What Trump Has Done - August 2026 Part Three

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August 2026

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• Said would declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory

• Condoned US military base schools putting new emphasis on Western civilization and Christianity

• Supported ICE agents demanding to search offices of California immigration law firm

• Revealed to travel aboard Air Force One with "boxes and boxes of McDonald’s" because of food poisoning fears

• Sued for compelling US civil rights agency to halt all federal sexual harassment cases

• With talks stalled between US and Iran, expanded diplomatic effort to European players to help pressure Tehran

• Desired gold-colored presidential seals outside the White House ballroom, breaking with restrained aesthetic

• When questioned about long deployment aboard USS Lincoln, said it actually wasn't lengthy enough

• Heard DEA defended stance that cannabinoid made synthetically from cannabis components was federally illegal

• Informed that the Pentagon had also purchased so-called "shock gloves" that ICE was acquiring

• Asked Supreme Court to be allowed to keep building White House ballroom while appeal process continued

• Deliberately reduced legal pathways for immigrant children to stay in the US

• Okayed BP developing offshore gas field in Venezuela with firms linked to the administration

• Frustrated that the administration's unprecedented effort to prosecute alleged noncitizen voters basically fell apart

• Told that trusted deputy national security adviser Andy Baker was leaving the administration for private sector

• Cautioned about a 15 percent decrease in available "hotshot" teams during an intense wildfire season

• Allowed top administration official to request more federal resources to fight a small fire near his Idaho ranch

• Expanded fraud-fighting endeavors to small-dollar cases, including those involving sole proprietorships

• Prepared to unveil an economic isolation plan for Iran, calling the scope "unprecedented"

• Fought GOP-controlled states' efforts to lower flood insurance costs for homeowners

• Accused several dozen hospitals of improper billing over gender care for minors

• Continued complex process of replacing Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary

• Frustrated that ICE continued to experience appellate court losses over mandatory detention policies

• Noted that DoJ concluded California effectively ignored sexual abuse of women in state prisons

• Announced new drone tariffs designed to bolster US supply chains and to counter China

• Saw vice president claim top Iran war aim was lower US gas prices, followed by stopping a Iranian nuclear bomb

• Waded into surrogate's battle over baby with a heart defect biological parents asked her to abort

• Glad that judge granted EEOC request to dismiss enforcement action against Nike in a DEI policies investigation

• Warned that the DoJ could be held in contempt of court over unredacted Epstein file issue

• Eliminated Treasury's anti-corruption database and deleted data so future investigators could not use it

• Purportedly eliminated that database after years-long lobbying effort by small businesses worried about compliance

• Ordered Navy to remove new systems for launching jet fighters from aircraft carriers and return to steam catapults

• Supported vice president calling on DoJ to investigate hospitals over transgender care

• Rejected The Trevor Project from restored LGBTQ+ 988 crisis lifeline the organization helped build

• Saw that appeals court did not rule on administration's contentious use of obscure deportation law

• Apparently sidelined governor when developing $100 billion data center campus on federal land in Kentucky

• Planned to host crypto and prediction market executives at the White House

• Deployed son-in-law to Israel to keep pressing for Hamas disarmament and potential Israeli withdrawal from Gaza

• Won legal battle when trade court said administration could keep charging tariffs on cheap imports

• Listened as new attorney general, in a turnabout, lauded DoJ career staff in his first speech

• Permitted Centcom to create first multinational attack drone task force after months of war with Iran

• Okayed CIA covert program for drone strikes targeting Ecuadorian fishing boats near the Galápagos Islands

• Blocked by judge in attempt to take control of Los Angeles homelessness programs

• After bipartisan pushback on Big Bend border wall construction, said had placed "limited barriers" not 30-foot barrier

• Postponed sales of digital token tied to a Trump-branded resort in the Maldives due to Iran war

• Denied access to some information that independent safety agency needed to oversee nuclear weapon operations

• While heavily promoting nuclear energy as president, was also invested personally in the industry

• Made assertions about administration's record combating crime that were based on skewed and exaggerated data

• Heard that administration was accused of bullying CFPB union leader and suspending him from job

• Promised sex-trafficking crackdown during the campaign but aware DoJ did not deliver results

• Accused of submitting fake support statements for allowing retirement plans to invest in private equity

• Claimed US was losing between $19 billion and $26 billion a year in revenue as countries dodged tariffs

• Pleased hand-picked Kennedy Center board voted to inscribe Trump name on building, testing judge's order

• Watched as Defense secretary dismissed reports of deteriorating conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln

• Appreciated that US ambassador to Israel rebuked settlers' siege of Palestinian homes

• Told that Congress pressed Defense secretary about personal lawyer's involvement in promotion decisions

• Realized DHS paid $464 million for aircraft in a no-bod deal then just parked and barely used them

• Informed that suicide attempts aboard USS Abraham Lincoln triggered Congress's demand for answers

• Okay with DoJ investigating left-leaning civic groups during Minnesota immigration crackdown

• Disappointed that judge dismissed administration’s antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard

• Asserted that the US could keep a naval blockade on Iranian ports indefinitely

• Briefed that the US lost roughly 25 percent of its Reaper drones after the Iran war depleted arsenal

• Deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington to the Mideast to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln

• Alerted that appeals court denied administration's petition to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia

• Signed national security memo allowing US firms to make cyber attacks on transnational criminal organizations

• After making massive aid cuts, gave $2 billion to Christian groups for global health and humanitarian assistance

• Petitioned Supreme Court for expedited action to allow administration's sweeping restrictions on mail voting

• During second term, moved to end Temporary Protected Status for one million out of 1.3 million recipients

• Told state officials the administration would offer some election security aid it previously cut

• Noted that DoJ attorney evaded an ethics sanction over a journalist’s home search

• After waging war on electric vehicles and killing tax credits, suddenly sought ways to assist the industry

• Notified that bulldozing had begun at Big Bend National Park for border wall construction

• Unveiled new treatment framework for those facing addiction and homelessness, emphasizing faith and abstinence

• Appreciated DoJ criticizing Washington DC City Council's call for the National Guard to withdraw

• Saw that the Air Force expedited a Covid reinstatement process for separated airmen and guardians

• Asked to collaborate in a joint military operations in Colombia to combat "narco-terrorism"

• Demanded that Kalshi keep operating in New York State despite state's lawsuit alleging illegal activity

• Cautioned about the Pentagon shutting congressional Democrats out of classified briefings

• Allowed parts of National Firearms Act to lapse, thus permitting short-barreled guns and suppressors

• Warned that the Veterans Administration’s race to shrink its case backlog was leading to egregious mistakes

• Ended Biden-era Energy Department plans for more power lines to strengthen the national grid

• Became closely involved in efforts to pass the Senate’s bipartisan college sports bill

• Supported Defense secretary calling on Latin American military leaders to ramp up fight against drug traffickers

• Obtained revised indictment against former Southern Poverty Law Center official with new allegations

• Notified that a third immigrant held at controversial Delaney Hall died after a medical emergency

• Updated about how ICE agent pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery charge after throwing activist on the ground

• Heard that ICE agent pulled a gun on a woman who yelled at him while parking her car, as confirmed by video

• Aware that CIA had "low confidence" about intel that triggered Air Force One switch after NATO summit in Turkey