Trump Memes

The Donald Trump White Home embraced web meme tradition by posting a controversial AI-generated picture on Might 4th — recognized globally as Star Wars Day. The picture confirmed a muscular Trump, flanked by bald eagles and U.S. flags, wielding a purple lightsaber.

The administration’s X account wrote within the caption, “Blissful Might the 4th to all, together with the Radical Left Lunatics who’re preventing so laborious to carry Sith Lords, Murderers, Drug Lords, Harmful Prisoners, and well-known MS-13 Gang Members, again into our Galaxy. You are not the Rise up — you are the Empire. Might the 4th be with you.”

The purple lightsaber, usually utilized by villains like Darth Vader, rapidly drew backlash from Star Wars followers who noticed it as unintentionally casting Trump as a Sith.

It was the second AI-generated picture of Trump to trigger public outrage in simply three days.

On Might 2, the official White Home account reposted one other digitally-altered picture — this time displaying Trump dressed because the pope. The submit originated from Trump’s Reality Social account, shortly after he advised reporters he’d “wish to be pope” within the wake of Pope Francis‘ dying. Although Trump, a non-Catholic, did attend Francis’ funeral, many noticed the picture as distasteful and ill-timed. Invoice O’Reilly referred to as the picture “dopey,” whereas Karl Rove took a harsher stance, calling it “deeply offensive.”

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forty seventh President Battles Increased Ed

In April, the Donald Trump administration threatened to withhold federal funding from Harvard except it met sure ideological calls for, addressing each Harvard’s president and board member Penny Pritzker. Pritzker’s household has a protracted historical past with Trump, courting again to a 1975 partnership that soured over monetary disputes involving the Grand Hyatt Resort. The bitter authorized battle ended when Trump bought his share of the resort in 1996.
In 2025, the Pritzkers, now concerned with Harvard, resisted Trump’s newest calls for. Critics, together with former auditor Karen Burstein, see Trump’s actions as a part of his ongoing manipulative conduct.
The Trump administration’s stress on Harvard ties into the broader situation of ideological battles between the previous president and educational establishments. Harvard’s current refusal to conform additional highlights the rising divide between Trump’s administration and better training.

Trump Rolls Out ‘Sweeping’ Worldwide Tariffs on ‘Liberation Day’

​In April, President Donald Trump launched a complete tariff coverage often called the “Liberation Day” tariffs, marking a major shift in U.S. commerce technique.
Introduced on April 2 and formalized by way of Govt Order 14257, the coverage imposed a common 10 % baseline tariff on all imports, with extra country-specific tariffs based mostly on perceived commerce imbalances and unfair practices.
As an example, China confronted a cumulative tariff price of 145 % on its exports to the U.S.
Learn extra concerning the president’s complete set of tariffs right here.

Trump Defies Supreme Courtroom

The second Donald Trump administration is as soon as once more beneath fireplace — this time for doubtlessly defying the rule of regulation.
Two federal judges are weighing contempt costs in opposition to officers for what they describe because the administration’s “willful disregard” of court docket orders in high-profile deportation instances involving Venezuelan and Salvadoran nationals.
One choose acknowledged she’s acquired “no actual authorized justification” for the federal government’s inaction, and the controversy indicators an escalating conflict between the chief department and the judiciary.

Trump Makes an attempt to Shut Division of Schooling

​President Donald Trump initiated important adjustments to the U.S. Division of Schooling, aiming to scale back federal involvement in training and shift authority to states and native communities. 
On March 20, he signed an government order directing the division to start dismantling its operations, a transfer aligned with conservative views that view the division as an overreach into state affairs.
Linda McMahon was appointed as Secretary of Schooling with the express aim of overseeing the division’s closure. The administration started implementing substantial workers reductions, providing early retirement incentives and planning to chop the workforce by roughly half.

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Trump Empowers Elon Musk’s DOGE

In early 2025, President Donald Trump appointed Elon Musk to guide the newly established Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE), a short lived initiative aimed toward lowering federal spending and streamlining authorities operations. 
Musk, serving as a particular authorities worker, initially projected financial savings of as much as $2 trillion however later adjusted expectations to $150 billion for the 2026 fiscal 12 months.
DOGE’s aggressive cost-cutting measures have included important layoffs and the termination of varied applications, resulting in public protests and criticism from lawmakers. 
Issues have been raised about potential conflicts of curiosity, given Musk’s ongoing management roles in firms like Tesla and SpaceX, which have substantial authorities contracts.

Learn extra about Trump, Musk and DOGE right here.

Trump Tried to Finish Birthright Citizenship

One in all President Donald Trump’s first actions as his second time period commenced was an order to finish birthright citizenship within the U.S.
In February, a federal choose in New Hampshire issued a preliminary injunction in opposition to President Trump’s Govt Order 14160.
This choice marked the third such judicial block, following comparable rulings in Seattle and Maryland, all emphasizing that the order contradicted the 14th Modification and longstanding Supreme Courtroom precedent, notably the 1898 choice in United States v. Wong Kim Ark.​
Learn extra about Trump’s birthright citizenship push right here.

Trump Pardons January 6 Rioters

After changing into the forty seventh president of the US in January, President Donald Trump pardoned greater than 1,500 defendants charged or convicted on counts tied to the notorious January 6, 2021, riots on the U.S. Capitol. 

“These persons are unimaginable individuals,” he mentioned. “They had been handled so unfairly, so horribly. A few of them did not even go into the constructing.”

Learn extra about this surprising government motion right here.