Year 1 under President Donald Trump
President Donald Trump rather narrowly won the last election with the popular vote; however, he did quite well in the electoral college by sweeping all the swing states. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election#:~:text=Trump's%20political%20movement%20was%20seen,electoral%20votes%20to%20Harris'%20226. The GOP won a narrow majority in the House and a somewhat wider margin in the US Senate.
He has carried out a sweeping agenda during year 1; much of which to my view violates the US Constitution and most of the rest violates Congressional statutes. In taking his oath of office, he committed to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States, but oh well never mind. https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S1-C8-1-5/ALDE_00013936/
He has called out the militias (National Guard) of state governments and the armed forces of the United States and sent them into major Democratic cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland, and Memphis that are opposed to his agenda. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-supreme-court-national-guard-chicago/; https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/court-finds-trumps-use-soldiers-los-angeles-illegal; https://www.npr.org/2025/11/20/nx-s1-5615399/dc-troops-deployment-blocked-trump; https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/8/us-judge-rules-trump-illegally-ordered-national-guard-troops-to; and https://www.nilc.org/press/as-president-trump-militarizes-u-s-cities-tennessee-leaders-sue-to-block-unlawful-national-guard-deployment-in-memphis/.
He has rounded up legal immigrants and US citizens and detained them and deported them without due process and in some cases in violation of specific court orders. https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will
He has rounded up and sought to deport immigrants based on their exercise of free speech and assembly rights. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/30/trump-administration-immigration-palestine The Supreme Court recently approved Trump’s racial profiling in immigration raids. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/25a169_5h25.pdf
He has imposed large and costly tariffs without statutory authorization or Constitutional authority. https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/supreme-court-showdown-on-tariffs-shaping-up-as-landmark-case
He has withheld funds authorized and appropriated by Congress. https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/u-s-foreign-aid-freeze-dissolution-of-usaid-timeline-of-events/ The Supreme Court has sanctioned some of his actions. https://globalhealth.org/media/supreme-court-allows-trump-to-withhold-4-billion-in-foreign-aid/
He has repeatedly attacked the boats and shipping of a foreign nation without any authorization from Congress. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/28/trump-venezuela-boat-strikes-legal-illegal/87470197007/
He has pardoned his co-conspirators in their joint efforts to overthrow the Constitution. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/trump-pardons-or-commutes-terms-of-all-jan.-6-rioters
He has redistributed income and resources from low- and moderate-income families to the wealthy. https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61367
He issued an executive order ending birthright citizenship explicitly provided under the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/birthright-citizenship-under-us-constitution
The Trump Administration has waged a war on the nation’s best universities, trying to force them to adopt his right-wing agenda. https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/trumps-higher-education-crackdown-visa-revocations-dei-bans-lawsuits-and-funding-cuts
He has also waged war on many of the nation’s most prominent law firms, trying with some success to force them to fund and defend his right-wing policies. https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-law-firms-accountability-environment-police-lgbtq
He has promoted misinformation on vaccine efficacy discouraging use of childhood immunizations and leading to several serious measles epidemics. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdx2rk10ep0o and https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/us-measles-outbreak-tops-1800-cases-respiratory-illness-surveillance-returns His assault on the long renowned Center for Disease Control leaves the nation at increasing risk of infectious diseases from both domestic and foreign origins. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2840162#google_vignette
Trump Administration’s attacks on science funding, research topics, and freedom of scientific inquiry are starting to alarm dedicated scientists who are absolutely critical to the nation’s economic progress and technological advances; some are emigrating to find nations and institutions more receptive to scientific research. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/top-researchers-consider-leaving-u-s-amid-funding-cuts-the-science-world-is-ending