This week, Republicans have tried to rewrite the 4 years of Trump’s presidency as a time of unparalleled peace, prosperity and tranquility: “the strongest financial system in historical past,” as Senator Katie Britt of Alabama put it. The distinction between Trump and Biden? “President Trump honored the Structure,” stated Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota. Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia supplied Mr. Trump’s first time period for instance of “common sense conservative management.”
The file of what Mr. Trump really did in workplace bears little resemblance to that description. Below his management, the nation lurched from one disaster to the following, from the migrant households separated on the border to the sudden spike in costs brought on by his commerce struggle with China to the reckless mismanagement of the Covid pandemic. And he confirmed, time and again, how little respect he has for the Structure and people who take an oath to defend it.
For Individuals who might have forgotten that point, or pushed it from reminiscence, we provide this timeline of his presidency. Mr. Trump’s first time period was a warning about what he’ll do with the ability of his workplace — except American voters reject him.
01.21.2017:
“This was the most important viewers to ever witness an inauguration — interval.”
01.25.2017:
Tries to defund sanctuary cities in an effort to ramp up deportations.
01.27.2017:
The Muslim ban.
01.28.2017:
Appoints Steve Bannon, a dedicated dismantler of the executive state, to the Nationwide Safety Council.
02.15.2017:
Abandons a decades-long dedication to a two-state answer in a information convention.
03.04.2017:
Claims to have been wiretapped by the U.S. authorities.
05.09.2017:
Fires the F.B.I. director, James Comey, who was main an investigation into ties between Russia and the Trump marketing campaign.
05.10.2017:
Reveals extremely categorised intelligence to Russian officers.
June 2017:
Rages in opposition to immigrants, saying these from Haiti all have AIDS.
June 2017:
Tries to fireplace the particular counsel Robert Mueller over the Russia investigation.
06.21.2017:
Sends his son-in-law to barter Center East peace.
07.26.2017:
Proclaims a ban on transgender folks within the army.
08.15.2017:
“You had some very unhealthy folks in that group. However you additionally had those that had been very wonderful folks on each side.”
08.21.2017:
Everybody is aware of that it is best to by no means stare straight on the solar throughout an eclipse, proper?
10.03.2017:
Throws paper towels to Puerto Ricans after a lethal hurricane.
12.06.2017:
Acknowledges Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, upending many years of U.S. coverage.
12.22.2017:
Cuts taxes for firms and the rich, sending the finances deficit skyrocketing.
01.06.2018:
“A really steady genius.”
01.11.2018:
Desires extra immigrants from Norway as a substitute of “shithole” nations.
Winter 2018:
Reaps monetary advantages from a diplomatic disaster within the Persian Gulf.
03.14.2018:
Brags about making up information in conferences with international leaders.
04.15.2018:
Flip-flops on sanctions for Russia over its function in Syria’s chemical weapons program.
Spring 2018:
Tries to get the Justice Division to prosecute Hillary Clinton and Mr. Comey.
Spring 2018:
Initiates household separations by government order.
Might 2018:
Orders top-secret clearance for Mr. Kushner, over the objections of intelligence officers.
Might 2018:
Closes pandemic preparedness unit.
05.08.2018:
Unilaterally pulls out of the Iran nuclear deal.
06.04.2018:
“I’ve absolutely the proper to PARDON myself ….”
Summer time 2018:
Escalates the commerce struggle with China, which requires billions of {dollars} to repair the home harm.
07.11.2018:
Insults NATO allies.
07.16.2018:
Sides with Vladimir Putin over American intelligence businesses on Russian election interference.
09.13.2018:
Lies about hurricane deaths.
10.24.2018:
Continues to make use of his private iPhones after warnings that they aren’t safe.
11.10.2018:
Calls American troopers “losers” and “suckers.”
12.22.2018:
Instigates the longest authorities shutdown ever.
12.28.2018:
The E.P.A. proposes weakening rules on energy vegetation that limit the discharge of mercury, which may trigger mind harm.
02.14.2019:
Strikes to nominate a local weather change denier to steer a local weather safety panel.
