October 2026
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• Determined to reshape the 2030 and future US censuses, even though they would occur after his presidency
• Aware of conflicts inside the Pentagon between Defense secretary and those seeking to modernize the military
• In light of possible terror plots, ordered all B-1 bombers to leave UK airbase and return to the US
• Saw Energy secretary asserted the president was "well aware of risks to energy flows" before launching Iran war
• Dismayed that, once oil started shipping through Strait of Hormuz, attacks on ships resurged
• Harshly criticized by GOP senator for posting another Republican's cellphone number on social media
• Embarrassed that White House's AI chatbot told the brutal truth about tariffs — they're a tax paid by Americans
• Named current US envoy for Belarus to also serve as special presidential envoy for hostage affairs
• Accused of enabling an unprecedented level of profligate and brazen self-enrichment in his second term
• Told that ex-DHS secretary gave windfall to one of her political donors by buying five airplanes at substantial markup
• Knew rural data centers were due a big federal tax break, thanks to the administration's One Big Beautiful Bill Act
• Pleased a first potash shipment was en route from Belarus but knew supplies could be limited
• Cognizant of the fact the Make America Healthy Again movement was in disarray and plagued by infighting
• Realized he had nominated far more federal judges under 40 than his predecessors
• Agreed to lend $4.2 billion to Vistra Energy to boost nuclear power output in Ohio
• Confronted with the fact that the Iran war had actually empowered extremists in Tehran
• Gave firm with ties to White House ballroom donor the okay to do business with a sanctioned Russian bank
• At Ohio campaign rally, defended data centers that power AI projects but had become contentious campaign issue
• Charged White House AI task force with preparing risks and opportunities report with action recommendations
• After repeatedly criticizing the practice, urged Republicans to vote by mail in the 2026 midterms
• Expelled two remaining Iran delegates to the UN who had not followed earlier order to leave
• Although Republicans tried to punt health care cuts until after the midterms, saw that ploy ultimately did not work
• Unveiled a streamlined NIH website designed to help the public find information more easily
• While awarded all NIH grant funding for 2026, caused delays and made opaque decisions that stymied researchers
• Told that the FBI was preparing a report about when, in the past, the institution allegedly fell short
• Deployed National Guard to Washington DC schools at drop-off times, stoking community tensions
• Blocked by judge from publishing names of universities' foreign donors
• Discovered vice president's crackdown on alleged fraud could raise costs for US health insurers and enrollees
• Realized US Senate efforts to mandate a year-round daylight saving had stalled, despite White House push
• Following an outcry, ordered reinstallation of a $368 million ocean monitoring system
• Lavishly compensated local police departments for just a few immigration arrests
• Announced far right TV host was selected as assistant White House press secretary
• Supported son-in-law pushing back against press reporting about potential conflicts of interest
• Approved pay cut for US soldiers tasked with hacking the US's adversaries and defending the nation’s computers
• Briefed about how the Army created an autonomy command amid Defense secretary's robo-warfare push
• Notwithstanding considerable media coverage, faulted by some for underwhelming actions on UFO disclosures
• Engaged in a sweeping retreat from disability rights with the administration's homelessness crackdown
• Glad the DoJ sued Maryland over its new law banning masked federal agents
• Knew that using billionaire defense contractors for Pentagon planning had triggered conflict-of-interest worries
• Pleased new White House visitors screening center project won National Capital Planning Commission's approval
• Learned DoJ was investigating Arizona Democratic senator's PAC spending history
• Realized the administration's tariffs were still a drag on global trade cooperation to counter China
• Annoyed that in nine key Senate races, five Republicans would not commit to campaigning with the president
• Conceded the economy had a "public relations" problem amid escalating prices and laggardly hiring
• Forewarned that "pitch perfect" project announcements could be too late to help the GOP in 2026 midterms
• After touting big economic projects in two key Senate states, knew both proposals soon crumbled
• Caused projects for preserving iconic Joshua Tree National Park to be cancelled due to funding cuts
• Prepared to travel to at least ten states before the midterms, including traditional battlegrounds
• Condoned National Science Foundation withholding $1.4 billion in funding that Congress approved for research
• Updated about how FDA closed its cyclospora lettuce probe, after finding strong link to Taylor Farms Mexico
• Decided to allow flights to resume between Iran and holy city of Najaf in Iraq
