Short, sourced answers to the questions people ask most. Each one links to the full record.
Yes. His administration accepted a Boeing 747 from the government of Qatar for his use. Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro said that if the same thing involved Hunter and Joe Biden, “we’d all be freaking out on the right.” See the record →
Yes. The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office found the administration broke federal law by withholding money Congress had already appropriated, at least six times. Republican Senator Susan Collins called it unlawful. See the record →
Yes. Among other cases, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority blocked his attempt to fire a Federal Reserve governor, 5 to 4, finding he denied her due process. It was the first attempt to remove a Fed governor in 111 years. See the record →
Yes, more than once. He ordered strikes on Iran in February 2026 and a strike-and-capture operation in Venezuela in January 2026, neither authorized by Congress. Republicans including Thomas Massie, Rand Paul, and Mike Lee noted the lack of authorization. See the record →
No. The nonpartisan GAO examined DOGE’s “Wall of Receipts” and could not verify most of it. Two-thirds of the claimed contract savings were unsupported, and $27 billion was credited to contracts that were never canceled. See the record →
Yes. His family cleared more than a billion dollars from a crypto venture, including a deal tied to a foreign government, according to his own filings. See the record →
Yes. On a recorded phone call in January 2021, after he lost Georgia, Trump told the Secretary of State, “I just want to find 11,780 votes.” See the record →
Yes. His Justice Department brought prosecutions against figures he had publicly named as political enemies. See the record →
Yes. After the AP kept using the established name, the White House barred its reporters from the Oval Office and Air Force One. A judge Trump appointed ruled the ban violated the First Amendment; the ruling was later stayed on appeal. See the record →
Yes. He said the United States would control Greenland “one way or the other,” at first declined to rule out military force, and threatened tariffs on eight European allies to pressure a sale. See the record →
Yes. He signed the largest Medicaid cut in the program’s history, and members of his own party voted against it. See the record →
Every entry links to its original source, and most are sourced to his own side: the conservative Supreme Court majority, judges he appointed, the nonpartisan GAO, and Republicans. You don’t have to trust us, follow any link to the original. See the record →