Trump: “I run the country and the world.” – NOT
Trump is working hard to live up to his absurd claim on April 28, 2025, that “I run the country and the world.” The American […]
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Wertheimer Political Report, January 23, 2026
|Newsletter, Political Report |by Dave WagnerTRUMPWATCH 2.0 Trump budget office orders review of funds to Democratic-controlled states. “President Donald Trump said his administration would cut off federal resources to […]
Trump Is Working Hard to Destroy Our Justice System – He Will Fail
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |by Dave WagnerThe stated mission of the Department of Justice (DOJ) is to uphold the rule of law, to keep our country safe, and to protect civil […]
Wertheimer Political Report, January 15, 2026
|Newsletter, Political Report |by Dave WagnerD21 NEWS Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality.’ In a Planet Money NPR interview, Democracy 21’s Fred Wertheimer […]
If He Barks like an Autocrat and Governs Like an Autocrat, He’s an …
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |by Dave WagnerTrump now has all the power tools that autocrats (and dictators) use to exercise singular control over their nations. Trump’s authoritarian resources include: A masked, […]
Wertheimer Political Report, January 8, 2026
|Newsletter, Political Report |by Dave WagnerTRUMPWATCH 2.0 Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality.’ “On topic after topic, President Trump made clear that he […]
“I run the country and the world;” Bombs away
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |by Dave Wagner“I have the right to do whatever I want as president,” President Donald Trump said in July 2019. “I run the country and the world,” Trump […]
Wertheimer Political Report, December 18, 2025
|Newsletter, Political Report |by Dave WagnerFROM D21 PRESIDENT FRED WERTHEIMER Trump’s hand-picked Kennedy Center board votes to rename it the ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’ The board’s decision to add Trump’s name […]
Trump Weakens Politically as the Battle to Protect Our Democracy Enters 2026
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |by Dave Wagner“Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold,” is a famous line from William Butler Yeats’s poem, The Second Coming. In the case of Donald Trump’s […]
Wertheimer Political Report, December 11, 2025
|Newsletter, Political Report |by Dave WagnerFROM D21 PRESIDENT FRED WERTHEIMER What’s the word that describes: Blowing up small boats with relatively small amounts of drugs thousands of miles away, […]
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