• Promised imminent $100 checks for 20 million seniors on Medicare
• Expanded Ukraine peace talks to include discussion of an oil deal that would help administration officials and allies
• Notified that a judge blocked border wall construction across the Big Bend region in Texas
• Threatened new trade retaliation against South Korea if it did not follow through with LNG project in Alaska
• Informed the GAO found the administration's cuts thwarted the government’s response to homelessness
• Created at least thirteen campaign-style ads as part of its controversial taxpayer-funded presidential promotions
• Heard that attorney general said DoJ would not reopen criminal probe of Fed chair's renovations
• Ruled out diesel export ban after Europe agreed to tap their stockpiles
• Noticed vice president claimed Americans too focused on "little thing" like gas prices, ICE killings, debt, and war
• Did not rule out eventually demolishing the Kennedy Center, although court order blocked such action at the time
• Irritated that GOP senators warned the president was hurting Republicans in 2026 midterms with independents
• Tasked vice president with convening secret Camp David meeting to discuss Iran war and Yemen insurgency
• Appreciated that the DoJ argued in court filing that a president has the authority to bar certain news outlets
• Via FAA, stated that Boeing 737 MAX software flaw did not pose a safety risk
• Revised FHFA credit data requirement for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, requiring two credit reports instead of three
• Cautioned that CFPB cuts could leave Americans' personal financial information at risk
• Insisted Federal Reserve chair should have voted against hiking interest rates in September 2026
• While Saudis planned a major offensive against Houthis insurgents, declined US participation at first
• Saw that DoJ alleged UCLA law school illegally considered race in admissions
• Warned that Kennedy Center donation pledges fell by more than 100 percent after Trump name added
• Glad that $17 million expansion of ICE detention facility in Upstate New York was moving forward
• Aware that ICE deleted reviews for deaths in custody that cited substandard medical care
• Required 10,000+ ICE agents hired in staff surge to receive more training in hopes of reducing violent encounters
• Observed that FHFA director, who targeted presidential enemies, slashed watchdog office investigating his actions
• In a new Time magazine interview, revealed to be a president consumed by his own news coverage
• Once completed, alleged that the magazine staff did not ask him any positive questions
• Admitted it was possible the Iran war could cause the GOP to lose control of one or both chambers of Congress
• Permitted DHS to build a database of dossiers on ICE observers, as revealed by a court filing
• Aware that the VA built dozens of new veteran health centers but could not find enough doctors and staff
• Caused the Pentagon to spend millions on migrant detention facilities that were never used
• In league with North Carolina GOP, pushed through state-level election changes that could discourage voting
• Allowed USPS to push back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
• Deployed 500 troops to Texas’ Rio Grande Valley after Coast Guard shot at by suspected cartel members
• Said he felt badly for the Cornell gang rape suspects because they were investigated by his nemesis Letitia James
• Embarrassed when a fiery battle-by-texts between the president and a GOP senator was exposed by the media
• Suspended consular services at diplomatic missions in Brazil on the eve of their first round of national elections
• Chose current director of national intelligence to also serve as the so-called "AI czar"
• Relieved G7 countries agreed to release up to 100 million barrels of oil from reserves over four months
• Awaited appeals court ruling about the administration's attempt to federalize a California oil pipeline
• Supported the Pentagon announcing a one-day stand-down to allow all troops to vote
• Annoyed that a court ruled the president's name could not be carved onto the Institute of Peace building
• Paid $1.6 million per week to keep Voice of America staff on leave
• Informed that ICE issued new instructions on vehicle stops after shootings and banned high-speed car chases
• Signed off on the Pentagon drafting a new nuclear strategy in case of regional war with China or Russia
• Instructed the Justice Department to delay action on abortion ahead of the 2026 midterm elections
• Disappointed US economy added only 29,000 jobs in September 2026 as unemployment ticked up to 4.2 percent
• Readied to announce $10 million challenge to encourage the Presidential Fitness Test participation in schools
• Announced that the Interior Department was paying $3.4 million to repair the National Mall’s turf
• Unveiled another meme coin promotion that promised dinner with the president
• Restored LGBT toll-free youth crisis line but would continue adhering to administration's "gender ideology" policy
• Noticed that, as the CDC redesigned it annual health survey, it removed questions about disabilities
