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On February 20, 2026, President Trump announced he was directing the Pentagon and other agencies to release government files on "alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), a...

On February 20, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump's sweeping tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) were unconstitutional, holding that the president ...

On February 19, 2026, Trump hosted the inaugural meeting of his "Board of Peace" and committed $10 billion in US taxpayer money to the initiative, which he says will fund Gaza reconstruction and a sta...

On February 17, 2026, Stephen Colbert revealed on air that CBS network lawyers had explicitly barred him from broadcasting a scheduled interview with Texas state Rep. James Talarico, a leading Democra...

In February 2026, journalist Roger Sollenberger discovered that the FBI conducted four separate interviews in 2019 with a woman who accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was a minor...

On February 19, 2026, the Georgia State Elections Board voted to issue a formal letter of reprimand to Elon Musk's America PAC for violating Georgia election law during the 2024 presidential campaign....

On February 19, 2026, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted a 90-second video titled "Secretary Kennedy and Kid Rock's Rock Out Workout" to promote his MAHA agenda. The vide...

On February 19, 2026, official data revealed that the US trade deficit in goods — the very thing Trump's tariff agenda was designed to fix — hit an all-time record of $1.24 trillion in 2025, widening ...

At a rally in Rome, Georgia on February 19, 2026, President Trump explicitly stated that restricting mail-in voting would guarantee Republican electoral dominance for half a century. "Mail-in ballots ...

On February 19, 2026, work crews using cherry pickers installed a giant "Make America Safe Again" banner featuring Donald Trump's portrait on the exterior of the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justic...

On February 19, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act — a wartime law — to mandate domestic production of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup wee...

By February 18-19, 2026, the Trump administration's confrontation with Iran escalated from saber-rattling to the brink of war. CNN reported the US military was "prepared to strike Iran as early as thi...

At a rally in Rome, Georgia on February 19, 2026, President Trump told supporters he had considered awarding himself the Congressional Medal of Honor for visiting US troops in Iraq in December 2018. "...

On February 18, 2026, the Trump administration ordered FEMA to halt all travel to disaster areas as part of the ongoing DHS partial shutdown, even though FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund had roughly $7 bil...

On February 18, 2026, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett demanded that researchers at the New York Federal Reserve be "disciplined" for publishing a study showing that American businesse...

On February 14, 2026, large swaths of the Department of Homeland Security shut down after Senate Democrats blocked funding bills that did not include oversight reforms for ICE. The shutdown came after...

On February 14, 2026, Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency released what it called the largest Medicaid dataset in agency history—millions of claims records covering medical procedures and ...

On February 12-13, 2026, Trump ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford—the world's largest aircraft carrier—to the Middle East to join the USS Abraham Lincoln already stationed there, creating an extraordinary...

On February 13, 2026, President Trump declared on Truth Social that "There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!" He followed up: "If we can't get it throu...

On February 12, 2026, the Trump administration revoked the EPA's 2009 "endangerment finding"—the scientific and legal determination that greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare. This singl...

On February 12, 2026, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly—a Trump appointee—blocked the administration from transferring 20 former death row inmates to ADX Florence, the federal "Supermax" prison in Col...

On February 11, 2026, Attorney General Pam Bondi's appearance before the House Judiciary Committee erupted into one of the most combative congressional hearings in recent memory—and revealed something...

On February 11, 2026, the Republican-led House passed a resolution 219-211 to terminate Trump's 25-35% tariffs on Canada, with six Republicans crossing party lines to join Democrats. The defecting Rep...

On February 11, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Defense to purchase electricity from coal-fired power plants—using the military as a taxpayer-funded subsidy...

In November 2025, six Democratic lawmakers—Representative Jason Crow, Senator Mark Kelly, Representative Maggie Goodlander, Senator Elissa Slotkin, Representative Chris Deluzio, and Representative Chr...

On February 11, 2026, the Congressional Budget Office released projections showing that Trump's policies have added $1.4 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade, bringing total projected ...

On January 22, 2026, after a New York Times/Siena poll showed his approval at just 40% with 56% disapproval, President Trump declared on Truth Social that "Fake and Fraudulent Polling should be, virtu...

