The Trump Presidency Timeline

In a stroke of melodramatic incompetence, Trump unveils an executive order aimed at shuttering the Education Department he pretends to loathe—while simultaneously recognizing he lacks the legal power to do so. It’s a masterclass in hypocrisy, all the while expecting Education Secretary McMahon to work her magic on a department whose very existence is enshrined in law. Meanwhile, staff cuts loom, programs die, and education funding hangs in the balance—when will America wake up to this farce masquerading as governance?

In a spectacular display of political gymnastics, ICE's new record-breaking arrest numbers are more like a magician's sleight of hand—full of smoke and mirrors. Kristi Noem takes the stage claiming a 627% increase, while in reality, she's cooking the books by comparing total arrests to a mere sliver of last year’s data. Welcome to the bizarre world where 'public safety' is just a catchy slogan, and real accountability is as lost as the immigrants they claim to want to protect. All this while the actual pace of deportations stalls, and we're left questioning whether this administration cares about safety or just the optics of chaos.

Trump just put **conspiracy-peddling podcaster Dan Bongino** in charge of FBI operations—because apparently **actual law enforcement experience** is for suckers. Bongino, best known for **losing multiple elections and “owning the libs” online**, now gets to run an agency he’s spent years attacking. Meanwhile, his boss, Kash Patel, has also **never worked for the FBI**, but who needs qualifications when you’ve got **blind loyalty to Trump?**

The FBI is now under new management—MAGA management. The Senate narrowly confirmed Kash Patel as FBI director, installing a Trump loyalist with a history of attacking the bureau and pushing right-wing conspiracy theories. Patel, a former Trump aide with zero experience leading a law enforcement agency, now commands 30,000 employees and has sweeping surveillance powers. His confirmation was the tightest in FBI history, with even a couple of Republicans breaking ranks over concerns that Patel might—just maybe—politicize the bureau. Meanwhile, AG Pam Bondi is already hyping him up, warning “they better look out,” without specifying who “they” are. Subtle.

Trump’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just fumbled his first international trip, telling European leaders that Ukraine should abandon hopes of reclaiming its pre-2014 borders—a statement so off-base that even Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker called it a “rookie mistake”. Hegseth quickly tried to walk back his comments, but the damage was done. European allies are rattled, and even Republican senators are openly questioning his competence, with Wicker comparing his speech to something “Tucker Carlson could have written”—which is never a compliment. Meanwhile, Trump is privately engaging Putin while his diplomats hint that Europe won’t have a say in whatever peace deal the U.S. brokers, leaving Ukraine’s future up for negotiation behind closed doors. Senate Democrats are calling it a humiliating surrender to Putin, while GOP senators scramble to reassure allies that the U.S. hasn’t fully sold out Kyiv—yet.

In a plot twist that could make a soap opera blush, the Senate has confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—the black sheep of America's Camelot and a vocal vaccine skeptic—as Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump. The 52-48 vote saw Republican stalwart Mitch McConnell break ranks, perhaps recalling his own tango with polio, to oppose the nomination. Kennedy, who once championed the "Make America Healthy Again" movement, now wields authority over a $1.7 trillion health empire, including the CDC, FDA, and NIH. His confirmation has sent shockwaves through the medical community, with experts likening his appointment to "putting a flat earther in charge of NASA." As Kennedy takes the helm, public health officials brace for a new era where science and skepticism share the same office.

Kash Patel, Trump’s nominee for FBI Director, received $25,000 from a Russian-born filmmaker who pushed Kremlin propaganda and once got funding from a Putin-backed cultural initiative. Patel, who starred in a conspiracy-laden docuseries aired on Tucker Carlson’s network, was paid by Global Tree Pictures, a company run by Igor Lopatonok—the same guy behind pro-Russia projects and a proposal to stop U.S. aid to Ukraine that was sent to Putin’s office. If confirmed, Patel would be in charge of defending the U.S. from Russian espionage—while cashing checks from Putin’s media allies. But don’t worry, Senate Republicans say this is all just a "smear campaign."