02.15.2019:
Declares nationwide emergency to get cash for border wall.
March 2019:
Suggests capturing migrants within the legs to sluggish them down.
03.20.2019:
Continues to assault John McCain after his loss of life.
03.22.2019:
Reverses North Korea sanctions by tweet … perhaps.
05.24.2019:
Proposes ending federal well being rights protections for transgender folks.
06.12.2019:
Says he would settle for opposition analysis from Russia.
06.29.2019:
Takes his daughter to a G20 summit.
06.30.2019:
Steps into North Korea.
07.25.2019:
Pressures Ukraine’s newly elected president, Volodymyr Zelensky, for “a favor”: to analyze Mr. Biden’s actions within the nation.
08.20.2019:
Cancels a state go to to Denmark after the nation says it gained’t promote him Greenland.
08.21.2019:
Proposes regulation that will permit indefinite detention of migrant households.
09.04.2019:
Insists, over meteorologists’ objections, that Alabama can be hit by Hurricane Dorian. Presumably alters a map from NOAA to show he’s proper.
11.18.2019:
Reverses 4 many years of U.S. coverage by declaring that Israeli settlements within the West Financial institution don’t violate worldwide regulation.
12.18.2019:
Turns into the third president within the historical past of america to be impeached, on prices associated to Mr. Trump’s interactions with Mr. Zelensky.
01.17.2020:
Rolls again faculty vitamin guidelines promoted by Michelle Obama — fewer greens, extra pizza.
01.28.2020:
Proclaims a Center East peace plan that closely favors Israel.
02.28.2020:
Downplays Covid-19.
March 2020:
Botches the early Covid-19 response — generally intentionally.
04.04.2020:
Pushes hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug, as a Covid remedy.
04.23.2020:
Pushes bleach, which is poisonous to people, as a Covid remedy.
05.07.2020:
Pressures the Justice Division into dropping a Russia-related case in opposition to his former nationwide safety adviser.
06.01.2020:
“When the looting begins, the capturing begins.”
July 2020:
Defends Accomplice flag.
08.19.2020:
Praises QAnon at a information convention.
09.23.2020:
Refuses to decide to a peaceable switch of energy.
09.26.2020:
Hosts a Covid-19 superspreader occasion on the White Home.
09.29.2020:
“Proud Boys, stand again and stand by.”
10.07.2020:
Receives an experimental Covid remedy not but extensively accessible, calls it a “treatment.”
10.07.2020:
Pressures Legal professional Common Invoice Barr to start out a pre-election investigation into his political enemies.
11.04.2020:
Lies about profitable the election.
11.09.2020:
Fires the protection secretary within the wake of his election loss.
11.09.2020:
Withholds briefings from Mr. Biden’s crew.
November 2020:
Tries to overturn Michigan’s outcomes.
12.19.2020:
“Massive protest in D.C. on January sixth. Be there, can be wild!”
12.22.2020:
Threatens to veto coronavirus assist.
12.23.2020:
Vetoes annual army spending invoice.
01.02.2021:
Tries to overturn Georgia’s election consequence.
01.13.2021:
Turns into the primary president within the historical past of america to be impeached twice.
01.21.2017:
“This was the most important viewers to ever witness an inauguration — interval.” On Mr. Trump’s first day in workplace, his press secretary, Sean Spicer, accuses the media of intentionally understating the dimensions of the group on the Nationwide Mall, claiming — falsely — that Mr. Trump’s was the most-attended inauguration in historical past.
01.25.2017:
Tries to defund sanctuary cities in an effort to ramp up deportations. On his fifth day in workplace, Mr. Trump indicators a sweeping government order targeted on immigration that features measures to withhold funds from cities whose regulation enforcement businesses don’t adjust to federal immigration authorities. The order is later blocked in court docket.
01.27.2017:
The Muslim ban. In an government order, Mr. Trump closes the U.S. border to refugees fleeing struggle in Syria, in addition to from a number of largely Muslim nations. The ban is put in place with no warning, sending airports throughout the nation into chaos and confusion.
