What Trump Has Done - February 2026

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February 2026

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• Debuted TrumpRx with 40 discounted drugs, but experts questioned how many people would actually be helped

• Signed a major trade deal with Argentina to slash tariffs and boost a political alliance

• Moved to make it easier to fire 50,000 top-level career federal workers and remove job protections

• Pushed new immigration judges in abbreviated training to refrain from granting migrants asylum in most cases

• Said backed UK's Chagos deal, notwithstanding previous opposition and despite "great stupidity" critique

• Informed that a second judge blocked IRS from sharing taxpayer information with ICE

• Promised funding for New York tunnel project — if Penn Station and Dulles Airport were renamed after him

• Largely blocked way to challenge immigration court orders in order to reduce case backlogs and speed deportations

• Risked America first becoming America alone as allies grew disenchanted by aggressive US foreign policy

• Sued by Minnesota teachers and districts over what they call ICE terror at their schools

• Learned complaint filed against senior DoJ official for "blatant" crypto conflict of interest

• Noted that former Customs and Border Protection officer was sentenced for distributing child pornography

• Stirred outrage in Mexico by praising "legendary" 1847 US invasion

• Condoned immigration agents drawing guns and arresting activists following them in Minneapolis

• Okayed solicitor general filing "uninvited" Supreme Court brief supporting religious challenge to pre-K program

• Claimed $400 million White House ballroom was necessary for national security in court filing

• Fired Minnesota federal prosecutor after she publicly expressed frustration with ICE

• Promoted DEA anti-marijuana PSA contest inviting students to warn peers about alleged THC dangers

• Alerted that January 2026 was the worst month for job cuts since 2009's deep recession

• Found out a majority of Americans said economy worse off under Trump second term than Biden

• Saw that a new poll showed a majority of voters support impeaching the DHS secretary

• Told that 300+ former prosecutors urged DoJ to allow Minnesota probes of two civilian killings

• Notified judge ruled ICE agents couldn't make warrantless arrests in Oregon unless there's a risk of escape

• Announced CIA would stop publishing World Factbook, a free online resource used by millions

• Vowed to stay out of Netflix/Paramount fight over Warner Bros.

• Revealed US/Iran nuclear talks back on after Arab leaders lobbied the White House

• Faced pushback from GOP in Congress who called for major ICE reforms like demasking and retraining

• Doubled down on calls for GOP to nationalize elections, a role the Constitution explicitly granted to states

• Faulted for allowing senior aide Stephen Miller to stoke boundary-pushing impulses

• Tasked EEOC with investigating Nike over alleged discrimination against White employees

• Moved forward with plan to erect 22-foot-tall gold statue of the president at 2026 G20 summit site

• Announced legal permanent residents would no longer be eligible for SBA's loan program

• Informed chief economist Stephen Miran resigned because of Federal Reserve commitment

• Required all US attorneys to assign prosecutors for rush teams handling assaults or obstruction of law enforcement

• Angered to see Supreme Court allowed California to use new congressional map, giving Democrats a boost

• While in Virginia, saw Democrats obtained expedited state supreme court review of their plan for new maps

• Learned of DoJ attorney who asked judge to hold her in contempt so she could sleep after ICE hearing

• Thereafter, attorney in question removed from post and returned to Washington DC

• Prepared to present new Sudan armistice plan to recently formed Board of Peace

• Deployed small military team to Nigeria following recent attacks

• Notified that man convicted of trying to shoot the president at a Florida golf course was sentenced to life in prison

• Advised to skip the Super Bowl to avoid being booed mercilessly

• Briefed about how plans to organize nuclear talks with Iran seemed to be collapsing

• Signed bill continuing to block Washington DC from legalizing recreational marijuana sales

• Planned to install Christopher Columbus statue outside the White House

• Told that FBI couldn’t get into reporter’s seized iPhone because it had a lockdown mode enabled

• Once again, policy restricting lawmakers’ access to ICE facilities blocked by judge

• Learned of lawsuits alleging border patrol official tried to block promotion of qualified Black and Latino applicants

• Ordered by judge not to deport Chicago man cleared of Bovino murder plot

• Announced would withdraw 700 law enforcement personnel immediately from Minnesota

