Protectionism
Economic policy of regulating trade between states through government regulations
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| 2025 | Trump began his second presidency, initiating a campaign of 'retribution' targeting political opponents, civil society organizations, and critics through government actions and personal lawsuits. |
| 2025 | Ordered agencies to stop enforcement of disfavored rules, attempting large-scale deregulation that legal experts deemed illegal and contrary to federal law. |
| 2025 | Border Patrol agents were instructed to summarily deport illegal immigrants crossing the border, and the CBP One app for scheduling border crossings was disabled. |
| 2025 | Trump sent federal troops to Washington, D.C. and issued threats to other cities. |
| 2025 | Forbes updated Trump's net worth to $5.1 billion and ranked him the 700th wealthiest person in the world. |
| 2025 | Trump administration asserted a controversial constitutional right to ignore federal law, specifically demonstrated in refusing to enforce a federal ban on TikTok, with legal experts criticizing this as claiming immunity for potentially illegal acts. |
| 2025 | Disbanded the FBI's Washington field office squad that investigated allegations of fraud and corruption against government officials and members of Congress. |
| 2025 | Maintained Trump Media & Technology Group as a publicly-traded company and diversified it into financial services. |
| 2025 | Trump becomes the first US president to pardon a corporation by pardoning the entity owning and operating BitMEX, a cryptocurrency exchange whose founders previously pleaded guilty to failing to implement an anti-money-laundering program. |
| 2025 | Reduced the Department of Justice's Public Integrity Section from 30 to five lawyers. |
| 2025 | Trump installed Ed Martin as political loyalist to oversee pardons, with Martin describing the pardon strategy as 'No MAGA left behind'. |
| 2025 | Trump targeted activists, legal immigrants, tourists, and students with visas who expressed criticism of his policies or pro-Palestinian advocacy for potential deportation. |
| 2025 | Trump's administration revoked the parole status of immigrants who entered the U.S. under CBP One and CHNV humanitarian parole, and attempted to remove birthright citizenship. |
| 2025 | Resumed the 'remain in Mexico' policy and designated drug cartels as terrorist groups. |
| 2025 | Began deportation operations targeting criminal lists formed prior to second term. |
| 2025 | Continued profiting from events held at his hotels and golf courses without placing assets in a blind trust. |
| 2025 | George Simion ran as a candidate in the Romanian presidential election, drawing comparisons to Donald Trump due to his political style and ideological alignment. |
| 2025 | Diversified Truth Social into financial services while maintaining ownership of the publicly traded company. |
| 2025 | Trump promoted false claims of white genocide in South Africa. |
| 2025 | Dropped corruption charges against politicians with ties to him. |
| 2025 | Trump disbanded the Public Integrity Section and fired more than twelve inspectors general across the government. |
| 2025 | Launched two cryptocurrency tokens, $Trump and $Melania, which he personally promoted and benefited from. |
| 2025 | Trump nominated 23 former Fox News employees to his administration, including John Bolton as National Security Advisor. |
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Merchant Marine Act of 1920
The Connecticut House of Representatives passes a committee resolution calling for amendments to the Jones Act.
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| 2025 | Trump pursues new overseas real estate deals involving state-affiliated entities during his presidency. |
| 2025 | Trump repeals existing ethics guidelines and enforcement mechanisms for anti-corruption laws, effectively removing legal barriers to potential conflicts of interest. |
| 2025 | Trump maintains ownership of Truth Social, a publicly traded company, while serving as president, breaking traditional presidential ethical norms. |
| 2025 | Trump's family company World Liberty Financial begins operations, mixing government policy with private cryptocurrency enterprise in an unprecedented manner. |
| 2025 | Trump grants thousands of shares of stock to cabinet officials, further blurring lines between government service and personal financial interests. |
| 2025 | Trump launches and promotes $Trump, a cryptocurrency memecoin, directly benefiting from its promotion while serving as president. |
| 2025 | Trump reversed pro-diversity policies in the federal government, moved against transgender rights, and threatened cultural institutions and universities on grounds of DEI and antisemitism. |
| 2025 | Resumed the 'remain in Mexico' policy and ordered construction to be resumed on the border wall. |
| 2025 | Moved aggressively against transgender rights and what his administration termed 'gender ideology'. |
| 2025 | Threatened sixty universities and cultural institutions over DEI and antisemitism grounds, forcing law firms to comply with his administration's directives. |
| 2025 | The White House released a health examination report by physician Sean Barbabella, stating Trump was in 'excellent cognitive and physical health' with well-controlled high cholesterol. |
| 2025 | Trump engaged in an unprecedented targeting of law firms and lawyers who previously represented positions adverse to him, raising concerns about potential constitutional challenges. |
| 2025 | Banned transgender people from the military and prevented transgender women from competing in women's sports programs at federally funded institutions. |
| 2025 | Initiated a review of the EPA endangerment finding and withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Agreement on climate change. |
| 2025 | Ended the ability to change gender on passports and halted federal funding for gender-affirming care to minors. |
| 2025 | Trump canceled and paused federal grants, making significant cuts to scientific research during his second presidency. |
| 2025 | Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate change for a second time. |
| 2025 | Legal experts raised concerns about a potential constitutional crisis due to Trump's defiance of judicial orders and his claimed right to disobey court rulings. |
| 2025 | Trump threatened and signed executive actions targeting his political opponents, critics, and organizations aligned with the Democratic Party, demonstrating an aggressive political strategy. |
| 2025 | Donald Trump began increasing criticism of the judiciary and called for impeaching federal judges who ruled against him, signaling a confrontational approach to judicial challenges during his second presidency. |
| 2025 | Trump proposed expansionist plans to acquire Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal, drawing comparisons to 19th-century Manifest Destiny doctrine as part of his 'America First' nationalist agenda. |
| 2025 | Attempted to remove birthright citizenship and suspend the Refugee Admissions Program. |
| 2025 | Trump pardoned approximately 1,500 January 6 rioters, including those who violently attacked police. |
| 2025 | Within the first four days of his second term, Trump's executive actions were found to closely align with approximately two-thirds of the proposals from Project 2025, according to a Time magazine analysis. |
| 2025 | Becomes the 47th President of the United States. |
| 2025 | Commuted the sentences of 14 individuals. |
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