Trump’s First 100 days: Lies, Falsehoods, and Assault on American Progressive Ideals

A partial record of Trump’s executive orders & directives as weekly entries listed in descending order.

Fourteenth Week of the Trump Presidency

• Trump has only introduced 1 out of the 10 major pieces of legislation for whose passage he vowed to fight in the first 100 days of his administration.
• Trump’s new tax plan overwhelmingly favors the rich. It cuts corporate taxes to 15%, repeals the inheritance tax, and cuts the capital gains tax which funds the ACA. Cost analysis projects that trillions of dollars will be added to the national debt.
• Trump is hoping to give a 4 billion dollar tax cut to his kids as he takes away health care from millions of Americans. Many are cautiously optimistic that Trumpcare 2 will fail to get to a floor vote due to bipartisan opposition.
• Trump said he is considering proposals to dissolve the 9th circuit court for blocking his executive orders. The court contends they are unconstitutional.
• Trump wants to completely defund the state department’s Office for International Women’s Empowerment.
• Trump threatened Canadians that he would pull the U.S. out of NAFTA over milk and softwoods, but then said that instead of abandoning NAFTA, he may renegotiate it.
• Trump signed an executive order instructing the Department of the Interior to review all national monuments created through the “Antiquities Act” since1996. His action is intended to benefit corporations.
• Trump spent 31 days out of his first 100 at his vacation resorts.
• Trump admits that he didn’t realize that serving as president would be so hard.
• Courts ruled against part of Trump’s executive order to punish sanctuary cities with loss of funds. They ruled that his order was unconstitutional as it was overreaching in requiring local police to take on the duty of seizing and holding illegal immigrants.
• Fox polls indicate that 55% of Americans are eager to vote Trump out of office.
• The Senate Intelligence Committee investigation into the Russia/Trump Campaign has stalled. It has 7 part time staffers, none have expertise or experience in complex investigations, none are lawyers, and no witnesses have been called. 46 staffers (mostly full time) were assigned to Benghazi.
• Jeff Sessions accuses undocumented Mexicans of getting $40 billion in tax credits over the last 10 years. He used statistics which included legal foreign workers who made up 50% of the total and failed to recognize that the tax credits were being given to American born children.
• The State Department illegally promoted Mar-a-lago with glitzy photos and flowery descriptions on its website. The post was taken down after public online furor erupted. Using taxpayer money to promote Trump’s private club would be an impeachable offence.
• Democrats release documents showing that Flynn committed crimes while serving in the Trump Administration and the White House was covering it up.
• Pelosi reveals 7 “poison pills” in the current government funding bill that will destroy water and air.
• Ajit Pai, President Trump’s Federal Communication Commission Chairman, has announced a plan to end net neutrality.
• North Carolina Republicans vote to make it legal to hit protesters with cars if protestors run out in front of a car.
• Jared Kushner committed a crime if he lied about having contacts with foreign governments on his security clearance form. Should he lose his security clearance?
• Jeff Sessions failed to renew the charter for the National Commission on Forensic Science. This commission is responsible for promoting validity in testing and improving federal coordination of forensic science. Without the commission, forensic evidence used in trials is not subject to oversight and may or may not be valid.
• A GOP judge, Doug McCullough retires early to allow the Democratic Governor to choose a Democratic replacement. Republicans have been trying to reduce the number of judges on the court so that the governor will be unable to select a new judge.
• Chomsky doubles down on statement that the Republican party is the most dangerous group in history.
• Nearly 75% of Americans disapprove of Congress; only 20% approve.
• Bloomberg reports that retailers are going bankrupt at a record pace under Trump’s watch. In 3 months, 14 chains have announced that they will seek court protection in dealing with bankruptcy.
• A Washington Post/ABC News poll indicated that only 2% of Trump supporters regret electing him.
• The World Trade Organization has ruled that the U.S. can’t require Mexican fishers to avoid killing dolphins while catching tuna to be sold in the U.S.

