The Donald Trump Score Card

Trump puts USAID workers on leave.


https://www.npr.org/2025/02/04/nx-s1-5287053/usaid-trump-overseas-withdrawal

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"Truly they have made America weaker tonight," said another USAID official, who requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak on behalf of the agency. "We may not see it tomorrow but we will see it eventually, people in Beijing and Moscow are smiling tonight."

 

Trump says he wants his nominated head for Secretary Of Education, McMahon, to be out of her job that she hasn't even yet assumed.

McMahon is a billionaire big-time wrestling magnate.


Trump says education secretary's goal will be to 'put herself out of a job' as he pushes to abolish DOE

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“I told Linda — ‘Linda, I hope you do a great job and put yourself out of a job,'” Trump, 78, recounted to reporters Tuesday. “I want her to put herself out of a job [in the] Education Department.”

 

Trump puts USAID workers on leave.

Please pass me the box of tissues.

Who is here on line who has a Gvmt Pension. I dont.

 

Pam Bondi reportedly will review NY cases against Trump.


https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/05/politics/pam-bondi-attorney-general-first-day/index.html

 

Trump sends first migrant detainees to Gitmo.


President Trump sends first US migrant detainees to Guantanamo Bay

 

Tesla sales slump in Germany.


Tesla’s European Sales Drop in January After Elon Musk Disrupts Politics

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"Tesla’s sales in Germany plunged 59 percent in January, the month when Elon Musk, the company’s chief executive and a close adviser to President Trump, chided Germans for focusing too much on “past guilt” for Nazi-era crimes and urged voters to support a nationalist party in the country’s general election."

 

Trump says he will take over Gaza and use the U.S. military if necessary.

He wants people moved to Egypt and Jordan and says he wants to make Gaza a riviera.


https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-n...fk-gabbard-02-04-25#cm6qyskx8001f3b6nkdtynphs

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"Trump says US will “take over” Gaza: President Donald Trump said that the US “will take over” Gaza and that he won’t rule out sending US troops to secure American ownership. Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu, in a press conference alongside his US counterpart, said he believed Trump would help Israel achieve all of its war goals."

 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/04/trump-government-retribution-legal-battles-011469

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"With a blinding speed that has left adversaries virtually paralyzed, Trump allies are purging the Justice Department and FBI of perceived enemies. Elon Musk, empowered by Trump, has deployed a band of loyalists to take over the federal spending apparatus managed by the U.S. Treasury. Trump’s temporary pick to lead federal prosecutions in Washington says anyone who resists Musk’s efforts could be breaking “numerous laws.”

The White House is attempting to freeze virtually all federal grants, which nonprofits say is already wreaking havoc on programs for vulnerable Americans. With almost no notice, the administration has dismantled the agency responsible for international aid and offered millions of federal employees a buyout with questionable legal authority. Trump fired many of the internal watchdogs — inspectors general — who would review these decisions."

 

Pete Marocco is dismantling USAID.

He was caught on camera inside the Capitol during Trump's riot.


Marco Rubio empowers State Department official Pete Marocco to run USAID

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“What he’s doing now is frighteningly similar to everything he was trying to do at USAID before, but this time he’s destroying it,” said a USAID official familiar with Marocco's past actions.

“If someone in the private sector did this with no mitigation plan, their stakeholders would go ape s---,” a USAID staffer said. “He hasn’t been responsible for building anything ever. He’s very good at turning things off and questioning things and making people feel uncomfortable. He’s taken apart a lot of things.”

The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on those characterizations of Marocco, who has also been tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

 

Pete Marocco was on Trump's transition team for his second term.

According to Sedition Hunters, he and his wife were part of the rioters at the Capitol on Jan. 6.


Trump Hires January 6 Rioter for Bonkers Role on Transition Team | The New Republic

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"The president-elect has apparently included one January 6 rioter—Pete Marocco—in his transition team, Politico reported Monday. Marocco, a conservative activist, does come with extensive Trumpworld experience: He wore several hats during Trump’s last administration and had stints at the Defense, State, and Commerce departments, as well as USAID. His new role on Trump’s transition team focuses on national security personnel matters, according to three unidentified sources who spoke with the outlet.

