As of the close of the day on April 14, my positive/negative score on the Trump administration stands at -477.
14 April 2025
-2: Headline: ‘Homegrowns are next’: Trump doubles down on sending American ‘criminals’ to foreign prisons [ABC]
-1: Trump again says the Russian-Ukraine war would not have started had he been president [142]
-1: In the same breath, he says he wasn't president because the 2020 election was rigged [142]
-1: Trump again accuses Zelenskyy of starting the Russian-Ukrainian war [143]
-1: Trump again attacks the press, this time 60 Minutes, CBS and Paramount [144]
-1: Trump gloats over his cognitive abilities (it's not unusual to get a perfect score) [145]
In addition to the above, I added a new item to 15 March:
-2: The US deports Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to El Salvador despite a court order saying he was not to be deported
References
142. Trump: "The War between Russia and Ukraine is Biden's war, not mine. I just got here, and for four years during my term, had no problem in preventing it from happening. President Putin, and everyone else, respected your President! I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS WAR, BUT AM WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GET THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION TO STOP. If the 2020 Presidential Election was not RIGGED, and it was, in so many ways, that horrible War would never have happened. President Zelenskyy and Crooked Joe Biden did an absolutely horrible job in allowing this travesty to begin. There were so many ways of preventing it from ever starting. But that is the past. Now we have to get it to STOP, AND FAST. SO SAD!"
143. Trump: "He's always looking to purchase missiles. Listen, when you start a war, you gotta know you can win a war. You don't start a war against somebody that's 20 times your size and then hope that people give you some missiles."
144. Trump: Almost every week, 60 Minutes, which is being sued for Billions of Dollars for the fraud they committed in the 2024 Presidential Election with their Interview of Failed Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris, mentions the name "TRUMP" in a derogatory and defamatory way, but this Weekend's "BROADCAST" tops them all. They did not one, but TWO, major stories on "TRUMP," one having to do with Ukraine, which I say is a War that would never have happened if the 2020 Election had not been RIGGED, in other words, if I were President and, the other story was having to do with Greenland, casting our Country, as led by me, falsely, inaccurately, and fraudulently. I am so honored to be suing 60 Minutes, CBS Fake News, and Paramount, over their fraudulent, beyond recognition, reporting. They did everything possible to illegally elect Kamala, including completely and corruptly changing major answers to Interview questions, but it just didn't work for them. They are not a "News Show," but a dishonest Political Operative simply disguised as "News," and must be responsible for what they have done, and are doing. They should lose their license!
Hopefully, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as headed by its Highly Respected Chairman, Brendan Carr, will impose the maximum fines and punishment, which is substantial, for their unlawful and illegal behavior. CBS is out of control, at levels never seen before, and they should pay a big price for this.
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
145. Trump: "I took my cognitive exam as part of my physical exam, and I got the highest mark, and one of the doctors said, 'Sir, I've never seen anybody get that kind of, that was the highest mark…I like taking it because it's not too tough for me to take”
12 April 2025
-1: Headline: State Dept upgrades travel advisory for El Salvador, considered safer than France, other European countries (Fox News)
-1: Trump says that because Abrego Garcia is now in his native El Salvador, he (Trump) can't force his return to the US
-1: Headline: Trump reaches deals with 5 law firms, allowing them to avoid prospect of punishing executive orders (ABC)
-1: Headline: Australian with working visa detained and deported on returning to US from sister’s memorial (The Guardian)
-1: Trump moves Barack Obama's official White House portrait across the room, replaces it with one of his own (Raw Story)
-1: Headline: Trump administration to exclude smartphones and computers from latest tariffs (CBC; -1 for bumbling)
-1: Headline: Panama opposition party accuses US of ‘camouflaged invasion’ (The Guardian)