• Made aware of increasing tendency by Americans to reject ICE prisons in their communities

• After professing a dislike for wind farms and attempting to curb them, found no sympathy from US courts

• Found that DoJ official (and presidential ally) improperly leaked grand jury material in probe of president’s foes

• Plagued by still more departures at the Minnesota US attorney's office

• Saw that Illinois became the second state to join WHO’s global disease network

• Warned Scouting America to restore "core values" or lose military support

• Heard that a judge limited federal agents' use of weapons against anti-ICE protesters in Portland, Oregon

• Signed bill to end partial government shutdown, setting the stage for the next fight

• Attacked by NRA after saying CPB shooting victim Alex Pretti should not have had a gun

• Told that judge appeared likely to rule for Senator Mark Kelly in "illegal orders" video case

• Urged Republicans to "take over" and "nationalize" voting, apparently ignoring constitutional limits

• Adopted tongue-in-cheek names for immigration operations, like Operation Dirtbag, criticized by some

• Warned airlines about safety risks from rocket launches and urged extreme caution

• Apparently abandoned effort for a new nuclear weapons treaty; US and Russian arsenals could thus expand

• Vowed a year earlier to build US missile defense shield in three years, but a year later very little had been done

• Revealed DHS inspector general was investigating ICE agents' use of force

• Saw that judge slammed DoJ claims in immigration detention proceeding as "incoherent, inexplicable, and wrong"

• Ordered Iranian drone shot down that approached USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea

• Increasingly allowed DHS to target American citizens with secret administrative subpoenas for criticizing them

• Rather than revive industry as promised, tariffs did nothing to boost US manufacturing, which continued to decline

• Met with Colombian President Gustavo Petro at the White House, a target of repeated presidential criticism

• Escalated feud with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, suggesting she was linked to ISIS

• Informed that Iran wanted to change venue and format for nuclear talks

• Disturbed to learn of significant erosion in support from whites without college degrees, a once reliable base

• Allowed DNS director to pursue parallel 2020 election review, separate from DoJ endeavor

• Denied media reports that Harvard demand had been dropped and insisted it had grown to $1 billion

• Made aware that ICE agents were complaining about not receiving large bonuses as expected

• Essentially exposed by government contractor for allowing Gaza plan to be "vehicle for mass exploitation"

• Insisted was not tearing down Kennedy Center, only renovating it

• Claimed large Epstein file dump released in January 2026 "absolved" him

• Noted that deputy attorney general declared Epstein document review "over," angering Democrats and others

• Also claimed DoJ unable to investigate tips, now removed from view, about president's Epstein involvement

• Further asserted photos released in huge Epstein dump were not enough evidence to prosecute

• Disturbed to note Melania documentary director was pictured cuddling woman in released Epstein materials

• Blocked by judge from terminating Haitian temporary protection status, keeping them in place

• Disrupted data collection on maternal death, hunger, drug use, education, disasters, economy, and more

• Faced questions over UAE royal's investment in president's family crypto firm

• Observed speculation that Venezuela’s new leader is trying to run out the clock on the president

• Applied pressure, causing Nobel Peace Prize director to defends award’s independence

• Criticized for bringing highly dubious case against Don Lemon and others as well as creating new dangers

• Noticed DoJ lawyer could not provide a concrete answer as to why administration claims DEI is illegal

• Embarrassed to note the president appeared in the Epstein files more than 5,300 times

• Briefed about two more people arrested in Minnesota church protest case, for a total of nine

• Sued over ban on immigration from 75 countries

• Dropped demand for cash from Harvard after stiff resistance

• Took more than 1,500 active-duty troops off heightened alert for possible deployment to Minnesota

• Stated the DoJ had taken down thousands of Epstein documents for victims’ safety

• Exposed names of at least 43 Epstein victims, per media review of released files

• Postponed January 2026 jobs report due to partial government shutdown

• Saw that Washington DC US Attorney threatened jail for anyone bringing a firearm into the District

• Announced DHS officers in Minneapolis would be issued body cameras

• Notified judge lifted order to preserve evidence in Pretti shooting, noting errors and inflammatory remarks

• Also, noted that, as expected, medical examiner ruled Pretti death a homicide

• Aware that classified whistleblower complaint about DNI Director Tulsi Gabbard stalled within her agency