01.28.2017:
Appoints Steve Bannon, a dedicated dismantler of the executive state, to the Nationwide Safety Council. Mr. Bannon, a far-right agitator, is known as to a council normally reserved for generals and intelligence officers, whose choices are supposed to be separate from political concerns.
02.15.2017:
Abandons a decades-long dedication to a two-state answer in a information convention. Standing subsequent to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, Mr. Trump reverses a long-held place by america that any peace accord between Israel and the Palestinians should embrace a Palestinian state alongside Israel — startling the diplomatic neighborhood. “There isn’t a Plan B to a two-state answer,” the U.N. secretary common says afterward. “All the things should be carried out to protect that risk.”
03.04.2017:
Claims to have been wiretapped by the U.S. authorities. In a sequence of early morning tweets, Mr. Trump makes unsubstantiated claims about being surveilled by the Obama administration through the marketing campaign.
05.09.2017:
Fires the F.B.I. director, James Comey, who was main an investigation into ties between Russia and the Trump marketing campaign. In a letter, Mr. Trump claims he’s appearing on the behest of members of his administration who thought Mr. Comey handled Hillary Clinton unfairly. Mr. Comey finds out about his dismissal by means of information reviews.
05.10.2017:
Reveals extremely categorised intelligence to Russian officers. In an Oval Workplace assembly, Mr. Trump reportedly reveals ample info to hazard cooperation with the supply of the intelligence, which was a few deliberate Islamic State operation. “I get nice intel,” he boasts to the Russian international minister, Sergey Lavrov. “I’ve folks temporary me on nice intel daily.”
June 2017:
Rages in opposition to immigrants, saying these from Haiti all have AIDS. In a gathering with cupboard officers, Mr. Trump ignites over the variety of foreigners coming into the nation beneath his tenure.
June 2017:
Tries to fireplace the particular counsel Robert Mueller over the Russia investigation. Mr. Trump claims, amongst different causes, that Mr. Mueller has a battle of curiosity, due to a 2011 dispute over charges on the Trump Nationwide Golf Membership. Mr. Trump backs down after the White Home counsel, Donald McGahn, threatens to resign.
06.21.2017:
Sends his son-in-law to barter Center East peace. Jared Kushner, who has already been granted a large coverage portfolio within the White Home, goes to Israel to tackle one of many world’s most intractable conflicts. He has no prior expertise in diplomacy or international coverage.
07.26.2017:
Proclaims a ban on transgender folks within the army. Lively-duty service members get the information on Twitter, leaving many not sure of their standing. The ban is challenged in court docket.
08.15.2017:
“You had some very unhealthy folks in that group. However you additionally had those that had been very wonderful folks on each side.” Mr. Trump makes his notorious feedback after white nationalist teams maintain a march in Charlottesville, Va., that includes waving Accomplice flags and swastikas and chants of “Jews is not going to substitute us.” One individual died, and dozens had been injured on the rally.
08.21.2017:
Everybody is aware of that it is best to by no means stare straight on the solar throughout an eclipse, proper? Nope.
10.03.2017:
Throws paper towels to Puerto Ricans after a lethal hurricane. Mr. Trump visits Puerto Rico two weeks after Hurricane Maria, when greater than 90 p.c of the island continues to be with out electrical energy and a few distant areas lack meals, water and medical assist. The loss of life toll in Puerto Rico from Maria ultimately reaches round 3,000.
12.06.2017:
Acknowledges Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, upending many years of U.S. coverage. The standing of Jerusalem was considered a problem to be determined throughout peace talks. Mr. Trump says he’s fulfilling a marketing campaign promise made to, amongst others, evangelical voters and pro-Israel American Jews, like Sheldon Adelson, a serious donor.
12.22.2017:
Cuts taxes for firms and the rich, sending the finances deficit skyrocketing. The Tax Minimize and Jobs Act prices $1.5 trillion. From 2017 to 2018, the finances deficit grows 17 p.c, largely pushed by falling revenues.
