Week 42 — The Return

So much for what typically would be a slow news week in August. With Congress still on recess, this week it felt as if Trump was running the country on his own. He even mused at a half-day-long cabinet meeting about being a dictator! He certainly is increasingly acting like one, continuing a shocking and very public retribution campaign against his perceived enemies, taking control of D.C. and threatening other Democratic cities, and tightening his grip over the U.S. economy. I wrote more about how Trump is increasingly nationalizing our economy, akin to state-managed capitalism under authoritarian regimes, rather than a free market system, here.

One would think with all these moves, especially in betrayal of GOP orthodoxy on free market capitalism, the Republican Party would be up in arms! No. Nary a whisper from Republicans as Trump moves to take total control. The only criticism Trump is consistently facing continues to come from the conservative WSJ Editorial Board, which, on Trump’s search of John Bolton’s home, wrote, “The real offender here is a President who seems to think he can use the powers of his office to run vendettas,” and of his attempted coup of the Federal Reserve, said, “He may succeed, but the country will live to regret it.”

Our federal agencies are being quietly degraded — quite literally being deconstructed from within by Trump appointees. This week, the FBI lowered its standards for hiring amid a talent drain, FEMA employees warned of the impact on Trump’s moves on the agency’s readiness, and many more troubling signs emerged. I encourage you all to read through this week’s broken norms to understand the slow decay underway.

Closing on a note of hope, and the shift in the mood of the country. This week Iowa held a special election for a state senate seat, formerly held by a Republican, and in a district that Trump won by 11 points in 2024. In a shocker, Democrat Caitlin Drey, 37, who had no political experience, won by 11 points, breaking what was a Republican supermajority. You can see why Trump is so desperate for mid-decade gerrymandering.

1. On Wednesday, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, hours after Trump posted on social media that she should resign, said she has “no intention of being bullied to step down” based on “some questions raised in a tweet,” adding she takes “any questions about my financial history seriously.”
2. On Thursday, the Justice Department said it would investigate Cook based on the referral in Week 41. In a letter to Fed Chair Jerome Powell, DOJ attorney Ed Martin called on Powell to fire her, writing, “Do it today before it is too late!” Powell does not have the authority to fire Cook.
3. On Friday, Trump told reporters he would fire Cook “if she doesn’t resign.” The move could allow him to reshape the Fed, as two of the seven Fed governors are Trump appointees. No previous president has sought to oust a sitting Fed governor.
4. On Monday, Trump posted a letter to Cook on Truth Social in which he fired her, saying, “the American people must be able to have full confidence in the honesty of the members,” and citing her “deceitful and possibly criminal conduct in a financial matter.”
5. It was unclear if Trump had grounds to fire Cook, the first Black woman to be a Fed governor. Presidents can only fire Fed governors “for cause” such as inefficiency, neglect of duty, and malfeasance. The dollar, Treasury yields, and S&P 500 futures fell on the announcement.
6. Hours later, Cook said that “no cause exists under the law” for Trump to fire her, adding, “I will not resign.” Her attorney added, “We will take whatever actions are needed to prevent his attempted illegal action.”
7. Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, said he got a tip on Cook. Pulte used similar allegations to target Sen. Adam Schiff and New York AG Letitia James. Experts say investigations would typically be brought by FHFA’s inspector general, not the agency chief.
8. On Tuesday, Trump said of the Fed governors, “We’ll have a majority very shortly,” adding, “We have some very good people for that position.” The WSJ reported that behind the scenes Trump was already in conversation over who to replace Cook with.
9. WSJ reported if Trump succeeds in ending the Fed’s independence, this week will “go down as one of the most consequential for financial markets in decades.” The Editorial Board criticized Trump’s move to “put monetary policy under his personal control,” saying, “He may succeed, but the country will live to regret it.”
10. Bloomberg News reported Wall Street is becoming less reliant on government data after Trump’s partisan firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and will instead increase use of private data services such as Challenger, Gray & Christmas, and ADP Research.
11. On Friday, Trump said Intel agreed to sell the U.S. government a 10% stake, with the U.S. investing $8.9 billion in addition to the $2.2 billion paid under the Biden-era CHIPS Act. The shares were purchased at $20.47 instead of Friday’s $24.80 closing price.