On February 10, 2026, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick admitted under oath to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that he visited Jeffrey Epstein's private island in December 2012 for lunch, direc...

On February 10, 2026, the Trump administration ordered the removal of the LGBTQ Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument in New York City—the nation's first national monument dedicated to LGBTQ...

In the week of February 9, 2026, Trump's CDC began canceling $600 million in grants used to track and prevent HIV and STDs in four Democrat-led states: California, Colorado, Illinois, and Minnesota. T...

On February 9, 2026, President Trump threatened to prevent the Gordie Howe International Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario from opening unless Canada provides "fairness and respect." Trump d...

On February 9, 2026, convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell appeared virtually before the House Oversight Committee for her deposition in the Epstein probe. She immediately invoked her Fifth Amend...

In February 2026, President Trump excluded Democratic governors from the traditionally bipartisan White House gathering held during the National Governors Association's annual Washington summit—breaki...

On February 8, 2026, President Trump attacked US Olympic freestyle skier Hunter Hess on Truth Social, calling him a "real Loser" after Hess expressed "mixed emotions representing the US right now" at ...

The Trump administration froze $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University, then demanded a $1 billion payment to settle—doubling the previous demand. Trump said Harvard ...

On February 5-6, 2026, President Donald Trump shared a racist AI-generated video on Truth Social showing Barack and Michelle Obama's faces superimposed onto cartoon apes while "The Lion Sleeps Tonight...

On February 5, 2026, the New START treaty expired, leaving the United States and Russia without any binding limits on their strategic nuclear arsenals for the first time in more than 50 years. Each co...

At the National Prayer Breakfast on February 5, 2026, President Trump threatened to use IRS enforcement to punish churches whose leaders criticize him personally. After falsely claiming he eliminated ...

On February 5, 2026, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt refused to guarantee that ICE agents won't be present at polling locations during the November 2026 midterm elections, stating, "I can...

On February 4, 2026, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was caught in a blatant lie during a House Financial Services Committee hearing. When Representative Maxine Waters asked him directly, "Did you wr...

Throughout Trump's second term, Department of Homeland Security has systematically used administrative subpoenas—which require no judicial oversight—to force tech companies to reveal the identities of...

On February 2, 2026, Trump called for Republicans to 'take over" and 'nationalize" voting in approximately 15 states, claiming Detroit, Philadelphia, and Atlanta have 'extremely corrupt" elections—pro...

On February 2, 2026, President Trump told Dan Bongino that, "Republicans ought to nationalize the voting" and should 'take over the voting in at least many — 15 places." This direct call to unconstitu...

On January 30, 2026, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced federal agents arrested four people including journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for covering an immigration protest at a Minnesota church...

On January 30, 2026, the DOJ released 3.5 million pages of Epstein files including document EFTA01660679 containing 'numerous complaints and allegations involving powerful individuals, including Donal...

On January 30, 2026, Trump's Department of Justice released over 3 million pages of Epstein investigation files, including 180,000 images and 2,000 videos. The release included unredacted nude photos ...

Reports in Canadian media said U.S. State Department officials met with representatives of the Alberta Prosperity Project, an Alberta separatist advocacy group. The meetings prompted criticism in Cana...

During a January 29, 2026 Cabinet meeting, President Trump stated he wants to make housing more expensive to benefit existing homeowners, saying 'we're going to keep those prices up" and prevent homes...

On January 29, 2026, President Trump, his two sons, and the Trump Organization filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS and Treasury Department—agencies he controls as president—over the leak of hi...

January 28-29, 2026: Trump's FBI seized 700 boxes of original 2020 ballots from Fulton County, Georgia—an apparently unprecedented action. The next day, DNI Tulsi Gabbard (illegally present at the rai...

President Trump created government-backed savings accounts for children and named them, "Trump Accounts"—permanently branding a federal benefit program with his personal name. On January 28, 2026, Vis...

In January 2026, the Trump administration ordered the National Park Service to remove dozens of signs, exhibits, and displays related to climate change, environmental science, and the historical mistr...

On January 27, 2026, a framed photograph of President Trump standing with Russian President Vladimir Putin was spotted hanging in the White House Palm Room, which connects the West Wing to the residen...

