Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
2nd February 2025
Canada’s Trudeau announces tariffs on US in retaliation for Trump’s tariffs (Reuters)
Global alarm, condemnation as Trump tariffs hit Mexico, Canada and China (Al Jezeera)
Canada hits back against Trump tariffs: ‘We will not back down’ (Politico)
With tariffs and threats, Trump turns on America’s closest allies (Washington Poop) Allies act like allies. Mexico and Canada don’t act like allies.
Elon Musk Plans to Take Over GSA Next—With Disturbing Plan of Action (The New Republic)
Trump administration directs 70% cut to internal OPM staffing, programs (Federal News Network)
Musk’s DOGE Accused of Seizing Sole Control of Essential Federal Databases (Truthout)
RFK Jr. confirmation could hinge on his embrace of false vaccine-autism link (Washington Poop)
The Republican doctor who could be a hurdle to RFK Jr.’s confirmation (NBC News)
RFK Jr. disparaged vaccines dozens of times in recent years and misled on race (Washington Poop) Straight-up character assassination.
Military Strikes On Cartels Inside Mexico “On The Table”: Hegseth
Trump Says Tariffs Are Coming on Computer Chips, Steel and More (Wall Street Journal)
‘He’s Such a P*S’: MSNBC Makes Reagan Airport Tragedy All About Trump
John Brennan’s Protests To President Trump Lifting His Security Clearances Are Absurd
Trump administration gives Musk allies access to Treasury payment system (Politico)
DOJ’s deletion of Jan. 6 records triggers legal challenge (Scott Macfarlane/CBS News)
Mexico’s President Claims She Has ‘Plan A, Plan B, Plan C’ In Response To Trump Tariffs
DOGE is ripping out the guts of government (Henry Farrell/Programmable Mutter) Good.
Education Department employees placed on leave for attending diversity training (Bianca Quilantan/Politico) The horror!!
U.S. Chamber: Tariffs Are Not the Answer (U.S. Chamber of Commerce)
Trump’s DEI purge targets federal workers who did not work in DEI (Washington Post)
End Appears Near for U.S. Aid Agency, Democratic Lawmakers Say (Karoun Demirjian/New York Times)
Mexican president orders retaliatory tariffs against U.S. (Reuters)
USA Today’s Report on Trump Blaming DEI for Air Crash Exposes Ugly Truth About SPLC
Stanton Leads 40+ House Democrats in Letter Calling on Trump to Immediately Rescind Tariffs on Mexico and Canada (Congressman Greg Stanton) Me! Me! Look at me!
Kristi Noem’s week-one blitz (Politico)
‘We Have No Coherent Message’: Democrats Struggle to Oppose Trump (New York Times) Except Orange Man Bad.
Trump Favors Blunt Force in Dealing With Foreign Allies and Enemies Alike (Peter Baker/New York Times) Very refreshing after decades of ineffective ‘nuance’.
NPR Helps MSNBC’s Chris Hayes to Trash Trump, ‘Attention Capitalism’
Memo to Elon: Know Your Boss (Jonathan Martin/Politico)
China to retaliate after Trump fires first salvo in trade war (Zia Weise/Politico)
Germany’s Pistorius pushes back on Trump’s NATO spending demand (Chris Lunday/Politico)
We do not know what exactly Elon Musk is doing to the federal government (Zachary B. Wolf/CNN) How lame is modern ‘journalism’…?
Education Officials Placed on Leave in Trump’s Sprawling Effort to Curb D.E.I. (New York Times)
DOGE Gains Access to Payment System Doling Out Trillions to Americans (Wall Street Journal)
Trump’s Tariffs May Complicate Efforts to Tame Inflation (Colby Smith/New York Times)
Some Hospitals Stop Transgender Surgeries On Children After Trump’s Order
GOP pollster says Trump voters ‘tired’ of being accused of racism (Sarah Fortinsky/The Hill)
Trump is waging war against his own government (NBC News) It’s not his government … yet.
The coup rolls on, but we will prevail. (Robert B. Hubbell/Today’s Edition …)
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover (Vittoria Elliott/Wired)
Why Write About the Illegality of What Trump and Musk are Doing? (Samuel Bagenstos/Inside/Outside) Because you get paid to do so?
Top F.B.I. Agent in New York Vows to ‘Dig In’ After Removals at Agency (New York Times)
Musk on USAID: ‘Time for it to die’ (Politico)
More USAID staff ousted as Trump administration dismantles aid agency (Reuters)