We Are Now Bearing the Poisoned Fruit of Trump’s Self-Proclaimed Morality – MishTalk

Trump Positions and Actions

1. “I have the right to do anything I want to do. I’m the president of the United States.” Trump said these words in August to defend his decision to send National Guard troops to Chicago under the pretext of fighting crime.
2. Cancelled the USMCA treaty that he personally negotiated with Mexico and Canada.
3. Invaded Venezuela to capture its president
4. Said the US will “run” the country and profit from its vast oil reserves.
5. Threatens to take Greenland, a NATO country, by military force
6. Weaponized the Justice Department. He fired seasoned federal prosecutors and replaced them with allies, and he ordered his attorney general, Pam Bondi, to investigate and prosecute government figures who he claims wronged him.
7. Ordered air strikes on 7 nations
8. Announced Reciprocal Tariffs using a preposterous formula that has nothing to do with another nation’s tariffs
9. Signed into law a bill that requires release of Epstein documents but refuses to do so
10. Declared everything an emergency. Well not literally everything but close. Hollywood movies are an emergency. See list below.
11. Used troops as political tools. Trump has long viewed the US military as his personal fighting force. He was furious during his first term when Pentagon brass refused to support deploying US armed forces to counter Black Lives Matter protesters. But he’s seen his preferences fulfilled in his second term. He has sent National Guard troops to patrol Democratic-led cities
12. Plastered his name and face everywhere. When the newly formed US Treasury wanted to put President George Washington’s face on currency, as the British did with their king, Washington refused: America’s leaders were ordinary citizens who served the people, not monarchs who ruled over them. Trump has rebranded the capital with his name and likeness and remade its spaces to suit his gilded tastes. See list below.
13. Mixed politics and profit. Past US presidents strained to avoid any appearance of using the White House’s power to make money for themselves. Not Trump. Since returning to office, he’s intermingled government and private business interests as his companies pursue lucrative deals at home and overseas.
14. Meme Coins: He has financial interests in multiple cryptocurrency ventures, including a Trump memecoin and the USD1 stablecoin. Trump and his three sons are among the founders of the company that issued the stablecoin, World Liberty Financial.
15. Seeks to restrict Birthright Citizenship by decree. This is guaranteed to be shot down by the Supreme Court.
16. The administration has openly adopted Nazi slogans
17. ICE is deporting US citizens, arresting native American citizens, exporting illegal aliens to countries guaranteed to torture them
18. ICE is going door-to-door even busting doors down in violation of the Constitution
19. In general, Ice is guilty of using Gestapo intimidation tactics.
20. Pardons are on sale. The going price is generally a million dollars but sometimes it’s just out of the blue. See Pardons and Justice for Sale list below.
21. Trump seeks to replace Powell with someone who will do exactly what Trump wants.
22. Trump tells Iranian protesters that “Help is on the way”

Many but not all of those points are from the Bloomberg article Imperial Presidency.

Declared Emergencies

• Southern Border Immigration Emergency that warranted directing US troops to help stop illegal migration from Mexico and to restart work on border walls.
• Northern Border Opioids Emergency justifying his decision to bypass congressional approval to impose tariffs on Canada for allegedly flooding the US with illegal fentanyl. (Fact check: Less than 1% of illicit fentanyl enters the US from Canada.)
• Southern Border Opioids Emergency, this time establishing a rationale for tariffs on Mexico. (Mexico actually is a major source of illicit fentanyl in the US.)
• Opioids Supply Chain Emergency justifying tariffs on China, allegedly for not doing enough to stop drug trafficking. (China, too, is a major source of illicit drugs in the US.)
• Drug Cartels Emergency designating trafficking operations as foreign terrorist organizations and calling for their eradication.
• National Energy Emergency freeing up protected federal wildlands for oil drilling and short-circuiting environmental reviews.
• ICC Sanctions Emergency accusing the International Criminal Court of abusing its power by “targeting” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, both Trump allies.
• International Trade Emergency providing a legal rationale for Trump’s decision to sidestep Congress and impose tariffs on various nations.
• Brazil Emergency justifying sanctions on the country for refusing to drop charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump friend arrested for attempting a coup after losing a reelection bid. (Bolsonaro was nonetheless convicted and sent to prison.)
• Venezuela Oil Emergency blocking that nation’s creditors from trying to claim Venezuelan oil revenue held by the US Treasury.
• Hollywood Movies: Trump says Hollywood movies are a national security threat

