The Donald Trump Score Card

The young people Trump convinced to vote for him in 2024.


The story of how Trump went from diminished ex-president to a victor once again

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“Trump is able to just chat,” he said. “It can be policy. It can be culture. It could be golf. It could be whatever it is, and he’s just able to sit down and have a nice, good conversation. Be relatable. Crack some jokes. He’s a funny guy. It’s refreshing.”

 

Things haven't changed much in 40 years.

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Remembering Reagan

 

Trump said after the 2024 election that he wants to unite the country.

His Thanksgiving Day message doesn't sound like it.

 

Trump is hawking more merchandise.

The latest is 'Victory Cologne'.


Smell like Trump: ‘victory cologne’ for sale as president-elect hawks his wares

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For those who want to smell like Trump, it also offers cologne. There are actually two types of cologne available: “Fight fight fight” and “Victory”. The first one is inspired by Trump’s words after he was shot in the ear, and is apparently a “bold scent” that “delivers rich, robust notes that leave a lasting impression”. Buyers should note, however, that this is “Not just a cologne – it’s a symbol of resilience. Inspired by Trump’s relentless drive, wear it with pride and confidence.”

 

Trump is the Mr. Haney of politics.


Mr. Haney

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"Mr. Haney (full name: Eustace Charleston Haney) is Hooterville's sneaky and notorious conman and one of its two and only major proprietors of goods alongside Sam Drucker, but unlike Sam, everything he sells is either overpriced, damaged or poorly made, with very few of his wares ever being of any decent quality. He is also the head of many self-owned (and crooked) businesses, such as an antique store, an airplane service, an animal rental, a taxi service, a home renovation service, an unemployment agency, several delivery services, and a chicken watching service, just to name a few and all of which he is the sole employee and manager of."


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Why ‘Green Acres’ Mr. Haney Could Teach You a Few Things About Selling and Marketing

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Oliver Douglas: Mr. Haney, I'm warning you. I'm about fed up with your tricky merchandizing methods. You're going to go too far one of these days, and I'm going to help nail you.

Mr. Haney: Care to buy a hammer? [produces a hammer from his pocket]


Oliver Douglas: How come you always show up selling just what I need?

Mr. Haney: Well, how come you seem to always be needing just what I have to sell?


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In 2022, Elon Musk said it was time for Trump to sail into the sunset.


Elon Musk says it’s time for Trump to ‘sail into the sunset’

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Writing on Twitter, where Musk has more than 100 million followers, the celebrity CEO said: “I don’t hate the man, but it’s time for Trump to hang up his hat & sail into the sunset. Dems should also call off the attack — don’t make it so that Trump’s only way to survive is to regain the Presidency.”

 

Trump's response to Musk in 2022.


Elon Musk says it’s time for Trump to ‘sail into the sunset’

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"When Elon Musk came to the White House asking me for help on all of his many subsidized projects, whether it’s electric cars that don’t drive long enough, driverless cars that crash, or rocketships to nowhere, without which subsidies he’d be worthless, and telling me how he was a big Trump fan and Republican, I could have said, 'drop to your knees and beg,' and he would have done it," Trump wrote.

"…Now Elon should focus on getting himself out of the Twitter mess because he could owe $44 billion for something that’s perhaps worthless. Also, lots of competition for electric cars!" Trump said in another post.

 

Amazing how it's all turned out as great as it is.

 

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Trump selects Jared Kushner’s father, Charles Kushner, for ambassador to France

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"Kushner, who was under investigation at the time for making illegal campaign contributions, targeted his brother-in-law, William Schulder, a former employee turned witness for federal prosecutors in their case against the Democratic donor. As part of the plot, Kushner hired a prostitute to lure Schulder into having sex in a motel as a hidden camera rolled. A tape of the encounter was then sent to Kushner’s sister and Schulder’s wife. Ultimately, the intimidation stunt failed, and the woman turned on Kushner.

Kushner pleaded guilty in 2005 to 16 counts of tax evasion, one count of retaliating against a federal witness and another count of lying to the Federal Election Commission. He was sentenced to two years in prison."

