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Undated: The presidency of Donald Trump began at noon EST on January 20, 2017, when Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States, succeeding Barack Obama. A Republican, Trump was a businessman and reality television personality from New York City at the time of his 2016 presidential election victory over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. While Trump lost the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes, he won the Electoral College vote, 304 to 227,[1] in a presidential contest targeted by a Russian sabotage campaign. As of the end of his first year in office, opinion polls have shown Trump to be the least popular president in the history of modern American presidential opinion polling.[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Donald_Trump
Undated: Powers of the President of the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powers_of_the_President_of_the_United_States
-- 2016 --
November 9: What powers will Donald Trump have as president?
A Trump administration could put at risk agreements Obama negotiated, including the Iran deal and Paris climate accord.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/11/powers-donald-trump-president-161109204258558.html
-- 2017 --
July 21: Trump tests the limits of presidential power
https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/21/politics/trump-no-limits-president/index.html
September 12: The Disturbing Paradox of Presidential Power
Trump’s actions are forcing us into uncharted constitutional waters.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/09/12/the-disturbing-paradox-of-presidential-power-trump-constitution/
September 13: Senior officials have described the coming month as "brutal," “bad” or “really tough” because of the confluence of complicated issues — but they also say it’s pivotal to getting the presidency back on course. ... Their goal is to partially temper Trump’s expectations, hammer out some compromises and get a competing band of aides on the same page. The month has taken on outsize importance among some top aides and outside advisers, who view it as key to getting the presidency on a better track.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/13/trump-aides-predicting-brutal-september-241594
October 14: Trump turns to executive powers in bid to force Congress into action
Frustrated with his inability to spur Congress to act on much of his agenda, President Trump is increasingly using his executive powers in a risky bid to gain leverage with lawmakers on an array of unfulfilled campaign promises.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/
October 24: How Trump Throws Away His Own Power
And why that’s great news for American democracy.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/10/24/trump-throws-away-power-215739
November 8: Trump holds an unprecedented presidential power
- The president has a power no previous holder of the executive office wielded: the ability to move markets with a tweet.
- On average, a negative tweet by the president caused an immediate short-term negative 1.2 percent move in the targeted company's stock price, a CNBC analysis finds.
- Similarly, a positive tweet by the president generated an immediate short-term 1.1 percent move higher.
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/08/trump-holds-an-unprecedented-presidential-power.html
-- 2018 --
June 4: Trump, lawyers lay out expansive presidential powers view
http://www.startribune.com/trump-lawyer-plays-down-chance-president-would-self-pardon/484443331/
January 9: Donald Trump has reportedly told aides in the White House that he is willing to stake his presidency on the wall. ... It has been 19 days since he started his standoff over the $5.7 billion he is demanding to build his mythical wall across the U.S./Mexico border, and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight to the hostage situation he has put the country in.
And there is a fear that he has given himself no way out, as the official also said, “The president put himself in a box. The problem is there’s no endgame. Right now the White House is at a seven on the panic scale. If this thing goes on past the State of the Union they’re going to be at an 11.”
... His administration continues to crumble, with people either quitting or getting fired all around him. Even Mick Mulvaney, whom Trump recently installed as acting chief of staff is supposedly looking for a way out.
https://www.theroot.com/could-trumps-endgame-be-a-plea-deal-and-a-resignation-1831626804
June 7: The Strangest Thing About Trump’s Approach to Presidential Power
Many presidents have pushed the limits of their authority. But not like this.
... Past presidents have frequently tested the limits of their powers—and of the Constitution—on national security, war powers, and push-pull interactions with the legislature. But Trump seems to be pushing against the limits of his presidential power almost entirely to protect himself. “He certainly uses presidential power for personal purposes,” says Julian Zelizer, a professor of history at Princeton. “That’s the place he uses it more aggressively—to protect himself, to protect his inner circle. That’s clearly where he’s most assertive.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/the-strangest-thing-about-trumps-approach-to-presidential-power/562271/
June 7: Donald Trump’s powers are not quite as vast as his lawyers claim
No, the head of state cannot do whatever he pleases
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2018/06/07/donald-trumps-powers-are-not-quite-as-vast-as-his-lawyers-claim
June 11: Nixon Era DOJ Memo Provides Roadmap to President Trump Self-Pardon
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jacobfrenkel/2018/06/11/president-trumps-self-pardon-power-debate-will-continue/#116c78770ab1
June 26: Supreme Court upholds Trump's travel ban, bolstering president's power to block new arrivals
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-court-trump-travel-20180626-story.html
July 10: Judge Brett Kavanaugh's radically expansive view of the power of the presidency
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/judge-brett-kavanaugh-radically-expansive-view-power-presidency/story?id=56488216
July 10: These Brett Kavanaugh Presidential Power Quotes Might Be Music To Trump's Ears
https://www.bustle.com/p/these-brett-kavanaugh-presidential-power-quotes-might-be-music-to-trumps-ears-9711071
August 7: Is Trump About To Be Able To Say 'You're Fired' To A Lot More People?