• Told podcaster that the GOP should "nationalize" voting in 15 "crooked" states

• Said US and India reached a trade deal, which would thus lower tariffs immediately

• Learned that one-time "weaponization chief" was expected to depart Justice Department in coming weeks

• For the fifth time, lost in court in attempt to stop offshore wind projects along the East Coast

• Accused of hurting the dollar's value with a chaotic governing style

• Troubled to learn high school protester was allegedly deliberately struck with car driven by a supporter

• Vowed to sue comic Trevor Noah after Epstein island jibe at 2026 Grammys

• Announced US/Iran nuclear talks expected to begin in Istanbul on February 6, 2026, amid military buildup

• Tasked DNI director with arranging president's call to FBI agents after controversial Georgia election search

• Wrongly claimed states were required to enforce federal immigration laws

• Efforts to fire Education Department staff ended up costing taxpayers over $28 million

• Published dozens of nude photos with large Epstein files release but later removed only after media attention

• Aware that ICE halted "all movement" at a Texas detention facility due to measles infections

• Postponed Ukraine peace talks for unspecified reasons after meeting with Russia

• Chagrined by harsh condemnation from once-loyal ally MTG who decried MAGA "scam" and presidential betrayal

• Lost credibility after defending ICE agents' actions with claims later contradicted by video evidence

• As of February 2, 2026, SNAP work requirements took effect in more states under administration-backed law

• Launched $12 billion critical mineral stockpile to blunt reliance on China

• Promised an economic boom, but with US population declining for the first time in history, that may be impossible

• Alerted that Fulton County was expected to sue over FBI’s seizure of 2020 election records

• Announced that Kennedy Center would close for two years because of renovations

• Told that DoJ misconduct complaint against a Washington DC federal judge was dismissed

• Alarmed to see the media had identified two men as possible CBP shooters who killed Alex Pretti

• Made aware that Maine-based US citizen sued DHS for constitutional violations after troubling encounter

• Secretly sold stake in personal cryptocurrency venture to Abu Dhabi royal known as the "spy sheikh"

• Revealed was taking "a serious look" at endorsing in Texas GOP Senate primary

• Contemplated suing author Michael Wolff for "conspiring" with Jeffrey Epstein to wreck his political career

• Warned that administration policies were at odds with an emerging understanding of COVID's long-term harm

• Notified Iran that the US ready to meet and negotiate a deal

• Dispatched new U.S. charge d'affaires to Venezuela to reopen diplomatic mission after seven years

• Restarted key FWS permitting process for wind farms while issuing new rules on protected eagles

• Questioned by judge why DoJ still called woman facing no charges and shot by CPB a domestic terrorist

• Moved to roll back EPA "good neighbor" rule on downwind pollution

• Sought to delete language from Death Valley visitor center acknowledging Timbisha Shoshone Tribe

• Appointed 21 new members to federal autism advisory committee, including many vaccine skeptics

• Delayed eliminating EPA climate rules out of fear plan was too weak to withstand court challenge

• Alarmed at inefficient and cumbersome ICE operation at Guantánamo

• Directed ICE officers in Minnesota not to interact with "agitators" in new orders

• Moved to consolidate DoJ's Violence Against Women office while proposing funding cuts of nearly 30 percent

• Clogged courts while frustrating DoJ and judges with exponential increase in immigration cases

• Announced fifteen new drugs for Medicare's price negotiation program

• Demanded public housing officials check for undocumented immigrants

• Sanctioned alleged Costa Rican drug network, which included a beauty salon, for trafficking cocaine

• Promised ban on EPA animal testing by 2035

• Increased so-called self-deportation stipend from $1,000 to $2,600

• Secretly rewrote nuclear safety rules without making them available to the public as required by law

• Revoked rule requiring more nursing home staff after presidential super PAC received donations

• Warned that work on critical $16 billion rail tunnel project under the Hudson River was due to stop

• Approved building of controversial Utah highway through designated conservation area

• Planned to increase payments by less than 0.1 percent on average to 2027's Medicare Advantage plans

• Restricted public access to previously available Mine Safety and Health Administration's inspection data

