Donald Trump's screw ups . . . so far:
- Immediately after his inauguration, Trump ordered a freeze on federal grants and loans which he then had to take back less than 48 hours later after causing widespread confusion and legal challenges. Oops!
- On the White House website, the wrong man was incorrectly listed as the new acting head of the FBI. Then, instead of correcting the error, they let it stand for a while and Dan Driscoll and Kash Patel traded temporary titles and duties. Oops!
- The US Postal Service had to reverse their decision to stop accepting packages from China after Trump errantly ended the "de minimis" exemption once staff realized its potential impact for American services and internet shoppers. Oops!
- Thanks to Elon Musk's boneheadedness, workers with the National Nuclear Security Agency were fired from their jobs and had to be rehired to protect our national stockpile of nuclear weapons. Oops!
- DOGE claimed it saved $8 billion in one contract. It turns out the real number was actually $8 million, a mathematical mistake of only 100,000%. Oops!
- "Several" USDA workers tied to the agency responding to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak were fired . . . during the infestation of the bird flu! Oops!
- The Administration ended the free COVID testing program and planned to destroy tens of millions of unused tests worth more than a half-billion dollars until someone notified them that COVID has not been eradicated, forcing them to reverse their decision. Oops!
- The Trump Administration had to reverse its previous decision and reinstate legal aid for migrant children. At least this eliminated the possibility of toddlers having to defend themselves inside American courtrooms. Oops!
- Trump, after G.O.P. criticism, reversed the cuts he ordered for 9/11 survivors' programs. Oops!
- Musk requested mandatory emails from federal workers listing what they did last week or else they would lose their job, no exceptions. That went over about as well as the sinking of the Titanic when relatively few workers actually complied, essentially thumbing their noses at Musk. Oops!
- Under pressure from the Administration, the VA halted government contracts that cover medical services, funds cancer programs, recruits doctors, and provides burial services for veterans. Oops!
- Due to an administrative error, job offers for some Veteran Crisis Line positions were mistakenly rescinded. What kind of "administrative error" has you cutting necessary workers from the suicide hotline?! Oops!
- Musk admitted DOGE accidentally eliminated prevention measures combatting Ebola viruses. Oops!
- In an effort to cover its mistakes, DOGE deleted hundreds of claims from its mistake-plagued "wall of receipts" it was previously so proud of. Many of the contracts they claimed to have canceled were actually canceled during the Biden Administration. Oops!
- In March, the General Services Administration posted a list of 443 properties it was considering putting up for sale, properties that ranged from an El Paso toll booth to the the FDA's research campus in Silver Spring, Md., the agency headquarters for the US Dept. of Agriculture, the offices of the Dept. of Health and Human Services, the Dept. of Justice headquarters, the Dept. of Labor headquarters, and the building housing Veterans Affairs. Oops!
- After enacting tariffs on products from Mexico and Canada, Trump surprisingly did an about-face and changed his mind. Oops!
- In releasing the remaining JFK files, over 400 social security numbers and other private information of former congressional staffers were made public. Immediately following this blunder, the National Archives began screening the documents for additional SS#s so those still living could be issued new numbers. Oops!
- Pete Hegseth accidentally included The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg in a Signal group chat that included war plans regarding the imminent US strikes in Yemen. Oops!
- The Trump Administration admits sending Kilmar Abrego Garcia to an El Salvador prison by mistake. Oops!
- Economists revealed a major math blunder in Donald Trump's tariff formula that inflates the impact by 400% and could spark global trade chaos. Oops!
- The National Park Service restored the webpages for the Underground Railroad and Harriett Tubman after public outcry. Since the move was obviously racist, the Administration quietly gave their okay for it to be restored hoping few would notice. Oops!
- DOGE cut a Florida manatee refuge which was later reversed, again in the face of public pressure. Oops!
- The Trump Administration announced they had cut life-saving UN food programs . . . by mistake. Oops!
- Trump announced a sudden reversal on tariffs, lowering most to 10% but hiking China's to 125%. Oops!
- Along with widespread tariffs to many of our trading partners, the British Indian Ocean Territory which is occupied only by U.S. and U.K. military personnel was slapped with a 10% tariff. Likewise, the Heard and McDonald Islands, an uninhabited island unless you count the penguin population, was hit with a 10% tariff. Oops!
- Trump officials blame mistakes setting off a confrontation with Harvard University on staffers, stating the April 11 letter from the White House was "unauthorized" and should have never been sent. Oops!
Anyone who reads this list of the absolute mindless blunders of this Administration in only its first 94 days and still wants to stand behind these unmitigated imbeciles needs to have his head examined.