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Friend,

Welcome to our weekly “Trumptastrophe” email series that serves to remind
us of the destructive policies, decisions, and actions we encountered
during the Trump presidency and the threats that he and others in the MAGA
movement still pose – and to keep those moments clear in our memory as we
fight to defeat Republican extremists during the upcoming elections.

This week’s Trumptastrophe brings into focus the failed promises and
disastrous policies of Trump’s first 100 days in office while also
highlighting the frightening plans in Project 2025 – the right-wing plot
to undermine and weaponize the federal government should Trump win
reelection in November:

On April 29, 2017, President Donald Trump held a [ [link removed] ]rally with MAGA
supporters in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to celebrate his first 100 days in
office. It was classic Trump, mixing boasts, [ [link removed] ]lies, and attacks on the
media. He made a big show of rallying with his base rather than attending
the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington.

Before the 2016 election, Trump [ [link removed] ]released a 100-day action plan he
called a “Contract with the American Voter.” He had a mixed record on
meeting those promises despite [ [link removed] ]a flurry of executive orders. “Though
the White House created a website touting its accomplishments of the first
100 days, Trump has tried to downplay the importance of the marker,
perhaps out of recognition that many of his campaign promises have gone
unfulfilled,” [ [link removed] ]noted AP reporter Laurie Kellman.

Some memorable moments included Trump’s early executive order banning
travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries, resulting in what The
Guardian [ [link removed] ]called “an outcry over a betrayal of American values,
pandemonium at airports, and defeat in the courts”—and “an early victory
for the system of checks and balances that prompted Trump to vent his
frustration.”

Trump told a reporter that the “[ [link removed] ]best moment” of his first 100 days was
the confirmation of the 49-year-old Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch,
which Trump called “a real legacy.” The fact that Trump had a vacancy to
fill was due to Senate Republicans’ unprincipled refusal to even consider
President Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to fill the seat
left open by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia—a sign of the GOP’s
growing contempt for democratic norms in the Trump era.

In typical Trump fashion, he declared in his weekly radio address that his
first 100 days had been “just about the most successful in our country’s
history.” That was contrary to the [ [link removed] ]assessment of MSNBC analyst Jonathan
Alter: “the worst, least successful, first 100 days since it became a
concept in 1933.”

That isn’t to say Trump wasn’t making an impact.

Right Wing Watch [ [link removed] ]noted that while failing in many ways, Trump had
managed to give the religious right just about anything it wanted: the
Gorsuch nomination; a huge number of far-right activists given high-level
positions in the administration; the reinstitution and expansion of the
anti-abortion “global gag rule”; attacks on Planned Parenthood; and an
executive order undermining nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ
Americans.

People For the American Way and a coalition led by Democracy 21 gave
Trump’s first 100 days [ [link removed] ]a failing grade for integrity, transparency,
and accountability:

* President Trump has ignored provisions of the Constitution and basic
ethical norms established to prevent government corruption and
influence buying.
* President Trump has rejected the core democratic principle of the
public’s right to know.
* President Trump has challenged basic accountability protections
embedded in the Constitution.

As Arn Pearson of the Center for Media and Democracy noted, “Contrary to
his campaign promises, Trump has flouted the most basic anti-corruption
principles embedded in our Constitution and woven into the fabric of our
democracy. He has thrown open the floodgates to personal financial gain
and corporate special interests alike, and invited the alligators in to
run the government.” Pearson concluded, “America is witnessing the most
corrupt presidency in its modern history.”

The Center for American Progress [ [link removed] ]concluded that “Trump’s actions
during his first 100 days in office have time and time again benefited
corporations and the wealthy at the expense of ordinary Americans.”

AP’s 2017 [ [link removed] ]analysis was that Trump had “spent 100 days being educated
on the slow grind of government.” That experience is something that Trump
and his advisors do not intend to repeat.

[ [link removed] ]Project 2025 is an aggressive battle plan by the MAGA movement to
“take the reins of government” the moment Trump is sworn in. More than 100
right-wing organizations are participating in the effort, which has
published a detailed policy agenda for virtually every federal department
and agency—down to “day one” executive orders. They’re planning to give
Trump virtually dictatorial control over the executive branch of
government by implementing a far-right constitutional theory to eliminate
guardrails against the abuse of power, and purging tens of thousands of
civil servants and replacing them with ideological warriors pre-screened
for their loyalty to Trump and the MAGA movement.

The policy agenda of Project 2025 is a ruinous right-wing fever dream, one
aligned with Trump’s own “Agenda 47.” Trump has the full backing of the
massive right-wing infrastructure in this country to launch a blitzkrieg
against the federal government and democratic checks and balances. He is
vowing to use the power of the government to go after the media as well as
his personal and political enemies.

Trump’s first 100 days were bad enough. His second first 100 days—if he
gets the chance by winning in November—would be far more aggressive, more
harmful for people and the planet, more dangerous for democracy.

These are just some of the reasons we need YOU in this
fight. So, find your
favorite way to unwind after reading through this week’s recap, and then
make a plan for how you will fight back this week, this month, this
election cycle.

For members who are interested in sharing the weekly Trumptastrophe
series, [ [link removed] ]you can find all previous editions on our website! This post
will be published by Thursday so you can share with your friends and
family and remind them of the importance of ensuring that Trump is
defeated again this November.

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Thanks for all that you do to defeat Republican extremism.

– People For the American Way

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