Thirteenth Week of the Trump Presidency

• 3 current and 4 former U.S. officials told Reuters that Vladimir Putin directed RISS, Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, to develop a plan to swing the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump and undermine voter’s faith in the American electoral system.
• Trump deported the first protected DREAMer to Mexico ignoring Obama’s DACA protections. He has since stated that he will not deport DREAMers – only individuals with criminal records. (So what will happen to the ones he has already deported who have no criminal record but are not DREAMers?)
• Trump hopes to sabotage the ACA by urging congress to not fund the subsidies.
• Trump supporters have a new plan to replace ACA which they hope will appeal to the conservative right. This time, they will not require insurance companies to cover individuals with pre-existing conditions. More individuals will lose insurance coverage!
• The White House has suggested avoiding a government shutdown by giving support for ACA subsidies if Democrats are willing to pass funding for the border wall.
• Trump tweeted an attack ad against Jon Ossoff: “The super liberal Democrat in the Georgia congressional race tomorrow wants to protect criminals, allow illegal immigration, and raise taxes.”
• Trump congratulated Turkey President Erdogan Tayyip on winning a referendum that will bolster his autocratic power. If the referendum stands against claims of voter fraud, Turkey will shift from a parliamentary government to an autocratic one largely controlled by the president of Turkey.
• Trump demands an investigation into protestors who want his tax returns. He wants to know who is paying them to protest.
• While visiting the Korean DMZ Mike Pence threatened war with Korea stating “We’re going to abandon the failed policy of strategic patience, but we are going to redouble our efforts to bring diplomatic and economic pressure to bear on North Korea.”
• Pence and Secretary Maddis tell Koreans that an American aircraft carrier and its support force are positioned off of the Korean coast when they are actually 3,000 miles away on naval exercises with the Australian Navy.
• Montana chooses to pay out $750,000 dollars for a special election rather than risk having cheaper mail-in voting which could allow more people to vote.
• Georgia Republicans try to block newly registered voters from voting in the run-off election between Jon Ossoff and Karen Handel by telling voters that they could only vote in the run-off election if they had previously voted in the primary.
• A Texas court strikes down a GOP drawn State House gerrymander due to evidence of racial discrimination.
• China grants Ivanka 3 more patents for merchandise to be sold in China after a dinner meeting with Chinese President Xi. More money for the Trumps!
• 7 states have given rapists paternal rights to the child of the woman they raped.
  Bill O’Reilly was booted from Fox News for being a sexual harasser. Fox gave him a 25 million dollar severance package.
• Utah Representative Jason Chaffetz has said he will step down in 2018.

Twelfth Week of the Trump Presidency

• A source reports that the official investigation of the Trump Campaign/Russia connection has specific and corroborative evidence of collusion.
• Senator Chris Murphy stated that Russia and WikiLeaks were working together to protect Trump.
• Trump signed legislation which can cut funding to Planned Parenthood and other groups that perform abortions. It nullifies an Obama Rule that barred state and local governments from withholding federal funding for family planning services related to contraception, STD’s, fertility and pregnancy care, and breast and cervical cancer screening. Pence cast the deciding vote in the Senate.
• Military leadership authorizes the use of a MOAB (*Massive Ordinance Air Blast Bomb) to destroy ISIS tunnels in Afghanistan. This is the first time it has been authorized and is the largest non nuclear weapon American has ever designed. At least 90 ISIS fighters were killed.
• Trump considers a preemptive strike to destroy nuclear facilities in N. Korea with conventional weapons launched from aircraft carriers. North Korea responds by stating they are ready for war.
• Evidence has surfaced that Trump took illegal contributions from Super PAC Make America #1.
  President Xi of China gave Trump a history of relations between North Korea and China. Trump stated that he was surprised that their history was so complicated. Trump has claimed he knows all about China because he has read hundreds of books about China.
• Trump announced dropping the MOAB in Afghanistan while eating cake with President Xi of China.
• Trump is being sued by transparency groups because he refuses to release “visitor logs” of visitors to the White House. He is not required to release them until 5 years after he leaves office.
  Arizona Congressman Raul M. Grijalva is suing Trump over the border wall which will divide communities and have disastrous consequences for jaguars, ocelots, Mexican wolves and 100 other species.
• Despite foreign crises in Korea and the Middle East, Trump takes his 18th golf trip in 12 weeks.
  Trump suffers another business failure. His modeling agency is shutting down due to the fact it is on the brink of financial collapse.
• The Whitehouse defends (the campaign’s) flip flop on issues by claiming Trump didn’t change, circumstances did!
• Jeff, Sessions dropped the N. Carolina “Bathroom Bill “ lawsuit after North Carolina replaced the original bill will with a second version.
• Representative Markwayne Mullen from Oklahoma told his constituents that taxes from his company paid his salary no taxpayers: “That’s bull crap, In fact this is a service!”

