Weekly DT Report

Interesting to look back.

Nothing here is even being discussed right now because his actions leading up to the 2020 election were even crazier.

Goodbye forever from your friends at the DT Report.

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It seems useful to look back at this now.

It’s a record of what DT did when Republicans controlled the Senate, the House, and the presidency.

He did show us who he was.

And he’s added to the rules he’s willing to break.

265 days until the election.

Check out how Bonhoeffer resisted! https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/dietrich-bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German pastor and theologian known for his opposition to National Socialism. His ties to the July 20, 1944, conspiracy to overthrow the N**i regime led to his ex*****on...

266 days until the election.

Mr. Rogers wants you to know it can be okay.

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267 days until the election.

Support the ACLU, without whom I don't know how we would have made it this far.

perhaps this: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/congress-support-asylum-seekers?ms=wwwactionpage&initms=wwwactionpage&ms_aff=NAT&initms_aff=NAT&ms_chan=web&initms_chan=web

Congress: Support Asylum Seekers The Trump administration is trying to dismantle the U.S. asylum system as we know it. We can fight back by passing the Asylum Seeker Protection Act.

268 days until the election.

Donate $1 to Bernie, Mayor Pete, or Warren.

One dollar.

Or more.

Or somebody else if you like.

269 days until the election.

If you haven't already today, call a senator and let the senator know you care what the president does:

Jerry Moran of Kansas: Phone: (202) 224-6521

270 days to the election.

Go here to double check you are registered appropriately:

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And here are our MISDEMEANORS (only from the first two years, though, because we had to tap out after that):

*erratic behavior makes government actions difficult
*uses presidential power to personally attack fellow citizens
*lies about paying hush money
*behaves so inappropriately that organizations have to apologize after he speaks

details in comments below

Hello, friends. Happy Impeachment Day.
Here's our reminiscence of all those weeks, in the form of
HIGH CRIMES:

*siding with other countries against our own agencies and citizens

*putting himself above the law

*acting to increase violence and division in our country, rather than uniting us

*showing disregard for human rights

*claiming that the press cannot be trusted

details in comments below.

THE UKRAINE PROBLEM
1. Ukraine needs military aid.
2. DT tells the president of Ukraine to publicly announce an investigation of a Democratic rival.
3. DT stops Ukraine from getting military aid.
4. The Senate overrides DT, and Ukraine gets the money.
5. Someone in our intelligence community (“the whistleblower”) freaks out and files a complaint with nonpartisan inspectors. The inspectors deem the complaint "credible and urgent."
6. Multiple government employees with records of exemplary service testify, under oath, and corroborate the whistleblower’s account.
7. High level state department employees affirm that not only did Ukraine not interfere with our election, but that this is a story Russia planted to sow division in the U.S.

THE PROBLEMATIC RESPONSE

1. DT explains he was concerned about corruption in Ukraine.
2. No, it was because Europe needs to pay their fair share to support Ukraine.
3. No, he never explicitly offered Ukraine aid in exchange for information.
4. His chief of staff says that he explicitly offered Ukraine aid in exchange for information.
5. DT is just “hands on,” and that’s why he asked for an announcement of an investigation of his political rival, rather than going through the usual channels.
6. DT and some Repubs repeat that Ukraine interfered with our elections.
7. DT and Repubs repeat that people who testified under oath are anti-Trump, or unreliable, or liars, or crazy.
8. Many Repubs who could resolve remaining questions or clear themselves continue to refuse to testify.
9. Repubs say because Ukraine eventually got the aid, there is no ethical problem.

OBSTRUCTION/WITNESS INTIMIDATION

1. Displeased with our ambassador to Ukraine because she follows stated U.S. policy rather than his shadow policy, DT threatens our own ambassador, saying that she is “going to go through some things.”
2. Multiple agencies in the executive branch refuse to deliver documents to the House.
3. DT writes that the whistleblower, who acted lawfully, should be found and punished, and hints at the death penalty.
4. He personally attacks witnesses at the impeachment inquiry.

SIDE NOTES

1. DT pardons a war criminal, and fires the secretary of the Navy for trying to get the war criminal punished.

Impeachment Inquiry complete.