12. Trump said, “I said, ‘I think it would be good having the United States as your partner,’” adding that Intel’s chief executive Lip-Bu Tan, “walked in wanting to keep his job, and he ended up giving us $10 billion for the United States.” The U.S. became Intel’s largest shareholder.
13. Trump’s Intel investment marked a shift from the free-market system toward a form of state-managed capitalism, which experts said was more akin to Europe, as well as China and Russia. Unlike prior bailouts, Intel was not on brink of collapse, nor would its downfall impact markets.
14. The investment also set companies, especially those who get government subsidies or grants, scrambling to hire Wall Street bankers and lawyers to come up with ways to defend against a similar action, or placate Trump. Some experts called Trump’s actions extortion.
15. On Monday, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett told CNBC that the U.S. government could take stakes in other chip makers, and added, “I’m sure that at some point there’ll be more transactions, if not in this industry in other industries.”
16. Trump also said on Monday that he would pursue stakes in other companies, telling reporters he hoped to “get as much as I can.” Trump’s fervor for nationalizing industries and technologies was both risky and at odds with traditional Republican and conservative notions.
17. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Tuesday that Trump’s Pentagon officials are considering taking equity stakes in U.S. defense contractors, saying Trump is rethinking how the U.S. finances its munitions and other defense capabilities.
18. Trump weighed in on restaurant chain Cracker Barrel’s unpopular logo change, posting on Truth Social they “should go back to the old logo, admit a mistake,” adding he made America “the ‘HOTTEST’ Country.” Later Tuesday, the company did so, and he posted “congratulations.”
19. On Friday, postal services around the world, including Britain, France, and Germany, said they would suspend package deliveries to the U.S. amid confusion over Trump’s new duties, including abolishing the trade loophole for goods up to $200 in value.
20. On Friday, the FBI searched the home of former national security adviser John Bolton, an outspoken critic of Trump, including of Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The search marked the most significant step taken by the DOJ against a Trump enemy.
21. Asked about the search, Trump told reporters that he did not “want to know about it,” adding, “I could know about it. I could be the one starting it,” and lied, saying, “I’m actually the chief law enforcement officer. But I feel that it’s better this way.”
22. NYT reported the basis for the search warrant was intelligence collected overseas by the CIA, claiming Bolton mishandled classified information. CIA director John Ratcliffe provided FBI director Kash Patel with limited access to the intelligence.
23. The conservative WSJ Editorial Board wrote of the search, “The real offender here is a President who seems to think he can use the powers of his office to run vendettas. We said this was one of the risks of a second Trump term, and it’s turning out to be worse than we imagined.”
24. On Sunday, Trump threatened Chris Christie on Truth Social with an investigation of the “Bridgegate” scandal that happened during his time as New Jersey governor, saying, “Chris refused to take responsibility for these criminal acts.” Christie has been critical of Trump.
25. Trump also threatened to revoke the FCC licenses for networks NBC and ABC which he claimed were “two of the worst and most biased networks in history,” who “give me 97% BAD STORIES,” despite what he claimed were “among the greatest 8 months in Presidential History.”
26. On Friday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Air Force Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, after the agency drafted a preliminary report that contradicted Trump’s repeated assertion that U.S. military strikes had “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear sites.
27. No reason was publicly given for firing Kruse, other than a vague “loss of confidence.” Hegseth also fired Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore, chief of the Navy Reserve, and Rear Adm. Jamie Sands, a Navy SEAL officer, with no reason given for either firing.
28. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced a reorganization of the agency called “ODNI 2.0,” which will include cutting nearly half the workforce and consolidating several intelligence centers, saying the agency has become bloated and inefficient.
29. NYT reported that acting National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. William Hartman tried to save Vinh Nguyen, one of his top scientists, from losing security clearance in Gabbard’s purge, calling her to ask to see evidence, and then saying the evidence was circumspect. His efforts failed.
30. NYT reported that in an effort to reframe Jan. 6, the Trump regime has fired or demoted more two dozen prosecutors assigned to hold the insurrectionists accountable, roughly a quarter. Scores more prosecutors have left for fear of being fired or in disgust.
