February 19, 2025
Well Republicans, How’s Donald Trump doing? Is he getting things done? Are you happy with his continuance of breaking the laws and not abiding to the U.S. Constitution? Are you excited that he hasn’t done a damn thing for the middle class and is now openly pushing for another tax cut for the rich? Besides isolating Canada, Mexico, China and Greenland and the EU, he has created legal chaos. Within the first month of his presidency, he has been presented with over 100 lawsuits.
THIS IS THE GREAT PRESIDENT THAT YOU AS REPUBLICANS VOTED FOR. YOU VOTED FOR A CONVICTED FELON, THEN YOU PUT HIM IN THE WHITEHOUSE, AND THIS IS WHAT YOU GET. ENJOY YOUR LIVES FOR THE NEXT 4 YEARS.
The answer is an astounding YES! He’s getting things done, But actually for not even a single good reason, or of a reason that would be good for anyone except for himself and his millionaire buddy Elon Musk. He hasn’t achieved even one campaign promise that would help the American people. Trump is testing laws and breaking the laws that’s been on the books for a long time just because he has Executive Immunity and he now can break the laws as he sees it because he says it’s best for America. Trump is enjoying the freedom from prosecution and now acts like a king.
But what Trump has done his first 30 days as president has been nothing short of chaos. He’s promoting tariffs on our closest trading partners of Canada and Mexico. His reckless actions are causing a very unstable stock market, along with the economy that will soon tank and prices will go up on just about everything.
Day One – January 20
Executive Orders..
- Order to End Birthright Citizenship – As Trump ignores the 14th Amendment of the Constitution which says that anyone born here, even from undocumented immigrants now become U.S. citizens. Why should he abide by the Constitution? After all, during the Inauguration when he was sworn into office, he never put his hand on the bible, but raised his right hand swearing he would abide by it. He cannot be convicted of going against the Constitution, even though he swore that he would abide by it during his Inauguration.
- Asylum Access termination – As it is a violation of a congressional act and an attempt to bypass Congress.
- Firing of Federal Employees – Trump reinstates ‘Schedule F’ to make it easier to fire Federal employees. Trump openly is in violation of due process and civil service protections.
- Established the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) – Aimed to cut Federal spending, which is a new department that is not in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
- Transgender Recognition – The Federal Government is now directed to only recognize two sexes, preventing transgender female inmates from serving time in women’s prisons and end gender-affirming care for those in federal prison.
Day Two – January 21
Executive orders..
Ending DEI Programs – (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) including at the Federal Aviation Administration.
Day 5 – January 24
- Firing Inspectors General – Trump and Musk fire 17 inspectors generals without giving Congress its legally required 30 days’ notice before removing the federal watchdogs. Eight inspectors general sued the Trump administration over this, claiming their firings were unlawful.
Day 8 – January 27
- Banning of Transgender Military Service – Any troops that are transgender are now not allowed to openly serve in the military. This is a discriminatory action and faces litigation in federal court as a violation of the Fifth Amendment’s equal protection guarantee.
- Federal Funding Freeze – Trump has decided to temporarily pause all federal foreign and domestic aid, which different federal courts blocked on January 28 and January 31st.
Day 9 – January 28
- Ending Gender-Affirming Medical Care – No further federal support of gender-affirming medical treatments for people under 19, which was challenged by the ACLU and others for infringing on individuals’ rights and for exceeding the president’s constitutional authority over determining how congressional appropriations are used.
- Federal Worker Buyout – Donald Trump is forcing federal employees with an offer to a buyout if they resigned from their roles. Labor unions are challenging the plan as the buyout violates federal administrative law.
Day 10 – January 29
Trump posted a presidential memorandum directing the secretaries of the Defense and Homeland Security departments to expand the use of Guantanamo Bay to house migrants. On February 9th, a federal judge blocked the deportation of three Venezuelan migrants to Guantanamo who argued in a lawsuit filed by various advocacy organizations that they are falsely accused of being associated with the Trun de Argua gang.