Report:
THE UKRAINE PROBLEM
1. Ukraine needs military aid.
2. DT tells the president of Ukraine to publicly announce an investigation of a Democratic rival.
3. DT stops Ukraine from getting military aid.
4. The Senate overrides DT, and Ukraine gets the money.
5. Someone in our intelligence community (“the whistleblower”) freaks out and files a complaint with nonpartisan inspectors. The inspectors deem the complaint "credible and urgent."
6. Multiple government employees with records of exemplary service testify, under oath, and corroborate the whistleblower’s account.
7. High level state department employees affirm that not only did Ukraine not interfere with our election, but that this is a story Russia planted to sow division in the U.S.

THE PROBLEMATIC RESPONSE

1. DT explains he was concerned about corruption in Ukraine.
2. Then he says it was because Europe needs to pay their fair share to support Ukraine.
3. Then he insists that he never explicitly offered Ukraine aid in exchange for information.
4. His chief of staff says that he explicitly offered Ukraine aid in exchange for information.
5. Repubs say that DT is “hands on,” and that’s why he asked for an announcement of an investigation of his political rival, rather than going through the usual channels.
6. DT and Repubs repeat that Ukraine interfered with our elections.
7. DT and Repubs repeat that people who testified under oath are anti-Trump, or unreliable, or liars, or crazy.
8. Many Repubs who could resolve remaining questions or clear themselves continue to refuse to testify.
9. Repubs say because Ukraine eventually got the aid, there is no ethical problem.

OBSTRUCTION/WITNESS INTIMIDATION

1. Displeased with our ambassador to Ukraine because she follows stated U.S. policy rather than his shadow policy, DT threatens our own ambassador, saying that she is “going to go through some things.”
2. Multiple agencies in the executive branch refuse to deliver documents to the House.
3. DT writes that the whistleblower, who acted lawfully, should be found and punished, and hints at the death penalty.
4. He personally attacks witnesses at the impeachment inquiry.

This stuff is hella complicated.

But here's a new summary, based on both today's events, and the meaningfulness of past events, using the lens of today.

THE UKRAINE PROBLEM
1. Ukraine needs military aid.
2. DT tells the president of Ukraine to investigate a situation with a political rival, and to announce it publicly.
3. DT stops Ukraine from getting military aid.
4. The Senate overrides DT, and Ukraine gets the money.
5. Someone in our intelligence community (“the whistleblower”) freaks out and files a complaint with nonpartisan inspectors. The inspectors deem the complaint "credible and urgent."
6. Displeased with our ambassador to Ukraine because she follows stated U.S. policy rather than his shadow policy, DT threatens our own ambassador, saying that she is “going to go through some things.”

THE PROBLEMATIC RESPONSE

1. The director of national intelligence is legally required to report the complaint to Congress, but he refuses to do so.
2. DT explains he did this because he was concerned about corruption in Ukraine.
3. Then he says it was because Europe needs to pay their fair share to support Ukraine.
4. Then he insists that he never explicitly offered Ukraine aid in exchange for information, so it wasn’t wrong.
5. It is revealed that information related to the Ukraine call was moved into a separate server reserved for classified information, though it contained no classified information.
6. Multiple government employees with records of exemplary service testify, under oath, that the whistleblower’s concerns were well founded.

OBSTRUCTION/WITNESS INTIMIDATION

1. Multiple agencies in the executive branch refuse to deliver documents to the House, and the White House tells Congress they will not cooperate with the impeachment inquiry.
2. DT writes that the whistleblower, who acted lawfully, should be found and punished, and hints at the death penalty. He criticizes witnesses who are called to testify at the impeachment hearings, sometimes even during their testimony.
3. In one courtroom, the president’s lawyer argues that a president cannot even be investigated while in office, suggesting that even if the president publicly shot someone, “nothing could be done” except impeachment.
4. On the same day, in another courtroom, another one of the president’s lawyers argues that the impeachment is not valid, and thus the president can ignore it.