 

Joy Reid: Orbán’s Hungary offers a cautionary tale for Americans ahead of second Trump term

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"When Orbán came to power in 2010, some of his first acts took aim at the independence of Hungary’s judiciary and news media. Orbán rewrote the country’s constitution to force senior judges to retire and set up a new court system overseen directly by his government. He consolidated control over the media. According to experts, 90% of all media in Hungary is now directly or indirectly controlled by Fidesz, Orbán’s party.

Orbán and his allies have also tightened their grip over Hungary’s electoral system. They’ve changed laws to rig the system in his favor and keep him in power in perpetuity."

 

Joy Reid: Orbán’s Hungary offers a cautionary tale for Americans ahead of second Trump term

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"Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson and JD Vance are just a few on the American right who’ve sung Orbán’s praises.

Orbán has also openly cultivated a relationship with the Republican Party here in the United States. He’s hosted events for the Conservative Political Action Conference in Budapest and was the keynote speaker at a CPAC conference in Texas in 2022.

It’s an authoritarian lovefest that goes both ways. Trump, Tucker Carlson, who even hosted a week of shows from Hungary before leaving Fox News, and Vice President-elect JD Vance are just a few on the American right who’ve sung Orbán’s praises."

 

Trump picks loyalist Kash Patel to head FBI

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"The biggest problem the FBI has had, has come out of its intel shops. I'd break that component out of it. I'd shut down the FBI Hoover building on day one and reopen it the next day as a museum of the deep state," Patel said in a September interview on the conservative Shawn Ryan Show.

"And I'd take the 7,000 employees that work in that building and send them across America to chase down criminals. Go be cops. You're cops. Go be cops."

With the nomination of Patel, Trump is signaling that he is preparing to carry out his threat to oust Wray, a Republican first appointed by Trump, whose 10-year term at the FBI does not expire until 2027."

 

Trump was with Musk this week watching a launch and attempted re-capture landing of a rocket that ended up crashing into the ocean.

This time, Trump is praising Musk for his rockets, right when he watched one fail to land for recovery, instead of insulting him like he did two years ago when Musk said Trump should sail into the sunset..

 

Trump threatens 100% tariffs on BRIC countries if they abandon the U.S. dollar.


Trump threatens a 100% tariff on BRICS countries if they abandon U.S. dollar

 

Like he did with after his 25% tariff threat to Mexico this week, in a few days Trump can be expected to say he made phone calls with the BRIC countries, they bent their knees to him, and now everything is ok.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/29/europe/trump-new-ukraine-envoy-analysis-intl/index.html

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"The plan presents Ukraine with a welcome chance for an end to the violence, at a time when it is losing on all fronts, and darkly short of basic manpower - a hurdle it may never overcome, and something in which Russia will likely always outpace it.

But it begins a process in which a wily and deceitful Putin will revel. Exploiting a ceasefire and Western weakness is his forte, the moment he has been waiting nearly three years for. The plan accepts Western fatigue, that its armament production cannot keep pace, and that its values are wasteful. It also makes little accommodation for what Russia will do to upset its vision.

It is a bleak compromise for a bleak war. But it may not end it and instead open a new chapter where Western unity and support begins to crumble, and Putin edges, both at the negotiating table and at the front, closer towards his goals."

 

Trump has threatened Zuckerberg with life in prison for supposedly causing voting fraud..


Big Tech CEOs send well wishes to Trump

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"Trump publicly threatened Zuckerberg with “life in prison” in a book published two months ago — one of many battles between Trump and the tech industry that the CEOs appeared to be putting aside at least temporarily in the wake of Trump’s electoral victory.

“We are watching him closely, and if he does anything illegal this time he will spend the rest of his life in prison — as will others who cheat in the 2024 Presidential Election,” Trump wrote in his book, regarding Zuckerberg."

 

Trump was upset with Zuckerberg donating money to group that encouraged people to register to vote, thinking that it was helping Democrats more than Trump.

To assist Trump being reelected, Elon Musk ran a 'sweepstakes' of giving one million dollars per day to people who were vetted to make sure they were Trump supporters. He made it look like a sweepstakes, but it wasn't.