As of the close of the day on May 16, my positive/negative score on the Trump administration stands at -673.
16 May 2025
-1: Headline: Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to resume deporting Venezuelans under Alien Enemies Act (PBS)
-1: Trump blasts the Supreme Court after the decision [248]
-1: Moody’s cuts America’s pristine credit rating, citing rising debt (Reuters)
-1: Trump posts a rant about Bruce Springsteen and Joe Biden after Springsteen calls out Trump during a concert [249]
-1: Trump makes a rambling comment about oil [250]
-1: Headline: A Reality Show Where Immigrants Compete for U.S. Citizenship? D.H.S. Is Considering It. (New York Times)
-1: Headline: James Comey is under investigation for his ‘8647’ Instagram post. What does it mean? (NPR)
References
248. Trump: “THE SUPREME COURT IS BEING PLAYED BY THE RADICAL LEFT LOSERS, WHO HAVE NO SUPPORT, THE PUBLIC HATES THEM, AND THEIR ONLY HOPE IS THE INTIMIDATION OF THE COURT, ITSELF. WE CAN’T LET THAT HAPPEN TO OUR COUNTRY!”
249. Trump: “I see that Highly Overrated Bruce Springsteen goes to a Foreign Country to speak badly about the President of the United States. Never liked him, never liked his music, or his Radical Left Politics and, importantly, he’s not a talented guy Just a pushy, obnoxious JERK, who fervently supported Crooked Joe Biden, a mentally incompetent FOOL, and our WORST EVER President, who came close to destroying our Country. If I wasn’t elected, it would have been GONE by now! Sleepy Joe didn’t have a clue as to what he was doing, but Springsteen is “dumb as a rock,” and couldn’t see what was going on, or could he (which is even worse!)? This dried out “prune” of a rocker (his skin is all atrophied!) ought to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT.”
250. Trump: “They have a lot of oil. Very good oil. Meaning it’s pure, perfect stuff. They don’t have to spend a fortune on gases and energy in order to melt the rock and everything. They have pure, unadulterated good oil. And, you say why does somebody that has that kind of oil, other than being politically correct, but when you have unlimited amounts of oil and gas. Why are you putting up -- you know, why do you need civil nuclear? I think nuclear is fine for civil if you have a country with no oil.”