{"id":2405473,"date":"2025-02-22T11:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T16:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-report-card-trump-is-bulldozing-washington-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-22T11:30:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T16:30:55","slug":"white-house-report-card-trump-is-bulldozing-washington-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-report-card-trump-is-bulldozing-washington-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Report Card: Trump is bulldozing Washington &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-report-card-trump-is-bulldozing-washington-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2405473&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article titled &#8220;White House Report Card: trump is bulldozing Washington&#8221; discusses President Donald Trump&#8217;s aggressive \u200dapproach to his presidency,\u200c illustrating a\u2063 series of actions taken during one day\u2064 that exemplify his goal to disrupt standard operations in Washington, \u2062D.C. Key moves include the appointment of FBI Director Kash Patel,who announced immediate changes within the FBI,as\u200b well as Trump&#8217;s public confrontation with Maine \u200dGovernor Janet \u200dMills over a transgender\u200c sports ban. Additionally, Trump dismissed the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and appointed a \u2062new general in his place.<\/p>\n<p>The article \u200cnotes that\u200b Trump&#8217;s performance this <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">week drew\u200b critical reviews<\/a> from both conservative and liberal analysts, with\u2064 Jed Babbin \u2062grading \u2064him a D-minus for \u200bhis comments on Ukraine and john Zogby giving\u200b a \u2064D.Critics pointed out Trump&#8217;s inflammatory remarks about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his misleading characterization of Ukraine&#8217;s role in the ongoing war with \u200dRussia. The piece sheds light \u200bon the potential repercussions and sentiments arising from Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-analysts-biden-giving-china-everything-they-want-china-going-to-be-quite-aggressive\/\" title=\"China Analysts: Biden Giving China \u2018Everything\u2019 They Want, China Going To Be \u2018Quite Aggressive\u2019\">foreign policy approach<\/a>, particularly in relation \u2064to Ukraine and its ongoing conflict with Russia, suggesting it may jeopardize U.S. standing and\u200c relationships abroad. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/time-well-funded-cabal-of-powerful-people-saved-democracy\/\" title=\"TIME: \u2018Well-Funded Cabal Of Powerful People\u2019 Saved Democracy\">report concludes<\/a> with mentions of various critical reactions and the general decline in consumer confidence and Trump\u2019s approval\u2064 ratings as a\u200d result of these actions and statements.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">White House Report Card: Trump is bulldozing Washington<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2016261\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> continued to bulldoze through Washington, D.C., with his well-planned agenda to shake up the city and all federal agencies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Take his moves on Friday alone as an example of daily action. His most controversial nominee, FBI Director Kash Patel, was sworn into office and immediately announced plans to dump some workers and push others out to field offices. Trump spoke to governors at the White House and called out Maine Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3326183\/trump-tussles-maine-governor-janet-mills-transgender-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Janet Mills<\/a> for opposing his ban on boys playing as girls. And by the end of the day, he dumped the chairman of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3327009\/trump-fires-chairman-of-joint-staff-cq-brown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joint Chiefs of Staff<\/a> and made the unusual move of naming a retired three-star Air Force general as his new pick.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FULL LIST OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ACTIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS TRUMP HAS MADE AS PRESIDENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the week, he and his staff took shots at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3326419\/us-ukraine-relationship-inflection-point-third-anniversary-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">in an apparent negotiating tactic<\/a> aimed at settling the Russia-Ukraine war and winning the prize of rare earth minerals for all the U.S. has spent on behalf of Zelensky.<\/p>\n<p>Both of our graders were not as pleased with Trump&rsquo;s performance as they have been in his first month in office. Conservative grader Jed Babbin gave Trump a D-minus for &ldquo;dissing Zelensky&rdquo; and making it sound like Ukraine started the three-year war. Democratic pollster John Zogby&nbsp;also slammed the negotiations and raised questions about Elon Musk&rsquo;s cuts through the Department of Government Efficiency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jed Babbin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Grade: D-<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>What started out as a very good week for President Donald Trump went south fast with his remarks on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ukraine<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Aside from those remarks (which I&rsquo;ll get to in a minute) Trump managed to:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>End federal aid to illegal immigrants.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Slow illegal immigration to almost a trickle.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Fire all the remaining Biden-appointed U.S. attorneys.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Freeze all payments to the Palestinian Authority &ldquo;security services,&rdquo; meaning their supporters of terrorism.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Found $4.7 trillion in virtually untraceable U.S. Treasury payments.&nbsp;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>But then Trump laid into Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelensky. There is a lot to criticize about former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s endless aid to Ukraine and the corruption that almost certainly accompanied it. But why repeat Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Vladimir-Putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Vladimir Putin<\/a>&rsquo;s lies?