The Donald Trump Score Card

Trump Puts On a Show, Casting Democrats as the Villains
On the defensive over the economy and with the midterms approaching, President Trump made clear that his political strategy is to paint Democrats as unpatriotic and ‘crazy.’
By Katie Rogers
Reporting from Washington.
Feb. 25, 2026 Updated 7:01 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/us/politics/trump-state-of-the-union-speech.html

 

Americans who are struggling financially can take solace in knowing that the men's U.S. Olympic hockey team won the gold medal and that Trump had them at his SOTU address..

 

The women's U.S. Olympic hockey team also won the gold. They didn't attend Trump's SOTU speech. Trump was caught on a hot mic whining that he would need to invite the women also.

 

Trump sets record for longest SOTU speech. 109 minutes.


https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/24/politics/speech-time-length-trump-sotu-vis

 

Only four of the nine U.S. Supreme Court justices attended Trump's SOTU address.


Supreme Court justices skip Donald Trump's State of the Union speech

 

State of the Union address highlights: Trump clashes with Democrats in speech declaring a 'golden age' of America

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Fact check: Trump says egg and beef prices are declining

Statement

“The price of eggs is down 60%. ... And even beef, which was very high, is starting to come down significantly.”

Verdict

Egg prices came down over the last year — dipping around 48% from January 2025 to January 2026, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Meanwhile, beef prices keep hitting all-time highs — with ground beef reaching a fresh record at $6.75 per pound last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

 

Yeah, the Democrats are crazy.

 

To the chagrin of U.S. ranchers, Trump made a decision that the U.S. will import extra beef from Argentina.

Trump gave $20 billion of U.S. taxpayer money to Argentina to bail out its economy.

Trump adores the president of Argentina who gifted Musk a big chain saw so that Musk could use it symbolically on stage to express his pathological desire to fire federal workers, the most vulnerable ones who are the easiest to fire.

 

Trump's SOTU.


State of the Union address highlights: Trump clashes with Democrats in speech declaring a 'golden age' of America

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Trump calls audience members who laughed at his claim that he ended eight wars 'sick people'

There was some audible laughter in the chamber after Trump claimed that he ended eight wars during his first 10 months in office.

“Isn’t it funny? Sick people,” Trump said, looking in the direction of the laughter.

 

A pre-recorded laugh track is needed for Trump's State of the Union speeches.

 

During his SOTU speech, Trump said he stopped eight wars.

The Democrats in the audience laughed out loud. Trump looked at them and called them sick people.

 

Hegseth appeals his loss in federal court to punish Sen. Kelly.


Hegseth revives push to punish Sen. Mark Kelly
The Defense secretary appealed a ruling this month in favor of the former Navy captain.
By Leo Shane III, Connor O'Brien and Kyle Cheney02/24/2026 03:57 PM ESTUpdated: 02/24/2026 07:02 PM EST

Hegseth revives push to punish Sen. Mark Kelly - POLITICO

 

Judge holds DHS officials in contempt, orders compensation to Mexican national released in winter storm
By Alexandra Koch Fox News
Published February 24, 2026 1:43pm EST

Judge holds DHS officials in contempt, orders compensation to Mexican national released in winter storm

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"A federal judge in Minnesota ruled on Monday to hold government officials in civil contempt for violating a judicial order that prohibited the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from transferring detainee Fernando Gutierrez Torres, a Mexican national."

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/us/politics/judges-contempt-immigration-trump.html

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The judge was angry. She had ordered a detained immigrant to be released in Minnesota, but instead he was let go in El Paso, where he had to spend the night in a shelter. All his property was supposed to have been returned, but the government was still holding his identity papers.

“Why should I not hold you in contempt?” the judge asked a Justice Department lawyer at a hearing last week. Instead of answers, she got excuses.

“I don’t think there was ever any intention to defy the court orders,” said the lawyer, Matthew Isihara, a military judge advocate on temporary assignment to the Justice Department. “We were doing our best and things, unfortunately, slipped — slipped through the cracks.”

 

California mother with legal permission to live in US deported in under 24 hours
By Mathew Miranda
Updated February 23, 2026 2:30 PM

https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article314793811.html

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"Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez confidently walked to her green card appointment in downtown Sacramento on Wednesday morning. She had seen the reports of other immigrants arrested at similar check-ins. Estrada Juarez believed her case would be different. In her hands, she carried a white binder chronicling 27 years in California — her high school diploma, years of tax filings, vaccine records and paperwork showing she had repeatedly obtained federal permission to remain in the country. But the appointment meant to secure her American future instead ended it. Federal agents arrested her less than one hour after she arrived in the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Sacramento field office. By the next morning, she was in Mexico."

 

Trump’s Latest Deportation Tactic: Targeting Immigrants With Minor Family Court Cases
Eli Hager
February 24, 2026, 9:30 am

Trump’s Latest Deportation Tactic: Targeting Immigrants With Minor Family Court Cases

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"Should a person be deported because once, a decade and a half ago, they left their toddlers home alone for a half hour to buy them pajamas at Walmart? That’s what the Trump administration is arguing in a little-noticed federal appeals court case being decided in California, with sweeping implications for both the immigration and child welfare systems. A ruling is expected in the coming months."

 

Ahead of his SOTU address, 32% of Americans think Trump has priorities right.


US men’s Olympic hockey team visit White House – as it happened | Trump administration | The Guardian

 

Rep. Al Green ejected from Trump's State of the Union after holding a 'Black People Aren't Apes' sign
Green, D-Texas, was also removed last year after he disrupted Trump's joint address to Congress.
By Henry J. Gomez, Kyle Stewart and Bridget Bowman
Feb. 24, 2026, 9:28 PM EST
Updated Feb. 25, 2026, 10:19 AM EST

Rep. Al Green ejected from Trump's State of the Union after holding a 'Black People Aren't Apes' sign

 

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-state-of-the-union-2026

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Jeffries told his members that if they planned to go to the speech, they were expected to “express ourselves in a manner consistent with being in the House chamber. And that was done,” he said when asked about Green.