A revisiting of some notable moments from #Trump's four years as President of the United States of America...
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JAN 21, 2017 - WH Press Sec Sean Spicer claims Trump's inauguration to be the "largest audience ever" for such an event.
Presented with contrary evidence Kellyanne Conway said Spicer was offering "alternative facts"
Lying and crowd size become common refrains of Trump's tenure.
Presented with contrary evidence Kellyanne Conway said Spicer was offering "alternative facts"
Lying and crowd size become common refrains of Trump's tenure.
FEB 28, 2017 - Trump halts all DOJ investigations of nationwide police forces for indications of brutality or systemic racism.
Police procedures would later be at the center of the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.
vox.com/policy-and-pol…
Police procedures would later be at the center of the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.
vox.com/policy-and-pol…
AUG 12, 2017 - White supremacists lead a "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. One counter-protester is run down by a supremacist and killed.
While condemning all of BLM, Trump would find "very fine people on both sides" in Charlottesville
washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/…
While condemning all of BLM, Trump would find "very fine people on both sides" in Charlottesville
washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/…
OCT 3, 2017 - Trump tosses paper towels to hurricane victims in Puerto Rico.
After four years permeated with record setting hurricanes, floods, fires, and drought, Trump would continue to deny the science of climate change.
nbcnews.com/politics/polit…
After four years permeated with record setting hurricanes, floods, fires, and drought, Trump would continue to deny the science of climate change.
nbcnews.com/politics/polit…
OCT 4, 2017 - Five years after Benghazi, four U.S. Special Ops troops are killed and another two wounded when their unit is ambushed in Niger by what is believed to be an ISIS affiliated group.
No dedicated public Congressional hearings were held.
cnn.com/2017/10/24/pol…
No dedicated public Congressional hearings were held.
cnn.com/2017/10/24/pol…
DEC 22, 2017 - Trump signs the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act. The law provides permanent corporate tax cuts but only temporary ones for individuals.
Trump promises 4% GDP growth to compensate, but the economy averages a much lower 2.5%. Deficits and debt skyrocket.
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Trump promises 4% GDP growth to compensate, but the economy averages a much lower 2.5%. Deficits and debt skyrocket.
thehill.com/homenews/admin…
FEB 18, 2018 - Trump shrinks the size of two major national parks in Utah.
Trump would continue destroying federally protected nature preserves nationwide for logging, mining, and drilling interests and for his southern border wall.
nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/12/t…
Trump would continue destroying federally protected nature preserves nationwide for logging, mining, and drilling interests and for his southern border wall.
nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/12/t…
MAY 8, 2018 - Trump unilaterally abandons the Iran Nuclear Deal intended to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
It is not replaced. Tension between the nations increases.
Iran aligns closer with China and Russia to circumvent U.S. sanctions. nytimes.com/2018/05/08/wor…
It is not replaced. Tension between the nations increases.
Iran aligns closer with China and Russia to circumvent U.S. sanctions. nytimes.com/2018/05/08/wor…
JUN 19, 2018 - Trump pulls the U.S. out of the UN Human Rights Council.
The U.S. becomes the target of several human rights complaints, including family separations, its treatment of refugees and asylum seekers, and a decline in trafficking prosecutions.
apnews.com/article/9c5b10…
The U.S. becomes the target of several human rights complaints, including family separations, its treatment of refugees and asylum seekers, and a decline in trafficking prosecutions.
apnews.com/article/9c5b10…
JUL 16, 2018 - During a press conference in Helsinki, Trump sides with Putin over U.S. Intelligence agencies about Russian interference in 2016 elections.
Russia interferes in the 2018 and 2020 elections and is accused of placing bounties on U.S. troops.
cnn.com/2018/07/16/pol…
Russia interferes in the 2018 and 2020 elections and is accused of placing bounties on U.S. troops.
cnn.com/2018/07/16/pol…
FEB 15, 2019 - Trump declares a national emergency to access funding that Congress had denied for a border wall. Billions would be redirected from the military.
The 1,000 mi wall became 400 mi of replacement fencing, greatly exceeding cost estimates.
nytimes.com/2019/02/15/us/…
The 1,000 mi wall became 400 mi of replacement fencing, greatly exceeding cost estimates.
nytimes.com/2019/02/15/us/…
JUN 30, 2019 - Trump becomes the first U.S. President to step into authoritarian North Korea in a controversial effort to denuclearize the nation.