After the Minneapolis shooting involving Border Patrol, Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Gov. Tim Walz requesting access to Minnesota voter rolls and welfare program data and calling on the...

Border Patrol agents fatally shot Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, during a Minneapolis operation on January 24, 2026. Video shows Pretti holding a cellphone and being restrained as an agent remo...

National Park Service dismantled exhibits about slavery at the President's House Site in Independence National Historical Park after Trump administration directive. Removed memorial honored nine ensla...

On January 16, 2026, the DOJ confirmed that Elon Musk's DOGE team mishandled sensitive Social Security data affecting potentially every living and dead American. Whistleblower Chuck Borges, SSA's form...

Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, an Abu Dhabi royal and UAE state investment fund operator, purchased a 49% stake in Trump's World Liberty Financial for $500 million just four days before Trump's J...

2025 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to María Corina Machado for 'tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela." Trump had longstanding desire to win, claimed it would be 'big insul...

Trump administration's first sale of Venezuelan oil valued at $500 million, with proceeds held in offshore account in Qatar. Sen. Elizabeth Warren: "There is no basis in law for a president to set up ...

HHS Secretary Kennedy called California's folic acid fortification efforts 'insanity" and claimed, "California is waging war against her children." MAHA influencers called folic acid a 'toxin." Califo...

On January 8, 2026, Trump posted a chart on Truth Social that included figures from the yet-to-be-released December 2025 employment report, approximately 12 hours before the official 8:30 AM Friday re...

January 7, 2026: ICE agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, 37-year-old U.S. citizen and mother of three, in Minneapolis. Within hours, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem labeled it 'domestic terr...

After a December 2025 presidential memorandum, HHS and CDC updated the childhood immunization schedule in early January 2026, reducing the number of vaccines recommended for all children. The change d...

January 3, 2026: Trump announced U.S. military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro using 'overwhelming military power, air land and sea" to 'launch a spectacular assault" against ...

December 22, 2025: Trump announced at Mar-a-Lago new, "Trump-class battleship" with Navy Secretary and Defense Secretary. Plans for 2 ships initially, total of 10, eventual goal of 20-25 as part of, "...

December 18, 2025: Kennedy Center board voted to rename John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to, "The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts." New si...

December 2025: Trump installed bronze plaques beneath presidential portraits along the White House West Wing Colonnade in what he calls the, "Presidential Walk of Fame." Many plaques, reportedly writt...

In December 2025, President Trump filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC over a, "Panorama" documentary that aired before the 2024 election. The lawsuit claims the BBC 'maliciously" ed...

Trump administration created, "Trump Accounts" - tax-advantaged savings accounts for children with federal government seeding $1,000 for babies born 2025-2028. IRS created official website TrumpAccoun...

Treasury Department planning to mint $1 coin with Trump's face on both sides for 2026 rollout, commemorating America's 250th anniversary (Semiquincentennial). US Mint released three proposed designs f...

Interior Department unveiled 2026 America the Beautiful pass featuring Trump's face alongside George Washington instead of usual nature photo. Federal law requires main pass to feature winning photo f...

December 10, 2025: Trump administration launched, "Trump Gold Card" - pay $1 million for fast-track path to U.S. residency and citizenship. Official federal website TrumpCard.gov with Trump personal b...

Trump administration removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from 2026 calendar of entrance fee-free days for national parks. Added June 14 (Flag Day AND Trump's birthday) as fee-free day. C...

December 3, 2025: State Department renamed congressionally-created U.S. Institute of Peace to, "Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace." Trump's name added to building facade. State Dept tweet: "renamed t...

The Washington Post reported that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a follow-up strike on a boat after survivors were seen in the water, raising questions about the legality of the operation. NPR...

Trump viciously turned on one of his most loyal allies, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, after she supported bipartisan legislation to release Jeffrey Epstein files. Greene claims Trump told her in a phon...

On November 19, 2025, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced it could not collect household survey data for October 2025 due to Trump's 43-day government shutdown (the longest in U.S. history) and w...

November 4, 2025: Swiss businessmen including Rolex CEO met Trump in Oval Office bearing Rolex table clock and 1kg gold bar engraved with Trump's name. One week later (Nov 13), Trump lowered tariff on...

