The Donald Trump Score Card

Trump makes flurry of posts trying to calm fears amidst market instability.


Trump makes flurry of posts as global markets fall amid fears of US recession

excerpt:

"After US markets closed – with the S&P down 2.7%, the Dow Jones down 2%, the Nasdaq down 4%, and shares in Elon Musk’s Tesla seeing their worst day since late 2020, falling 15 points – Trump’s account was posting ads for The Apprentice, the 2000s reality show that rescued him from financial oblivion and set him out on the road to political power.

He later accused Canada of being “a Tariff abuser” and said “Elon Musk is ‘putting it on the line’ in order to help our Nation, and he is doing a FANTASTIC JOB!” while accusing leftists of “illegally and collusively” trying to boycott Tesla."

 

After saying all of that, Trump would end with: "By the way, what is potash?"

 

He had too much to drink after enduring 99 minutes of Trump whining to Congress.

It's enough to make anyone drink.

 

With eye on Trump, Newsom declares California emergency for forest fires

excerpt:

In his January visit to Los Angeles, Trump singled out the Coastal Commission as an obstacle to rebuilding, saying at a roundtable with elected officials that “they are considered the most difficult in the entire country, and we cannot have them play their games and wait 10 years to give somebody a permit. … I'm not going to let them get away with their antics.”

Trump special envoy Richard Grenell told POLITICO last week that he supported conditions on wildfire aid to California and said the administration is talking about what these conditions will be. He floated the idea of targeting the California Coastal Commission, which he called “a disaster” and an unelected group of people who are “crazy woke left.”

 

After Zelensky met with Trump, Graham sided with Trump (as always).

Graham is willing to let Putin (of whom he's been critical for decades) takeover Ukraine and perhaps Europe because he thinks Zelensky dishonored Trump at a meeting.

That's Graham's version of 'America First'.

 

The Trump administration thinks that the OMB has the power to immediately stop $3 trillion dolars of money Congress appropriated.


Judge says Trump admin's funding freeze 'flunk' rationality test in issuing injunction

excerpt:

“Here, Defendants attempted to freeze as much as $3 trillion dollars — the sum total of ‘all activities related to [the] obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance. That is ‘no everyday exercise of federal power,'” the judge wrote. “The scope of power OMB seeks to claim is ‘breathtaking,’ and its ramifications are massive. Because there is no clear statutory hook for this broad assertion of power, Plaintiffs are likely to succeed on the merits of this claim.”

AlliKhan went on to call the funding freeze “ill-conceived from the beginning” in finding that the measure was likely “arbitrary and capricious,” as the government has been hard-pressed to provide any plausible justification its own actions.

 

Trump to shut down half of Department of Education workforce.


https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/politics/department-of-education-cuts/index.html

 

Trump cuts Education Department in half after laying off 1,300 workers

excerpt:

"WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is cutting roughly half the U.S. Department of Education's workforce through a combination of mass layoffs and voluntary buyouts, administration officials said Tuesday.

More than 1,300 Education Department employees received termination notices Tuesday after 572 employees accepted buyouts offered in recent weeks in exchange for their resignations. The moves will cut the department from 4,133 workers when President Donald Trump began his second term in January to 2,183 workers."

 

Even though funding for the programs may currently be intact, people are needed to run the programs.


Trump cuts Education Department in half after laying off 1,300 workers

excerpt:

"Sheria Smith, the president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 252, a union representing more than 2,800 workers at the Education Department, denounced the cuts as "draconian" in a statement on Tuesday.

"Do you need financial aid for college? Are you a fellow civil servant that relies on student loan forgiveness? Does your school district offset property taxes with federal funding? If yes, then you rely on the Department of Education, and the services you rely on and the employees who support them are under attack," she said."

 

Also Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

People who are receiving such funds are in jeopardy of not receiving them due to Musk's chaos, even if funding for the program has not yet been cut by Musk.

 

Trump has backed off on his extra 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada after Canada rescinded its 25% energy surcharge on energy exports to the U.S.

 

It will go on and on for four years.

The Smothers Brothers musical comedy team used to do a gotcha-back-last routine where Tommy would play a note on the guitar and the piano player would play the same note in response, followed by Tommy playing another but different note and the piano player playing that note. The two would go on and on at an increasing pace until Dick yelled at both of them to knock it off.

The problem in the U.S. right now is the lack of higher authority to tell Trump to knock it off. Even if and when they do, that doesn't mean Trump will comply with them.

 

Judge lets Trump take over U.S. African Development Foundation.


https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/11/us-african-development-foundation-order-00225835

 

Trump cuts funding to Maine universities for not complying with his transgender rules.


Trump admin cuts funding to Maine universities as state defies order to ban trans athletes from women's sports

 

Trump turns White House into Tesla showroom.

Tesla delivered five of its vehicles to the south lawn of the White House.


Trump turns the White House lawn into a Tesla showroom

excerpt:

"Because of ethical restraints, it is extremely rare for a senior government official, let alone a sitting president, to endorse a consumer product so explicitly. In 2017, when then-Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway told Americans to buy from Ivanka Trump’s clothing line, she received a warning from a government ethics office and promised never to do it again."

 

Economy is showing signs of slowing with tariffs being a significant factor.


Is the US headed into a recession under Trump?

excerpt:

"In recent weeks, some data suggests a more rapid weakening.

Retail sales fell in February, confidence - which had popped after Trump's election on several surveys of consumers and businesses - has fallen, and companies including major airlines, retailers such as Walmart and Target, and manufacturers are warning of a pullback.

Some analysts are worried a drop in the stock market could trigger a further clampdown in spending, especially among higher income households.

That could deliver a major hit to the US economy, which is driven by consumer spending and has grown increasingly dependent on those richer households, as lower income families face pressure from inflation."

 

Musk wants to put $100 million into groups controlled by the Trump political operation.


Trump Live Updates: News on Canada Metal Tariffs, Stock Market and More

excerpt:

"Elon Musk has signaled to President Trump’s advisers in recent days that he wants to put $100 million into groups controlled by the Trump political operation, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.

It is unheard-of for a White House staffer, even one with part-time status, to make such large political contributions to support the agenda of the boss. But there has never been someone in the direct employ of an administration like Mr. Musk, the world’s wealthiest person, who is leading Mr. Trump’s aggressive effort to shrink the federal government, the Department of Government Efficiency."

 

Judge temporarily halts Trump plan to cut hundreds of milions of dollars for teacher training.


US judge temporarily halts Trump plan to cut hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training

 

Trump's Jan. 6 pardon doesn't cover rioter's plot to kill FBI agents, judge rules
A federal judge ruled that Jan. 6 rioter Edward Kelley's actions after his initial arrest were "separated from the defendant’s conduct in the D.C. Case by years and miles."
By Ryan J. Reilly
March 10, 2025

Trump's Jan. 6 pardon doesn't cover rioter's plot to kill FBI agents, judge rules

 

President Trump is set to declare that there has been a serious mistake in the Gregorian calendar and it is actually 1825 instead of 2025. He blames this mistake on left wing lunatics and reminds us that the next slave auction will be on the white house lawn this coming Saturday. Snacks will be provided by the darkies that live nearby.