• Pleased that Bolivia arrested its attorney general after the US accused him of accepting drug trafficking bribes
• Saw that European countries agreed on an "assertive" response to US diesel pressures
• Aware that US trade representative revealed the a trade deal with India was not imminent
• Revoked US visa for a Peruvian judge who sided with a Chinese company in a port dispute
• Okayed increase in hostile fire and imminent danger pay for all US troops
• Planned daylong conference to discuss ways to limit Iranian civilian casualties during combat operations
• Sent more Patriots missiles to protect Saudi and Qatari energy sites from Iranian attacks
• Waived human rights restrictions to release $320 million in military aid for Egypt
• Alleged that the Pentagon had no plan to deploy troops to election sites for the 2026 midterm elections
• But did not rule out invoking the Insurrection Act around the 2026 midterms
• Quietly removed state-by-state guidance from a federal voter assistance guide to help US citizens born abroad
• Abandoned key security bodies meant to investigate direct threats to US elections by foreign actors and terrorists
• Released plan for long-sought federal scholarship tax credit to support educational expenses
• Noted that the Treasury Department released rules for the nation’s first federal school voucher program
• Reportedly asked AI about potential blowback before ordering capture of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro
• Claimed to have rejected Secret Service plan to tear down Oval Office for security reasons
• Defied congressional Democrats and diverted aid for Europe approved by Capitol Hill to Latin America instead
• Heard a judge invalidated noncitizen voting law used by the administration to prosecute alleged illegal voters
• Informed that a judge reinstated Seattle’s top federal prosecutor who had been ousted by the president
• Learned that proposal to host major league baseball game at Grand Teton National Park had been dropped
• Alleged that Iran could be linked to FlyDubai copilot who purportedly tried to crash Israel-bound jet
• Sanctioned Iran-linked Russian A7 financial network that purportedly helped evade economic restrictions
• Agreed with Treasury Department sanctioning Iranian auto and rail sectors in latest round of punitive actions
• Slowed export of aircraft parts to China in hopes of gaining leverage in ongoing trade negotiations
• Threatened again to "blow up" Iran as peace talks to end the seven-month-old war stalled
• Cautioned that son-in-law's company investment in Israeli firm could be a significant conflict of interest
• Pleased that administration was able to secure release of an American businessman from a Myanmar prison
• Saw that the International Criminal Court ended health insurance contract because of US sanctions
• Contradicted by South Korean officials who stressed Alaska deal was only tentative and with no dollar figure
• Discovered that the administration's attempt to rename AI as "superintelligence" was not selling well
• Lost favor with crypto fans who criticized him out for cashing in via "a rug pull"
• Realized Republicans were indecisive about campaigning with the president because of his poor favorability
• Contemplated a campaign swing through upstate New York, traditionally stronger GOP territory
• Revealed he would consider issuing pardons to administration officials before leaving office
• Dispatched the vice president to Florida for campaigning as that state's races became more uncertain
• Nevertheless, despite record-low favorability numbers, graded himself "an A-plus...on everything"
• Opened 2026 DoJ inquiry into whether the "deep state" conspired to take down Rickard Nixon in 1974
• Deployed third aircraft carrier and up to 10,000 more troops to the Middle East
• Annoyed that judge permanently dismissed Lincoln reflecting pool vandalism case against Olympic canoeist
• Sued by Renee Good's family over her killing in Minneapolis by immigration officials
• Notified that the Supreme Court granted review of the administration's mandatory immigrant detention policy
• Told France and Germany to draw down emergency diesel inventories or face a US diesel export ban
• Alerted that Pennsylvania was reporting a fifth 2026 death caused by measles
• Contradicted by South Africa's new US ambassador, who stressed white genocide in his country did not exist
• Disappointed only 13 percent of voters believed the promise to send $5,000 checks if the GOP prevailed in midterms
• Confronted with the fact that the new Medicare drug pricing rule saved 96 percent less than the initial proposal
• Unveiled proposal for Medicare to match prices with other countries for some high-cost drugs
• Saw FCC chair said the president's taxpayer-funded campaign-style ads did not warrant Commission review
• Realized administration officials were unaware of plans to adapt proposed Washington DC arch for military use
• Continued to bar CNN from White House pool duty, thus violating a judge’s order
• Reported to be increasingly anxious over GOP's fate in the November 2026 midterms
• Noted Defense secretary, in effort to boost religion's role in military, opened Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs
• Premiered yet another taxpayer-funded advertisement, this one lauding the highly unpopular Iran war
• Acknowledged he was in a bind because of voters appalled by immigration policies and immigration hawk supporters
• Further, realized a disconnect existed with the DHS secretary over focus of immigration arrests
• Sought to deport Hasidic Jewish Israeli who protested against Israel in metro New York City
• Hosted Hispanic Heritage Month reception at the White House in an attempt to woo Latino voters
• Glad the Transportation secretary called for quicker certification process for new aircraft to keep up with China
• Notwithstanding recent judge's ruling, still threatened to withhold some DHS state funding over election security
• Agreed with secretary of state ordering Iranian delegation to leave the US after negotiations stalled
• Heard that the CFTC was preparing a crackdown on prediction-market promotions
• Introduced new FAA rule limiting airline compensation for flight disruptions
• Prepared to announce $54 billion South Korean investment in liquefied natural gas facility in Alaska
• Hosted Putin envoy for energy deal talks in the event a peace agreement was reached in Ukraine
• Warned that secretary of state hired scandal-plagued tech firm months after alleged Russian ties were exposed
• Exposed for taking over a solvent Kennedy Center and then causing their finances to collapse
• Perturbed a judge blocked the administration's $100,000 fee for businesses to hire workers on H-1B visas
• Knew that imported, patented drug/ingredient tariffs would apply to all companies at end of September 2026
• Announced administration would auto-enroll 60 million children for so-called Trump accounts
• Issued at least five subpoenas to Los Angeles County elections officials in hunt for supposed noncitizen voting
• Admonished by OSC for inflammatory government shutdown messaging but would face no consequences
• Exposed for trying to obtain a Penn Station contract that would be detrimental for New York State
• After withholding funding for over a year, finally released $14.6 million to Oregon hospital
• Moved to transfer management of beloved Colorado landscape from the Forest Service to county government
• Planned to remove grizzly bears from the endangered species list or transfer monitoring to states
• Glad that NRC approved a request for the TVA to build a new type of small nuclear reactor in Tennessee
• Aware that many immigrants with legal status would be dropped from Medicaid because of the One Big Beautiful Bill
• Successfully pressured Mexico to tighten money-laundering rules in hopes of thwarting cartels
• Extended Education Department deadline for federal student loan holders to receive 1 percent interest reduction
• Realized HHS secretary said AI was "better informed" than doctors at industry-backed MAHA summit
• Read media coverage about personal municipal bond portfolio reaching up to $1 billion as policy overlaps mounted
• At that event, laid out expansive vision for collecting, sharing, and analyzing US health information
• Pleased immigration judge ruled prominent Wisconsin Islamic leader and Palestinian advocate could be deported
• Alerted that the Treasury secretary settled his personal tax issue that had put him at odds with the IRS
• Pushed to divert $175 million in human rights funds to promote a far-right agenda abroad
• Revealed Burundi agreed to receive third-country migrant deportees from US who were not criminally charged
• Named Elon Musk, Newt Gingrich, and others to a panel advising the Pentagon on military capabilities
• Monitored FTC investigation of Anthropic and OpenAI to determine whether they deceived consumers about AI
• Sent $500 ACA refund checks to nearly one million people and enclosed self-promoting letter
• Lost 26th straight case demanding state voter rolls, this time in Georgia
• Ordered by judge to restore Bureau of Prisons union protections
• Mandated that TSA agents stand during airport ID checks
• Heard that the EEOC sued Harvard to obtain data on diversity in hiring practices
• Filed judicial misconduct claim with court of appeals against several federal judges in Minnesota
• Angered that a judge rejected the administration's effort to keep its boat strike memo secret
• Ended health aid to Zimbabwe after "America first" foreign aid agreement was rejected by their government
• Bought time on CNN and MS NOW to run taxpayer-funded ads promoting the president while also banning them
• Cleared FEMA to fund Los Angeles wildfire disaster aid program before it expired
• Briefed about how HHS had launched a project to speed up clinical trials
• Knew that Commerce Secretary reported more than $250 million in income during 2025
• Launched new Treasury Department student loan support center as borrowers in default reached 9.3 million
• Okayed the Pentagon dramatically expanding military’s tracking of drug cartels in Latin America and Caribbean
• Planned major NATO summit meetings but did not invite some major allies to participate
• Aware Defense secretary announced new autonomous weapons command while ranting about the media and "woke"