THE UKRAINE PROBLEM
1. Ukraine needs military aid. DT stops it from going to them.
2. DT tells the president of Ukraine to investigate a situation with a political rival, and to announce it publicly.
3. The Senate overrides DT, and Ukraine gets the money.
4. Someone in our intelligence community (“the whistleblower”) freaks out and files a complaint with nonpartisan inspectors. The inspectors deem the complaint "credible and urgent."
THE PROBLEMATIC RESPONSE
5. The director of national intelligence is legally required to report the complaint to Congress, but he refuses. So the inspectors tell Congress.
6. DT explains he did this because he was concerned about corruption in Ukraine.
Then he says it was because Europe needs to pay their fair share to support Ukraine.
Then he insists that he never explicitly offered Ukraine aid in exchange for information, so it wasn’t wrong.
7. It is revealed that information related to the Ukraine call was moved into a separate server reserved for classified information, though it contained no classified information.
OBSTRUCTION OF THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY
8. DT says he is looking for the whistleblower and punished, hinting at the death penalty.
9. Multiple agencies in the executive branch refuse to deliver documents to the House.
10. The White House demands that those called before the House not appear, and sends a letter to the Speaker of the House, stating that they “cannot participate in your partisan and unconstitutional inquiry...."
11. Forty Republicans insist they be allowed into the room where impeachment testimony is about to begin, and that the hearings SHOULD BE PUBLIC. They demand the hearings be public. Of the 40, 13 of them are on the relevant committees and have already been participating.
12. In one courtroom, the president’s lawyer argues that a president cannot even be investigated while in office, suggesting that even if the president publicly shot someone, “nothing could be done” except impeachment. On the same day, in another courtroom, another one of the president’s lawyers argues that the impeachment is not valid, and thus the president can ignore it.
13. The president says that, actually, the hearings SHOULD NOT BE PUBLIC.
THE CRUMBLING
14. The ambassador to Europe asks to testify again, because he has “realized” that he presented a quid pro quo, on DT’s orders, to Ukraine.
15. Under oath, three more government employees confirm the ambassador’s account.
16. According to our ambassador to Ukraine, DT told the Ukranian president that she was “bad news” and that “she’s going to go through some things.”

THE UKRAINE PROBLEM

1. Ukraine needs military aid. DT stops it from going to them.

2. DT tells the president of Ukraine to investigate a situation with a political rival.

3. The Senate overrides DT, and Ukraine gets military aid.

4. Someone in our intelligence community (“the whistleblower”) freaks out and files a complaint with nonpartisan inspectors. The inspectors deem the complaint "credible and urgent."

THE PROBLEMATIC RESPONSE

5. The director of national intelligence is legally required to report the complaint to Congress, but he refuses. So the inspectors tell Congress.

6. DT explains he did this because he was concerned about corruption in Ukraine. Then he says it was because Europe needs to pay their fair share to support Ukraine. Then he insists that he never explicitly offered Ukraine aid in exchange for information, so it wasn’t wrong.

7. It is revealed that information related to the Ukraine call was moved into a separate server reserved for classified information, though it contained no classified information.

OBSTRUCTION OF THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY

8. DT says he is looking for the whistleblower and punished, hinting at the death penalty. The whistleblower is protected by law.

9. Multiple agencies in the executive branch refuse to deliver documents to the House.

10. The White House demands that those called before the House not appear.

11. The White House sends a letter to the Speaker of the House, stating that they “cannot participate in your partisan and unconstitutional inquiry...."

12. Forty Republicans insist they be allowed into the room where impeachment testimony is about to begin, and that the hearings be public. Of the 40, 13 of them are on the relevant committees and have been able to participate all along.

13. In one courtroom, the president’s lawyer argues that a president cannot even be investigated while in office, suggesting that even if the president publicly shot someone, “nothing could be done.” Impeachment, it is suggested, is the only way to legally deal with a president.

14. On the same day, in another courtroom, another one of the president’s lawyers argues that the impeachment is not valid, and thus the president can ignore it.

THE UKRAINE PROBLEM

1. Ukraine needs military aid. DT prevents aid from getting to them.

2. DT tells the president of Ukraine to investigate a situation with current Democratic presidential candidate and his son. (There is no evidence to support this idea.)

3. DT's personal lawyer goes to Ukraine and repeats request about Biden.

4. The Senate overrides DT, and Ukraine gets military aid.

5. Someone in our intelligence community freaks out and files a complaint with nonpartisan inspectors. Inspectors agree it is "credible and urgent."

THE PROBLEMATIC RESPONSE

6. The director of national intelligence is legally required to report the complaint to Congress, but he refuses. So the inspectors tell Congress.

7. DT explains he did this, first because he was concerned about corruption in Ukraine, then because Europe needs to pay their fair share to support Ukraine, and sometimes insists that he never explicitly offered Ukraine aid in exchange for information.

8. The Speaker of the House announces the opening of an official impeachment investigation.

IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY

9. DT releases what he says is a transcript of the call, which verifies the whistleblower's account.

10. It is found that information related to the Ukraine call was moved into a separate server reserved for classified information, though it contained no classified information.