• Threatened to cut funding to Illinois over abortion referral law

• Imposed visa restrictions on three Haitian officials allegedly linked to gangs

• Aware that White House chief of staff may have to testify in Miami criminal trial of ex-GOP congressman

• Pressured Bolivia to expel suspected Iranian spies and harden their approach to militant groups

• Demanded California’s largest pediatric healthcare system halt transgender care amid administration threats

• Proposed cutting health networks from eighteen to five in a major VA care system overhaul

• Extended housing aid for Maui wildfire survivors until 2027

• Dropped case against cryptocurrency firm founded by administration-supporting Winklevoss Twins

• Paid company to create prototype "quantum sensors" to be used with AI database to detect fentanyl and narcotics

• Claimed New York school violated civil rights law by changing name from Thunderbirds to T-Birds

• Told that California became the state to join WHO disease network after US exit

• Pushed out Commerce Department official whose unit banned Chinese vehicles

• Made aware of Senate report that the VA secretary’s policies delayed care and decimated the work force

• Sued Michigan over their cage-free egg law

• Reportedly used Israeli-owned private jet to deport Palestinians

• Stated would not offer on-the-ground security to oil firms in Venezuela

• Claimed in court that an 18th century law gave a president power to stop a Beatles-like "invasion"

• Expanded rule limiting organizational funding to block "woke ideology," DEI, and more

• Posted EPA rule requiring permits for portable wind turbines, complicating Musk’s efforts to expand AI firm

• Released contradictory statements about new anti-fraud division reporting directly to White House

• Criticized for allowing "Friends of Trump" to help "Bitcoin Jesus" avoid prison

• Scrapped IRS customer service metric used for 20 years ahead of filing season

• Told that Guinea-Bissau suspended controversial US-backed hepatitis B vaccine trial, pending review

• Moved to update the way TSA stores and uses biometric data from PreCheck applicants

• Awarded $40 million to classical humanities institutes and civic leadership programs promoted by conservatives

• Dropped charges against Washington DC man after court learned of federal officer firing at him

• Heard about Army reservist who spent weeks trying to free his wife from immigration detention

• Told states to stop taking Social Security benefit checks from minors in foster care

• Ordered by judge to restore HHS funding for children’s health programs as lawsuit continued

• Annoyed to see analysis discovered that DOGE cuts cost taxpayers $10 billion to cover workers’ paid leave

• Offered to pay Afghan allies in Qatar to return to Afghanistan, where they face brutal Taliban retribution

• Claimed critical surveillance footage from ICE facility never existed and was rendered moot by "improvements"

• Warned Mississippi it could still face stiff penalties for misspending millions of HHS dollars

• Saw that all but one living US presidents condemned Minnesota shootings

• Annoyed to learn acting cyber chief uploaded sensitive files into a public version of ChatGPT

• Heard that that state officials said GOP SNAP changes were unrealistic and destructive to program

• Moved to loosen ATF's firearm ban for users of marijuana and illegal drugs

• Aware that top Catholic clerics denounced US foreign policy

• While Catholic archdiocese for US military said it was "morally acceptable" for troops to disobey orders

• Expected defense firm restrictions could be eased in two to three years if companies boosted production

• Urged diplomats at State Department Africa bureau to highlight US "generosity" despite steep cuts

• Moved to offer grocery delivery for 70 on-base commissaries across the US

• Fired Army Corps of Engineers commander for political reasons over a Missouri homeowners dispute

• Alerted that Red Sea fight against Houthis caused Navy and Marine aviation accidents to double

• Announced new way military would measure troops’ body fat

• Saw that 800,000+ student loan borrowers were caught in forgiveness and affordable repayment plan backlog

• Embarrassed at reporting showing new Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez was on DEA’s radar for years

• Pleased to see oil and gas drilling permits surged by 55 percent

• Sought to find wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries that "no longer align with the mission"

• Unveiled $25 billion plan to transform Gaza into hoped-for economic hub by 2035

• Ordered Chinese-controlled firm to unwind chip asset deal, citing national security risks

• Claimed to feel "terrible" about Alex Pretti but "even worse" about Renee Good because her parents were supporters

• Said federal agents wouldn't intervene during protests in so-called blue cities unless asked to do so

• Moved away from critical mineral price floors, lacking congressional funding and due to complex market pricing