Eleventh Week of the Trump Presidency

• An estimated 86 civilians were killed by chemical weapons attacks authorized by the Assad regime.
• Trump responds to the chemical attacks by launching 59 Tomahawk missiles to destroy the airport from which the attack was launched. The taxpayer cost is estimated to be over 60 million. The airport was open to planes a few days later.
• Trump made money off the missile launch as he owns stock in Raytheon, the company that builds Tomahawk missiles. Stock values went up for Raytheon after the attack.
• 1,472 civilian casualties have occurred in Syria as a result of U.S. attacks launched by the Trump regime in the month of March.
• Retired, 4 Star General Barry McCaffrey said humanitarian aid would be more effective that P.R. missile strikes. (Imagine what $60,000,000 could do to help the refugee crisis!)
• Trump blamed Obama for the Syrian chemical attack saying that the attacks were a consequence of the past administration’s weakness and irresolution. Congress refused to support military action in Syria when Obama asked for it.
• Trump is accused of taking unauthorized war action by authorizing the missile launch on the airport. Without congressional approval.
• Jeff Merkle held the floor for 15 hours to prevent confirmation of Neil Gorsuch.
• The senate rewrites the rules to confirm Neil Gorsuch as Supreme Court Justice – Rules change involved invoking the “Nuclear Option” which required a simple majority to confirm rather than the 60%. This is the first time in history Justices have not been required to meet the 60% requirement.
• Devin Nunes is no longer in charge of the Russia Investigation by the House Intelligence Committee. He is being investigated for ethics violations.
• Trump removed Bannon from the National Security Council. According to Trump, he is no longer needed to serve on the council as Flynn is no longer there.
• Trump accuses Susan Rice of sharing unmasked information she had as U.N. Ambassador. Rice denies any wrongdoing.
• A federal court overturns a law Pence signed as Governor of Indiana which requires ultrasounds 18 hours prior to an abortion.
• Trump played golf at Mar–a-Lago for the 15th time in 11 weeks.
• Half the jobs in the State Department have not been filled or have been filled with temporary officials.
• Trump defended Bill O’Reilly’s sexual harassment by stating, “I don’t think he did anything wrong.”
• The U.S. is providing diplomatic, economic, and military support for the Israeli army’s occupation of Palestinian lands.
• The State Department cut off all funding to UNFPA which provides reproductive health care to nations.
• Counter Intelligence investigation into possible Trump campaign collusion with Russia began last July.

Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Weeks of the Trump Presidency