11. DT says he is looking for the whistleblower, though legally that person may be anonymous.

12. We learn DT also asked the president of Australia to investigate our own government's investigation into the Russian election meddling. He asks China for the same thing, this time on live TV.

OBSTRUCTION OF IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY

13. The Secretary of State misses deadline for turning in documents to Congress.

14. The White House tries to prevent an ambassador, someone from the Secretary of State's office, and others, to not testify before Congress.

15. The president's personal attorney, who has revealed his involvement in Ukraine scandal, says he will refuse to testify,

16. The White House sends a letter to the Speaker of the House, stating, "President Trump and his administration cannot participate in your partisan and unconstitutional inquiry under these circumstances."

17. A group of Republican members of Congress goes into the impeachment inquiry hearing room and insists they have a right to be included, although closed-door hearings are common in Congress, and in all American legal procedure.

They delay testimony for several hours.

1. Ukraine needs military aid. DT prevents aid from getting to them.

2. Though there is as yet no evidence of wrongdoing, DT tells the president of Ukraine to investigate a situation with Joe Biden and his son.

3. DT's personal lawyer goes to Ukraine and repeats request about Biden.

4. The Senate overrides DT, and Ukraine gets military aid.

5. Someone in our intelligence community freaks out and files a complaint with nonpartisan inspectors.

6. Inspectors deem the complaint "credible and urgent."

7. The Inspectors tell the director of National Intelligence. The director asks the Justice Department about what to do. The Justice Department says there is no evidence of illegality.

8. The director of national intelligence is legally required to report the complaint to Congress, but he refuses to.

9. So the Inspectors tell the Congressional committee that the complaint existed, and Congress demands the complaint.

10. DT claims he stopped aid to Ukraine was because he was concerned about corruption in Ukraine. Then DT says actually it's because Europe needs to pay their fair share.

11. The Speaker of the House announces the opening of an official impeachment investigation.

12. DT releases what he says is a transcript of the call. He claims it exonerates him, but instead it shows him doing just the thing he said he did, use his power as president for his own personal political gain.

13. It is found that the call with the president of Ukraine was moved into a separate server reserved for classified information, though it contained no classified information.

14. DT threatens witnesses and his fellow citizens:

*says whistleblower should be punished the way we "used to" punish spies

*writes that a member of Congress in charge of investigating him should be arrested and charged with treason.

*quotes someone who said that removing him from office would cause a "Civil War like fracture."

*says his administration is looking for the whistleblower, directly contradicting the law that states whistleblowers remain anonymous

17. His own former head of Homeland Security says that he told DT the Ukraine/Biden theory was crazy

18. We learn DT asked the president of Australia to investigate our own government's investigation into the Russian election meddling.

19. DT writes "what is taking place is not an impeachment, it is a COUP."

1. Ukraine needs military aid. DT prevents them from getting it.

2. Though there is as yet no evidence of wrongdoing, DT tells the president of Ukraine to investigate a situation with Joe Biden and his son.

3. DT's personal lawyer goes to Ukraine and repeats request about Biden.

4. The Senate overrides DT, and Ukraine gets the military aid.

5. Someone in our intelligence community freaks out and files a complaint with nonpartisan inspectors.

6. Inspectors deem the complaint "credible and urgent."

7. The Inspectors tell the director of National Intelligence. The director asks the Justice Department about what to do. The Justice Department says there is no evidence of illegality.

8. The director of national intelligence is legally required to report the complaint to Congress, but he refuses to.

9. So the Inspectors tell the Congressional committee that the complaint existed.

10. Congress demands the complaint.

11. DT claims he stopped aid to Ukraine was because he was concerned about corruption in Ukraine.

12. Then DT says actually it's because Europe needs to pay their fair share.

13. The Speaker of the House announces the opening of an official impeachment investigation.

Notes that the president does not have to explicitly demand anything from Ukraine. Even asking them to investigate is an abuse of power.

14. DT releases what he says is a transcript of the call. He claims it exonerates him, but instead it shows him doing just the thing he said he did, use his power as president for his own personal political gain.

15. Republicans are confused. The press have to tell them that the transcript has been released.

Not only do they not warn their fellow Republicans, but the White House accidentally tells the Democrats.

Yes, they accidentally email Democrats the Republican talking points.

1. Ukraine needs military aid. It is set up to go to them, but DT stops them from getting it.

2. DT tells the president of Ukraine to investigate situation with Joe Biden and his son related to Ukraine.

3. DT's personal lawyer goes to Ukraine and repeats request about Biden, and adds that Ukraine should investigate how Democrats might have gotten info that sent a corrupt member of DT's administration to prison for 8 years.

