The Donald Trump Score Card

Trump, Giuliani, Lindell, Bannon, Flynn, Stone, Manafort, and the rest should be assigned to a retirement home where they no longer can hurt themselves and others. They can have ongoing mock elections where they keep electing Trump and mock trials where they retaliate against all the people they don't like.

 

China is reportedly considering selling TikTok to Elon Musk, although China denies it.

The U.S. Supreme Court has hinted that it won't stop the impending U.S. ban on TikTok.

Trump currently doesn't want TikTok banned in the U.S.

In 2020, Trump signed executive orders to try to ban TikTok.

Biden revoked Trump's ban on TikTok.


https://www.hindustantimes.com/worl...off-potential-ban-report-101736816819501.html

 

Trump-appointed Supreme Court Justice Brett 'I like beer' Kavanaugh will administer the oath to Trump on inauguration day, instructing him to place his hand on the six-pack of beer.


Here Are All The Times Brett Kavanaugh Said He Likes Beer At His Senate Hearing On Sexual Assault Allegations

 

The erosion of trust in the U.S.


Opinion: America just buried trust along with Jimmy Carter

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"The devolution of the U.S. from a high-trust to a low-trust society could prove to be a world-historical event. “While generalized social trust had been deteriorating, Donald Trump and his MAGA movement pushed distrust to truly pathological levels,” wrote Stanford University political scientist Francis Fukuyama last fall. “The damage that this deranged man has done to the United States has already occurred, and will weigh on the country for years to come.”"


"The assault on well-being is not limited to the U.S. Trump seemed to find it amusing this week to threaten to deploy American power, amassed by previous generations, to undermine democratic allies, including, incredibly, Canada. It’s a destabilizing game that will destroy international trust and all its attendant benefits."

 

Trump team considers using emergency powers to implement tariff hikes.


Trump Team Studies Gradual Tariff Hikes Under Emergency Powers

 

News outlets take steps to protect themselves from Trump.


News Outlets Take Unusual Steps to Prepare for Onslaught From Trump

 

Melania Trump has had a dismal approval rating, about 42% compared to about 71% for other first ladies since the 1970's.


Public image of Melania Trump - Wikipedia

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"Trump finished her tenure in 2021 as the least popular first lady ever polled, according to polling by CNN, SRSS, and Gallup. Her final approval rating was 42%, and her final disapproval rating was 47%; she was the only first lady who finished with a net disapproval rating. Previous first ladies since the 1970s had final popularity ratings of 71% on average. The second-least popular first lady polled was Hillary Clinton, with a final approval rating of 52% and a final disapproval rating of 39%.[71]

In December 2020, the Siena College Research Institute released a study surveying scholars and historians on their assessments of American first ladies. It was the fifth such first ladies study that the Institute had conducted since 1982, and the first in which Trump appeared. Trump was ranked as being the worst of 40 assessed American first ladies,[72] receiving the lowest assessments in all of the metrics that were weighed.[73] "

 

Zelensky says he will send firefighters to California after Trump Jr. insulted the state.


Zelenskyy says Ukraine will send firefighters to California after Trump Jr. jab

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"It came after Donald Trump Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's oldest son, reposted snapshots of a local news report that the Los Angeles County Fire Department donated surplus supplies to Ukraine shortly after the country was invaded by Russia in 2022.

"Oh look of course The LA fire department donated a bunch of their supplies to Ukraine," Trump Jr. wrote."

 

Why Trump is getting more popular

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"So, what explains the rise in Trump's rating? The simplest answer is that a number of Trump's haters really have come around on him. Notably, Trump hasn't improved his standing among just one segment of the electorate; according to a comparison of YouGov/The Economist polling from before and after the election, the share of Americans rating Trump favorably has increased among every gender, race and age group except people age 65+ — and even among them, his favorable percentage has "declined" by only 1 point (from 49 percent to 48 percent), which could easily be attributable to random noise in the polling. Even Democrats now rate Trump better than they did before the election."

 

Why Trump is getting more popular

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"According to 538's average of polls of Trump's favorability rating, 47.2 percent of American adults have a favorable view of the president-elect, compared to 47.4 percent who have an unfavorable view. That means his net favorability rating — the difference between these two numbers — is now the highest it has been since our tracking began on Jan. 30, 2021. It's also higher than his average net approval rating — a related but different metric that measured how many Americans approved of his job performance while he was president — was at any point after Feb. 2, 2017. Trump, in other words, is at or near an all-time high in popularity."

 

After attending Carter's funeral, Trump raises American flag at Mar-a-Lago after Carter's burial.

It's supposed to remain lowered for 30 days (through January 28).

Trump is frustrated that during his inauguration the flag will be at half-staff.

Trump as president engaged in similar behavior when he raised the flag at the White House to full-staff Monday morning after McCain had died on a Saturday. It was supposed to remain lowered until after his burial a week later.

Trump gave in to the outcry from veterans and other people around the country and lowered the flag at the White House again until McCain was buried.


Trump flies US flag at full height before end of 30-day mourning period following Carter's death

 

MSNBC boss Rashida Jones announced she is leaving

Jones has helmed the NBC Universal-owned cable network for four years

Her exit had been widely hinted at after parent company Comcast announced last month it was planning to spin off MSNBC and other cable properties into a new publicly traded entity, SpinCo.

 

You say that as if it’s unlikely or impossible.

I’m simply unshockable at this point.

 

Watching the Hegseth approval hearing now.

Duckworth just torched him soundly.

When did republicans become this gross? That elephant eared hillbilly Tuberville, who delayed military member’s promotions for political reasons is suddenly a supporter of our military.

 

The U.S. Senate had to formulate an unusual, one-day, one-time work-around bill to circumvent Tuberville who had stopped military promotions.

Tuberville was upset that the military would help pay members for trips for healthcare that could involve abortion.

 

Speaker Johnson has announced that flags will be flown full-staff at the Capitol on Trump's inauguration day.

 

Items middle class will have difficulty paying if Trump follows through on his pledges.


4 Things the Middle Class Likely Won't Be Able To Afford Once Trump Takes Office | GOBankingRates

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"Healthcare and Insurance Coverage
Higher Education
Housing
Transportation"

 

Trump asks full appeals court to overturn $5 million Carroll win in defamation suit.

Trump has already lost in the Second Circuit U.S. Appeals Court that wasn't en banc.

Trump has also lost another defamation case to Carroll where she was awarded $83 million.


Trump asks appeals court to reconsider overturning $5 million E. Jean Carroll verdict

 

Trump has lost two significant civil cases to Carroll ($5 million and $83 million), a mammoth civil fraud case to the state of NY (nearly half a billion dollars), and a 32-felony count criminal case to NY that ended with an unconditional discharge.

Although the two federal criminal cases against Trump have been shelved, Jack Smith has publicly released the report about the election subversion case.

 

Melania plans expanded 'Be Best' anti-bullying program during second Trump term.


Melania Trump to expand Be Best campaign in second term

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"Originally focused on children’s social media use, well-being and opioid abuse, Trump announced in 2019 she was widening its reach to also include online safety. The move was mocked by critics, who pointed to then-President Trump’s frequent use of social media to slam his political opponents."