• Trumpcare never made it to a vote. At first Trump blamed Democrats then he blamed the Freedom Caucus and threatened to work with Democrats.
• Trump threatened Rep. Mark Sanford via Trump surrogate Mike Mulhavey: “The president asked me to look you square in the eye and say that he hoped you voted “No” on the health care bill so that he could run a challenger against you.
• Trump’s approval rating has fallen to 36%
• Trump has golfed 14 times in the last 10 weeks at a cost of over 3 million dollars to tax payers each visit. Trump benefits financially as security personnel and visitors are using Trump’s facilities for which he is being compensated.
• Keeping Melania and Baron in Trump Towers all year would cost tax payers more than 50 million a year.
• The Trump White House has a combined wealth of 12 billion dollars.. Why don’t they pay for some of the outrageous costs they accrue?
• Courts have held up implementation of Trump’s revised Muslim ban as it, too, is viewed as unconstitutional.
• Courts have affirmed that defendants have a right to sue Donald Trump for inciting Trump supporters to become violent towards protesters during his campaign rally in Louisville. He directed the crowd to “Get ‘em out of here!”
• The Trump administration will no longer keep visitor logs of individuals who visit the White House or Mar-a-Lago open to the public.
• The LA times reported that the Trump administration will no longer disclose how many troops will be sent to Syria and Iraq. They believe this give them an element of surprise!
• Trump has made 317 false or misleading claims since taking office: PolitiFact rates 70% of his statements as false or mostly false.
• Trump has placed his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, in charge of overhauling the federal bureaucracy, reforming care for veterans, fighting the opioid addiction crisis, and securing peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
• Trump appoints Ivanka as his personal assistant. He has given her high security clearance.
• Trump appoints Chris Christie to help Kushner deal with the opioid crisis. Christie was responsible for putting Jared’s father in jail.
• Trump’s tax plan would give a total of 600 billion in tax breaks to the rich. His plan may add as much as 6. Trillion to the national debt.
• Trump will help pay for the border wall with funding cuts to programs such as Meals on Wheels, NPR and NPS, housing assistance, Planned Parenthood, EPA grants and funding.
• Scott Pruitt, EPA Head is being sued to force him to act on heat driven salmon kills.
• Jeff Sessions has given permission for the continued use of chlorprifos on food crops, despite research by the EPA last fall that determined they were harmful to children and farm workers.
• Trump has given Jeff Sessions the authority to withhold federal monies for hospitals and other programs in sanctuary cities.
• Southern Poverty Law Center reported that 1/5 of all hate crimes are committed in Trump’s name.
• ICE has deported 1400 honorably discharged vets who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, but had minor criminal offenses after being discharged. Joblessness and PTSD were major factors in engaging in offenses.
• Trump sent a new guide to all 4.2 million federal employees which bans the use of climate change and global warming as they are “antiquated ideas for nerds and crybabies”. Also banned from use are phrases like “science shows”.
• Mike Flynn has indicated that he is seeking immunity for testifying about his involvement with Russia.
• Trump flees the White house office before signing 2 executive orders when the press asked him about Mike Flynn. Pence chased after Trump to get his signatures.
• FBI Director James Comey confirms that Trump’s allegations of Obama wiretapping are false.
• Devon Nunes, head of the house intelligence committee, secretly obtained information from White House staff on White House grounds. Nunes failed to share the information with the Intelligence Committee but shared it with Trump, one of the persons they are investigating. The information apparently vindicates Trump’s wiretapping accusations.
• CBS News learned that the FBI is investigating whether Trump’s campaign representatives had a role in helping Russian Intelligence in March of 2016
• Trump Tower was under surveillance in 2013 under a court approved warrant to eavesdrop on a sophisticated Russian organized crime money laundering network that operated out of 63A in Trump Towers.
• Rex Tillerson plans to miss a NATO meeting in April, but will travel to Moscow later in the month.
• The RNC hired a Russian connected intelligence firm to dig up dirt on Hillary Clinton.
• Mike Pence cast the deciding vote to demolish Title X protections for women’s access to birth control.
• American air strikes killed 56 civilians in a Syrian mosque.
• American air strikes are being investigated as the cause of death of over 200 civilians in Syria. Allegedly, leaflets were dropped to tell them to stay in their homes which were then bombed.
• Trump and Tillerson have hinted at a preemptive strike against North Korea.
• State Department employees have been instructed to not make eye contact with Rex Tillerson.