31. On Monday, Jack Smith’s lawyers sent a letter to the Office of Special Counsel, saying the predicate for the ethics investigation called for by conservatives against Smith “is imaginary and unfounded.”
32. On Tuesday, Trump hosted a cabinet meeting that lasted for nearly half the workday in a room full of new gold items. Members of the regime took turns praising Trump and assuring him they were assiduously working on his grievances.
33. Speaking of deploying the National Guard in D.C., Trump said, “the line is that I’m a dictator, but I stop crime,” adding, “So a lot of people say, ‘You know, if that’s the case, I’d rather have a dictator.’” He also claimed, “Most people say … if he stops crime, he can be whatever he wants.”
34. NYT reported that Trump has already declared nine national emergencies plus a “crime emergency” in D.C. so far in his second regime, to justify hundreds of actions that would typically require congressional approval or a lengthy regulatory review.
35. Between Ronald Reagan’s first term and the start of Trump’s second regime, presidents declared on average seven national emergencies for their entire four-year term. Additionally, Trump has also cited emergencies without declaring one to justify other executive actions.
36. A Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 57% of Americans worry democracy is in danger, including 8 in 10 Democrats and 4 in 10 Republicans, with just 25% saying democracy is not in danger. Also, 55% said redrawing districts is bad for democracy, while just 18% said it is not.
37. FBI Director Kash Patel lowered recruitment standards, no longer requiring a college degree, and cutting training at the academy at Quantico from 18 to eight weeks. The agency is set to lose more than 5,000 employees by September to severance or early retirement.
38. The agency also said Missouri attorney general, Andrew Bailey, who has little experience as an agent, would join Dan Bongino as second deputy director. Former agents said the lack of senior experience and lower standards will render the agency more like a police force.
39. NYT reported the DOJ is investigating a theory promoted by Trump loyalists that former FBI agents during and after the Biden administration tried to hide or destroy documents that might cast doubt on the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
40. WAPO reported Trump’s Education Department quietly rescinded federal guidance issued in 2015 under former president Obama, requiring schools to provide services to students who are not proficient in English, scaling back support for 5 million students.
41. In an unprecedented move, Trump’s Justice Department subpoenaed hospitals that provide transgender care for minors, for private information including billing documents, communication with drug manufacturers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and addresses.
42. The Education Department demanded an apology and other corrective actions from George Mason University’s president, saying its federal civil rights investigation had found the university had acted unlawfully by promoting diversity in hiring and promotions.
43. The Education Department announced civil rights investigations into two of Illinois’ prominent school systems, Chicago and Evanston, accusing them of violating the law by focusing school improvement efforts on Black children, including hiring more diverse teachers.
44. At a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Trump oddly claimed he would welcome 600,000 Chinese students into American universities, saying, “It’s very insulting to say students can’t come here,” despite all the hardships his regime has imposed on schools and to get visas.
45. The Florida Department of Transportation painted over a rainbow crosswalk overnight near the site of the Pulse nightclub. The crosswalk was installed by the state in 2017 after the massacre of 49 LGBTQ people. The move was said to comply with Trump’s anti-DEI measures.
46. ABC News reported that two more U.S. hospitals will be ending some or all pediatric gender-affirming care. Since Trump took office, at least 17 major hospital systems in at least nine states and D.C. have paused, discontinued, canceled, or ended pediatric gender services.
47. The Supreme Court, in a 5–4 ruling, said it would allow the Trump regime to temporarily cut millions in National Institute of Health research grants as part of the regime’s anti-DEI efforts. Three justices said claims over particular grants belong in the Court of Federal Claims.
48. The Supreme Court also ruled 5–4 to keep in place a ruling that blocked NIH guidance documents that bar funding for research connected to DEI, gender-identity, vaccine hesitancy, Covid, or climate change, saying it was unlawful.
49. NYT reported far-right activists and groups like the Proud Boys have become less publicly visible in speaking out or protesting because Trump has mainstreamed and adopted much of their agenda, including mass deportations of immigrants and anti-DEI measures.