Trump administration promoted two separate plans to send checks to American citizens that never materialized. In February 2025, investor James Fishback proposed $5,000, "DOGE Dividend" checks to 80 mi...

Trump shared AI-generated content on Truth Social, including an October 2025, "King Trump" video showing him in a crown and fighter jet dropping brown liquid on, "No Kings" protesters. TIME and NBC Ne...

Trump launched TrumpRx.gov in October 2025 - a government prescription drug program with prominent Trump personal branding. Critics compared it to previous Trump-branded ventures like Trump Steaks, Tr...

Trump administration spent at least $50,000 in taxpayer funds for giant banners featuring Trump's face or policies on federal buildings in Washington DC. Department of Agriculture: $16,400. HHS: $33,7...

September 4, 2025: Trump signed executive order renaming Department of Defense to, "Department of War" as 'secondary title." Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authorized to use, "Secretary of War" title....

By September 2025, the CDC reported 28,783 confirmed cases of pertussis (whooping cough)—nearly ten times the 2,800 cases reported in all of 2024. The surge followed Kennedy's February 4, 2025 directi...

On August 27, 2025, President Trump fired CDC Director Susan Monarez after she declined Kennedy's demands to commit to changes in vaccine policy and to fire top CDC officials. Three other senior CDC o...

On August 15, 2025, Trump fired Dr. Erika McEntarfer, Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, immediately after the release of a weak jobs report. She became the first BLS Commissioner ever fi...

BARDA (Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority) terminated 22 contracts with university researchers and private companies developing new uses for mRNA technology. Secretary Kennedy clai...

On August 5, 2025, HHS announced it was abandoning $500 million in mRNA vaccine development, pulling funding from 22 studies under BARDA (Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority). HHS d...

Trump nominated January 6 participant to oversee nation's employment and inflation data. EJ Antoni, Heritage Foundation economist nominated to lead Bureau of Labor Statistics. Video shows him on both ...

In July 2025, Trump's Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard referred Barack Obama to the DOJ for potential criminal prosecution, claiming Obama 'manufactured" intelligence about Russian inte...

Trump signed H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill) cutting over $1 trillion from health programs - largest rollback of federal support for healthcare in American history. CBO estimates 10 million more unins...

Trump announced White House ballroom expansion, demolishing historic East Wing and replacing it with 89,000 sq ft facility funded entirely by private corporate donors. Cost estimates ballooned from in...

On June 15, 2025, the World Health Organization revoked the United States" measles elimination status after the country reported 2,855 measles cases—the highest number in 33 years. Four people died fr...

On June 9, 2025, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed all 17 sitting members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)—the first time such a mass firing has occurred in the c...

Nearly 100 immigration judges fired in 2025, with experienced professionals replaced by inexperienced loyalists. Courts starting 2026 with fewer than half the judges from a year ago.

HHS Secretary Kennedy called fluoride a 'dangerous neurotoxin" and pushed to remove it from drinking water and supplements, contradicting decades of scientific consensus on its safety and efficacy for...

French magistrate Magali Lafourcade alerted French authorities in May 2025 after two Trump administration emissaries allegedly raised questions about far-right leader Marine Le Pen's trial. Lafourcade...

In May 2025, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's office obtained and investigated Puerto Rico's voting machines, claiming to investigate Venezuelan hacking. Three sources confirmed the g...

Trump signed an executive order on May 1, 2025, to eliminate all federal funding for NPR and PBS, characterizing them as 'biased media." In July 2025, Congress voted 216-213 to rescind $1.1 billion in...

By April 15, 2025, an analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists found that 46% of CDC public health databases had stopped updating or been taken offline entirely. This included critical disease su...

Trump administration eliminated Trump's own first-term signature HIV initiative, "Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic," gutted CDC HIV prevention branches, terminated 200+ HIV/AIDS research grants, cut Ryan ...

On April 1, 2025, Trump's administration laid off 10,000 HHS employees across multiple agencies in a single day as part of, "Reductions in Force" (RIF) to comply with DOGE's, "Workforce Optimization I...

Trump administration slashed approximately 20,000 positions across HHS health agencies (25% reduction from 82,000 to 62,000 staff). FDA lost 3,500 positions including entire communications team and 80...