4. Ukraine does not get a meeting with DT.

5. A Senator meets with the president of Ukraine, who explained they really needed military aid, and that DT's people were pressuring him about Biden. The senator advises the president of Ukraine to ignore DT.

6. The Senate overrides DT, and Ukraine gets the military aid.

7. Someone in our intelligence community freaks out and files a complaint with nonpartisan inspectors.

8. Inspectors deem the complaint "credible and urgent."

9. The Inspectors tell the director of National Intelligence. The director asks the Justice Department about what to do.

10. The director refuses to tell Congressional committee about the complaint, although he is legally required to.

11. The Inspectors tell the Congressional committee that the complaint existed.

12. The Director who wouldn't talk to Congress showed up to Congress, and says the Justice Department told him not to reveal it.

13. DT: "is anybody dumb enough to believe that I would say something inappropriate with a foreign leader" [sic].

14. Democrats: we are considering legal action if necessary. We will soon have meetings to write memos to create lists of ideas to be voted on by committees of deputy somethings and we will consider as we consider action of a legal type at some point. Maybe.

Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.

1. DT's said some crazy things to a foreign leader...likely DT asked the president of Ukraine to help him with stuff like getting reelected in 2020.

2. Someone in our intelligence community found out and freaked out about what DT said.

3. That whistleblower filed a complaint with the people who inspect our agencies for ethics and waste.

4. Those Inspectors determined the complaint about DT was "credible and urgent."

5. The Inspectors tell the director of National Intelligence. Director says he talked to the Justice Department about this, and tells Congress "a higher authority" (which could only be the White House) told him to not take it to Congressional security committees, although the law demands it.

6. Thus the Inspectors told the Congressional security that the complaint existed. But no details. The Inspectors aren't supposed to be involved in the details, just to decide if the complaint is legit.

7. Today the Director who wouldn't talk to Congress showed up to Congress, but wouldn't tell what the complaint was.

8. DT: "is anybody dumb enough to believe that I would say something inappropriate with a foreign leader" [sic].

Week 1: Laura Kelly, just elected governor of Kansas, announces she will reinstate protection for LGBTQI state workers.

Week 2: Federal Judge Timothy J. Kelly directs the DT administration to return a reporter's press pass, citing that the reporter's fifth amendment rights were violated.

Week 3: Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts responds to DT's attacks on the 9th circuit court: "We have...an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them. That independent judiciary is something we should all be thankful for."

Week 4(ish): According to Robert Mueller, Michael Flynn has provided "substantial assistance" in the Russia investigation, so much so that Flynn should not have to go to jail.

Week 5: DT's personal attorney, when asked if DT knew the hush money paid to women two weeks before the election was wrong, answers, "Of course."

Week 6: The Defense Secretary writes, in his resignation letter: "My views on treating allies with respect and also being clear-eyed about both malign actors and strategic competitors are strongly held," thus DT needs someone "whose views are better aligned with yours on these...subjects."

Week 1: Laura Kelly, just elected governor of Kansas, announces she will reinstate protection for LGBTQI state workers.

Week 2: Federal Judge Timothy J. Kelly directs the DT administration to return a reporter's press pass, citing that the reporter's fifth amendment rights were violated.

Week 3: Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts responds to DT's attacks on the 9th circuit court: "We have...an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them. That independent judiciary is something we should all be thankful for."

Week 4(ish): According to Robert Mueller, Michael Flynn has provided "substantial assistance" in the Russia investigation, so much so that Flynn should not have to go to jail.

Week 5: DT's personal attorney, when asked if DT knew the hush money paid to women two weeks before the election was wrong, answers, "Of course."

This week was really hard.

Which is wonderful.

Anyway I wrote something.

Week 1: Laura Kelly, just elected governor of Kansas, announces she will reinstate protection for LGBTQI state workers.

Week 2: Federal Judge Timothy J. Kelly directs the DT administration to return a reporter's press pass, citing that the reporter's fifth amendment rights were violated.

Week 3: Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts responds to DT's attacks on the 9th circuit court: "We have...an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them. That independent judiciary is something we should all be thankful for."

Week 4(ish): According to Robert Mueller, Michael Flynn has provided "substantial assistance" in the Russia investigation, so much so that Flynn should not have to go to jail.

Week 5: According to federal prosecutors (both in DC and New York), DT illegally directed hush payments to women who claimed to have had affairs with him, and note that his personal attorney "repeatedly used his power and influence for deceptive ends."