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/07/636108610/is-trump-about-to-be-able-to-say-you-re-fired-to-a-lot-more-people
August 16: Revoking Clearance, Trump Aims Presidential Power at Russia Inquiry
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/us/politics/donald-trump-russia-presidential-power.html
August 17: Canceled military parade is the latest in Trump’s presidential power fails
https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/watch/canceled-military-parade-is-the-latest-in-trump-s-presidential-power-fails-1301413955856?v=raila&
August 24: Donald Trump, Twitter and Presidential Power to Interpret the Law for the Executive Branch
https://www.lawfareblog.com/donald-trump-twitter-and-presidential-power-interpret-law-executive-branch
September 4: Bob Woodward's new book reveals a 'nervous breakdown' of Trump’s presidency
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-bob-woodward-book-trump-breakdown-20180904-story.html
September 14: A Looming Collision: Donald Trump and Presidential War Powers
http://arabcenterdc.org/congressional_corner/a-looming-collision/
September 18: Trump Is Wielding Presidential Powers to Defend Himself
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2018/09/18/trump-is-wielding-presidential-powers-to-defend-himself/
September 18: Trump can't use FEMA's wireless alerts to send personal messages — it's illegal
Public concern around privacy and abuse of power is offset by legislation put into place to deter any president from mishandling the alert system
Trump will also be unable to track the location of people or access personal phone numbers through the system.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/trump-can-t-use-fema-s-wireless-alerts-send-personal-n910676
September 18: ... anyone who gives sole credit to a president for economic gains receives an automatic Two Pinocchios — and Trump’s claim of a historic turnaround is worthy of more. The historical books are going to view the actions taken in 2008 and 2009 by George W. Bush and Obama — and the Federal Reserve — as pivotal to saving the U.S. economy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/18/trump-economy-versus-obama-economy/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a4f56d6ec38b
December 23: Bloomberg: Trump’s presidency is ‘recklessly emotional and senselessly chaotic’
https://nypost.com/2018/12/23/bloomberg-trumps-presidency-is-recklessly-emotional-and-senselessly-chaotic/
December 23: Mulvaney: No concern Trump's presidency is in 'crisis'
Incoming White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Sunday dismissed speculation that President Trump's presidency is in "crisis."
“I don’t think there’s concern that the presidency is in crisis," Mulvaney said on "Fox News Sunday." "This is what having a president who is nontraditional looks like. He’s not going to be an ordinary president. That’s not what people wanted when they elected him."
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/422639-mulvaney-no-concern-trumps-presidency-is-in-crisis
December 23: Mulvaney: No concern Trump's presidency is in 'crisis'
Incoming White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Sunday dismissed speculation that President Trump's presidency is in "crisis."
“I don’t think there’s concern that the presidency is in crisis," Mulvaney said on "Fox News Sunday." "This is what having a president who is nontraditional looks like. He’s not going to be an ordinary president. That’s not what people wanted when they elected him."
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/422639-mulvaney-no-concern-trumps-presidency-is-in-crisis
-- 2019 --
January 9: Donald Trump has reportedly told aides in the White House that he is willing to stake his presidency on the wall. ... It has been 19 days since he started his standoff over the $5.7 billion he is demanding to build his mythical wall across the U.S./Mexico border, and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight to the hostage situation he has put the country in.
And there is a fear that he has given himself no way out, as the official also said, “The president put himself in a box. The problem is there’s no endgame. Right now the White House is at a seven on the panic scale. If this thing goes on past the State of the Union they’re going to be at an 11.”
... His administration continues to crumble, with people either quitting or getting fired all around him. Even Mick Mulvaney, whom Trump recently installed as acting chief of staff is supposedly looking for a way out.
https://www.theroot.com/could-trumps-endgame-be-a-plea-deal-and-a-resignation-1831626804
April 18: Trump curses Mueller appointment: 'This is the end of my presidency'
U.S. President Donald Trump believed the appointment of a special counsel to take over the federal probe of Russian interference into the 2016 election would spell the end of his presidency, according to the report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
When then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions informed Trump of Mueller’s appointment in May 2017, the report (page 78 Volume II) said, Trump slumped back in his chair and said: “Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my presidency. I’m fucked.”
Trump then asked Sessions, whom he had berated for months for recusing himself from the Russia probe: “How could you let this happen, Jeff?” and told Sessions he had let him down.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-appointment/trump-curses-mueller-appointment-this-is-the-end-of-my-presidency-idUSKCN1RU21K
-- 2020 --
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