01.06.2018:
“A really steady genius.” Mr. Trump sends a set of Saturday morning tweets in response to the erratic and dimwitted portrait of him painted by Michael Wolff’s e book “Fireplace and Fury.” “Truly, all through my life, my two best property have been psychological stability and being, like, actually good,” Mr. Trump writes.
01.11.2018:
Desires extra immigrants from Norway as a substitute of “shithole” nations. Mr. Trump balks at a deal that will defend migrants from Haiti and Africa.
Winter 2018:
Reaps monetary advantages from a diplomatic disaster within the Persian Gulf. The governments of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar spend lavishly at Trump’s D.C. resort whereas lobbying for america’ assist resolving a standoff within the area. The Qataris and related firms spend greater than $300,000.
03.14.2018:
Brags about making up information in conferences with international leaders. At a personal assembly with donors, he recounts telling Canada’s prime minister that the U.S. runs a commerce deficit with its northern neighbor, although Mr. Trump had “no concept” if this was true. (It wasn’t.)
04.15.2018:
Flip-flops on sanctions for Russia over its function in Syria’s chemical weapons program. A proposal introduced by Nikki Haley is straight away undercut by means of a telephone name to the Russian Embassy. The whiplash is one other marker of administration chaos.
Spring 2018:
Tries to get the Justice Division to prosecute Hillary Clinton and Mr. Comey. Mr. McGahn, the White Home counsel, refused. Mr. Trump has stated that if re-elected, he’ll appoint a particular prosecutor to “go after” his enemies, together with Joe Biden and Mrs. Clinton.
Spring 2018:
Initiates household separations by government order. 1000’s of migrant youngsters, a few of them as younger as only a few months outdated, are taken from their mother and father, who’re detained for crossing the border illegally. The method is disorganized; efforts to reunite households are ongoing.
Might 2018:
Orders top-secret clearance for Mr. Kushner, over the objections of intelligence officers. Mr. Trump overrules considerations, then claims he had no function within the resolution.
Might 2018:
Closes pandemic preparedness unit. The Trump White Home abolishes the place of director for world well being safety and biodefense within the Nationwide Safety Council lower than two years earlier than the Covid pandemic. Mr. Biden has created a pandemic preparedness unit, however Mr. Trump says he would abolish it once more if re-elected.
05.08.2018:
Unilaterally pulls out of the Iran nuclear deal. In 2019, after efforts to salvage the deal, Iran resumes high-level uranium enrichment; officers warn it now has sufficient materials to make a number of nuclear bombs with additional enrichment.
06.04.2018:
“I’ve absolutely the proper to PARDON myself ….” Mr. Trump publicly floats the concept of pardoning himself, one thing he has reportedly been pondering since 2017. (Constitutional students don’t agree on whether or not presidents might pardon themselves.)
Summer time 2018:
Escalates the commerce struggle with China, which requires billions of {dollars} to repair the home harm. Mr. Trump’s tariffs on Chinese language items instantly damage American farmers, so he has to spend $12 billion to assist them. “You may have a horrible coverage that sends farmers to the poorhouse, and you then put them on welfare, and we borrow the cash from different nations,” says Senator Bob Corker, Republican of Tennessee.
07.11.2018:
Insults NATO allies. At a gathering of an alliance Mr. Trump has lengthy disparaged, he accuses Germany of being “captive” to Russia and calls U.S. allies “delinquent.” Days later, he calls the European Union a “foe.”
07.16.2018:
Sides with Vladimir Putin over American intelligence businesses on Russian election interference. Standing subsequent to Russia’s president at a information convention in Helsinki, Finland, Mr. Trump says he acquired an “extraordinarily sturdy and highly effective” denial from Mr. Putin that his nation had tried to affect the U.S. election. A reporter asks, “Who do you consider?” “I’ve President Putin. He simply stated it’s not Russia,” Mr. Trump responds, including, “I’ll say this: I don’t see any cause why it might be.”
