The 12 days of Trump-mas | Donald Trump
Happy holidays! During the 12 days of Christmas, a very passionate person once gave her lover a partridge in a pear tree, two turtle doves, three French hens, four singing birds, five golden rings, six laying geese, seven swimming swans, eight milking maids, nine dancing ladies, 10 leaping lords, 11 pipers and 12 drummers.
An extravagant expression of what was supposed to be “true love,” the celebration amounted to a total of 364 gifts – more if you include the eggs laid by the geese.
I asked myself: what did Donald Trump give us? Let’s see.
12 — number of hours Trump has worked each day recently, according to the White House. The Trump administration handed over “Oval Office Diaries” to the New York Post — a pro-Trump news outlet — on Dec. 2 in an effort to dismiss a New York Times report that said Trump’s schedule was lighter than during his first term.
The next day, Trump appeared to fall asleep during a cabinet meeting.
11 – “Over the past 11 months, we have brought more positive change to Washington than any administration in American history. There has never been anything like it,” Trump said in a speech at the White House in December.
10 (billion dollars) – the amount Trump is seeking from the BBC in damages. His lawyers accuse the British channel of having “deceptively falsified his speech” at the US Capitol before the January 6 insurrection. The documentary brought together two parts of the speech; The BBC apologized for the edit but said it would defend itself against the lawsuit. Somewhat confusingly, Trump claimed that the BBC “used AI” to “put terrible words in my mouth,” which did not happen and is not mentioned in the complaint.
9(99) – How many people Trump said the new White House ballroom would accommodate seating. Officials initially said the ballroom would cost $200 million, then revised that figure to $300 million in October. In December, Trump said the new estimate was $400 million. He said the ballroom would be funded by donors, sparking ethics concerns.
8 – lines of dialogue in the imagined conversation between Trump and Epstein, contained in a drawing of a woman’s body, which appeared in Epstein’s 50th anniversary book. Trump denies writing the message.
7(%) — the portion of Americans who say the cost of living where they live is not very affordable, or not affordable at all, according to an NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. Some 61% of respondents said the economy was not working well for them personally, compared to just 39% who said it was.
6 – how many Democratic lawmakers Trump accused in November of “seditious behavior, punishable by death,” after posting a video in which they told active military personnel to refuse illegal orders. The president also reposted a comment on Truth Social that read: “HANG THEM GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD DO!! »
When asked at a news conference if Trump wanted to “execute members of Congress,” Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said no.
5 – the number of major American cities where Trump had deployed federal troops at the end of November. Trump sent the National Guard to Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington DC, Memphis and Portland – all Democratic-run cities – saying they were needed to fight crime. In December, Trump said the National Guard would be deployed to New Orleans “in a few weeks.”
4 – for how many years has unemployment in the United States been as high as in December: 4.6% of Americans are unemployed.
3 – on several occasions, Trump appeared to fall asleep during official events over the past two months. In November, he appeared asleep during a meeting in the Oval Office – the same thing happened at a cabinet meeting in early December, and again at an event to reclassify marijuana at the White House.
“President Trump was listening attentively and directing the entire marathon three-hour Cabinet meeting,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said after the second incident.
2 – Trump remains the only president to have been impeached twice, although, in his defense, he has yet to be impeached in his second term.
1 – Trump’s ranking among the 45 US presidents, according to his communications director, Steven Cheung, who told the New York Times in December: “The fact remains that President Trump is the best president in the history of our country, while Sleepy Joe Biden will be considered the worst. »
Historians disagree. A Siena College survey of 141 presidential scholars, released in 2022, ranks Trump 43rd.