On March 28, 2025, Kennedy fired Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) and the nation's top vaccine regulator. Dr. Marks had led the scientific rev...

Trump signed Executive Order 14253, "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" targeting Smithsonian museums. Order prohibits exhibits that 'degrade shared American values, divide Americans base...

Trump administration cancelled $11.4 billion in CDC grants to state and community health departments for COVID-19 response, testing, and vaccination. Cancelled $766 million in Moderna contracts for pa...

On March 20, 2025, Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education while urging Congress to abolish it outright. In March 2025, the agency fired almost 1,400 employees, r...

On March 15, 2025, the National Institutes of Health cancelled 694 active research grants worth $2.4 billion, terminating ongoing studies in cancer treatment, Alzheimer's disease, infectious diseases,...

Defense Secretary Hegseth shared sensitive military attack plans via Signal. Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg accidentally added to Signal chat. Shared real-time Yemen strike details: aircraft types, ...

On February 4, 2025, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued a directive eliminating six vaccines from CDC immunization recommendations: measles-mumps-rubella (MMR), hepatitis A, hepatitis B, varic...

The Trump administration cut $2.7 billion from NIH funding in early 2025, including a 31% decrease in cancer research. Proposed 2026 budget would slash NIH by 40% ($18 billion) and cut National Cancer...

Trump's January 29, 2025 executive order on K-12 'indoctrination" reestablished the President's Advisory 1776 Commission, which had been created by Executive Order 13958 on November 2, 2020, released ...

Trump's January 29, 2025 executive order on K-12 education directed federal agencies to restrict funding for schools that teach content described as 'radical indoctrination," including critical race t...

Trump shattered norms by targeting political opponents through DOJ. More than 100 prosecutors resigned. Career prosecutor forced out and replaced with Trump's personal attorney who quickly indicted Co...

Trump appointed TV personality Dr. Oz with no government experience to oversee Medicare/Medicaid for 160+ million Americans. British Medical Journal study found 50% of his TV health advice was not sup...

Trump pardoned major drug criminals including Ross Ulbricht (Silk Road - $200M+ in drug sales, 6 murder-for-hire plots), Larry Hoover (Gangster Disciples leader responsible for thousands of deaths), a...

Trump claims he 'built the greatest economy in history" and 'rescued" America from economic disaster. In reality, he inherited a strong economy from Obama (75 consecutive months of job growth) and pre...

Trump gave world's richest man with $300+ billion in federal contracts unprecedented government access and power to slash spending. Ethics expert: "If he participates... he commits a crime." Musk late...

$71 million spent on golf in 2025. Average cost: $3.4 million per trip. Taxpayer money flows directly to Trump properties.

At least 16 shooting incidents by federal immigration officials since Trump's second term began. Four deaths and at least seven injuries. Deaths include Keith Porter (43, Los Angeles New Year's Eve), ...

Fired 17+ inspectors general on first day of second term. Removed independent watchdogs across federal government.

~1,500 people granted blanket clemency on Day 1 of second term. Included leaders of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy. Pardoned 600+ people convicted of assaulting law enfo...

Trump pardoned approximately 1,500 January 6 defendants including violent offenders convicted of assaulting police officers, undermining accountability for the Capitol attack.

White House created official page at whitehouse.gov/j6 reframing the Capitol attack. Page title: "January 6: A Date Which Will Live in Infamy" (echoing Pearl Harbor). Describes event as 'peaceful prot...

Trump appointed Kash Patel as FBI Director despite Bill Barr saying, "Over my dead body." Published book with appendix listing 60 'enemies" to target. Promoted QAnon, helped J6 defendants, vowed to 's...

At Trump inauguration rally, Elon Musk placed hand on heart then extended arm outward with palm down - twice. Widely condemned in Germany where such gestures are illegal. Neo-Nazi groups celebrated it...

Trump appointed Fox News host Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary despite $50,000 sexual assault settlement, allegations of excessive drinking at work, and sworn affidavit from ex-sister-in-law saying h...

The Trump administration's systematic dismantling of public health infrastructure under HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has resulted in measurable harm: measles cases surged to a 33-year high with at least 4 de...