09.13.2018:
Lies about hurricane deaths. Offended about criticism of his response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico in 2017, Mr. Trump denies that just about 3,000 folks died. “This was carried out by the Democrats with the intention to make me look as unhealthy as potential,” he tweets. “I like Puerto Rico!”
10.24.2018:
Continues to make use of his private iPhones after warnings that they aren’t safe. Aides repeatedly inform Mr. Trump that Russian and Chinese language spies are sometimes listening to his telephone calls. He retains utilizing the telephones anyway.
11.10.2018:
Calls American troopers “losers” and “suckers.” Mr. Trump balks at visiting a cemetery devoted to U.S. struggle useless close to Paris, reportedly out of concern that the rain would depart his hair matted and asking, “Why ought to I’m going to that cemetery? It’s full of losers.”
12.22.2018:
Instigates the longest authorities shutdown ever. Mr. Trump calls for $5.7 billion to pay for his border wall however can’t attain a take care of Congress for the cash. Greater than 420,000 important authorities staff, together with Border Patrol officers, work with out pay for 35 days, together with the December holidays. The shutdown ends with him receving no border wall cash.
12.28.2018:
The E.P.A. proposes weakening rules on energy vegetation that limit the discharge of mercury, which may trigger mind harm. The chief government of Murray Power Company requested the rollback of the mercury rule quickly after Mr. Trump took workplace.
02.14.2019:
Strikes to nominate a local weather change denier to steer a local weather safety panel. William Happer, the appointee, has stated, “Extra CO2 will profit the world,” and as soon as in contrast the “demonization” of CO2 to the remedy of Jews beneath Hitler.
02.15.2019:
Declares nationwide emergency to get cash for border wall. After his shutdown fails to safe border wall funding from Congress, Mr. Trump pursues an emergency declaration that permits him to maneuver cash from different accounts, elevating questions concerning the constitutional separation of powers.
March 2019:
Suggests capturing migrants within the legs to sluggish them down. Aides inform him that is unlawful.
03.20.2019:
Continues to assault John McCain after his loss of life. “I’ve by no means favored him a lot,” Mr. Trump tells an Ohio crowd, seven months after the senator’s loss of life.
03.22.2019:
Reverses North Korea sanctions by tweet … perhaps. “It was introduced in the present day by the U.S. Treasury that extra massive scale Sanctions can be added to these already current Sanctions on North Korea,” Mr. Trump tweets. “I’ve in the present day ordered the withdrawal of these extra Sanctions!” Along with the coverage muddle he generates by overruling his personal Treasury Division, there’s confusion over what sanctions he’s referring to: No new North Korea sanctions had been introduced the day of his tweets.
05.24.2019:
Proposes ending federal well being rights protections for transgender folks. A brand new federal rule makes an attempt to get rid of protections for trans sufferers in opposition to discrimination within the well being care system. It’s blocked by a federal decide a day earlier than it’s set to take impact.
06.12.2019:
Says he would settle for opposition analysis from Russia. Requested what he would do if a international authorities supplied incriminating details about an opponent, Mr. Trump says, “I believe I’d take it.” Would he inform the F.B.I.? He says he won’t.
06.29.2019:
Takes his daughter to a G20 summit. A video clip of Ivanka Trump awkwardly attempting to leap right into a dialog with 4 world leaders goes viral, spawning a hashtag: #UnwantedIvanka.
06.30.2019:
Steps into North Korea. Mr. Trump’s virtually full embrace of Kim Jong-un after initially promising hearth and fury ends in no progress in decreasing North Korea’s nuclear arsenal. Within the months after the go to, North Korea continues to test-launch missiles.
07.25.2019:
Pressures Ukraine’s newly elected president, Volodymyr Zelensky, for “a favor”: to analyze Mr. Biden’s actions within the nation. Days earlier than he talks with Mr. Zelensky, Mr. Trump orders his appearing chief of workers to place a maintain on virtually $400 million of army assist supposed for the nation to fight Russian aggression. “The US has been very, excellent to Ukraine,” Mr. Trump reminds Mr. Zelensky through the dialog.
