The Guardian tracks Donald Trump and his administration’s latest moves each day with several stories, features and analysis. Below are some of the biggest stories of American politics that took place on Wednesday, February 19th.
Trump calls Zelensky a “dictator”
The US and Ukraine reconciliation after Donald Trump escalated his attack on Volodymyr Zelenskyy, calling the Ukrainian president a “dictator” and warned him that he was “moving fast” or that the country had not left. It seems to be heading towards a crack that cannot be done. .
The US leader’s comments on Wednesday, falsely, came after Zelenkie school said Trump was “confined” in the “false information bubble” in Russia.
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Guardian reporters also confirmed the facts of Trump’s claims about the war in Ukraine, including denounced Zelensky.
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Trump supports House budget plans
Donald Trump has derailed Senate Republican budget strategies by supporting competing home options, and GOP leaders are rushing to save their agenda a few weeks before the potential government shutdown.
The president’s shocking intervention came hours after Senate Republicans moved to advance their two-track proposal. Instead, he declared that he wanted “one big beautiful bill” through the House settlement process.
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Trump orders doj to fire a Biden-era US lawyer
Donald Trump has put the remaining US lawyers set up by the previous administration in an apparent move to push out Joe Biden’s political appointees who may resist guiding prosecutors’ decisions. He said he had instructed the Department of Justice to be fired. Trump wrote in the Truth Society, saying, “We must quickly ‘clean our homes’ and regain confidence.”
The termination of US lawyers after the change in administration is typical, but the Trump administration was unusually aggressive in pushing for mass shootings across the board.
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Trump expands the power of independent regulators
Donald Trump expanded his power over independent regulatory bodies by signing the agency that created an executive order, established by Congress, responsible for the White House. Some experts said the move clashed with mainstream interpretations of the constitution.
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Trump Group appeals for Brazil’s justice involved in the Bolsonaro incident
Trump’s media group and video platform Rumble have filed a joint lawsuit against Brazil’s Supreme Court judiciary, alleging that it violated the free speech rights of far-right Brazilian influencers living in the United States.
The lawsuit against Judge Alexandre de Moraes was filed in Florida hours after Brazilian President Jea Bolsonaro filed a lawsuit after losing the 2022 election. Ta.
Last year, Moraz was involved in a months-long conflict with Elon Musk after ordering Musk’s social platform X to block accounts that share far-right misinformation and anti-democratic content. .
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Judge refuses to block Doge’s access to US data
A federal judge refused to immediately stop Elon Musk and the so-called “Doctor of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) from accessing government data systems or taking part in layoffs for workers. US District Judge Tanya Chukkan has found legitimate questions about the billionaire’s authority, but said there is no evidence of serious legal harm to justify the temporary restraining order. .
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Trump moves to fast truck fossil fuel project
Environmentalists were furious on Wednesday after the Trump administration moved to a fast truck fossil fuel project through the permit process, explaining activists as an attempt to avoid environmental laws that could harm waterways and wetlands. did.
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The State Department cancels all subscriptions around the world and cancels all subscriptions to “non-conflict important” news and media outlets in another extraordinary Trump administration crackdown on regular information channels It is reportedly ordered to do so.
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Trump calls himself King and has a widespread rebellion
There was backlash from Democrats after Trump compared his administration to the “king” of social media following his administration’s decision to withdraw New York City’s crowd pricing program. On Wednesday, Trump wrote about the true society: “Crowded pricing is dead. Manhattan and New York are all saved. Long live the king!” The White House then shared Trump quote on social media, with the Golden Crown behind the New York City skyline While wearing it, it was accompanied by computer-generated image of playing cards grinning on a fake Time magazine cover.
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What happened today:
At the Future Investment Initiative, a global finance conference in Miami hosted by Saudi Arabia’s Sovereign Wealth Fund, Trump said the US is “back and open for business,” and said “high taxes, crushing regulations, Ramp-stretched inflation, dark days of ramp-stretched terrible corruption, government weaponization…and complete incompetence will disappear forever.”
Illinois Governor JB Pretzker delivered a searing hot state address, comparing it to seizing Trump’s incredible power to the rise of German Nazism in the 1930s.
In a furious statement after asking federal judges to dismiss the corruption case against New York Mayor Eric Adams, deputy assistant attorney general Emil Bove, who opposed Justice Department officials and prosecutors who opposed the decision to resign was invited.
The Internal Revenue Service fired 6,700 people as early as Thursday, and will begin a massive layoff just as tax season begins. Further reductions in agency size are expected.