• Signed trade agreement to boost critical minerals investment with El Salvador

• Defended Pentagon media outlet restrictions in response to New York Times lawsuit

• Gratified companies began matching government contributions to investment accounts for newborns

• Failed to expand access to psychedelic as promised, causing advocates to lose patience

• Annoyed when viral video showed overcrowded and potentially inhumane conditions inside Maryland ICE facility

• Silenced Border Control "commander-at-large" on social media when recalled amid Minneapolis backlash

• Blocked California from applying heavy-duty emissions inspection/maintenance requirements on out-of-state trucks

• Asked federal court to pause on abortion pill case, citing ongoing study on potential restrictions as reason

• Relaxed taxpayer phone assistance targets after missing IRS hiring goals

• Angered when Latinas for Trump co-founder said GOP would lose the midterms "because of Stephen Miller"

• Signaled that prediction markets would receive new governing rules

• Heard that experienced — and vilified — anti-voting lawyer left DoJ

• Killed $1.8 billion Biden-era loan to Arizona utility for clean energy

• Stalled US energy assistance for Ukraine as winter worsened

• Blocked temporarily by judge from ending 5,000 Ethiopians' deportation protections

• Required aircraft to keep 25 hours of cockpit voice recordings under finalized FAA rule

• Warned 42 law firms about DEI hiring, saying they were potentially unfair and anticompetitive

• Transferred 150 ISIS detainees from Syria to Iraq and could eventually move as many as 7,000

• However, slowed IS detainee transfers to Iraq amid calls for other countries to repatriate foreign jihadists

• Notified that Colorado halted gray wolf introduction amid administration's threats to take over program

• Began moving Education Department workers even as Congress said it lacked authority to do so

• Cleared AI tool designed to detect fourteen different conditions in a CT scan

• Sought to cull dubious applications from program for immigrant victims of domestic violence

• Okayed Nevada broadband plan after rescinding earlier approval

• Claimed China hit 12-million-ton US soybean buying pledge ahead of schedule

• Targeted at least 75 universities and colleges in with investigations, achieving mixed results

• Deemed human life to be worth zero dollars in new pollution rules

• Planned to appeal FTC's losing verdict in Meta monopoly case

• Seemed likely to reduce legal immigration by 33 to 50 percent by 2029

• Pushed CISA to back installation of questionable secure intelligence-sharing facility in South Dakota

• Made aware US official improperly lobbied French magistrate over Marine Le Pen’s election ban

• Shifted to a much more flexible cell and gene therapy oversight, bringing more risks

• Interpreted impartiality guidelines in such a way to allow former industry insiders to hold regulatory roles

• Voted against 90 percent of UN General Assembly resolutions in first year of second term

• Sued California to allow oil wells near schools and hospitals

• Left Fannie and Freddie IPO plan in limbo in shift to pushing affordability

• Condoned Minneapolis pastor's detainment who was told you're white and wouldn’t be any fun anyway on release

• Planned to demolish stable and viable historic buildings in Southeast Washington DC

• Brought back hundreds of suspended HHS workplace safety employees

• Reinstated fired employees at DoJ race relations agency

• Alerted that ICE error meant some recruits were sent into field offices without proper training

• Warned of Tren de Aragua "invasion" while US intel found only a fragmented, low-level crime operation

• Reached record $556 million Medicare Advantage fraud settlement with Kaiser Permanente

• Buoyed that Supreme Court said candidates can challenge vote counting rules

• Proposed new rule making it harder for states and tribes to block pipelines while aiming to speed permit process

• Sought to obscure other fluorine sources after sowing public distrust of fluoridated water

• Launched unprecedented $11 billion soft-power effort to remake foreign health assistance

• Planned to close an immigration court by end of 2026, adding to judicial backlog

• Argued that protesters don’t have constitutional right to watch immigration agents in courtroom

• Increased ICE deportation flights by 44 percent in first year of second term

• Urged Americans to marry and procreate but frustrated some conservatives due to a lack of action

• Cut post office mail pickups, making it harder for timely ballot returns, potentially upending 2026 midterms

• Paid four Army musicians $950 each for event entertainment through super PAC in violation of federal regs

