Trump’s Week of WTF: Executive Orders That Will Make You Scream Into the Void
Hey besties, it’s time for another edition of What Has That Man Done Now?! This week, Trump took his executive order pen on a rampage, signing off on some of the most unconstitutional, unethical, and downright dystopian policies yet. If you thought he couldn’t get worse—congrats, you have underestimated his commitment to villainy.
1. Smithsonian Gets a MAGA Makeover
Trump signed an executive order demanding the Smithsonian Institution remove “divisive” content (read: anything that makes white men uncomfortable). That means no more pesky facts about systemic racism or gender discrimination. Because why learn from history when you can just rewrite it? Next up: renaming the Civil War the “Friendly Family Disagreement of 1861.”
📜 Why it’s illegal: Violates the First Amendment by using government power to dictate historical narratives.
💩 Why it’s unethical: Suppressing truth in favor of propaganda is a classic authoritarian move.
(The Guardian)
2. Law Firms Get the “Cancel Culture” Treatment
Trump is throwing a legal temper tantrum, banning major law firms from handling federal cases because gasp they defended people he doesn’t like. He also ordered their attorneys’ security clearances revoked because, apparently, due process is for losers.
📜 Why it’s illegal: Violates the right to legal representation and equal protection.
💩 Why it’s unethical: Intimidating lawyers to prevent them from defending the “wrong” clients? Banana republic behavior.
(Business Insider)
3. Confederate Monuments Are Back, Baby!
In case you weren’t aware, Trump is STILL really, really sad about Confederate statues being taken down. So now he’s ordering a “review” to get them back up. Because nothing says “forward-thinking leadership” like glorifying traitors who fought for slavery.
📜 Why it’s illegal: It’s not illegal—just wildly unnecessary.
💩 Why it’s unethical: Prioritizing statues of racist losers over literally any actual policy that helps people is a choice.
(Axios)
4. The Government Wants Your Twitter Handle Now
Under a new executive order, immigration officials can demand social media accounts from people applying for green cards or citizenship. Because apparently, exercising free speech online now makes you a national security risk.
📜 Why it’s illegal: First Amendment violation. Also, hello, Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches?
💩 Why it’s unethical: A dystopian surveillance state disguised as “border security” is still a dystopian surveillance state.
(AP News)
5. English Only, Peasants!
Trump finally made English the official language of the U.S. because nothing says “freedom” like forcing linguistic conformity. Immigrants? Multiculturalism? Accessibility? Who cares! America is now monolingual, deal with it.
📜 Why it’s illegal: The Constitution doesn’t declare an official language—this order targets non-English speakers unfairly.
💩 Why it’s unethical: Punishing people for speaking other languages is just racism in a new outfit.
(Wikipedia)
Final Thoughts: America’s Spiraling, and Trump’s Got the Gasoline
If this week’s executive orders tell us anything, it’s that Trump is all in on authoritarianism. Censorship, legal intimidation, propaganda, surveillance—this is a “How to Destroy Democracy” speedrun.
🔥 Tomorrow’s To-Do List:
- Call your reps and tell them to challenge this nonsense.
- Support organizations fighting back in court.
- Never let anyone tell you “voting doesn’t matter” again.
Because if this keeps up, we’re going to need an executive order to reinstate basic human rights.
✊ Stay loud, stay mad, and stay fighting! ✊