Week 1: Laura Kelly, just elected governor of Kansas, announces she will reinstate protection for LGBTQI state workers.

Week 2: Federal Judge Timothy J. Kelly directs the DT administration to return a reporter's press pass, citing that the reporter's fifth amendment rights were violated.

Week 3: Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts responds to DT's attacks on the 9th circuit court: "We have...an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them. That independent judiciary is something we should all be thankful for."

Week 4(ish): According to Robert Mueller, Michael Flynn has provided "substantial assistance" in the Russia investigation, so much so that Flynn should not have to go to jail.

Week 1: Laura Kelly, just elected governor of Kansas, announces she will reinstate protection for LGBTQI state workers.

Week 2: Federal Judge Timothy J. Kelly directs the DT administration to return a reporter's press pass, citing that the reporter's fifth amendment rights were violated.

Week 3: Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts responds to DT's attacks on the 9th circuit court: "We have...an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them. That independent judiciary is something we should all be thankful for."

Week 1: Laura Kelly, just elected governor of Kansas, announces she will reinstate protection for LGBTQI state workers.

Week 2: Federal Judge Timothy J. Kelly directs the DT administration to return a reporter's press pass, citing that the reporter's fifth amendment rights were violated.

The DT Report is transforming to a weekly hero report, for someone who has been a great civic force in our battle to make the United States healthier, happier place.

We are turning a corner.

Week 1: Laura Kelly, just elected governor of Kansas, announces she will reinstate protection for LGBTQI state workers.

Week 105, a week before the midterms:

-He offers middle class Americans a 10% tax break this year, then admits that this would only happen next year, if Republicans still hold majorities.

-He claims he can end birthright citizenship, in spite of its inclusion in the Constitution.

-He sends 5,000 troops to the Mexican border because there are refugees 1,000 miles from our border. He states that the troops will be able to fire on the refugees if the refugees throw rocks. About a third of the refugees are children.

-After the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in American history, the mayor asks DT not to visit until after the funerals. He goes anyway.

