The Donald Trump Score Card

Lula hails Bolsonaro verdict, tells Trump Brazil’s democracy not negotiable

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"He noted that the US has a trade surplus with Brazil, accumulating a surplus of $410bn in trade over the past 15 years, making it clear that the White House’s motivation was political.

The tariffs, Lula wrote, are aimed at seeking “impunity” for Bolsanaro, whom he accused of orchestrating the riots in Brasilia on January 8, 2023, when the former leader’s supporters stormed the presidential palace, the Supreme Court and the Congress in protest over his election defeat the previous year."

 

Republican Rep. Michael McCaul won’t seek reelection after 11 terms

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“With all deference to the president, I don't think that was a mistake. I think Putin is testing the resolve of NATO,” McCaul said.

 

Trump is testing the resolve of NATO.

He has been doing it for the past ten years.

 

Opinion - Yes, let’s make America healthy again. That means supporting vaccines.
The Hill
Juan Williams, opinion contributor
September 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM

https://www.aol.com/opinion-yes-let...uftt-jCKkRuGsQSKtegurhBBjxL5umCQcOf58OHIbzfPg

 

Florida vaccine mandate rollback falters after Trump criticism

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It took barely two days, and some huffs of disapproval from the White House, before Joseph Ladapo’s bold plan to eliminate all vaccine mandates in Florida began to deflate.

The action, the fervently religious state surgeon general had asserted at a fire and brimstone press conference in Tampa, came straight from the heavens: “Who am I, as a man standing here now, to tell you what you should put in your body?” he opined, framing the freedom to reject vaccines as a “reflection of God’s light against the darkness of tyranny and oppression”.

 

Tampa again.

It's been a hot point for Trump's Jan. 6 rioters.


Who are Tampa Bay’s Jan. 6 rioters, really?

 

Trump didn't order half-staff for the assassinations of Melissa Hortman and her husband and the shootings of other policitician that occurred during the same spree.


Trump Orders Flags Lowered for Kirk, but Didn’t for Melissa Hortman

 

Moment of silence for Charlie Kirk on Capitol Hill spirals into partisan shouting match

Republicans and Democrats came together on the House floor on Wednesday to hold a moment of silence in honor of Charlie Kirk, just as news broke that the magnetic youth activist had been shot and killed.

The bipartisanship lasted about a minute.

The event quickly spiraled after a request to pray for Kirk from Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado led to objections from Democrats and a partisan shouting match.

 

Judge rules Trump illegally directed mass firings of federal workers.

The judge didn't order reinstatement of their jobs because of a Supreme Court ruling in April 2025.


https://www.arabnews.com/node/2615221/amp

 

Rep. Bacon scorns Trump over calling Putin's war on Ukrain Biden's and Zelensky's war.


Nebraska Republican escalates Trump criticism over Ukraine: ‘You’ll be judged in the history books’

 

Trump extended the 90-day federal hiring freeze twice. It will be 270 days long when the current period ends in October.


Trump administration extends governmentwide hiring freeze

 

Details emerge about Charlie Kirk shooting suspect. Here's what we know.

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He was a friend of JD Vance, who said Kirk advocated "in public and private" for Mr. Trump to pick him as his running mate last year.

"So much of the success we've had in this administration traces directly to Charlie's ability to organize and convene," Vance said after Kirk was killed. "He didn't just help us win in 2024, he helped us staff the entire government."

 

Brazil not bending to Trump.


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/world/americas/brazil-trump-bolsonaro.html

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"To show he was serious, he hit Brazil with punishing tariffs, launched a trade investigation and imposed some of the most severe sanctions at his disposal against the Supreme Court justice overseeing the case.

Brazil responded on Thursday by convicting Mr. Bolsonaro anyway, sentencing him to more than 27 years in prison for overseeing a failed plot to stay in power after losing the 2022 elections.

Defiance has defined Brazil’s response to Mr. Trump since he began trying to bully the country. So far, it hasn’t resulted in disaster."

 

Manufacturing has been on a downward trend since February 2023.

Factory employment is the lowest in five years.


US economy lost another 12,000 manufacturing jobs in August

 

Trump, Union Pacific CEO Discussed $72 Billion Acquisition of Norfolk Southern

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"Speaking on Fox News earlier Friday, Trump credited Vena personally with encouraging him to pick Memphis as the next National Guard deployment during a recent conversation."

 

After federal workforce cuts, DOGE chief says ‘we need to hire’

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"The IRS, which has lost more than 25% of its total workforce under the Trump administration, has also lost about a quarter of its tech employees."

 

Stephen Miller


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Former federal prosecuter, Comey, who prosecuted Epstein sues Trump administration for firing her.


Former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey sues Trump administration over her firing

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“Despite her exemplary performance, Ms. Comey was abruptly fired on July 16, 2025, the day after the U.S. Attorney’s Office had asked her to take the lead on a major public corruption case and just three months after her latest receipt of an ‘Outstanding’ review," the suit says.

"Defendants did not identify any cause or provide Ms. Comey any due process for her removal. She simply received an email with an attachment stating that she was being terminated ‘[p]ursuant to Article II of the United States Constitution and the laws of the United States.'"

 

In other words, don't defy King Trump.