Day 12 – January 31
DOGE Access to the Treasury Department – DOGE and Elon Musk accesses the payment systems that distribute trillions of dollars of benefits, grants and tax refunds. The federal Unions filed a lawsuit, calling the data-sharing illegal and a violation of privacy. A week later on February 8th, a federal judge blocked DOGE’s access, while 19 Democratic attorneys general suing the Trump administration and accusing the Treasury Department of overstepping its statutory authority and violating federal law and the separation of powers doctrine.
Day 13 – February 1
1) USAID Administrative Leave – Two top officials at USAID were put on administrative leave after they refused to let DOGE representatives without security clearances into restricted areas of the building. As a result, they joined dozens of other senior USAID staffers who had also been placed on leave, a move that resulted in a federal court issuing a temporary restraining order. The court found that the plaintiffs in the case – two unions representing USAID federal workers – “have adequately demonstrated that their members are facing irreparable injury from their placement on administrative leave, and that more members would face such injury if they were placed on administrative leave.”
2) Dismantling USAID – Elon Musk and Trump advocated for shuttering USAID – which provides aid to fight starvation and poverty, fund education and end epidemics overseas – following Musk’s determination that its spending was wasteful. But questions remain about whether a congressionally codified department like USAID can be legally closed without Congress’ approval.
On Feb. 7, a federal judge paused the Trump administrations’s actions against USAID after two unions requested a temporary restraining order to stop employees from being placed on leave, as well as a funding freeze.
Day 16 – February 4
1) Taking over Gaza – Trump proposes in a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he plans to take the Gaza Strip, force hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from the enclave. Gaza is recognized by the United Nations and the International Court of Justice, and international law prohibits taking the territory by force.
2) An acting FBI director Brian Driscoll turned over information on more than 5,000 FBI employees who worked on Jan. 6 cases, but two groups of FBI agents sued the Department of Justice in an effort to protect their identities.
Day 17 – February 5
Transgender Sports Ban – Trump signed an executive order effectively banning transgender women and girls from competing in female sports categories. On Feb. 12, two transgender teenage girls in New Hampshire challenged the order in court for violating their equal protection and Title IX rights.
Day 20 – February 8
Shuttering CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – Russell Vought, the Trump-appointing acting director of the CFPB, directed the agency to halt most of its work and closed its headquarters for the following week in an effort to essentially shutter the bureau. But the National Treasury Employees Union filed two lawsuits against Vought arguing that his directives are unlawful. The first lawsuit says Vought violated the separation of powers doctrine by “undermining Congress’s authority to set and fund the missions of the CFPB.” The second lawsuit says Vought violated the Privacy Act by allowing DOGE (Elon Musk ) to access CFPB employee records.
Day 22 – February 10
Violation of Federal Funding Freeze Order – A judge previously blocked the Trump administration’s federal funding freeze on January 31 saying that the administration violated his temporary restraining order by continuing “to improperly freeze federal funds” and not resuming the “disbursement of appropriated federal funds.”
Day 24 – February 12
Dismissive Statements About the Judiciary – Elon Musk on social media suggested judges should be impeached for using their oversight to check the power of the Trump administration. But legal scholars believe that courts play a necessary role in the nation’s system of checks and balances. The Constitution says that federal judges, who typically serve life appointments, can be impeached for “treason, bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors”, all of whom the judges are not guilty of but Donald Trump is guilty of all. Now as a sitting president, Trump’s Executive Immunity makes him above the law and can never be charged or impeached for these offenses, thanks to Republican Supreme Court justices that control the court and gave presidents powers to be above the law why officiating duties in office.
Day 26 – February 14
The Justice Department files a motion to Dismiss Charges Against New York City Mayor. – A corrupt Democratic Mayor Eric Adams who has been cozying up to Trump. An acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove III had previously ordered Danielle Sassoon, the acting district attorney for the Southern District of New York, to dismiss corruption charges against Adams. Seven lawyers, including Sassoon, resigned from the department over the decision, which has drawn allegations of amounting to an unethical quid pro quo.
Day 27 – February 15
Trump issues Provocative Water Suggesting He is Above the Law – In a social media post, Trump suggested that his efforts to “save” the country put him above the law. “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.” Trump posted on Truth Social and X, drawing criticism from Democrats like California Sen. Adam Schiff who said of the post, “Spoken like a true dictator.”
