The Donald Trump Score Card

California GOP Rep. Doug LaMalfa dies suddenly at the age of 65

Greene is gone from Congress because she resigned.

Two less seats for the GOP in the House. 218 Repubicans, 213 Democrats.

 

Walz says MN is under attack by Trump.


Gov. Tim Walz lashes out at Trump administration as ICE ramps up enforcement, says state is "under attack"
By Anthony Bettin, Eric Henderson
Updated on: January 6, 2026 / 1:11 PM CST / CBS Minnesota

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"I don't think any governor in history has had to fight a war against the federal government every single day," Walz said.

President Trump posted on the social media platform Truth Social on Monday afternoon about Walz's decision to drop out of the race. He said, without providing evidence, "Minnesota's Corrupt Governor will possibly leave office before his Term is up but, in any event, will not be running again because he was caught, REDHANDED, along with Ilhan Omar, and others of his Somali friends, stealing Tens of Billions of Taxpayer Dollars."

 

Trump isn't going with María Corina Machado to lead Venezuela.

Machado was the opposition to Maduro who commandeered th presidential election.

She received the Nobel Peace Prize that Trump wants and said she wanted to give it to Trump. She praised Trump, thinking that he's for the best interests of the Venezuelan people.

Instead, Trump is going with Delcy Rodriguez, the VP to Maduro who is currently the acting president of Venezuela. Trump thinks he can scare her into doing everything he wants. He has already said should she could end up in a fate worse than Maduro if she doen't do as she is told.

 

Preschool teacher, 22, arrested after finishing interview critical of Trump.


Preschool Teacher, 22, Arrested on TV After Condemning Trump

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A preschool teacher was arrested on camera as soon as she finished a TV interview criticizing Donald Trump, fueling the debate over protest policing and free speech.

Jessica Plichta, 22, said she was the only person arrested among roughly 200 demonstrators at an anti-war protest in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday, hours after Nicolas Maduro was detained in Caracas by the U.S. military.

In the broadcast footage, two officers could be seen approaching from behind as she wrapped her interview with WZZM, the city’s ABC affiliate, then escorted her away as she told them, “I am not resisting arrest.”

 

Trump threatens Venezuela again.


https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/05/trump-demands-venezuela-leader-00711728

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Rodriguez appears to be the linchpin in any U.S. strategy that may emerge. While she is a longtime ally of Maduro with serious socialist bona fides, the Trump team is nonetheless confident she will do its bidding. If not, she faces significant military action, Trump has warned.

“Venezuela, thus far, has been very nice. But it helps to have a force like we have,” Trump told reporters Sunday on Air Force One. “If they don’t behave, we will do a second strike.”

 

Trump says he will determine when Venezuela has elections again, how much input the U.S. Congress will be allowed, and how the U.S. oil companies will be put into Venezuela.


Trump says the U.S. isn't at war with Venezuela
In an exclusive interview with NBC News, Trump discussed the path forward in Venezuela, including when there will be elections, the opportunities for oil companies and Congress' role.
By Kristen Welker and Jonathan Allen
Jan. 5, 2026, 5:51 PM EST

Trump says the U.S. isn't at war with Venezuela

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He also insisted the U.S. is not at war with Venezuela.

"No, we’re not," Trump said. "We’re at war with people that sell drugs. We’re at war with people that empty their prisons into our country and empty their drug addicts and empty their mental institutions into our country."

 

Stephen Miller Crashes Out on Air in Unhinged Tyrannical Rant
Edith Olmsted
Tue, January 6, 2026 at 4:03 PM UTC

Stephen Miller Crashes Out on Air in Unhinged Tyrannical Rant

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“No, that’s not what I think. But you invaded the country—went into the country and we seized the leader of Venezuela—” Tapper interjected.

“Damn straight we did!” Miller cried. “Because we’re not gonna let—and the point Jake, is we’re not gonna let tin-pot communist dictators send rapists into our country, send drugs into our country, send weapons into our country, and we’re not going to let a country fall into the hands of our adversaries!”

As a feral Miller continued to rant about Venezuela’s “bright” and “incredible” future, and “one of the greatest foreign policy and military victories” in American history, Tapper gently cut him off and segued into the next segment.

 

Trump sends 2,000 federal agents to MN.


2,000 federal agents are being deployed to Minneapolis in an escalated immigration push. Here’s what we know

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"The operation sparked fear and anxiety for the area’s Somali community, the vast majority of whom are US citizens. Nearly 58% of Somalis in Minnesota were born in the US, according to the US Census Bureau. Of the foreign-born Somalis in Minnesota, an overwhelming majority — 87% — are naturalized US citizens.

The previous ICE operation sparked protests and tense standoffs with agents. In one incident that drew criticism from the Minneapolis police chief, an agent knelt on a woman’s back as she lay atop a snow bank and then tried to drag her to a car. The episode took place just a few miles from where George Floyd was killed by a city police officer kneeling on his neck in 2020."