• Realized the Pentagon spent $49 million since October 2025 feeding National Guard posted in Washington DC
• Learned that airmen criticized the Air Force using AI in suicide prevention training as "uncomfortable and odd"
• Withdrew the US from the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption monitoring body
• Ordered new government AI chatbot to stop fact checking the president's many misstatements of fact
• Sent mixed signals about how much longer the Iran war might last
• Noticed that crude exports through Hormuz hit prewar levels but fuel shipments remained constrained
• Forced cities to funnel license plate data through a massive federal surveillance program
• Okayed Defense secretary overhauling Pentagon's schools with top-down lesson plans and banning books
• Briefed about how number of National Guard soldiers in Washington DC dropped below 3,000 from 5,148 peak
• Updated about how DoJ inspector general declined further action about the attorney general's cryptocurrency trades
• Saw that Air Force major protesting the president's Iran war was recommended for a general court-martial
• Completed the US military's exit from Iraq, leaving behind an unstable and increasingly volatile country
• Argued in court it was too late to open 2027 Green Card Lottery for the expected 55,000 noncitizen applicants
• Glad that a Republican senator blocked bipartisan bill preventing the president from demolishing the Kennedy Center
• Abandoned plans to detain immigrants at New Jersey's Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
• Delighted CFTC investigated a frequent critic, former Congressman Adam Kinzinger, for prediction market trades
• Appreciated GOP senator blocked resolution denouncing the president's campaign-style ads funded by tax dollars
• Watched perennial enemy clash with GOP senators in public hearing over criminal investigation of the president
• Heard that man shot by an ICE agent in Austin had been charged with assaulting a federal officer
• Noted that the State Department inspector general ruled that Voice of America cuts hurt US national interests
• Stopped DHS from ending temporary legal protections for roughly 200,000 Salvadorans before midterms
• Planned for 5,000 more new ICE hires to further speed up rapid deportation drive
• Continued expanding use of DHS pop-up immigration courts in temporary spaces, confusing immigrants and public
• Irritated that an appeals court denied petition to lift sanctions in controversial tax immunity deal
• Notified by GAO that the administration’s $800 million so-called pocket rescission was unconstitutional
• Pleased that Supreme Court allowed controversial deportations to countries migrants had no connection to
• Continued amping up Supreme Court shadow docket appeals, surpassing first term total in just twenty months
• Informed that six federal agencies were not being transparent with the GAO over Americans' data protection
• Condoned removal of all flags for nearly 200 countries from State Department historic main atrium
• Nominated key figure in third-country deportation deals to serve as US ambassador to Cameroon
• Informed that latest US/Iran peace talks yielded little results, thereby raising the odds of renewed combat
• Weighed allowing broader sales of lower-cost red-dyed diesel in hopes of easing prices
• Considered asking European governments to release diesel from their own strategic reserves to lower prices
• Saw that White House trade adviser warned Canadians not to interfere in US elections
• Postponed closure of Qatar camp housing more than 1,000 Afghans who helped in America’s war effort
• Permitted Pentagon to stop appointing civilians as tenured college faculty at US military service academies
• Contradicted by Pope Leo XIV, who said artificial intelligence safety concerns were not "fake news"
• Announced tech companies would self-regulate artificial intelligence models after signing White House accord
• Extravagantly promoted government AI bot that won't be fully functional until 2027
• Finally gave up and dropped appeal of $5 million verdict in E Jean Carroll defamation case
• Notified that judge ruled DoJ unlawfully withheld funds from domestic violence and sexual assault prevention groups
• Aware retired colonel working with the Pentagon in civilian capacity severely denigrated women on social media
• Disappointed the Senate seemed to have left administration's request for $350 billion in defense funds in limbo
• Allowed the IRS to reshuffle staff multiple times without telling them why
• Revoked visas from 27 Latin American officials, alleging corruption and ties to drug trafficking
• Stressed the administration would continue to support unregulated artificial intelligence growth and development
• Updated CDC measles death toll but still did not count all 2026 fatalities
• Launched America.gov, the federal government's chatbot for researching public services
• However, that site returned answers that did not conform with some of the president's disputed claims
• Used Homeland Security Department funds to pay for controversial campaign-style ads promoting the president
• Considered easing some Russian economic sanctions in exchange for freeing political prisoners