Qatar offered Trump customized Boeing 747 worth $400 million. Ethics expert Norm Eisen: "Largest foreign bribe to a president in American history." Qatar controls significant energy resources and host...

Trump appointed RFK Jr., one of the, "Disinformation Dozen" spreading COVID vaccine misinformation, as HHS Secretary. He fired all 17 CDC vaccine advisory panel members, replaced them with anti-vax ac...

CNN fact-checked 100 false claims in Trump's first 100 days of second term alone. Includes lies about bacon prices 'quadrupling" (19-21%), grocery prices being 'down" (actually up 2.7%), and mathemati...

ICE detained and deported U.S. citizens. Two U.S. citizen siblings (ages 4 and 7) deported to Honduras within 24 hours - 4-year-old had late-stage cancer and no medication. At least seven U.S. citizen...

Trump signed Executive Order 14155 on his first day in office (January 20, 2025), withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization for the second time. After the required one-year noti...

Within hours of taking office on January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO). The order halted all payments to WH...

Launched cryptocurrency 3 days before inauguration. Trump and affiliates control 80% of coin supply. Soared to $15 billion valuation before crashing 90%. ~764,000 wallets have lost money. Trump family...

Decades-long friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, with released emails showing Epstein wrote Trump 'knew about the girls." Trump administration initially fought release of DOJ files before judge ordered i...

On December 10, 2024, 77 Nobel laureates signed an open letter urging the Senate to reject Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "s nomination as HHS Secretary, calling him 'one of the most dangerous individuals to e...

Trump suggested Liz Cheney should face 'nine barrels shooting at her" during Arizona campaign rally. Part of pattern of violent rhetoric against political opponents.

At an October 14, 2024 town hall in Oaks, Pennsylvania, Trump ended the Q&A after two attendees needed medical attention and turned the event into a music-listening session, standing on stage as songs...

Trump called Democrats 'enemy from within" and bigger threat than Russia/China. Said military should be used against 'radical left lunatics" on Election Day. Repeatedly suggested Democrats committed t...

August-September 2024: Trump family launched World Liberty Financial, a DeFi (decentralized finance) lending platform, despite Trump previously calling crypto 'a scam." By 2025, Trump family crypto ho...

During presidential debate, Trump claimed Haitian immigrants were 'eating the dogs" and 'eating the cats" in Springfield, Ohio. City officials confirmed it was completely false. JD Vance admitted he '...

Trump has taken shifting positions on abortion, including a 2016 remark that women should face 'some form of punishment" for abortion that he walked back the same day, and a 2024 effort to position hi...

Trump claims he 'was not a fan" of Jeffrey Epstein and 'had a falling out with him." However, documented evidence shows a close 15-year friendship. 2002 Trump quote: "I've known Jeff for fifteen years...

On May 30, 2024, Donald Trump became the first former U.S. president ever convicted of criminal charges when a jury found him guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. The charges...

Trump reaped $600 million from selling Bibles, fragrances, shoes, NFTs, and other branded products in 2024 while running for president. Golden, "Never Surrender" sneakers sold for $399-$499. "God Bles...

During the 2024 campaign, Trump repeatedly mixed up President Joe Biden with former President Barack Obama and also confused Nikki Haley with Nancy Pelosi when discussing January 6.

Trump repeatedly praised Hannibal Lecter - the fictional cannibal serial killer from, "Silence of the Lambs" - calling him 'a wonderful man" and 'the late, great Hannibal Lecter" at rallies.

After posting on Truth Social in December 2022 that 'fraud allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution," Trump later denied saying it. When...

During a Fox News town hall, Trump refused to rule out acting as a dictator, repeatedly saying 'except for Day One" when pressed by Sean Hannity.

Trump's longest-serving Chief of Staff, four-star Marine general John Kelly, said Trump 'has no idea what America stands for," 'admires autocrats and murderous dictators," and 'has nothing but contemp...

Highest-ranking military officer Gen. Mark Milley called Trump 'fascist to the core," 'the most dangerous person to this country," and a 'wannabe dictator" in retirement speech. Feared being court-mar...

Trump suggested America's top general committed treason and that 'in times gone by, the punishment would have been DEATH!" Milley subsequently received death threats and had to take security precautio...