Week 104: Someone sends bombs to many of the targets of his threats (politicians and a national news organization), and he responds: "A very big part of the Anger we see today...is caused by the purposely false and inaccurate reporting of the Mainstream Media."
Week 103: At a political rally just days after a Saudi journalist is killed by his own government, DT praises an American politician who was accused of, and pled guilty to, assaulting a journalist.
Week 102: He invites a popular musician to the Oval Office, and the musician proceeds to ramble incoherently, pound on the president's desk, and use profanity on live TV.
Week 101: At a rally of his supporters, he repeats the words of a woman who testified before a Congressional committee about her experience of sexual assault more than 30 years ago, claiming that she because there are details she does not remember, she is lying.
Days before, he had called her "a very credible witness."
Week 100: Offering no evidence, he claims that it is China attempting to interfere with our elections, rather than Russia.
Week 99: When a woman reports that she was sexually assaulted at the age of 15, he responds, "If the attack... was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed... by either her or her loving parents."
Week 98: A fifth former associate of his pleads guilty to charges stemming from the special counsel investigation.
Week 97: He claims that a study from George Washington University wrongly reported 3,000 people died as a result of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, and that actually Democrats are responsible for falsely reporting the number of deaths.
Week 96: He was not invited to the funeral of an important, respected senator, so while former presidents from both parties praise the departed's influence and ethics, he plays golf.
Week 95: His former campaign chairman is convicted of fraud; his personal attorney pleads guilty to breaking campaign finance law, and he says he did so to influence the election, at the request of DT.
Week 94: His attorney says, "I'm not going to be rushed into having [DT] testify so that he gets trapped into perjury."
Week 93: Illegal immigration has returned to its previous levels, and there is no border wall, or funding for one.
Week 92: After his tariffs hurt farmers, he gives them $12 billion in emergency aid.
Week 91: DT's attorney releases a recording of DT discussing paying off his former lovers surfaces, though he two months after the conversation, DT had said he knew nothing about the payouts.
Week 90: Repeated follow-ups to his remarks on Putin and Russia's interference in American elections only add to the confusion.
Week 89: While meeting with the violent dictator of Russia, he said he trusted the dictator more than our own Justice Department's findings, and said our Justice Department's investigation had been "a disaster for our country."
Week 88: He mocks the "metoo" movement at his rally, suggesting you have to be "gentle" with people who stand up to rapists and bullies.
Another one of his cabinet heads resigns after numerous allegations of corruption.
Week 87: General Motors announces that his proposed tariffs would cause them to cut jobs.
Week 86: After claiming there was nothing he could do about separating families at the border, he issues an executive order to do something about it.
Week 85: He fails to lead the GOP to reform immigration policy.
Week 84: His former campaign manager is jailed for attempted witness tampering.
Week 83: He insists that he has an "absolute right to PARDON" himself, and repeats that the Russia investigation is "led by" Democrats. It is led by a Republican.
Week 82: Although he set the policy himself, he claims that Democrats should "end the horrible law that separates children from there (sic) parents once they cross the border."
Week 81: He suddenly cancels his planned meeting with North Korea, because of their "tremendous anger and open hostility."
Week 80: He demands the Department of Justice investigate the FBI.
Week 79: The office of government ethics refers him to the Justice Department for possibly filing a false ethics report.
Week 78: Although a month ago, he said he did not know about payments to the p**n star, he now admits that he did know.
Week 77: A lawyer who met with DT's campaign admits she is a Russian informant, and the president's personal attorney pleads the fifth.
Week 76: A "journalist" at the only major news bureau the president likes is revealed to be one of two secret clients of the president's personal attorney.
Week 75: The FBI raids the office and home of his personal attorney.
Week 74: Although illegal immigration is at its lowest level since 1971 (according to Border Patrol), he says he will send our military to guard the border with Mexico.
Week 72: The lead lawyer defending him against the special counsel resigns.
Week 71: He has the Secretary of State and the former Deputy Director of the FBI fired.
Week 70: He is sued by a p**n star who accuses him of paying her hush money to keep quiet about their affair.
Week 69: His communications director is interviewed by the House Intelligence Committee, refuses to answer some questions, and then quits.
Week 68: A third advisor to DT pleads guilty to lying to the FBI, and will work with the special prosecutor.
Week 67: Thirteen Russians and three companies were indicted for interfering in American elections.
Week 66: When Democrats do not applaud his state of the union, he accuses them of "treason" and says they don't love the country.
Week 65: Against the warnings of the FBI and Justice Department, who insist that it is incomplete, misleading, and contains classified information, DT releases a memo that suggests that one warrant in the Russia investigation was supported, in part, by the findings of one investigator who was against DT and funded by Democrats (Steele).
Week 64: It is revealed that, in June, around about the time DT was falsely claiming he had been wiretapped, he tried to fire the special counsel charged with investigating him.
Week 63: He contradicts his own chief of staff on the issue of the border wall, and his confusing tweets hinder negotiations to keep the federal government from shutting down.
Week 62: In a tweet, he calls himself a "stable genius," and says, after a meeting about immigrants from El Salvador, Haiti, and Africa, "Why are we having all these people from sh****le countries come here?"
Aside: 40% of Puerto Rico is still without power.
Week 61: His investigation of "millions of illegal votes" is disbanded, after finding no proof of illegal voting.
Week 57: He declares the U.S. will consider Jerusalem the capital of Israel, inflaming tensions in the Middle East.
Week 56: His former national security advisor, whom he has consistently defended, pleads guilty to lying to the FBI.