50. WAPO reported Trump’s State Department fired Shahed Ghoreishi, its top press officer for Israeli-Palestinian affairs, after an internal dispute over how to characterize a controversial plan to relocate hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
51. On Thursday, a split federal appeals court upheld the fraud case against Trump brought by New York AG Letitia James, but the five were unanimous in halting the nearly half billion-dollar award to the state, saying the award was excessive.
52. Trump declared victory on Truth Social, praising the court for “the Courage to throw out this unlawful and disgraceful Decision,” saying the case had been “a Political Witch Hunt, in a business sense.” The Trump Organization said the ruling “derails the effort to destroy his business.”
53. On Wednesday, the Texas House passed redrawn congressional maps, as Trump pushed for, likely to give Republicans five additional seats. The vote went along party lines. California was set to add a resolution to do the same to their ballot in November.
54. Trump had pushed for a vote when Democrats returned on Monday, posting on Truth Social, “Please pass this map ASAP,” and “Thank you, Texas!” The Texas House had yet to vote on measures related to flood recovery from the recent devastation there, waiting for this vote first.
55. On Monday, Trump said the DOJ will sue California over its redistricting measure, just days after he praised Republican Texas legislators’ efforts to redistrict. Gov. Gavin Newsom responded on social media, “Bring it.”
56. NYT reported that top Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee are adding safeguards to next year’s spending bill to assert their authority over allocation of funds, alarmed by Trump’s moves to withhold previously approved funding.
57. White House Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought has asserted that the levels set by Congress are a ceiling, not a floor, and claimed that the decades-old budget law empowering Congress on spending is unconstitutional.
58. On Thursday, a federal judge ruled that Alina Habba had been serving as U.S. attorney of New Jersey without legal authority, adding, “she must be disqualified from participating in any ongoing cases.” The ruling is delayed implementation of his order to allow for an appeal.
59. Trump posted on Truth Social on Sunday, saying to get rid of the “old and outdated ‘custom’ known as a BLUE SLIP,” adding, “I have a Constitutional Right to appoint Judges and U.S. Attorneys.” GOP Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley pushed back.
60. Trump again vented on Monday, telling reporters he can only get “weak” judges approved in states with Democratic senators, adding, “This is based on an old custom. It’s not based on a law. And I think it’s unconstitutional,” and “I’ll probably be filing a suit on that pretty soon.”
61. NYT reported the pace of deportations hit a new high in August of nearly 1,500 people per day; the majority of the increase came from immigrants with no criminal record. The regime has deported 180,000, on pace to deport 400,000 this year, below its one million goal.
62. U.S. Customs and Border Protection conducted the largest raid in New Jersey under Trump at a warehouse, with 20 federal agents storming the entrance and others waiting to catch fleeing workers. All were questioned over hours, and 29 were arrested and set for deportation.
63. Japanese American groups criticized ICE for constructing an immigration detention center at Fort Bliss in Texas, which was formerly used as an internment camp during World War II. The facility is set to house 5,000 migrants, the largest detention center in U.S. history.
64. Uganda become the latest African nation to accept deportees from the U.S., with the stipulation that they not be criminals or unaccompanied minors. The Trump regime had threatened Uganda with being added to its travel ban if it didn’t accept deportees.
65. On Friday, lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia said he had been released from criminal custody in Tennessee, where he had been held since June, and that he was returning to Maryland.
66. Shortly after, the Trump regime informed his lawyers that it might re-deport him to Uganda within three business days, in keeping with the order to provide a 72 hours warning to mount a legal challenge. In order to do so, the regime would need to drop criminal charges against him.
67. On Saturday, Abrego Garcia’s lawyers said in a filing that the Trump regime is trying to coerce him into accepting a guilty plea for criminal charges or face deportation to Uganda, after he refused a similar deal to be deported to Costa Rica in exchange for pleading guilty.
68. Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who met with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador, said they met again on Sunday, and added that the Trump regime’s attempts to deport him to Uganda amounted to “a malicious abuse of power.”
69. On Monday, Abrego Garcia was taken into immigration custody, after checking in with ICE at its office in Baltimore. He was held at a detention center in Virginia, where he is facing deportation.