Civil jury found Trump sexually abused Carroll in 1996. Two verdicts totaling $88+ million for sexual abuse and defamation. Trump denies all allegations and is appealing.

Trump explicitly called for suspending the Constitution, suggesting he should be immediately reinstated as president or a new election held over his false election fraud claims.

During Capitol attack, mob erected gallows and chanted, "Hang Mike Pence!" Trump tweeted attack on Pence while mob was hunting him. Cassidy Hutchinson testified Trump said Pence 'deserves it." Trump n...

Trump urged supporters to 'fight like hell" before mob stormed the Capitol, resulting in 5 deaths, 140+ injured officers, and his second impeachment for 'incitement of insurrection. "

Trump's false claims that the 2020 election was stolen sparked dozens of failed lawsuits and fueled the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Investigations by journalists and election officials...

Trump signed Executive Order creating, "Schedule F" classification that would strip job protections from tens of thousands of federal employees. Biden revoked it, but Trump vowed to reinstate immediat...

Trump has repeatedly claimed his COVID-19 response was 'amazing" while public health data show more than 1 million U.S. deaths. In a 2020 recording released by Bob Woodward, Trump acknowledged that he...

Trump told someone, "Do you know it's my dream to have my face on Mount Rushmore?" The witness said, "He wasn't laughing, so he was totally serious." In 2020, Trump denied a New York Times report abou...

Revered Defense Secretary Gen. James, "Mad Dog" Mattis called Trump a 'threat to the Constitution" and said Trump 'does not try to unite the American people." So worried about nuclear strike he slept ...

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Trump wanted U.S. troops to shoot American protesters during George Floyd protests. Esper called Trump 'a threat to democracy" and said Trump is 'not fit for office b...

During COVID press conference, Trump suggested researching injection of disinfectant and bringing UV light 'inside the body." Lysol, Clorox issued emergency warnings. Disinfectant poisoning calls spik...

Treasury added, "President Donald J. Trump" to memo line of ~70 million paper stimulus checks - first time in history a president's name appeared on IRS payment. IRS officials said change would 'proba...

Trump repeatedly downplayed COVID-19, claiming, "It"s going to disappear. One day—it's like a miracle—it will disappear" and promoted unproven hydroxychloroquine, contributing to public health crisis.

In November 2019, the New York Supreme Court ordered Donald Trump to pay $2 million in damages for illegally using the Trump Foundation's charitable assets to intervene in the 2016 presidential primar...

Trump invited Taliban leaders to Camp David for peace talks just days before 18th anniversary of 9/11. Taliban responsible for harboring al-Qaeda before 9/11 attacks. Meeting canceled after Taliban cl...

Trump falsely claimed Alabama was in Hurricane Dorian's path. National Weather Service corrected him. Instead of admitting error, Trump displayed official NOAA map altered with black Sharpie extending...

Trump has repeatedly attacked Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell (whom he appointed) and threatened Fed independence, a cornerstone of economic stability. In 2019, asked 'who is our bigger enemy, Jay...

Trump seriously proposed that the United States purchase Greenland from Denmark. When Denmark said it wasn't for sale, Trump canceled state visit and called Danish PM's response 'nasty. "

Impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Pressured Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden in exchange for military aid. Whistleblower complaint triggered investigation. Acquitted by Republi...

During July 4th Lincoln Memorial speech, Trump claimed Continental Army 'took over the airports" in the Revolutionary War. Wright Brothers" first flight wasn't until 1903 - over 125 years later.

Trump claimed at rally: "If you have a windmill anywhere near your house, congratulations, your house just went down 75 percent in value. And they say the noise causes cancer." No scientific evidence ...

Trump introduced Apple CEO Tim Cook as, "Tim Apple" at advisory board meeting. Later claimed he said, "Tim Cook Apple" very quickly to save time. Video clearly shows he said, "Tim Apple."

The partial federal shutdown lasted 35 days (Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019), the longest in U.S. history. About 800,000 federal workers were affected (roughly 380,000 furloughed and 420,000 working w...

After devastating California wildfires, Trump suggested the problem was lack of 'raking" the forest floors. Claimed Finland's president told him they prevent fires by raking. Finland's president denie...