 

US oil giants silent on Trump claim they will spend billions on Venezuelan oil industry

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"ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips engaged in a years-long legal battle with Venezuela after exiting, and were ultimately awarded billions of dollars by the World Bank’s International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes. But Venezuela, with an economy battered by sanctions, mismanagement and corruption, has yet to pay all the money.

For now, a US embargo on all Venezuelan oil remains in full effect, according to Trump, whose administration has repeatedly accused the country of stealing American wealth and property by seizing control of the reserves. As the US moves to take them back, its next steps will be closely scrutinized amid questions over the legality of Trump’s vision."

 

Trump suggests U.S. taxpayers could reimburse oil firms for Venezuela investment.


Trump suggests US taxpayers could reimburse oil firms for Venezuela investment

 

U.S. taxpayers paying to make Venezuela great again.

Trump says it's justified for his administration to be spending money on Venezuela because he says the U.S. needs to be surrounded by good neighbors, and that's good for MAGA.

 

The political divide over January 6 is only deepening five years after the deadly US Capitol attack
By Annie Grayer and Marshall Cohen
January 6, 2025

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House Speaker Mike Johnson has still not hung a plaque honoring the heroism of the Capitol Police officers who defended the complex on January 6, even though federal law required it to be installed by 2023. Instead, many Democrats have poster copies hanging outside their congressional offices.

The speaker’s office told CNN that the law authorizing the January 6 commemorative plaque “is not implementable,” but did not elaborate on what they view as the shortfalls of the statute in a statement.

“If Democrats are serious about commemorating the work of USCP officers, they are free to work with the appropriate committees of jurisdiction to develop a framework for proper vetting and consideration,” a spokesperson for the speaker said.

 

Johnson should be making such statements about Trump. He abducted Maduro without Congressional involvement. He placed his name on the Kennedy Center building without Congress. He's been bombing boats in the Caribbean without Congress. He demolished the East Wing of the White House without proper vetting and consideration.

 

Make Iran Great Again.


Trump poses with ‘Make Iran Great Again’ hat after Maduro abduction
US president renews his threat to hit Iran ‘very hard’ if the country’s security forces kill anti-government protesters.
By Al Jazeera Staff
Published On 5 Jan 2026

 

Supreme Court rules against Trump in National Guard case.


https://www.npr.org/2025/12/23/nx-s1-5641959/supreme-court-chicago-national-guard

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"The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against President Trump on Tuesday, refusing to reinstate, for now, Trump's ability to send National Guard troops into Illinois over the objections of its governor."

 

Survival in Trump, Xi and Putin’s ‘great power’ world
Japan and other middle powers must help shape the new order — or risk becoming subject to it
By Stephen R. Nagy
Dec 11, 2025

Survival in Trump, Xi and Putin’s ‘great power’ world - The Japan Times

 

Trump Has Started Carving Up the World. Now It’s Putin and Xi’s Turn.
Brynn Tannehill
Sun, January 4, 2026 at 3:06 PM UTC

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"It also sets the U.S. up to occupy a country that, while holding no love Maduro, likely won’t be happy to exchange a left-wing dictator who bankrupted and impoverished their country with a right-wing one who is doing the same. The U.S. has a long history of propping up unpopular despots with embedded troops, which hasn’t gone particularly well since Korea (where there was at least U.S. and UN support for the sovereignty of South Korea). Vietnam, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Libya, and Syria have been fruitless fiascos, producing corrupt unstable dictatorships at best (Iraq), or leaving our enemies in charge at worst (Iran, Afghanistan, and Vietnam until the 1990s).

Like so many of Trump’s militaristic foreign policy misadventures, there seems to be no long-term plan or strategy beyond executing lightning strikes in the hope that it produces desired results. While Iran is currently in turmoil, the world does not seem to be safer, more peaceful, or more orderly as a result."

 

An ICE agent has shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis who allegedly tried to run over law enforcement officers during an immigration crackdown.

 

Trump is still propagating his mantra about Jan. 6.

The White House has unveiled a webpage claiming Democrats staged 'the real insurrection' by certifying the results of an election that Trump thinks was stolen from him.


White House unveils Jan. 6 website criticizing Capitol Police, blaming Democrats

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“The Democrats masterfully reversed reality after January 6, branding peaceful patriotic protesters as ‘insurrectionists’ and framing the event as a violent coup attempt orchestrated by Trump—despite no evidence of armed rebellion or intent to overthrow the government. In truth, it was the Democrats who staged the real insurrection by certifying a fraud-ridden election, ignoring widespread irregularities, and weaponizing federal agencies to hunt down dissenters,” the website states.

 

Trump seizes two more tankers.

Venezuela says it will turn over up to 50 million barrels of oil.


U.S. seizes two sanctioned tankers; Trump says Venezuela will 'turn over' up to 50 million barrels of oil