08.20.2019:
Cancels a state go to to Denmark after the nation says it gained’t promote him Greenland. He takes offense on the Danish prime minister’s feedback that the suggestion is “absurd.” “You don’t discuss to america that method,” Mr. Trump says.
08.21.2019:
Proposes regulation that will permit indefinite detention of migrant households. A federal decide rejects the protection of the rules as “Kafkaesque.”
09.04.2019:
Insists, over meteorologists’ objections, that Alabama can be hit by Hurricane Dorian. Presumably alters a map from NOAA to show he’s proper. After Mr. Trump’s statements, the Nationwide Climate Service clarifies that its forecasts don’t put Alabama in Dorian’s path; the Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration rebukes the Climate Service, then comes beneath hearth from the scientific neighborhood for seemingly massaging its meteorology for political functions. The map incident involves be referred to as Sharpiegate; Dorian doesn’t attain Alabama.
11.18.2019:
Reverses 4 many years of U.S. coverage by declaring that Israeli settlements within the West Financial institution don’t violate worldwide regulation. Over 9,000 new Israeli houses are constructed within the West Financial institution through the Trump administration, based on The Related Press. In February 2024 the Biden administration reverses the U.S. stance once more, declaring the settlements “inconsistent with worldwide regulation.”
12.18.2019:
Turns into the third president within the historical past of america to be impeached, on prices associated to Mr. Trump’s interactions with Mr. Zelensky. Testimony through the impeachment course of makes clear that the Trump administration made the discharge of army assist contingent on Mr. Zelensky making a public assertion about an investigation into Mr. Biden, probably on CNN. Mr. Trump is acquitted within the Republican-controlled Senate.
01.17.2020:
Rolls again faculty vitamin guidelines promoted by Michelle Obama — fewer greens, extra pizza. Some consultants argue the adjustments, which appear prone to improve the variety of french fries consumed by college students, had been pushed by the potato foyer.
01.28.2020:
Proclaims a Center East peace plan that closely favors Israel. The plan would give Israel most of what it has sought, together with West Financial institution settlements and Jerusalem as its capital, in trade for a Palestinian state with no standing military and no proper of return. The plan is well known by Israeli hard-liners and instantly denounced by the management of the Palestinian Authority.
02.28.2020:
Downplays Covid-19. Mr. Trump blames the media for “doing all the things they will to instill worry in folks” and says Democrats are pushing the hazard of the virus as “their new hoax.” Later a e book by the journalist Bob Woodward makes clear that in a personal interview in February, Mr. Trump known as the virus “lethal.”
March 2020:
Botches the early Covid-19 response — generally intentionally. The White Home Covid response coordinator, Deborah Birx, later tells a Home subcommittee investigating Mr. Trump’s response that the White Home purposely tried to discourage testing to obscure the virus’s fast unfold and that the White Home didn’t contact firms to provide Covid assessments greater than a month into the pandemic, amongst different failings.
04.04.2020:
Pushes hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug, as a Covid remedy. “What do it’s a must to lose?” he asks. Prescriptions surge.
04.23.2020:
Pushes bleach, which is poisonous to people, as a Covid remedy. Stories to poison management of unintentional disinfectant poisoning spike within the following days.
05.07.2020:
Pressures the Justice Division into dropping a Russia-related case in opposition to his former nationwide safety adviser. The adviser, Michael Flynn, already pleaded responsible to mendacity to the F.B.I. about his contact with a Russian diplomat through the transition. Mr. Trump later pardons him.
06.01.2020:
“When the looting begins, the capturing begins.” Within the midst of protests over George Floyd’s homicide, Mr. Trump tweets a slogan seemingly advocating violence in opposition to Black Lives Matter protesters.
July 2020:
Defends Accomplice flag. “When folks proudly have their Accomplice flags, they’re not speaking about racism. They love their flag. It represents the South,” he says in an interview.
08.19.2020:
Praises QAnon at a information convention. “I heard that these are those that love our nation,” he says. Requested concerning the QAnon principle that he’s saving the nation from a satanic cult of kid intercourse traffickers, he asks, “Is that imagined to be a nasty factor?”
