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100 Days, 100 Ways Trump Has Hurt the US

by u/GreatWhiteTerr

  1. Killed USAID, resulting in an estimated 200,000+ deaths thus far.
  2. Gutted the Department of Education
  3. Crippled FEMA through layoffs and budget cuts
  4. Decimated the IRS
  5. Wiped out the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
  6. Gotten rid of more than 100,000 federal employees
  7. Withdrawn the US from the World Health Organization
  8. Pardoned over 1500 rioters from January 6th, including dozens with prior convictions or pending charges for rape, sexual abuse of a minor, domestic violence, manslaughter, child sexual abuse material, drug trafficking and other crimes.
  9. Changed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America
  10. Withdrawn from the Paris Climate Agreement (again!)
  11. Restored the death penalty for federal prisoners
  12. Attempted to take control of federal elections
  13. Bullied law firms into giving the Trump admin free legal representation
  14. Tried to rewrite history
  15. Targeted universities who have scorned him, such as Harvard and Cornell
  16. Failed to stop the war in Gaza
  17. Failed to stop the war in Ukraine
  18. Bullied Zelenskyy in the Oval Office
  19. Sided with Russia at every turn
  20. Begged Putin to stop
  21. Cut funding to the NPR and PBS
  22. Deported legal residents without due process
  23. Refused to comply with the court's order to bring him back
  24. Continued to lie about gang affiliations
  25. Signaled they’d like to deport US citizens
  26. Deported US citizens (including a child with cancer!)
  27. Beefed up Guantanamo Bay
  28. Exiled migrants to El Salvador
  29. Sold over 1000 “Gold Cards”, selling citizenship for $5 million dollars
  30. Banned transgender service members
  31. Banned transgender women's participation in sports
  32. Tried to freeze funding to states over trans athletes participating (got his ass KICKED too)
  33. Started to tout conversion therapy for transgender youth
  34. Erased the existence of transgender people on a federal level
  35. Paved the way for near-total abortion bans on a state level
  36. Frozen funding for other types of birth control BESIDES abortion
  37. Cut nearly 20,000 jobs from the NIH
  38. Censored vital health information including pertinent info on the bird flu outbreak.
  39. An anti-vaxxer overseeing measles outbreaks

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference at the Department of Health and Human Services, April 16, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

  1. Allowed that anti-vaxxer to hire other anti-vaxxers in high up positions
  2. Stated they want to open an “autism registry”
  3. Chopped funding for programs such as “Meals on Wheels”
  4. Further crippled the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy while in the beginning stages of a bird flu outbreak
  5. Reinstated the Mexico City Policy, restricting federal funding for organizations who are supportive of abortion
  6. An alcoholic running the Department of Defense
  7. Ran defense for that alcoholic leaking classified information
  8. Multiple times actually
  9. Crippled the VA
  10. Deployed active troops to the border
  11. Planned military parades, similar to other notable world leaders
  12. Floated the idea of annexing Canada
  13. Floated the idea of annexing Greenland
  14. Doubled down
  15. Floated the idea of invading Panama
  16. Proposed more military spending
  17. Reinstated Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism
  18. Removed US sanctions on Israel
  19. Proposed the US take control of the Gaza Strip
  20. A russian asset as the Director of National Intelligence
  21. Banned the Associated Press from attending White House briefings
  22. Administered new tariffs on Canada and Mexico
  23. Reversed course
  24. Reversed course again
  25. Applied tariffs on most of the world
  26. Reversed course
  27. Raised tariffs on China
  28. Raised tariffs on China again
  29. And again
  30. And again
  31. Postured about the “pressure” on China
  32. Failed to even begin talks with China
  33. Admitted a recession in the US is likely
  34. Crashed the stock market
  35. Pushed the blame onto Biden
  36. Manipulated the stock market for personal gain
  37. Rug pulled his followers with a meme coin
  38. Increased his net worth by over 2 billion
  39. Worsened the US’s standing on the world stage
  40. Including our relationship with Canada
  41. Mexico
  42. Japan
  43. And the EU
  44. Crippled the US tourism industry
  45. Signaled he would run for a 3rd term
  46. Reversed course
  47. Arrested judges
  48. Deported protestors
  49. Joked about becoming the pope
  1. Stripped power from federal regulatory agencies
  2. Attempted to end birthright citizenship
  3. Made prescription drugs more expensive
  4. Removed EPA regulations
  5. Rolled back protections for the ACA and Medicaid
  6. Used the White House as a backdrop for a Tesla AD
  7. Allowed Elon Musk to run amok in the federal government
  8. Tried to fire board members from independent agencies
  9. Postured about firing Jerome Powell, chairman of the federal reserve
  10. Revoked security clearances from Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Hillary Clinton
  11. Attempted to declare Joe Biden’s executive orders void
  12. Brought us to the brink of a constitutional crisis, multiple times. Some would argue we’re already there.

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