70. Judge Paula Xinis, who had been the judge on Abrego Garcia’s case for nearly five months, issued a stern warning to the DOJ lawyers, saying, “Your clients are absolutely forbidden at this juncture to remove Mr. Abrego Garcia from the continental United States.”
71. On Wednesday, Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller were heckled and booed at Union Station in D.C. when they showed up for a photo op to thank National Guard troops.
72. On Friday, Trump baselessly credited his federal takeover of D.C. with cleaning up the city, continuing to use false data to portray the city as lawless. Trump told reporters he planned to use the same template in Chicago, which he called “a mess,” and also for New York City.
73. On Friday, Hegseth authorized the more than 2,200 National Guard troops in D.C., which includes troops from D.C. and six states, to carry weapons.
74. On Monday, Trump signed an executive order dramatically expanding the National Guard’s role in law enforcement. The order called for the formation of specially trained units in D.C. and all 50 states, which could be mobilized quickly for “ensuring the public safety and order.”
75. On Wednesday, Transportation Department Sec. Sean Duffy announced that his agency is planning to take over control of the management of D.C.’s Union Station, calling it a “power play” as part of Trump’s takeover of the city police.
76. WAPO reported judges and jurors have pushed back on Trump’s tactics in D.C. A federal grand jury refused to indict a former DOJ employee who threw a sandwich at a federal law enforcement agent, a video of which went viral on social media, and had become a cause for the regime.
77. A grand jury also refused three times to indict a D.C. woman who was accused of assaulting an FBI agent. Judges have also admonished prosecutors for violating defendants’ rights and court rules, in one case saying it was the “most illegal search I’ve seen in my life.”
78. The State Department announced that it is planning to vet all 55 million foreigners who are current visa holders in the U.S., a significant escalation, saying the “continuous vetting” will allow the agency to revoke visas upon finding signs of potential ineligibility.
79. A federal judge ordered the Trump regime and state of Florida to wind down operations at the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center over environmental concerns. The preliminary injunction blocked the regime from sending detainees or performing more construction work.
80. On Friday, a federal judge expanded an order blocking the Trump regime from pulling funding from so-called sanctuary cities that limit assistance to federal immigration agents, adding an additional 34 cities to the 16 cities and counties.
81. WAPO reported the Trump regime struck a deal causing tens of thousands of undocumented students at Texas public universities and community colleges to lose their right to in-state tuition. The regime is looking to end tuition breaks in several other states.
82. On Wednesday, Trump posted on Truth Social that wind and solar power were “THE SCAM OF THE CENTURY,” adding, “We will not approve wind or farmer destroying Solar. The days of stupidity are over in the USA!!!” Several red states use wind turbines.
83. In a federal filing, the regime initiated an investigation of foreign wind turbines, under a legal provision known as Section 232, which would allow the regime to impose tariffs, making it more expensive than other forms of power.
84. On Friday, the Trump regime ordered work halted at Revolution Wind, a $4 billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island, despite the fact that the developer, Denmark-based Orsted, said the project had all necessary permits from the Biden administration, and work is 70% completed.
85. NYT reported law firm Marzulla Law L.L.C., which represented opponents of offshore wind farms, pressured Brown University, which recently reached a settlement with the Trump regime, to erase its research which it claimed was “false and injurious.”
86. On Thursday, the Trump regime published an unprecedented list titled “President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian,” of Smithsonian exhibits, programming, and artwork it considered objectionable, much of which was borrowed from a recent article in The Federalist.
87. Criticism included claims of promoting homosexuality with a pride flag; overemphasizing Benjamin Franklin’s relationship to slavery; a description of “whiteness;” an exhibit about Dr. Anthony Fauci; and content from “hardcore woke activist Ibram X. Kendi.”
88. A third federal judge denied a DOJ request to unseal transcripts from a Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking investigation in New York, concluding as the other judges had that intense public interest in the case did not meet the high legal threshold to override grand jury secrecy.
89. On Friday, the DOJ released transcript and audio of deputy AG Todd Blanche’s interview of Ghislaine Maxwell. In it, she claimed she never saw Trump engage in improper or illegal acts during his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein; however, her interview raised new questions.
