The Donald Trump Score Card

The US men’s hockey team at the State of the Union showed proximity to Trump is never neutral

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"It’s no surprise that Trump isn’t as kind to all US athletes as he has been to the men’s hockey team. Earlier in the Games, American freestyle skier Hunter Hess was asked how it felt to represent the US amid ongoing brutal immigration enforcement crackdowns. “Just because I’m wearing the flag, doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the US,” Hess replied. Online, Trump rebuked the skier: “Hess, a real Loser, says he doesn’t represent his Country in the current Winter Olympics. If that’s the case, he shouldn’t have tried out for the Team, and it’s too bad he’s on it.” Everything is so political.

Hughes and others want things to be simple: athletes and politics, separate. But that’s never been the case. And now, more than ever, in Trump’s America, athletes – just like allies and enemies – are expected to take their place in the hierarchy. To prove their loyalty both to America and to the man who claims to define it. Or else."

 

That's not what Hess said.

Hess said he doesn't necessarily approve of everything going on in the U.S.

 

Selective listening and purposeful misinterpretation, to save face.

 

Trump said at his SOTU address that he wants to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.


Trump Is Now Demanding Yet Another Medal He Didn’t Earn

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After Congress gave a lengthy standing ovation to Williams, Trump couldn’t resist placing himself back at the center of attention.

“I’ve always wanted the Congressional Medal of Honor, but I was informed I’m not allowed to give it to myself, and I wouldn’t know why I’d be taking it,” Trump said.

“But if they ever open up that law, I will be there with you someday.”

 

Some group out there will give Trump its own newly-minted, fabricated award that mimmicks the Congressional Medal of Honor.

The FIFA soccer group gave Trump its first-time facsimile of the Nobel Peace Prize.

 

During his first term, Trump gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Rush Limbaugh.

 

Vance says Minnesota’s Medicaid funds halted as part of Trump’s ‘war on fraud’

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During the State of the Union address on Tuesday, Trump singled out Minnesota as a “stunning example” of the fraud he claimed was rampant in blue states and placed Vance in charge of what he branded the administration’s “war on fraud”.

Using xenophobic language, he disparaged Somali Americans as “pirates who ransacked” the state. Ilhan Omar, a Somali-born representative from Minnesota, shouted back: “That’s a lie!”

 

Vance says he's temporarily stopping $250 million in Medicare payments to MN because of fraud.


Vance says Minnesota’s Medicaid funds halted as part of Trump’s ‘war on fraud’

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“This has nothing to do with fraud,” Minnesota governor Tim Walz, a Democrat, responded on X. “The agents Trump allegedly sent to investigate fraud are shooting protesters and arresting children. His DOJ is gutting the US Attorney’s Office and crippling their ability to prosecute fraud. And every week Trump pardons another fraudster.”

 

Judge blocks DoJ from searching Washington Post reporter’s seized devices
Court itself to search devices for documents related to national security inquiry as newspaper calls ruling ‘victory’
Cecilia Nowell
Tue 24 Feb 2026 21.03 EST

Judge blocks DoJ from searching Washington Post reporter’s seized devices

 

https://www.cato.org/blog/war-fraud-will-not-balance-budget

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"Per Cato policy analyst Benjamin Giltner:

This defense budget is strategically and fiscally inept. Like previously bloated defense budgets, America’s overextended military commitments account for much of this one’s expenses. This budget will also likely include wasteful weapons programs, like the Golden Dome and the “Trump-class” battleship, which do little to bolster America’s security. Moreover, such defense spending will increase the national debt by $5.8 trillion over the next decade, worsening an already fraught fiscal landscape for the United States.

For everyday Americans, the defense budget is the least painful of the federal budget to cut. Yet, the Trump administration continues to add more to this wasteful federal expense. If policymakers truly wish to have a government that benefits Americans and cuts waste, then they must lessen America’s military commitments abroad and stop wasteful Pentagon programs. Unfortunately, this proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget fails in both regards

 

Trump said that he thinks Vance will reduce the national deficit to zero by waging a war on fraud, particularly in Minnesota.


February 25, 2026 12:31PM
A “War on Fraud” Will Not Balance the Budget
By Dominik Lett

https://www.cato.org/blog/war-fraud-will-not-balance-budget

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However, the president also implied that if “we’re able to find enough of that fraud, we will actually have a balanced budget overnight.” That is basically impossible and undersells the real drivers of our worsening fiscal picture.

 

At his SOTU, Trump said drug prices are down as much as 600%.


https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/trump-state-of-the-union-healthcare-2026/812962/

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“I took prescription drugs, a very big part of healthcare, from the highest price in the entire world to the lowest. That’s a big achievement,” Trump said. Prices are down “300, 400, 500, 600% and more” as a result, according to the president.

 

If prices of items were down 100%, they would be zero.

Another 500% lower than that means that people would be receiving free money for free items, free money that is many times what the initial price had been.

 

Trump's supporters can believe Trump's 600% price reduction claim if they so choose.

It's becoming increasingly difficult for Trump's followers to believe his claims, even people who are partly out of touch with reality.

 

Trump will demand a Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for that perceived achievement and faulty math.

 

Beef prices to rise, cattle herd numbers to remain low
Agriculture
by Talk Business & Politics staff
February 23, 2026 2:00 pm

Beef prices to rise, cattle herd numbers to remain low - Talk Business & Politics

 

https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/beef

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"Beef rose to 350.10 BRL/15KG on February 24, 2026, up 0.10% from the previous day. Over the past month, Beef's price has risen 8.49%, and is up 12.18% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity."

 

Trump Supporter Learns Hard Way ICE Doesn’t Just Target ‘Worst of the Worst’
Ewan Palmer, Reporter
Published Feb. 23 2026 5:48AM EST

Trump Supporter Learns Hard Way ICE Doesn’t Just Target ‘Worst of the Worst’

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“To think we were MAGA!” she told NJ.com. “You [Trump] said you were going after the worst of the worst, but instead you ruined our life.”

 

Hillary Clinton says she has no information about Epstein crimes; Democrats call for Trump to be deposed ‘immediately’ – live
Robert Mackey (now); Rachel Leingang, Lucy Campbell and Tom Ambrose (earlier)
Thu 26 Feb 2026 16.23 EST

Hillary Clinton says she has no information about Epstein crimes; Democrats call for Trump to be deposed ‘immediately’ – live

 

Beef prices soar as American families pay steep prices for steaks and burgers nationwide

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"The rise in beef prices significantly outpaced the broader inflation gauges, as the meats, poultry and fish index increased 0.5% on a monthly basis and 6.9% over the past 12 months."