Seventh Week of the Trump Presidency

• WikiLeaks undermines the CIA by dumping classified information regarding surveillance techniques. CIA intelligence gathering became obsolete over night. Nigel Farage, a Trump/UK go-betweenl was seen visiting the Ecuadorian Embassy in London where Julian Assange is hiding shortly before the dump.
• Jeff Sessions had a third meeting, April 2016, with Sergey Kislyak.
• Trump appoints Jon Huntsman as ambassador to Russia. Trump had formerly accused Huntsman of giving away American interests to the Chinese when he served as Chinese Ambassador.
• Trump spends 31% of his time on vacation. Played golf 9 times in 7 weeks on the tax payers dime. Tax payers are also paying 30 million a month to keep Melania and Baron safe in New York
• Trump calls for a 20 billion dollar national school voucher program. Is this the end of public education?
• PolitiFact, a non partisan fact checking organization, found that 70% of Trump’s post election statements are false or mostly false – the same as during the campaign. No surprise there!
• China grants Trump 38 more trademarks for his businesses. Feinstein seeks judicial action as this is a blatant violation of the Emolument’s Clause which forbids officials from receiving “gifts”.
• Trump fires 46 Obama appointed federal attorneys without having replacements. He has cut the state department staff by 37% and eliminated all senior officials who have an institutional memory of the department. Rex Tillerson remains unavailable to reporters.
• Trump plans to cut NOAA’s budget by $1,000,000. NOAA studies how the climate is changing.
• Trump issued and executive order to initiate a review of the Clean Water Rule/Waters of the US (WOTUS).
• Trump accuses Obama of releasing 122 Gitmo detainees who have reengaged in terrorism. False! 113 of the 122 were released by Bush!
• Trump claims he had no knowledge that Flynn was a foreign lobbyist for Turkey during his campaign and while Flynn was receiving security briefings. Warnings were given to the transition teams.
• Trump is sending ground troops to Syria despite experts saying there can be no military solution to the conflict and Assad stating that he views these uninvited troops as invaders.
• At least 6 states are challenging Trump’s Muslim ban in court. States argue that the new executive order will have profound and detrimental effects on state economies.
• Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke reverses the ban on lead use in ammunition and fishing tackle, a ruling that was put in place to protect animals that are vulnerable to lead poisoning such as the condor and other raptors.
• Rep. Jason Chaffetz tells poor people to stop buying I-phones if they want health care – make a choice.
• Iowa Representative Steven King states that you can’t restore a civilization with someone else’s babies.
• In an address to staff, HUD Department Head Ben Carson stated he preferred performing brain surgery on young people because they generally live longer and the slaves who came here were immigrants, who worked hard for really less.
• The Dept. of Labor proposes a new regulation which would delay an Obama fiduciary rule which required investment brokers to work towards their client’s best interests.
• Scott Pruitt, EPA Chief stated, that CO2 does not cause climate change. EPA is expected to attack critical pollution standards for cars and light weight trucks
• Budget cuts to EPA would eliminate the Environmental Justice budget and cut funding to grants for pollution clean-up. These grants have distributed 24 million dollars to over 1400 affected mostly minority communities.
• Republican Congress rolls out Trumpcare; More than 24 million people could lose health care by 2026. Wealthy people benefit disproportionately due to a standardized subsidy which results in 600 billion in tax cuts for the rich. AARP states that a 64 year old man making $15,000/yr. could face premiums of up to $8,400. Medicaid would be defunded after the midterm elections. Women would face discriminatory financial repercussions for being poor, using birth control, or being pregnant. It also includes a provision which limits law suits against medical device companies.

Sixth Week of the Trump Presidency

• Trump accused President Obama of ordering wire tapping at Trump Towers prior to the election. Former FISA and FBI officials deny the White House ordered wire tapping. (As a result of Watergate, the president and the White House do not have the authority to authorize wire tapping.) Trump wants an investigation.
• Jeff Sessions, Attorney General, has recused himself from investigations involving Trump administrative connections to Russia. This occurred after he was accused of lying under oath about having no meetings with Russian officials during the campaign; he had at least 2 meetings with Russian officials. One of Sessions’ meetings with Sergey Kislyak took place at the same time as the RNC presidential convention. Republican Party support for Ukraine was dropped during the RNC convention.
• Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has stock in the Russian parent company that has contracts to provide foreign steel for the Keystone XL Pipeline. Contrary to what he has already stated, Trump has excluded requirements that American steel be used for construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
• The Dept. of Justice is disputing previous findings in DOJ reports that systemic policing abuses in Ferguson and Chicago have occurred.
• The Dept. of Justice overturned several court decisions that a Texas voter–ID law is discriminatory to minorities.
• Trump signed an executive order which guts the Clean Water Rule. This rule protects the water of 60% of America’s water bodies and the drinking water of 1/3 of the U.S. population
• Trump blamed Jewish people for the bomb threats to Community Centers and the vandalizing of Jewish cemeteries.
• Trump stated that Obama is responsible for the protests at Republican Town Halls and rallies and the “leaks” in agencies.
• Trump’s budget proposal includes a 54 billion dollar increase for the military at the expense of domestic agencies and programs. His budget proposal slashes the EPA budget by 24% and EPA staff by 20%. Pruitt again announced his support to eliminate the EPA after being confirmed as EPA Administrator.
• Trump has signed executive orders to change the order of succession if the Attorney General resigns.
• Trump stated, “Civil liberties end when an attack on our safety begins”.
• Trump is spending his 4th weekend at Mar-a-Lago. (Camp David is apparently not an option- “It’s rustic, but only good for about 30 minutes”.)
• Trump proposes a new program titled VOICE, Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement. The agency will publish and promote information which focuses on crimes committed by immigrants whether legal or undocumented. He made no mention of providing information regarding crimes committed against immigrants.
• During his “Address to Congress”, Trump stated that his Defense Secretary, Jim Mattis told him that the Yemen raid, which resulted in a navy seal’s death, generated large amounts of vital intelligence. Intelligence officials stated that it didn’t.
• The DHS is considering a plan to separate children from their parents if the family is apprehended at the border. DHS argues that this will protect children from exploitation, but there has been no mention of investigating and then reuniting families.
• SLPC, Southern Poverty Law Center has documented 1,372 post election hate-related incidents.
• As Governor of Indiana, Mike Pence used a private email account with top advisors on topics ranging from security gates to the state’s response to terrorist threats.
• Scott Pruitt, the new EPA chief, may also have used private email accounts when he served as Oklahoma’s Attorney General.
• Trump sold personal property to a Russian oligarch, possibly a Putin emissary, for 2 ½ times the assessed value of the property before the election.
• Prior to the election, Trump’s plane and a Russian oligarch’s personal plane were seen at the same airports at the same time far more often than would be termed a coincidence.