09.23.2020:
Refuses to decide to a peaceable switch of energy. “We’re going to should see what occurs,” Mr. Trump says at a information convention. The subsequent day he says he can’t ensure the election can be “trustworthy.”
09.26.2020:
Hosts a Covid-19 superspreader occasion on the White Home. Mr. Trump hosts a nomination ceremony for Choose Amy Coney Barrett within the Rose Backyard, adopted by a reception within the White Home. At the least 11 individuals who attend the occasion, together with the president and first girl, later get Covid.
09.29.2020:
“Proud Boys, stand again and stand by.” Requested throughout a presidential debate to disavow the white supremacist group, Mr. Trump as a substitute addresses its members straight. Proud Boys have a good time.
10.07.2020:
Receives an experimental Covid remedy not but extensively accessible, calls it a “treatment.” Mr. Trump is granted entry to a cocktail of monoclonal antibodies earlier than it’s accessible to most of the people and calls it a “treatment” that can be distributed free by the a whole bunch of 1000’s of doses. The biotech firm Regeneron doesn’t but have F.D.A. approval for the remedy and says it anticipates initially having solely 50,000 doses accessible.
10.07.2020:
Pressures Legal professional Common Invoice Barr to start out a pre-election investigation into his political enemies. In a torrent of tweets, Mr. Trump calls for that Mr. Barr indict Joe Biden, Mrs. Clinton and Barack Obama. “The place are the entire arrests?” Mr. Trump asks.
11.04.2020:
Lies about profitable the election. “Frankly, we did win this election,” Mr. Trump says on the White Home round 2 a.m., just a few hours after polls shut. With tens of millions of ballots left to rely in a number of carefully contested states, he provides, “We wish all voting to cease.”
11.09.2020:
Fires the protection secretary within the wake of his election loss. Secretary Mark Esper, amongst different disagreements, opposed Mr. Trump’s demand that troops be deployed to American cities in the summertime of 2020. Mr. Esper’s firing raises alarms about what plans Mr. Trump has in thoughts for the army within the last weeks of his administration.
11.09.2020:
Withholds briefings from Mr. Biden’s crew. Mr. Trump’s refusal to acknowledge the result of the election means the incoming administration can’t get entry to intelligence briefings to organize for transition.
November 2020:
Tries to overturn Michigan’s outcomes. Mr. Trump’s stress ways to cease an important swing state from going to Mr. Biden embrace inviting Republican state lawmakers to the White Home and calling two Republican county election officers to induce them to not vote for certification of Mr. Biden’s victory.
12.19.2020:
“Massive protest in D.C. on January sixth. Be there, can be wild!” In a number of tweets over weeks, Mr. Trump urges his supporters to fulfill on the Capitol on the day the vote is licensed.
12.22.2020:
Threatens to veto coronavirus assist. Mr. Trump instantly denounces a invoice to offer $900 billion in coronavirus aid — the results of months of bipartisan negotiations — as a “shame,” claiming to need greater stimulus funds. He indicators it lower than per week later, having gained virtually no adjustments to the laws.
12.23.2020:
Vetoes annual army spending invoice. Mr. Trump’s objects to components of the invoice, which gives the annual funding for the army, together with a measure to rename army bases honoring Accomplice generals. The Senate overrides his veto.
01.02.2021:
Tries to overturn Georgia’s election consequence. “So look. All I wish to do is that this. I simply wish to discover 11,780 votes, which is yet one more than we have now, as a result of we gained the state,” Mr. Trump says. Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state and a Republican, refuses.
01.06.2021:
Jan. 6. Mr. Trump’s lies a few stolen election culminate in a mob storming the Capitol, concentrating on his vice chairman, with the intention to cease the certification of the 2020 election. Mr. Trump takes no motion for hours. At the least seven folks die in reference to the assault, and dozens of others are injured.
01.13.2021:
Turns into the primary president within the historical past of america to be impeached twice. The Senate falls 10 votes wanting the two-thirds majority essential to convict him of incitement of riot for his function in Jan. 6.
