The Donald Trump Score Card

Trump appeals court ruling that restored $2.7 billion that he took away from Harvard.


Trump administration appeals ruling restoring $2.7B in federal funding to Harvard

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"A review of the administrative record makes it difficult to conclude anything other than that defendants used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities," Burroughs said in a blistering, 84-page order. She described the actions as tantamount to "an ideologically-motivated assault."

"We must fight against antisemitism, but we equally need to protect our rights, including our right to free speech, and neither goal should nor needs to be sacrificed on the altar of the other," she added.

 

Trump thinks his tariffs are going to pay for everything.

He also thinks that if the U.S. Supreme Court rules against his tariffs, then his perceived 'economic success' of tariffs will fall apart and the U.S. will be destroyed.


https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/19/economy/trump-tariff-military-check

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"First off, about half of the tariff revenue collected this year, or as much as $129 billion, is tied to a landmark tariff case the Supreme Court is expected to soon issue a ruling on. If the justices rule against Trump, the government may have to issue billions of dollars in refunds to importers."

 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/19/economy/trump-tariff-military-check

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"But even if Trump used every cent of the tariff revenue collected during his second term, it would only be able to pay off less than 1% of the national debt."

 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/12/politics/education-department-civil-rights-office-mission

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A little-known civil rights office in the Department of Education that helps resolve complaints from students across the country about discrimination and accommodating disabilities has been gutted by the Trump administration and is now facing a ballooning backlog, a workforce that’s in flux and an unclear mandate.

Even those who work there say they wouldn’t trust the agency to help their own children.

“It’s a black hole – there’s no staffing, there’s no rhyme or reason to what they’re doing, and there’s not a mission to actually effectuate civil rights laws,” said a longtime lawyer in the office. At this point, the employee wouldn’t even turn to the office “if I had an issue with my student or with my kids.”

 

Trump's handpicked Kennedy Center board votes to rename it the 'Trump-Kennedy Center'

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"Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, an ex-officio member of the board, disputed the account that the vote was “unanimous.”

“For the record. This was not unanimous. I was muted on the call and not allowed to speak or voice my opposition to this move,” she wrote on X."

 

All the ways Trump has infused his personal brand across the government
Julianna Bragg
December 18, 2025

https://www.axios.com/2025/12/18/trump-name-kennedy-center-photos

 

Trump renamed Kennedy Center to Trump-Kennedy Center.

He put his face on 2026 national park passes.

He put his name and photo on the outside of various federal buildings.

He started government investment accounts for children dubbed Trump Accounts.

He renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace to Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.

He started a prescription drug government website called TrumpRX.gov.

He started the Trump Gold Card, a pay-for-play. fast-track immigration process for applicants who pay a $15,000 Homeland Security fee and who pay an additional $1 million if approved.

 

Trump wants the Washington Commanders to name their new stadium after him.

Trump's giant White House ballroom will likely be named after him.

 

Maria Shriver slams Trump over Kennedy Center name change decision: 'Beyond comprehension'

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Shriver argued that adding Trump's name was not "dignified" or "funny," and "is way beneath the stature of the job."

"Just when you think someone can’t stoop any lower, down they go," she said.

The former First Lady of California quipped that Trump might want to rename JFK Airport or make other changes, including the "Trump Lincoln Memorial," "Trump Jefferson Memorial" and "Trump Smithsonian."

 

Maria Shriver slams Trump over Kennedy Center name change decision: 'Beyond comprehension'

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Shriver, a high-profile member of the Kennedy family, said it is "beyond comprehension" to change the center's name, accusing Trump of staining JFK’s legacy in art, culture and education.

"It is beyond comprehension that this sitting president has sought to rename this great memorial dedicated to President Kennedy," Shriver wrote on X. "It is beyond wild that he would think adding his name in front of President Kennedy’s name is acceptable. It is not."

 

Trump's name is already on the outside of the Kennedy Center building, just after his hand-picked board voted for the name change.


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If only Trump could release the Epstein files as fast as he has his name installed on government buildings.

Trump's name is in front of Kennedy, of course.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/us/politics/trump-insults-second-term.html

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It was one thing when Mr. Trump called a reporter “piggy.” Or casually threatened to put a half-dozen members of Congress to death for accurately stating the laws of war. Or labeled all Somali immigrants “garbage.” Or declared that daring to question his physical energy level at age 79 was “seditious, perhaps even treasonous.” But when Mr. Trump cavalierly attacked the Hollywood icon Rob Reiner just hours after his body was found in a grisly murder scene, it sickened even some of his own political allies.

He followed that no-he-didn’t-just-say-that-did-he performance this week by adding a series of plaques underneath portraits of past presidents on the wall of the Colonnade at the White House that brazenly denigrated some of his predecessors. In effect, he bronzed some of his cartoonish social media juvenilia and bolted it to the taxpayer-owned building where two Roosevelts, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan once lived.

“He’s just lost it,” Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, wrote on social media after the president lashed out at Mr. Reiner. After seeing pictures of the new White House plaques, Mr. Murphy added, “He is such a sad, damaged person.”

 

Trump suspends green card lottery program that let Brown University, MIT shootings suspect into US

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"President Donald Trump suspended the green card lottery program on Thursday that allowed the suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings to come to the United States."

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/business/economy/inflation-cpi-interest-rates.html

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The shutdown also disrupted data collection for November and economists warned that certain quirks artificially dragged down inflation for that period. For example, all of the November data was collected after the government reopened in mid-November, meaning more of the prices came during “Black Friday” sales than they would in a normal year.

Ahead of the release, Alan Detmeister, a former Fed economist now at UBS, said that the report would be a “very poor reflection of reality.”

That echoed a warning from Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Fed, who said at a news conference last week that the incoming data this week, which included November’s jobs report, should be viewed with a “skeptical eye.”

 

Article from 2019.

Trump has changed his stance on Epstein from 'a terrific guy' to 'I was not a fan'.


Trump called Epstein a ‘terrific guy’ who enjoyed ‘younger’ women before denying relationship with him
By David A. Fahrenthold, Beth Reinhar, and Kimberly Kindy
July 8, 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...1e0f00-a1be-11e9-bd56-eac6bb02d01d_story.html

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Back in 2002, when Jeffrey Epstein was known only as a mysterious financial whiz with a private island and a roster of A-list friends, being friendly with him was something to boast about. And Donald Trump did.

“I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy,” Trump told New York Magazine that year for a story headlined “Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery.” “He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it — Jeffrey enjoys his social life.”

 

Trump administration appeals ruling restoring $2.7B in federal funding to Harvard

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"Ultimately, this is about Trump trying to impose his view of the world on everybody else," Harvard Law professor Noah Feldman said in a radio interview discussing the Trump administration's actions.

The Trump administration, for its part, accused Harvard of "fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus."

 

Trump finalizes 1% federal pay raise for civilian federal workers in 2026


Trump finalizes 1% federal pay raise for 2026

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"Prior to 2021, the last time feds received a raise of 1% or lower was 2015, the final year of what had been a multi-year drought in civilian employee increases. More recently, most General Schedule employees received raises of 2.7% in 2022, 4.6% in 2023, 5.2% in 2024, and 2% in 2025."

 

Trump fell asleep at a televised meeting and woke up after a person in the room mentioned a billion dollars.

Trump blurted "$12 billion!". It's the partial refund he's giving to farmers from the money he took away from them with his tariffs.


https://www.aol.com/articles/donald...uftt-jCKkRuGsQSKtegurhBBjxL5umCQcOf58OHIbzfPg

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"That billion dollars woke him up," a third person quipped, while a fourth added, "That's truly bananas."