The Donald Trump Score Card

Thune blames Trump's blanket pardon of his rioters on Biden's case-by-case pardon approach which Thune says opened the floodgates for Trump.

Yet Thune claims Trump's banket pardon was done on a case-by-case basis.

 

Trump reverses Obama and Biden policies on drug pricing.


Trump reverses Biden policies on drug pricing and Obamacare

 

Bolton was one of the people on Trump's hate list that he posted on social media just before starting his second term.

Also on the list was Pence, his former VP whom Trump nearly had injured or killed at the riot.

In spite of that, Pence has publicly stated that 'history' should hold Trump accountable, not the justice system.

 

Biden pardoned his immediate family members, which includes his brother James.

That short-circuits Trump and the GOP attacking him with prosecution.


Comer Calls on Incoming Attorney General to Hold James Biden Accountable for Lying to Congress About Joe Biden’s Involvement in Corrupt Influence Peddling Schemes - United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability

 

Four people Biden didn't pardon whom Trump could attack.


4 Trump rivals that Biden didn't pardon

 

Billionaires pour nearly $2 billion into US election, amplifying calls for wealth taxes and campaign finance reform | NationofChange

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The report, released by Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF), shows that the top billionaire families have shattered campaign finance records, injecting $700 million more into federal elections than the previous cycle. “Billionaire campaign spending on this scale drowns out the voices and concerns of ordinary Americans,” said David Kass, ATF’s executive director. “It is one of the most obvious and disturbing consequences of the growth of billionaire fortunes, as well as being a prime indicator that the system regulating campaign finance has collapsed.”

 

Billionaires pour nearly $2 billion into US election, amplifying calls for wealth taxes and campaign finance reform | NationofChange

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"Moreover, ATF underscores that the billionaire spending tally is likely an under count due to so-called “dark money” contributions funneled through opaque channels, obscuring the identities of contributors. “These methods include donations to so-called ‘dark money’ groups that spend the money on outside efforts or in turn donate it to campaign committees; and contributions to super PACs that contribute to each other in long chains,” the report stated."

 

Billionaire Clans Spend Nearly $2 BILLION On 2024 Elections
October 29, 2024

Billionaire Clans Spend Nearly $2 BILLION On 2024 Elections - Americans For Tax Fairness

 

Trump should consider doing his rendition of the 1980's charity song and music video 'We Are The World'.

It could be a grand gala with Trump, all the ultra-billionaires, world dictators, and musical entertainers like Snoop Dogg, and the Village People on stage together, arm in arm, and singing like they are victims and encouraging people to donate more money to them.

Trump could hold up his crypto coins in one hand and his Trump Bible in the other.

An audience of downtrodden left-behinders can throw their last pennies onto the stage.

 

More people need to speak out- and not be afraid

 

They remade the Whitehouse.gov website, they removed a lot of things they didn't agree with, including the page with the constitution.

 

There are lots of people speaking out but most of them are not in positions where they can be heard. Rich and powerful people won't, they have too much to lose and nothing to gain. If we want our country to thrive, we the people are going to need to remind all those in office that they are there to represent us not to control us.



When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.-That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,-That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles sand organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.-Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free People.

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

 

Have Trump’s tariff threats helped China boost its exports?

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“Unilateral US actions, without consultation with trading partners or adherence to multilateral norms, create uncertainty for businesses and investors. This unpredictability not only disrupts supply chains but also weakens confidence in the rules-based global trading order, which is already under strain.”

 

Have Trump’s tariff threats helped China boost its exports?

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“Escalation of tariffs and a continuation of unilateral measures could deepen the erosion of trust in the global trade system, further pushing China to diversify its partners and reduce reliance on the US market,” Lopes, whose areas of expertise include international trade and China, said.

“The current surge may offer short-term gains for both economies, but it highlights the fragility of a system increasingly dominated by trade wars and unpredictability.”

 

Trump defends pardons for rioters and suggests Proud Boys could have place in politics

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“I think we’re going to do things that people will be shocked at,” he said.

When pressed about his decision to free people from prison who were shown on camera viciously attacking Capitol police officers, Trump declared, “I am a friend of police, more than any president who’s ever been in this office.”

 

Trump places federal DEI workers on paid leave.


Trump orders all federal DEI employees placed on paid leave starting Wednesday

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"The Trump administration is ordering all federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles placed on paid leave by Wednesday evening, according to a new memo from the Office of Personnel Management.

The memo, issued Tuesday to heads of departments and agencies, sets a deadline of no later than 5 p.m. ET Wednesday to inform the employees that they will be put on paid administrative leave as the agencies prepare to close all DEI-related offices and programs and to remove all websites and social media accounts for such offices."

 

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/19/g-s1-43062/trump-tariffs-revenue

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This is where a big contradiction comes in: if Americans buy fewer foreign cars, tariff revenue goes down.

And that's not the only contradiction York sees in Trump's policy. If Trump threatens tariffs on Mexico or Canada and succeeds in getting them to crack down on immigration or drugs — that is, if Mexico or Canada changed their policies in order to get Trump not to tariff them — that would mean no additional revenue, and also no additional protection for American workers.

Trump's threat to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada could end up hurting Americans too. Among the products impacted could be gasoline and guacamoles.

"The way the incoming Trump administration is talking about it is that they can have their cake and eat it, too. But that is just not the case," York said.

 

Trump's tariff promises.


https://www.npr.org/2025/01/19/g-s1-43062/trump-tariffs-revenue

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"On his social media platform, he declared that he wants to create what he's calling the "External Revenue Service" to collect tariffs and other revenues from foreign sources.

To be clear, that name itself is misleading: the overwhelming number of tariffs are paid by American businesses importing goods, not by external foreign sources.

The post is the latest in a long line of promises Trump has made about tariffs, which are at the center of his economic strategy. Those promises on tariffs will be hard to keep, economists say — and some even work against each other."

 

The changing viewpoint of Zuckerberg. His platform once banned Trump.

After Trump's 2024 win, he visited him at Mar-a-Lago like the other ultra-billionaires.


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/opinion/mark-zuckerberg-donald-trump.html

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"This week Meta announced a change to Facebook’s Messenger App. Users who want to customize their wallpaper can still do so, but they will no longer have the option to use themes with colors of the transgender and nonbinary flags.

Whatever one’s position on transgender rights, limiting people’s ability to express themselves — in private conversations with their friends — is not a great way to kick off a free-speech crusade.

It’s a long way from where Zuckerberg was during the Biden or the Obama administration. In those very different political climates, he apologized for Facebook’s role in promoting fake news and hate speech and vowed to take action. The platform even kicked Donald Trump off on Jan. 7, 2021."

 

Trump reportedly asked Kid Rock about strippers.

Kid Rock had made a joke about strippers that caught Trump's attention.


Trump Phoned Kid Rock to Ask if Strippers Were Banned from Inauguration Rally