The Donald Trump Score Card

With Trump, just about anything can happen. And it happened at least twice within the past week.

RFK Jr. was confirmed as health secretary and Kash Patel was confirmed today as FBI director.


Trump loyalist Kash Patel is confirmed as FBI director by the Senate despite deep Democratic doubts

 

Various sources say Trump is considering taking over the post office.


https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/business/trump-postal-service-privatization/index.html

 

Isn't that now a private business now? Will he try to take over Fedex and UPS, too? Of course his move, last term, was to impede the processing of mail in ballots, to which he tried his best....

 

In 1775 , the continental congress instituted the USPS as a federal agency. Trump and the repubs want to privatize it. ( and what timsk said)

 

I know, I know.

I’ve said earlier that I’m unshockable at this point. RFK is at least knowledgeable in his field with a record peppered with good intentioned programs. Too bad that pepper includes a good pinch of crazy nonsense.

Patel snd Gabbard are dangerously biased and under qualified.Patel just a nut.

 

Maddock was charged with being a fake elector.

Now she's vying to lead the Michigan GOP.


MAGA activist charged with being a fake elector for Trump seeks to lead the Michigan GOP

 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/21/trudeau-trump-us-canada-hockey-four-nations-final-00205421

excerpt:

“You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game,” Trudeau posted to X late Thursday night, a retort to mudslinging from Trump, who has repeatedly referred to Canada as America’s the 51st state and gave team USA a pregame pep talk on Thursday.

While players and fans alike outside the stadium were hesitant to discuss the geopolitical tensions between the neighboring countries, to Trump and Trudeau the game clearly carried meaning beyond the ice.

“I’ll be calling our GREAT American Hockey Team this morning to spur them on towards victory tonight against Canada, which with FAR LOWER TAXES AND MUCH STRONGER SECURITY, will someday, maybe soon, become our cherished, and very important, Fifty First State,” Trump posted to social media on Thursday.

 

Trump's '$21m for voter turnout' remark sparks political row in India

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"Despite widespread reports, neither Doge nor Trump has provided evidence that USAID gave India $21m for voter turnout."

 

Trump administration’s mass firings could leave federal government with ‘monumental’ bill, say experts

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“I would have been a permanent employee on March 10,” they said. “I’ve lost my medical insurance. I have an incurable disease that I kind of need a doctor for. I won’t be able to pay those bills. I’m waiting for my eviction notice right now.”

“Elon Musk destroyed 19 years of my career, it’s gone. He put a label on us. We’ve been labeled the fraud, the waste and the bloat of the government,” the worker said. “They have effectively destroyed our careers. We won’t recover from this. There’s no way. The financial fallout is catastrophic, and he’s dismantling everything. I mean, I don’t know how this helps the working man.

 

Trump administration’s mass firings could leave federal government with ‘monumental’ bill, say experts

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“These firings they’re conducting without following the law will result in hundreds of thousands of former federal employees being owed back pay, plus interest, plus benefits, plus attorneys fees,” said Summerlin. “When the bill comes it will be monumental.”

Anna Kelly, a White House spokesperson, said: “President Trump and his administration are delivering on the American people’s mandate to eliminate wasteful spending and make federal agencies more efficient, which includes removing probationary employees who are not mission critical.”

 

Trump's legal team says it's continuing to freeze the USAID funding in a way that complies with the judge's order to reinstate the funding.

The judge says it's a post-hoc rationalization by Trump.


Federal judge orders Trump admin to comply with previous order to lift foreign aid freeze

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"In his order, Judge Amir H. Ali, a Biden appointee, said Trump administration officials had used his Feb. 13 order to temporarily lift the freeze on foreign aid to instead "come up with a new, post-hoc rationalization for the en masse suspension" of funding.

Despite the judge's order to the contrary, USAID Deputy Secretary Pete Marocco, a Trump appointee, and other top officials had "continued their blanket suspension of funds," Ali said.

Still, the Washington, D.C. district court judge declined a request by nonprofit groups doing business with the U.S. Agency for International Development to find Trump administration officials in contempt of his order."

 

A court can cite someone for being in contempt and eventually refer the matter to the DOJ for possible criminal charges (like what happened to Navarro and Bannon who served four months in prison for contempt for ignoring subpoenas).

This time, Trump controls the DOJ.

 

Trump considering firing nearly 90,000 IRS agents.


Trump Considering Firing Nearly 90,000 Newly Hired IRS Agents | 97.9 is The BIG 98

 

Trump and Musk Lay Off 1,000 Veterans Affairs Staffers in Mass Cuts

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"Trump’s executive order doesn’t just stop at limiting new hires; it also forces immediate reductions in force, cutting positions that aren’t explicitly mandated by law. This means administrative staff, veteran outreach programs, and transition assistance services will be among the first to go. These programs provide critical support for transitioning service members, veterans seeking jobs, and military families overseas. Many depend on these programs for child care, job placement, and legal guidance — services that help make the transition from military to civilian life possible. Now, veterans and their families are being left to fend for themselves.

To make matters worse, the hiring process at the VA is now controlled by Musk’s DOGE “team leads,” who have final approval over new employees. Instead of a merit-based system, hiring decisions are now subject to unnecessary delays and potential political interference. Some of these so-called team leads do not appear to have any government experience, and are instead young political operatives with extremist and racist views. The DOGE website seems to have porous security at best, raising concerns about the pseudo government agency having access to veterans’ data. The VA is already grappling with a severe workforce shortage in medical and benefits processing roles.

This new bureaucratic bottleneck ensures hiring will stall completely, leaving veterans without the services they need. But that may be the point — by making the VA so dysfunctional, veterans will either suffer in silence or be forced into the private sector, where profits come before care."

 

The probationary period just after receiving a promotion is being used by Musk to fire people.


Trump and Musk Lay Off 1,000 Veterans Affairs Staffers in Mass Cuts

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"Then a promotion opportunity comes along. Just the raise you need to book that dream vacation with your family. The only catch? A short probationary period. No big deal. You’ve had a stellar record in federal service and the military. You take the job.

Then Elon Musk, an unelected billionaire with no ties to the military, fires you. Everything you built, gone in an instant, at the whim of someone who has nothing to do with your service, your sacrifice, or your career."

 

“They’re Scared Shitless”: The Threat of Political Violence Informing Trump’s Grip on Congress

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"Trump’s mass pardoning of January 6 participants has recentered those events in Republican minds of late.

“A guy sends a mob into your workplace to kill you, and you’re okay with that?” Stevens tells me, speaking about his frustration with congressional Republicans. Stevens says the clemencies send the message to Republicans that Trump will defend those who commit political violence in his name."

 

Yes. Most Republicans in Congress are ok with that.

Moreover, they have rewarded Trump for it.

 

Trump seems to be mirroring the Hitler playbook used to take control of Germany and supercede the former government regime then annexing several countries before invading others. The parallels are getting disturbing.