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>First, Trump accused Zelensky of being a dictator and not holding elections since the war began with Russia in 2022. That, of course, is what the Ukrainian constitution provides for. It suspends elections while martial law is imposed, which it was soon after the invasion. Trump&rsquo;s remarks sounded like Putin&rsquo;s propaganda.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And then, further indulging in Putin-style propaganda, Trump accused Ukraine of starting the war. That was a truly stupid statement that defies the facts. The war is a Russian act of aggression in which Russian forces have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maher-defends-israel-leftists-would-run-screaming-to-tel-aviv-if-they-had-to-live-in-gaza-for-one-day\/\" title=\"Maher Defends Israel: Leftists \u2018Would Run Screaming To Tel Aviv If They Had To Live In Gaza For One Day\u2019\">committed war crimes<\/a> as a matter of policy. It is the start of Putin&rsquo;s grand plan to reassemble the old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/soviet-union\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Soviet empire<\/a>. Trump, by defying the facts, makes himself and America weaker.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/3321217\/on-illegal-immigration-trump-filing-lawsuits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, IT&rsquo;S TRUMP FILING THE LAWSUITS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Zogby<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Grade: D<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>It has been quite a year this past week.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We begin with the outlines of a possible &ldquo;deal&rdquo; between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the war on Ukraine. What we have learned thus far is that this deal may include the U.S. splitting half of all revenues from new licenses in perpetuity from the opportunities brought from a cessation of hostilities.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Overheated Wedge Issues Can Backfire\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q6uqEQi3KoE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>Bad enough that even members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"... taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s own party are critical, but it continued with Trump&rsquo;s bombastic rewrite of how the Russia-Ukraine War began and with him insulting the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by calling him a dictator and second-rate comedian.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3322635\/experts-warn-trump-foreign-aid-pivot-boon-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EXPERTS WARN THAT TRUMP&rsquo;S FOREIGN AID PIVOT COULD BE A BOON FOR CHINA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Don McLean has sung about the &ldquo;day the music died,&rdquo; but this may have been the week when diplomacy (as we have known it) was put on life support. American veterans who volunteered to fight and advise the Ukraine are said to be furious at Trump. Starting with the president of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/France\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">France<\/a> calling for a European Union Summit over this U.S. unilateral action, a lot of folks are angry and scared.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Department of Justice&rsquo;s dismissal of charges against the mayor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/New-York-City\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New York City<\/a> in possible exchange for more support from the mayor to Trump certainly seems to quack like a duck, but it has also led to the resignation of several deputy mayors of the city.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The president&rsquo;s unelected Honcho-in-Chief, Elon Musk, gave indications that he may look into cuts in Social Security just as he was wielding a chainsaw at the annual CPAC confab in Washington, D.C. Employee firings continue en masse as Trump and Musk admit that there will be early pain before the common good feels some relief.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Maybe they are right. But for now, my grade is based on this week&rsquo;s early pain. Consumer confidence has taken a beating, as has Trump&rsquo;s approval numbers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jed Babbin<\/strong> is a <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contributor and former deputy undersecretary of defense in the administration of former President George H.W. Bush. Follow him on X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jedbabbin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">@jedbabbin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Zogby<\/strong> is the founder of the Zogby Survey and senior partner at <a href=\"https:\/\/johnzogbystrategies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">John Zogby Strategies<\/a>. His latest book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Beyond-Horse-Race-Polls-Should\/dp\/1538197146\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>Beyond the Horse Race: How to Read Polls and Why We Should<\/em><\/a>, was just released. His podcast with son and managing partner and pollster Jeremy Zogby can be heard here. Follow him on X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/zogbystrategies\" title=\"\">@ZogbyStrategies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2016261\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2016261\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Report Card: Trump is shaking up Washington<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2405474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Trump-Card-Report-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5894,3634,4086,32076,32094],"class_list":["post-2405473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-washington","tag-washington-examiner","tag-white-house-report-card"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Trump-Card-Report-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2405473"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2405477,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405473\/revisions\/2405477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2405474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2405473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2405473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2405473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}