This is a repost from Scott Brandt on Facebook. Keep in mind that it’s a partial list. I added two items for 2015. One of them alone would have disqualified a candidate from even running in saner times. I thought about adding links to credible sources for the sake of convenience but decided it would be too time-consuming. You all know how and where to find this information.
Dear Leader’s niece, Mary Trump sums up a lot of this in this 2 February 2026 video commentary Trump’s Lifetime of Impunity Finally Shatters.
One conspicuous omission is Dear Leader’s close relationship and involvement with the pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
I owe my Trump-supporting friends an apology. In the spirit of fairness, I decided to stop arguing today and simply list events — starting today and moving backward — involving Donald Trump.
Other than what follows, the criticism was clearly overblown
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2026
• During a large federal immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, two U.S. citizens were fatally shot by federal agents, incidents that are under investigation and have sparked lawsuits, protests, and judicial scrutiny
• Federal courts restricted certain ICE enforcement tactics in Minnesota following public outcry and legal challenges
• Trump publicly defended aggressive domestic enforcement actions and framed criticism as attacks on “law and order”
• Continued threatening rhetoric toward political opponents, judges, and prosecutors overseeing his cases
• Continued calling January 6 defendants “hostages” and promising mass pardons
• Continued asserting that the 2020 election was “rigged” and that he was the rightful winner
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2025
• Claimed presidential immunity should apply to criminal acts
• Argued in court filings that a president could not be prosecuted for official actions
• Repeated threats to abandon NATO allies unless they meet spending demands
• Encouraged Russia to act against NATO members he claimed were “delinquent”
• Repeated dehumanizing language toward immigrants (“vermin,” “poisoning the blood”)
• Promised mass deportations without due process
• Promised to purge the civil service and replace it with loyalists
• Called for “retribution” against political opponents
• Hosted individuals associated with extremist and antisemitic views at Mar-a-Lago
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2024
• Was found liable for sexual abuse in a civil trial
• Was found liable for defamation for attacking his accuser
• Was ordered to pay tens of millions of dollars in damages
• Was found by a New York court to have engaged in persistent business fraud
• Was fined hundreds of millions of dollars for financial fraud
• Fundraised off criminal indictments
• Claimed the Constitution should be “terminated” to overturn the 2020 election
• Continued praising Vladimir Putin even after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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2023
• Was indicted for willful retention of national defense information
• Was indicted for obstruction of justice related to classified documents
• Was indicted for conspiracy to defraud the United States
• Was indicted for conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding
• Was indicted in Georgia for election interference
• Had highly classified documents seized from Mar-a-Lago by FBI warrant
• Repeatedly attacked judges, prosecutors, and witnesses involved in his cases
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2022
• Continued pressuring state officials and legislators to overturn certified election results
• Continued promoting election lies that led to threats against election workers
• Praised January 6 participants and hinted at pardons
• Used campaign events to relitigate the 2020 election exclusively
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2021 (Post-Presidency)
• Refused to concede the 2020 election
• Summoned supporters to Washington on January 6
• Directed supporters toward the U.S. Capitol
• Delayed intervention while the Capitol was under attack
• Praised rioters afterward, calling them “very special”
• Was impeached for inciting an insurrection
• Refused to attend Joe Biden’s inauguration
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Donald Trump — First Term (2017–2021)
• Incited an insurrection against the U.S. government
• Mismanaged the COVID-19 pandemic, which killed hundreds of thousands of Americans during his term
• Separated migrant children from their families and lost track of many
• Tear-gassed peaceful protesters at Lafayette Square for a Bible photo op
• Implemented a Muslim travel ban
• Was impeached (Ukraine pressure campaign)
• Was impeached again (January 6)
• Had the worst net jobs record of any modern president
• Pressured Ukraine to dig up dirt on Joe Biden
• Fired the FBI Director for overseeing the Russia investigation
• Took Vladimir Putin’s word over U.S. intelligence agencies
• Diverted military funding to build a border wall
• Caused the longest government shutdown in U.S. history
• Banned transgender people from military service
• Withdrew from the Paris Climate Accord
• Withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal
• Withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership
• Increased the national debt by nearly $8 trillion
• Refused to release his tax returns
• Called neo-Nazis “very fine people”
• Suggested injecting disinfectant to treat COVID
• Downplayed COVID publicly while admitting privately it was deadly
• Abandoned Kurdish allies in Syria
• Coddled Saudi leadership after Jamal Khashoggi’s murder
• Rolled back environmental and public-health protections
• Pardoned close associates convicted of federal crimes
• Pressured Georgia officials to “find” votes
• Lost over 60 election fraud cases
• Told the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by”
• Withdrew the U.S. from the World Health Organization during a pandemic
• Refused a peaceful transfer of power
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2016 Campaign / Pre-Presidency
• Claimed the 2016 election would be rigged if he lost
• Encouraged chants of “Lock her up” about Hillary Clinton
• Promoted false claims about widespread voter fraud
• Called for a “total and complete shutdown” of Muslims entering the U.S.
• Praised authoritarian leaders during the campaign
• Repeated racist and xenophobic rhetoric that became central to his platform
Again i apologize to you all and look forward to adding the next 3 years of “accomplishment”to the above illustrious list. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
2015
Donald Trump under fire for mocking disabled reporter (26.11.15)
An International Educator in Vietnam 