudy.


Courtroom Sketch Artist Captures 'Wild' Rudy Giuliani 'Losing It' In Damning Detail

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The “decorum” of the former Donald Trump lawyer has “certainly changed from when I sketched him 44 years ago as a prosecutor,” Rosenberg told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.

“He’s losing it,” said Rosenberg, whose depictions of Giuliani in court showed him furiously pointing and sat angrily with his arms crossed. “He was wild and I feel bad for anyone who represents him. He blurts out orders at his lawyers who are at the podium and he’s interrupting all the time.”