On June 1, 2018, at 7:21 AM ET, President Trump tweeted, "Looking forward to seeing the employment numbers at 8:30 this morning" one hour before the Bureau of Labor Statistics officially released the ...

Trump University was a massive fraud scheme that bilked thousands of students out of up to $35,000 each with false promises of learning Donald Trump's real estate secrets. The program, which operated ...

"Zero tolerance" policy (April 2018) resulted in systematic separation of thousands of children from parents at border. Children held in detention facilities described as 'cages." Over 5,400 children ...

During Oval Office meeting, Trump asked, "Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?" referring to Haiti, El Salvador, and African nations.

Trump looked directly at the solar eclipse after being warned not to. Photos captured the moment. Everyone knows not to look directly at an eclipse without proper eye protection.

After neo-Nazi, "Unite the Right" rally where Heather Heyer was killed, Trump said there were 'very fine people on both sides," widely condemned for creating moral equivalence between white supremacis...

After white nationalist, "Unite the Right" rally where Heather Heyer was killed by white supremacist driving car into counter-protesters, Trump said 'you had some very fine people, on both sides." Wid...

Trump claimed 'head of the Boy Scouts" called to say Trump's speech was 'the greatest speech that was ever made to them." Boy Scouts confirmed no such call was made. Pattern of fabricating praise and ...

Trump shared a video depicting him body-slamming a figure labeled with the CNN logo and later praised Rep. Greg Gianforte after he assaulted a Guardian reporter.

Trump signed Executive Order banning citizens from 7 Muslim-majority countries for 90 days and suspending refugee resettlement for 120 days. Thousands detained at airports, massive protests erupted na...

After Trump's inauguration, he and Press Secretary Sean Spicer claimed the crowd was the largest ever. Kellyanne Conway defended the claim on NBC's Meet the Press as 'alternative facts," a phrase that...

On January 21, 2017, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer falsely claimed, "This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration — period — both in person and around the globe." All figure...

Trump has repeatedly directed insults at Black women in public life, including calling Rep. Maxine Waters a 'low IQ person" and referring to former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman as a 'dog," a pattern ...

Trump made major promises that were not fulfilled, including that Mexico would pay for a border wall, that he would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, and that he would deliver a sweeping inf...

Trump removed or forced out a large number of senior officials who disagreed with him or drew public attention to misconduct or election security, and then publicly criticized many of them. The turnov...

Trump's first term saw unusually high turnover among senior officials, with multiple changes in key roles such as chief of staff and national security adviser. Brookings tracked the turnover as histor...

Trump repeatedly suggested dropping nuclear bombs into hurricanes to disrupt them before landfall. NOAA had to publish explainer on why this would be catastrophic (radioactive fallout, wouldn't stop h...

Trump repeatedly praised, defended, and expressed admiration for the world's most brutal dictators including Putin, Kim Jong Un, Xi Jinping, and others.

Washington Post documented 30,573 false or misleading claims during Trump's first term alone—an average of 21 per day. The Post created a new, "Bottomless Pinocchio" category for falsehoods repeated 2...

A 2005 Access Hollywood recording released on October 7, 2016 captured Trump bragging about kissing and groping women without consent, including the line, "Grab "em by the pussy. "

Trump mocked New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski who has arthrogryposis (limits joint movement) by flailing his arms, altering his voice, and contorting his face at a rally.

Trump has a pattern of misogynistic attacks on female journalists and public figures, often using degrading and appearance-based insults.

Four women who competed in 1997 Miss Teen USA pageant said Trump walked into dressing room while contestants - some as young as 15 - were changing. Mariah Billado (former Miss Vermont Teen USA) recall...

Trump took out full-page ads calling for death penalty for five Black and Latino teenagers later exonerated by DNA. He refused to apologize even after exoneration.

For decades, Trump claimed his grandfather came from Sweden. Both of Fred Trump's parents were actually German. Fred Trump lied about his ancestry due to anti-German sentiment. Trump perpetuated the f...

In October 1973, the U.S. Department of Justice sued Donald Trump, his father Fred Trump, and Trump Management for systematic violations of the Fair Housing Act. Evidence included Urban League testing...