Reminder: Trump Not Yet President
Inauguration day is January 20, 2025. It is still 21 days until Trump takes office.
Inauguration day is January 20, 2025. It is still 21 days until Trump takes office.
After billionaire Trump backer and advisor Elon Musk broke with MAGA royalty by openly supporting H-1B Visas, Trump announced that he, too, supports the program, despite having moved to limit it in his first term, according to Reuters. H-1B visas provide legal status for foreign immigrants with special skills who are employed in the U.S. … Read more
Trump’s “border czar” announced that Trump will place families in detention centers to deport them if the parents are undocumented even if the children are US citizens. ““You knew you were in the country illegally and chose to have a child. So you put your family in that position,” Tom Homan (the incoming board czar) … Read more
“For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity,” Trump reportedly posted on Truth Social. Greenland has been part of Denmark for over 600 years. Denmark and the local government in Greenland both objected, indicating that Greenland … Read more
Trump claimed the U.S. is being “ripped off” by Panama because of the rates charged to use the Panama Canal and threatened to take control, according to Reuters. He claimed the Chinese are exercising influence and vowed to keep it from “falling into the wrong hands.” Chinese companies reportedly manage two ports at either end … Read more
At the beginning of December, Trump purportedly “joked” about Canada being made the 51st state, but has continued with the suggestion since then, according to Politico. The source reports that Trump posted on his social media network that ““No one can answer why we subsidize Canada to the tune of over $100,000,000 a year? Makes … Read more
Trump intends to appoint Kari Lake to head Voice of America, according to Associated Press and others. Lake is a former television broadcaster, immigration hard-liner, and Trump loyalist who has supported Trump’s claims that he won the last election. Trump reportedly posted on his social media network that Lake will “ensure that the American values … Read more
Trump’s transition team reportedly discuss using recess appointments to skip the Senate confirmation process. If the Senate is in recess, the constitution allows a president to fill vacant positions for up to two years. Trump’s team is said to have discussed forcing the senate into recess through a never before used provision of the constitution. … Read more