North Korea does not denuclearize and instead introduces its largest missile ever in a 2020 military parade.
nytimes.com/2019/06/30/wor…
North Korea does not denuclearize and instead introduces its largest missile ever in a 2020 military parade.
nytimes.com/2019/06/30/wor…
SEP 4, 2019 - Trump draws with a Sharpie on an official hurricane tracking map rather than admit misspeaking about the hurricane's predicted path.
The moment becomes symbolic of Trump's inability to admit mistakes at any level.
washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/0…
The moment becomes symbolic of Trump's inability to admit mistakes at any level.
washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/0…
SEP 12, 2019 - Trump repeals the Waters of the U.S. rule, allowing landowners to discharge potentially harmful substances like pesticides into waterways.
The repeal was one instance of a larger effort to allow extensive polluting of U.S. air and water.
washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/…
The repeal was one instance of a larger effort to allow extensive polluting of U.S. air and water.
washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/…
OCT 7, 2019 - Trump shifts U.S. troops away from northern Syria, abandoning Kurdish allies and exposing them to attack from Turkish forces.
Over 800 ISIS prisoners are freed in the resulting conflict between the Turks and Kurds. apnews.com/article/151708…
Over 800 ISIS prisoners are freed in the resulting conflict between the Turks and Kurds. apnews.com/article/151708…
DEC 18, 2019 - Trump becomes only the third President in U.S. history to be formally impeached by the House of Representatives.
He is acquitted by Republicans in the Senate along nearly partisan lines on Feb 5, 2020 with no witnesses called in the "trial"
apnews.com/article/d78192…
He is acquitted by Republicans in the Senate along nearly partisan lines on Feb 5, 2020 with no witnesses called in the "trial"
apnews.com/article/d78192…
JAN 8, 2020 - Iran launches a missile strike on a U.S. air base in Iraq.
No one is killed, but over 100 U.S. troops suffer from traumatic brain injuries. Trump dismisses the injuries as "headaches".
reuters.com/article/us-usa…
No one is killed, but over 100 U.S. troops suffer from traumatic brain injuries. Trump dismisses the injuries as "headaches".
reuters.com/article/us-usa…
JAN 15, 2020 - U.S. and China sign Phase 1 of a planned multi-phase trade deal, with minimal Chinese concessions.
Subsequent phases end up being abandoned, and U.S. manufacturing goes into recession.
Phase 1 concurrently falls far short of set goals. theguardian.com/business/2020/…
Subsequent phases end up being abandoned, and U.S. manufacturing goes into recession.
Phase 1 concurrently falls far short of set goals. theguardian.com/business/2020/…
JAN 20, 2020 - The first U.S. case of SARS-CoV-2 (the coronavirus) is diagnosed.
Contradicting expert briefings, Trump repeatedly reassures the public that the virus will simply "go away".
To date, the U.S. has over 9 million cases and 230,000 deaths.
cnn.com/interactive/20…
Contradicting expert briefings, Trump repeatedly reassures the public that the virus will simply "go away".
To date, the U.S. has over 9 million cases and 230,000 deaths.
cnn.com/interactive/20…
FEB 29, 2020 - Trump announces a deal with the Taliban to end the Afghanistan war without involving the Afghan government and after inviting the terror group to Camp David.
The deal fractures in less than a week and fails completely in less than 3 months.
nbcnews.com/politics/natio…
The deal fractures in less than a week and fails completely in less than 3 months.
nbcnews.com/politics/natio…
JUN 1, 2020 - Trump, the self-proclaimed "law and order" President, has protestors forcibly removed with flash bangs and tear gas in order to perform a photo-op of him holding aloft a Bible in front of a church.
nytimes.com/2020/06/02/us/…
nytimes.com/2020/06/02/us/…
JUN 25, 2020 - In the middle of a pandemic, the Trump administration petitions the Supreme Court to strike down all of the Affordable Care Act without a replacement.
If successful, millions would lose healthcare and protection for preexisting conditions.
nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/…
If successful, millions would lose healthcare and protection for preexisting conditions.
nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/…
SEP 15, 2020 - Bahrain and the UAE sign U.S.-brokered "peace" deals with Israel, with whom they were not at war.
The deal opens up the sale of advanced U.S. arms, including F-35 fighter jets to the Middle East nations and escalates tensions with Iran.
washingtonpost.com/world/middle_e…
The deal opens up the sale of advanced U.S. arms, including F-35 fighter jets to the Middle East nations and escalates tensions with Iran.
washingtonpost.com/world/middle_e…
OCT 27, 2020 - After refusing to seat an Obama nominee during the final year of his term as President, Senate Republicans seat Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court just seven days prior to a Presidential election while early voting was underway.
cnn.com/2020/10/27/pol…
cnn.com/2020/10/27/pol…
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