Plastered His Name and Face Everywhere

• The Kennedy Center Trump said he was “surprised” to hear his handpicked board had voted unanimously to add his name to the building.
• US Institute of Peace Trump’s name appeared on the building one day in December.
• White House ballroom “We haven’t really thought about a name yet,” Trump said. The project’s official donor list suggested otherwise, labeling it the “President Donald J. Trump Ballroom.”
• “Arc de Trump” “Who is it for?” a reporter asked him about the Paris-inspired monument he plans to erect in Washington. “Me,” Trump replied. “It’s going to be beautiful.”
• Dollar coin One of the proposed coins the US Treasury displayed for the country’s 250th birthday featured Trump on both sides.

Pardons and Justice for Sale

• January 6 Capitol Riot Defendants
• Andrew Zabavsky and Terence Dale Sutton Jr. The two were convicted on charges related to the death of Hylton-Brown, whom they pursued in a high-speed chase for allegedly driving a moped without a helmet.
• Anti-Abortion Activists: On January 23, Trump pardoned 23 anti-abortion activists who were convicted in 2023 under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act for blockading the entrance to a Washington, D.C., abortion clinic and intimidating staff and patients.
• Rod Blagojevich: On February 10, Trump pardoned former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of multiple political corruption charges that included seeking to sell an appointment to then-President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat.
• Devon Archer: On March 25, Trump granted a full pardon to Devon Archer, a former business associate of Hunter Biden, who had been convicted in 2022 for defrauding a Native American tribe in a $60 million bond scheme.  
• BitMEX Co-founders: On March 27, Trump pardoned Benjamin Delo, Arthur Hayes, Gregory Dwyer and Samuel Reed. The four, who founded the BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange, had pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act by failing to implement a compliant anti-money laundering program.
• Michele Fiore: On April 23, Trump issued a pardon for former Las Vegas city councilwoman and state lawmaker Michele Fiore, who had been convicted of seven counts relating to wire fraud.
• Scott Jenkins: On May 27, Trump pardoned Scott Jenkins, the former sheriff of Culpeper County, Virginia, who was convicted of accepting more than $75,000 in bribes in exchange for appointing people as auxiliary deputies. Jenkins was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison in 2024.
• Todd and Julie Chrisley: On May 28, Trump pardoned reality TV stars Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley, who were convicted in 2022 of several counts of fraud and tax evasion involving more than $30 million. Todd was serving a 12-year sentence, and Julie was serving seven years. Their daughter, Savannah Chrisley, a vocal Trump supporter, had lobbied for their release and received the news of their pardon in a phone call from the president. Trump said the married couple had been “given a pretty harsh treatment based on what I’m hearing.”
• Henry and Imelda Cuellar: Trump on Wednesday pardoned Texas Democratic Representative Henry Cuellar and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, who were facing a federal bribery and conspiracy case. Trump said in a social media post that Cuellar “bravely spoke out against Open Borders” and accused Biden, a Democrat, of going after the congressman and his wife “for speaking the TRUTH.”
• Juan Orlando Hernández: This abrupt reversal came despite Hernández’s 45-year sentence, issued in June 2024 after a U.S. federal jury found him guilty of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and committing related firearms offenses.

That is a partial list. Newsweek has the Full List of Donald Trump Pardons for 2025

I cannot portray enough the loathe that everyone in the US should have for this man and what he has done to make a mockery of the office.

Instead, MAGA cheers and the best the rest of the Republicans can come up with is that he Trump is better than Biden.

Supporting Actors

• Racists
• MAGA fans who will support Trump no matter what he says or does
• Those with so much dislike of Biden (despite the fact that Biden is gone) they are willing to rationalize these actions
• Others who ignorantly believe deport them all is such a good economic strategy they overlook everything else.