Week 55: He attempts to get a guy who called the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau "sad" and "sick" to become its leader.
Week 54: In a senate race, he endorses a candidate who has been twice removed from the judiciary for failure to follow the law, and who spent years insisting President Obama was born in Kenya (and has been accused of assaulting underage girls).
Week 53: After another mass shooting, bringing the total deaths to a new high of 208 this year, he says, “this is a mental health problem." Last February he repealed regulations that would have added many Americans with mental illness to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Week 52: His former campaign chairman is charged with money laundering, and we learn that a former advisor pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. Aside: 65% of Puerto Rico is still without power.
Week 51: First charges filed in the special counsel's investigation of DT's possible collusion with Russia, and obstruction of justice.
Week 50: he’s cutting important funding for Obamacare. Wait. No, he supports new subsidies. But actuallly, no, he doesn’t.
Week 49: Three weeks after a hurricane hit Puerto Rico, 84% of the island is without power, and he threatens to pull federal relief workers out because "it was disaster before hurricanes."
Week 48: His Health and Human Services Secretary resigns after it is revealed the secretary spent more than $500,000 of the taxpayers' money on charter and government flights rather than taking commercial aircraft.
Week 47: He yet again fails to lead the Republicans to reform health care, spends his weekend attacking NFL players he disagrees with.
Week 46: At a rally for a Republican primary candidate, he says that actually, endorsing the guy might be a mistake, and that the idea of Russian election interference is "a hoax."
Week 45: He's against amnesty and pro-DACA, and a dinner with the Democratic leadership makes his position even more unclear.
Week 44: He threatens 800,000 people with deportation, and 12 hours later tweets that he may "revisit" the issue.
The Department of Justice confirms that T Tower was not wiretapped.
Week 43: The special prosecutor's office is working with the IRS' Criminal Investigations unit.
Week 42: He pardons a sheriff found guilty of criminal contempt.
Week 41: After a white supremacist kills a protester at a racist hate rally, he says that "both sides" were wrong.
Week 40: He tweets threats to the dictator of North Korea.
Week 39: It is revealed that he dictated his son's misleading statement on a meeting with Russians.
Week 38: The Boy Scouts apologize for his inappropriate remarks; he throws trans people out of the military, the man he appointed communications director goes on a profane tirade.
Week 37: He again fails to lead Republicans to reform health care.
Week 36: His son releases an email showing that the DT campaign met with a Russian government attorney, a self-described former Russian spy, and a man known to be involved in Russian money laundering.
Week 35: His investigation of the "millions of illegal votes" results in 44 states refusing to submit voter data.
Week 34: He suddenly seems to agree the Russians interfered with our election, but only to claim that President Obama handled it poorly.
He fails to lead Senate Republicans to a vote on their health care bill.
Week 33: He reveals that he does not actually have tapes of his conversations with the FBI director, though he had suggested he did.
Week 32: He is being investigated by the special counsel as to whether he obstructed justice.
Week 31: The former director of the FBI testifies that DT got him alone, demanded his loyalty, and said he “hoped” the FBI could back off of investigations into the DT administration.
Week 30: He pulls the U.S. out of an international climate agreement.
Week 29: The Justice Department appoints a special counsel to investigate DT’s ties to Russia and obstruction of justice.
Although he promised not to cut Medicaid, his proposed budget cuts Medicaid by $800 billion.
Week 28: He reveals classified Israeli intelligence to the Russians.
Week 27: The former attorney general testifies that she warned of Flynn’s lies about contact with Russia. DT fires the head of the FBI.
Week 26: When asked about his claim that he was wiretapped by Obama, he ends the interview.
Week 25: He agrees to drop his demand for funding a wall at the Mexican border.
Week 24: America drops its most powerful non-nuclear weapon in Afghanistan, killing somewhere between 35 and 100 members of ISIS, at a cost of $16 million.
Week 23: After previously stating, “We should stay the hell out of Syria”, he orders bombing of Syria.
Week 22: Adding on to his claim that he was “wiretapped,” he accuses former national security advisor Susan Rice of acting improperly.
Week 21: He fails to lead the Republicans to repeal Obamacare.
Week 20: The head of the FBI repeats that Trump Tower was not wiretapped.
Week 19: His health care proposal would lead to 24 million more Americans uninsured.
Week 18: He accuses former President Obama of bugging Trump Tower, calling him “bad (or sick).”
Week 17: The Justice Department confirms that the attorney general met with the Russian ambassador.
Week 16: He writes that the media is “the enemy of the American people.”
Week 15: His press secretary reveals that he has known for weeks that our National Security Advisor had lied to the vice president about interactions with Russia.
Week 14: Unhappy with a military operation he ordered, Yemen decides no longer to cooperate with American anti-terror actions.
Week 13: His executive order on immigration results in protests and confusion at airports across America.
Week 12: He claims that millions of non-citizens voted in the last election.
Week 11: He writes that a major civil rights leader, who was repeatedly beaten and jailed during nonviolent protests, is "all talk, talk, talk.”
Week 10: He spent three years spreading the (fake) news that the president was not an American citizen, yet he writes that people who spread unverified news about him are “N**is."
Week 9: He insists he knows more about Russian hacking than the CIA or FBI.
Week 8: He moves to close his "charity," and disassociate from kids and businesses.
Week 7: He cancels press conference on how he will handle conflicts of interest.
Week 6: He doesn't read security briefings.
Week 5: He manipulates the stock market (by attacking on twitter).
Week 4: He wants to revoke the first amendment (that is, punish flag burning).
Week 3: He'll just let his kids run his businesses, and never talk to them about business.
Week 2: The guy he appointed supports white supremacists.
Week 1: He doesn't mean what he says.