Last month, the sleuth organization Sedition Hunters spotted Marocco and his wife in footage from inside and outside the U.S. Capitol during the January 6 riot. An anonymous member of the group claimed that they had become aware of Marocco’s participation in early 2023 and had subsequently tipped off the FBI. Marocco has not been charged with a crime."

 

History of tariff wars involving the U.S.


Before Trump: The long US history of tariff wars with Canada and the world

 

Trump says Canadians are aggressive to the U.S. and tough to do business with.

 

Trump selected a billionaire wrestling magnate, McMahon, to head the Department Of Education that he plans to dismantle, including McMahon's job.

McMahon hasn't yet been confirmed by the Senate.


https://www.politico.com/news/2025/...g-plans-shutter-education-department-00202225

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"Although the general thrust of Trump’s executive order is taking shape, the timing is a little awkward.

The nomination hearing for Trump’s nominee to lead the department, billionaire pro wrestling magnate Linda McMahon, hasn’t yet been scheduled as her team waits for her financial disclosures and other paperwork to be cleared by the Office of Government Ethics."

 

Trump set to dismantle Department Of Education.


https://www.politico.com/news/2025/...g-plans-shutter-education-department-00202225

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"It would direct the department to craft a plan to wind down its functions using its existing administrative authority. But the order was also expected to call for the agency to inventory a complex set of laws needed to delegate the department’s powers to other agencies and then close the department, an acknowledgment that some of conservatives’ biggest desires for change hinge on congressional approval. Such an order would launch a complex initiative. Some conservatives concede they currently lack enough support for legislation to close the department and farm its core functions out to other federal agencies."

 

Trump says he wants rare earth minerals from Ukraine as a condition for further U.S. support.

Musk wants rare earth minerals for magnets for electric vehicles.


Trump says he wants Ukraine's rare earth elements as a condition of further support

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday indicated that he wants to reach an agreement with Ukraine to gain access to the country’s rare earth materials as a condition for continuing U.S. support for its war against Russia.

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump complained that the U.S. had sent more in military and economic assistance to Ukraine than its European partners, adding, “We’re looking to do a deal with Ukraine where they’re going to secure what we’re giving them with their rare earth and other things.”

Trump suggested that he’s received word from the Ukrainian government that they’d be willing to make a deal to give the U.S. access to the elements critical to the modern high-tech economy.

“I want to have security of rare earth,” Trump added. “We’re putting in hundreds of billions of dollars. They have great rare earth. And I want security of the rare earth, and they’re willing to do it.”

 

Trump says he's entitled to remove Palestinians from Gaza in return for what he says will be his effort to remove all the bombs hidden in the area and turn it into a resort.

Trump says he's entitled to have Canada as a 51st state in return for protecting it (from Trump).

He says the same about Greenland.

Trump says he's entitled to control of the rare earth and other minerals in Ukraine in return for giving it military aid.

Trump says he's entitled to take over the Panama Canal because he says it belonged to the U.S. from the start.

 

After Trump declares a trade war, Canadians grapple with a sense of betrayal

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“What he is doing now is unprecedented and highly damaging for the relationship. ... He is eroding Canadians’ trust towards the U.S. in ways that will make it hard to repair the relationship,” said Daniel Beland, a political science professor at McGill University in Montreal. He says many Canadians feel betrayed by Trump’s threats and attitude, especially because the two countries have long enjoyed strong economic, cultural and geographic ties.

“It’s certainly one of the worst moments in Canada-U.S. relations since the creation of Canada in 1867,” Beland said. “His talk about making Canada the 51st state is a direct attack against the country’s sovereignty. Even if we exclude that threat, he shows no respect for Canada’s sovereignty and institutions.”

 

California assembly approves $50 million to protect itself from Trump.


California Assembly approves $50M to defend immigrants and protect state policies from Trump plans

 

China imposes 15% tariff on U.S. coal and liquid natural gas products.


China counters with tariffs on US products. It will also investigate Google