The Donald Trump Score Card

Trump’s Lawsuit Against I.R.S. Creates ‘Enormous Conflict of Interest’
The president is demanding that the federal government pay him at least $10 billion over the unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns during his first term.
By Andrew Duehren
Reporting from Washington
Published Jan. 30, 2026
Updated Feb. 1, 2026

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/politics/trump-lawsuit-irs-taxes.html

 

Trump refiled his $15 billion suit against the NY Times in October 2025.

The original complaint was thrown out by a judge because it was a lengthy political manifesto.


Trump Refiles His $15 Billion Defamation Lawsuit Against The New York Times
A federal judge had previously dismissed the complaint as unnecessarily lengthy and digressive. The president claims that The Times sought to defame him during the 2024 election.
By Michael M. Grynbaum
Oct. 17, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/business/media/trump-lawsuit-new-york-times.html

 

Article from June summarizing the war Trump has been waging against Harvard University.


Timeline: Trump administration's actions against Harvard University

 

Trump’s Staggering $1.4B Payday Since Returning to Office Exposed

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"Tech and media companies have collectively shelled out $90.5 million to Trump through legal settlements. Qatar, meanwhile, provided a $400 million jet that Trump is using as Air Force One and plans to keep after leaving office.

The biggest gains appear to come from crypto. The Trumps have pulled in at least $867 million from cryptocurrency ventures, a figure that could be far higher. But Eric Trump has acknowledged the family’s crypto earnings likely exceed public estimates during an interview with the Financial Times."

 

Trump’s Staggering $1.4B Payday Since Returning to Office Exposed

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"President Donald Trump's cryptocurrency firm, World Liberty Financial, sold a $500 million stake to a member of the Emirati royal family shortly before his inauguration last January, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, sparking concerns over a potential conflict of interest.

According to the Journal, which reviewed undisclosed corporate documents, a firm associated with Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, an Abu Dhabi royal who operates an enormous state investment fund, purchased a 49% stake in World Liberty, which is co-owned by Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and his family, just four days before the Trump administration swept into office."

 

Johnson swore in a Democrat new member as a result of a special election.

The GOP margin in the House is down to one seat.


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/politics/congress-house-republicans-majority.html

 

Trump announces plan to sue Harvard for $1bn damages

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“We are now seeking One Billion Dollars in damages, and want nothing further to do, into the future, with Harvard University,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Harvard has been the most prominent target of Trump’s ire, as he has sought to wield authority over higher education.

 

So if Harvard just gives Trump $1 billion, he will finally leave them alone.

 

More likely, Trump, a month later, will demand $10 billion.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/01/business/melania-box-office-amazon

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The exorbitant spending led Amazon’s industry rivals to speculate that the studio was trying to curry favor with the Trump administration by paying the first lady millions of dollars.

According to the Wall Street Journal, “the First Lady’s cut is more than 70% of the $40 million,” or at least $28 million.

“The Daily Show” host Desi Lydic phrased it as a question on premiere night: “Why would Jeff Bezos, a billionaire who has tons of business with the government, run by a famously corrupt president known for loving bribes, overpay for a Melania documentary?”

 

Trump used to call Jeff Bezos 'Jeff Bozo'.

Bezos and other tech moguls were supposedly the last line of defense to protect the public from people like Trump.

Bezos attended Trump's second inauguration.

 

Article from October 2024.

The Washington Post, owned by Bezos, decided not to endorse a presidential candidate in 2024.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/10/25/washington-post-endorsement-president/

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"The Washington Post’s publisher said Friday that the paper will not make an endorsement in this year’s presidential contest, for the first time in 36 years, or in future presidential races."

 

Trump's attorney argued in court this week that Mark Kelly, a U.S. senator and retired military officer, should have his speech limited based on speech restrictions for active members of the military that are present to instill discipline.

Trump has been engaging in a retribution campaign against Kelly since he stated that people in the miltiary aren't obligated to follow illegal orders.

Trump and Hegseth have been trying to demote Kelly while in his retirement to reduce his pension.

 

Trump used a similar tactic on McCabe whom he had fired on his birthday weekend, a couple days before his retirement. McCabe lost his retirement money but recovered it after a couple years of legal wrangling.

 

The judge informed Trump's lawyer that he was asking for something that has never been done before and that violates people's right to free speech.

Trump's attorney essentially wants the judge to legislate from the bench on behalf of Trump (like the six conservatives on the Supreme Court did in their ruling that gave Trump wide-ranging presidential immunity).

 

Trump says he wants housing prices higher so that people can't afford them.

More specifically, he's trying to price houses out of the range of people he thinks don't deserve to own them.


Trump Says He Wants to 'Drive Housing Prices Up' Instead of Lowering Costs for People Who 'Didn't Work Very Hard'
In a seeming reversal from previous promises about focusing on affordability, Trump said during a Jan. 29 Cabinet meeting, "I don't wanna drive housing prices down, I wanna drive housing prices up"
By Meredith Kile
Published on January 29, 2026 03:33PM EST

Trump Says He Wants to 'Drive Housing Prices Up' Instead of Lowering Costs for People Who 'Didn't Work Very Hard'

 

Trump and president of Columbia meet at White House after months of insults.


Trump and Colombia's president to meet at White House after months of tension and insults

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"Tensions peaked after the Jan. 3 U.S. raid in Caracas that captured then-President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Petro denounced the operation as an act of “aggression” and a “kidnapping,” blasting the U.S. for what he called an “abhorrent” violation of Latin American sovereignty and a “spectacle of death” comparable to Nazi Germany’s 1937 carpet bombing of Guernica, Spain.

Despite recently calling for Maduro’s return to face Venezuelan justice, Petro’s tone softened significantly during a subsequent hourlong call with Trump, paving the way for their upcoming summit."

 

Mumbling, Menacing Trump Turns Davos Into a Mafia Den

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"The Stephen Miller theory of international order is simple and ruthless: the Western Hemisphere is now the property of the United States of America. All of it. When Trump declared himself the “Acting President of Venezuela,” it was both a troll and not-a-troll. It was a declaration of intent. Not to literally run the country, but to plant his flag on his territorial ambitions: everything from the Arctic Circle to the tip of South America is now—for all intents and purposes—ours. Well, his."

 

Trump 2024: The Revenge Tour


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If he jumps out the window and can fly, I promise I’ll vote for him in 2028.