90. The veracity of her statement was called into question as she claimed not to have witnessed events, or demurred when asked to provide details of known incidents. She also said she does not believe Epstein died by suicide. Maxwell has a history of telling falsehoods.
91. On Friday, three days after the deadline, the House Oversight Committee received some Epstein related documents, but not the full set subpoenaed from the DOJ. Democrats on the committee said just 3% of the documents they received were not already public.
92. On Monday, the House Oversight chair issued new subpoenas to the Epstein estate for “documents and communications in its possession, custody, or control in unredacted form,” which includes a copy of the alleged “birthday book” compiled for his 50th birthday.
93. On Thursday, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts fired director of dance programming Jane Raleigh, and the two other dance programmers, after a meeting with president Richard Grenell, who demanded programming that was more “broadly appealing.”
94. On Friday, Trump announced that the Kennedy Center would host the 2026 World Cup draw, adding millions visiting the U.S. next year should have a “very easy time” getting in. FIFA’s president presented Trump with a winner’s trophy which he said very few are allowed to touch.
95. Trump also said Russian President Vladimir Putin might attend, and gleefully showed reporters what he called a symbol of honor and respect from Putin: an image of the two together in Alaska. Meanwhile Russia continued to bombard Ukraine.
96. On Sunday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told “Meet the Press” that Putin has no plans to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, despite Trump’s claims after the summits that a meeting was imminent.
97. On Monday, while meeting with South Korea’s new president, Lee Jae Myung, in the Oval Office, Trump repeatedly praised North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong-un, saying the North had “great potential” as a country, and offering to arrange a meeting between the two.
98. On Wednesday, Trump’s 50% tariff on goods from India went into effect, the highest tariff yet, as Trump sought to punish the country for buying Russian oil, even while Trump refused to place additional sanctions on Russia. Trump called India “not a good trading partner.”
99. On Monday, Trump signed an executive order targeting those who burn the American flag, a right the Supreme Court ruled is protected by the First Amendment. Trump said, “If you burn a flag, you get one year in jail, no early exits, no nothing,” while signing the order.
100. On Monday, in a letter to Congress, employees at the Federal Emergency Management Agency warned that laws passed by Congress to strengthen the disaster response and recovery, in the 20 years since Hurricane Katrina, have been gutted by the Trump regime cuts.
101. On Tuesday, FEMA suspended 30 employees who had signed the letter. Of the 182 who signed the letter, just 36 signed their names, the rest fearing retaliation by Trump, after they had warned of “the cascading effects of decisions made by the current administration.”
102. NYT reported the remaining 245 public broadcasting grantees in rural communities are at risk of going off the air, after Republicans agreed to Trump’s effort to defund public broadcasting. In some states like Alaska the stations had also functioned as an emergency alert.
103. Under Trump’s major legislation passed by Republicans, $3.2 billion in unspent Biden-era funding to build roads was rescinded citing Trump’s effort to root out “radical and wasteful government D.E.I. programs.” Of the 55 programs that lost funding, 19 were in Republican districts.
104. A whistleblower complaint by the Social Security Administration’s chief data officer said members of DOGE uploaded a copy of Social Security data with personal information on hundreds of millions of Americans to a vulnerable cloud server, leaving it at risk for leaks or hacks.
105. A federal judge ruled that the Trump regime can withhold Medicaid funding from abortion providers in Maine. The judge, a Trump appointee, said it would be an act of “judicial hubris” to block a law that passed through the democratic process.
106. In a scathing ruling, a federal judge dismissed a case brought by the Trump regime against the 15 judges on the federal bench in Maryland, calling the lawsuit “novel and potentially calamitous.” The judge also took the regime to task for repeatedly attacking judges.
107. On Wednesday, Reuters reported Denmark summoned the top U.S. diplomat in Copenhagen over intelligence alleging a covert influence operation by at least three U.S. citizens with ties to the Trump regime in Greenland, which aimed to whip up opposition to Danish rule.
108. On Wednesday, the Trump regime, in an emergency request, asked the Supreme Court for a second time to allow the government to freeze billions of dollars in foreign aid, by lifting an order by a federal judge requiring the regime to spend what Congress has already allocated.