Fifth week of the Trump Presidency

• Trump requested funding for 15,000 more immigration and border patrol agents.He has also requested that local police help with immigration deportation.
• Trump excluded newspaper and TV organizations which he feels are spreading Fake News about him from attending a news briefing.(This action is unprecedented.)
• Trump is spending his 4th weekend at Mar-a-Lago.
• Trump removed federal protections for Transgender individuals to use the bathroom of the sex with which they identify saying it was best left to states.
• Trump was tweeting from a location outside the situation room during the ill-planned Yemen raid which resulted in the death of a navy seal, the wounding of 4 other seals, and the death of over 30 civilians. (His indifference to this life and death situation is indefensible.)
• Trump requested massive funding increases for the military to enable a huge military build-up. (He supports an increase and upgrade of nuclear warheads.)
• Jeff Sessions continues to refuse to recuse himself from being part of the investigation involving Trump, his officials, and the Russians.
• 6 White House staffers failed to pass FBI background checks and were escorted out. (Apparently no one bothered checking them before they were appointed.)
• Bannon stated that he intended to deconstruct the government at the CPAC meeting (Conservative Political Action Committee)

Fourth Week of the Trump Presidency

• Trump referred to a terrorist attack in Sweden that didn’t take place.
• Andrew Puzder withdraws from the confirmation process for Labor Secretary once Puzder realized that he did not have enough senate votes to be confirmed. Puzder was accused of hiring an undocumented immigrant and there were allegations of domestic abuse by his ex-wife which were later withdrawn.
• Michael Flynn resigns from his post as chief security advisor amid reports that he was in contact with Russian officials regarding policy before the election and after the election but before the inauguration. Trump claimed that Flynn was asked to resign not because he did anything wrong, but because he was not honest with Pence.
• Trump orders an investigation of the “leaks” in government, but not Flynn’s involvement with Russians during the election because Flynn was only doing his job.
• Trump stated that his administration had inherited a “mess” and was running like a fine tuned machine.
• Trump claims he has a 55% approval rating, but PEW puts his approval rating at 39.3% when the poll focus is on live phone calls. Gallop polls place Trump’s approval rate at 41%.
• Trump created a security breech which occurred when Trump discussed the North Korean missile launch in an open air restaurant at Mar-a-Lago; he also created a security breech when pictures of the agent in charge of the “Football” were shared by private citizens at the same event.
• Trump suggested that a Black reporter set up a meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus after she asked whether he was going to meet with them. He continued by saying that he would love to talk with the Black Caucus. A Black Caucus member who heard the news conference tweeted back that the Black Caucus had tried to set up a meeting with Trump, but Trump never got back to them.
• In his last news conference on Friday, Trump insisted that the news media is quoting fake news and is the enemy of the American people. He qualified this statement by saying that security leaks were real, but the news reporting the information from the leaks is “Fake News”.
• When fielding questions at the end of his last news conference, Trump implied that he only wanted to be asked questions that were supportive of him and his policies. After making this request, Trump criticized a news reporter who asked him a question that Trump felt questioned his policy.
• Trump fires Shermichael Singleton, a HUD appointee of Ben Carson, who made statements during the 2016 campaign that Trump was taking the Republican party to a new moral low. He was referencing Trump’s campaign rhetoric about African Americans.
• Trump claimed that only criminals or individuals who pose a threat are being deported, but 186 out of 700 of the known undocumented immigrants who have been deported had no criminal records at all.
• Leaks of draft documents indicate that the Trump administration was considering using 100,000 National Guard troops to aid in the deportation process. Pundits are discussing if this could be a new Administrative ploy to undermine the credibility of the press once it’s reported but the administration takes no action to do this.
• Trump has begun holding rallies for his supporters in preparation for his 2020 campaign.