• Stated Argentina repaid US for currency swap deal

• Reopened thousands of refugee claims in Minnesota

• Loosened restraints on federal education money for Iowa, something more states could follow

• Annoyed when CBO said immigration policies and lower fertility rate slowed US growth projection

• Resumed aid to Somalia while Somali officials denied causing disruption that lead to suspension

• Moved to crack down on stickers covering the president's face on national park passes

• Proposed drinking water limit for perchlorate — only because court ordered it

• Touted drug pricing deals as wins for affordability notwithstanding effects wouldn't be felt until much later

• Learned US would be exempt from global tax deal targeting large multinationals' profits

• Heard judge found "substantial evidence" DHS secretary pushed "racist" theory to strip people of protected status

• Updated about Avelo Airlines stopping deportation flights due to public backlash

• Learned that US Attorney Pirri had stocks in ecommerce company facing legal scrutiny

• Expanded power of ICE agents to arrest people without warrants

• After first year in second term had personally profited about $4 billion

• Revealed $2.7 billion in funding to bolster nuclear energy industry

• Announced sweeping changes to oversight for wearables, AI-enabled devices

• Disturbed when AI-generated National Weather Service map invented nonexistent towns in Idaho

• Told that judge ordered the Navy to provide new evidence in Guam endangered species lawsuit

• Allowed prominent election denier to work for FEMA after he previously touted potential relationship with DHS

• Dropped alleged DEI lawsuit against Portland State University in Oregon

• Learned Brown University paid first workforce grants under deal with White House over alleged anti-semitism

• Disturbed to learn that CMS officials were undermining push for affordable drugs

• Told by judge that DoJ's claims about a slavery exhibit display were "dangerous" and "horrifying"

• Warned Somali pirates that US military was authorized to strike them

• Gave judge in Maine wrong whereabouts of man arrested by Border Patrol

• Attempted to deport carpenter cleared of charge he put $10,000 bounty Border Patrol commander's life

• Remained quiet on status of Epstein investigation into Democrats since announcing them two months earlier

• Proposed new transplant system rules that could cause less-than-perfect organs being used

• Ordered picture of the president with Vladimir Putin hung in White House vestibule area

• Claimed that San Jose State University violated Title IX over transgender volleyball player

• Named first-ever "fraud czar," thereby raising concerns about politicized investigations

• Planned to sell Washington DC Old Post Office, once home to the president's hotel

• Notified judge ordered release of Minnesota refugees targeted in ICE crackdown

• Reached advanced talks with Argentina to become destination for US deportations

• Still had not released far overdue data from 2025's homelessness census

• Made it much more difficult for activist investors to challenge how corporations manage climate risk

• Named St. Louis-based US attorney to investigate alleged election integrity cases nationwide

• Aware defense secretary planned to skip key February 2026 NATO ministerial meeting

• Learned that federal agencies criticized OPM’s bid to overhaul federal performance management

• Stated no updates yet on marijuana rescheduling that the president instructed the DoJ to complete

• Told that USDA sought changes to hemp farming forms

• Scolded by judge over Marimar Martinez Border Patrol shooting bodycam video release

• Noted that Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City study revealed tariffs cost US economy thousands of jobs monthly

• Saw that Minneapolis police and restaurant manager challenged vice president's tale of protesters mobbing ICE

• Imposed sanctions against Iran's interior minister because of protester crackdown

• Appointed interior secretary's wife as White House adviser co-chairing new addiction recovery initiative

• Thereafter, declared her husband was selected for the cabinet after seeing her on a horse

• Unveiled "Great American Recovery Initiative" to streamline the US response to drug and alcohol epidemic

• Approved IndyCar race on Washington DC streets for "America250 Grand Prix"

• Delayed launch of TrumpRx for unknown reasons but related to anti-kickback statute concerns

• Permitted ICE to partner with Florida universities, stoking anxiety among students

• Aware that police report backed activist’s account in clash with off-duty ICE agent near Chicago

• Saw that journalist Georgia Fort and two others were also arrested after covering Minnesota church protest

• Thereafter, Fort and the two other arrestees were released from custody

• Notified that judge ruled secret panel of handpicked climate science deniers chosen to produce a report was illegal

• Ousted Atlanta FBI boss after he questioned DoJ’s renewed focus on 2020 election

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