The Donald Trump Score Card

Which ally? Trump or Canada?

 

Trump threatens to acquire Canada, Greenland while next to NATO chief - National | Globalnews.ca

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"Rutte said nothing about the possibility of the U.S. threatening the border of a founding NATO member. Greenland is a part of Denmark, another NATO ally, but is an autonomous territory with its own government."

 

Denmark is a founding member of NATO and owns Greenland.

Denmark and Greenland now need to defend themselves against Trump who is supposed to be protecting it (not taking it over as payment for what he says is protection for it).

The secretary-general of NATO says it won't become involved in Trump's quest to acquired Greenland and acknowledges Trump's perceived U.S. security concerns.

 

Fear and resignation after ‘world’s most powerful company’ pays Trump a $100 billion ‘protection fee’

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The island democracy’s former President Ma Ying-jeou wasted no time in accusing the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of “selling TSMC” to Trump as a “protection fee.”
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“This is a major national security crisis,” Ma, a member of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT), wrote on his Facebook page on March 4, shortly after the White House signing ceremony. It will “’have a significant negative impact on people’s confidence, cross-strait relations and Taiwan’s future geopolitical position.”

 

Smartmatic wants Lindell held in contempt for not paying $50k in sanctions.


Smartmatic wants Mike Lindell held in contempt for failure to pay sanctions award

 

Trump quietly pardons Republican TN state senator who has been in prison for campaign fraud after he was in prison only two weeks for a 21-month sentence..


Trump pardons former Tennessee lawmaker imprisoned in campaign fraud scheme

 

Trump says he's not going to bend at all as markets slide.


'I'm not going to bend at all': Trump doubles down on tariff plans as stocks sink

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Trump added, "There'll be a little disruption, but it won't be very long."

 

Trump's second term is four years of major disruption.

 

S&P 10% below its record as investors fear Trump's increasing trade war.


Wall Street’s sell-off drags the S&P 500 more than 10% below its record for its first so-called ‘correction’ since 2023 - WTOP News

 

Trump wants U.S. Supreme Court to become involved in his quest to end birthright citizenship.


Trump takes his plan to end birthright citizenship to the Supreme Court

 

Trump threatens 200% tariff on EU alcohol.


https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/tr...e-government-shutdown-live-updates-rcna195482

 

Musk takes an axe to Trump's voters.


How Trump's MAGA Agenda Is Already Sticking It To Red America

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"But these days, it’s not just cuts to Medicaid threatening Trump supporters.

Since reassuming the presidency, Trump has issued a torrent of executive orders that seek to limit, downsize or even eliminate key federal programs and agencies. To implement all of this, Trump has deputized adviser and billionaire tech tycoon Elon Musk, whose Department of Government Efficiency has been laying off federal workers by the thousands and blocking federal spending by the billions.

Trump says the purpose of these orders and Musk’s demolition tour of the executive branch is to eliminate wasteful spending ― and, no less important, to clean out the left-wing, “woke” politics that he says have infected these federal initiatives. Which may or may not be worthwhile on the merits, depending on your perspective.

But whatever the rationale, the effect is likely to be especially strong in communities where Trump is popular. Some have already taken a hit. The question now is how quickly that realization sets in, and whether anything changes as a result."

 

How Trump's MAGA Agenda Is Already Sticking It To Red America

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"But this time around, Bannon has some different advice for the Republicans ― and the Trump White House, too.

“A lot of MAGA is on Medicaid,” Bannon said on Thursday on his “War Room” podcast. “If you don’t think so, you are dead wrong. Medicaid is going to be a complicated one. You just can’t take a meat ax to it, although I would love to.”

Bannon probably understands this better than most high-profile figures in American politics. The proposed Medicaid cuts during Trump’s first term were part of legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. That bill proved spectacularly unpopular ― and ultimately failed to pass ― in part because even many diehard Trump supporters would’ve stood to lose health coverage had it succeeded. Which is exactly what could happen now, as Bannon knows."

 

Study finds MAGA Republicans much more prone to endorse delusionalism and pro-violence.


Trump's populist platform gives way to billionaires' agenda

 

What had been a populist platform has turned into an ultra-billionaire agenda, like the truther narratives about George Soros but far worse and a reality.

MAGA voters were duped.


Trump's populist platform gives way to billionaires' agenda

 

Trump White House has asked military to develop options for controlling Panama Canal.


Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say

 

While sitting next to NATO lead, Trump says he thinks he will annex Greenland.


Trump vows to annex Greenland as he sits next to NATO secretary general

 

20 states sue to stop dismantling of Department Of Education.


Democratic states sue Trump administration over dismantling of Education Department

 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/13/fired-federal-probationary-employees-court-ruling-00228721

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“You will not bring the people in here to be cross-examined. You’re afraid to do so because you know cross examination would reveal the truth,” the judge said to a DOJ attorney during a hearing Thursday. “I tend to doubt that you’re telling me the truth. … I’m tired of seeing you stonewall on trying to get at the truth.”

 

District judge rules that tens of thousands of federal workers fired by Musk must be rehired.


https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/13/fired-federal-probationary-employees-court-ruling-00228721

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"A federal judge on Thursday ordered federal agencies to rehire tens of thousands of probationary employees who were fired amid President Donald Trump’s turbulent effort to drastically shrink the federal bureaucracy.

U.S. District Judge William Alsup described the mass firings as a “sham” strategy by the government’s central human resources office to sidestep legal requirements for reducing the federal workforce."