Third Week of the Trump Presidency

• Shut down the White House comment line. Afterwards he made the comment that no one was upset about the re-issuance of permits for the Keystone XL Pipeline and the Dakota Access Pipeline as he had received no comments.
• Issued a unilateral directive to stop the addition of any new protections for health and safety, finance, the environment, or the workplace.
• When questioned by a commentator about Putin’s war crimes including the mass killing of civilians and aggression against neighboring countries including the annexation of Crimea, Trump asserted that the U.S. was just as bad.
• Vowed to destroy the Johnson amendment which does not allow religious organizations to participate in or intervene in any political campaign for or against a candidate if they want to keep their tax free status.
• Claimed that over 70 terrorist attacks were unreported by the media. News media provided records that his statement was false.
• Claimed that the military action in Yemen, which resulted in the death of a navy seal and possibly as many as 30 civilians, was a success.
• Criticized Nordstrom for dropping his daughter’s clothing line.
• During a gathering of sheriffs, a question was asked about search and seizure. A sheriff complained that a state senator wanted to prevent seizure until after a conviction. Trump asked for the name of the senator and then said he would destroy the senator’s career.
• When deportations were begun in 6 states, trump said that estimates of 100 people being deported were grossly exaggerated. Over 160 were deported.
• Continues to maintain that 1000’s of voters were bussed from Massachusetts to vote fraudulently in New Hampshire.
• Re-implemented the Global Gag Rule which affects 27 million couples and women who can no longer receive contraception.

Second Week of the Trump Presidency

• A failed military action initiated by Trump resulted in the death of a navy seal and perhaps up to 30 civilians including 10 women and children. Critics indicated that the strike had not been thoroughly planned and had not had sufficient intelligence gathering. Trump advisors tried to blame the Obama administration for the tragedy, but the facts revealed that the Obama administration had no involvement with this action.
• Issued an executive order to require 2 regulations to be removed for any new one that is added.
• Ordered the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to delete all information pertaining to the use of animals in federally funded research from its website. Even updates on court cases that have not been adjudicated were removed.
• Failed to mention Jews on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
• Trump instructed his female staff to dress like women.
• Trump has begun his assault on Dodd-Frank, the Wall Street Reform and Protection Act, a protection for American citizens.
• Threatened to cut federal funding for U.C. Berkeley when outside agitators intervened in a peaceful student protest, a direct violation of 1st amendment rights.
• Threatened consequences to Iran for launching a missile. The missile launch that was not prohibited in the treaty that was signed.
• Argued with the Australian Prime Minister over treaty obligations requiring the U.S. to accept refugee

First Week of the Trump Presidency

• Banned Muslims from 7 different majority Muslim countries from immigrating to the U.S. None of the targeted countries or their citizens have been tied to terrorist attacks in the U.S. Shamefully, Trump did not ban Muslims from majority Muslim countries where he had personal business holdings even if they were countries from which terrorists have been harbored or supported by their governments such as Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
• Deleted all reference to climate change information from the White House website.
• Issued gag orders regarding the exchange of climate change information in federal agencies.
• Reinstated the Global Gag Order which eliminates funding for contraception to any foreign non governmental agency which counsels clients about abortion.
• Reactivated the Keystone Pipeline and ordered the Corps of Engineers to expedite their review of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
• Directed the Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of the Interior to determine how best to proceed with constructing the “Wall for which Mexico will pay”.
• Issued deportation orders for undocumented immigrants who have been accused of a crime even if they weren’t ever brought to court and threatened penalizing “Sanctuary Cities” with loss of federal funding.
• Withdrew from the TPP and expressed his intent to reopen negotiations of NAFTA.
• Hinted that the U.S. may have another chance to go back into Iraq and take its oil. (Critics believe this statement could place our soldiers at risk and constitute a war crime!)
• Offended the Chinese by entering into diplomatic relations with the Taiwanese government.