2020 Day 1174: Trump removed the Pentagon’s acting inspector general, who was tapped to lead the group responsible for preventing "waste, fraud, and abuse" of the $2 trillion coronavirus emergency stimulus package; acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned a day after he ridiculed and then apologized to a captain he had ousted for raising concerns about a coronavirus outbreak on the USS Theodore Roosevelt; Trump's economic adviser warned the White House in January that there was "an increasing probability of a full-blown COVID-19 pandemic that could infect as many as 100 million Americans"; Trump has a personal financial interest in the company that makes the brand-name version of hydroxychloroquine; and Trump replaced the White House press secretary with his re-election campaign spokeswoman. Apr 7, 2020
2021 Day 78: The CDC said the coronavirus variant first identified in the U.K. is now the dominant strain in the United States; Biden signaled that he was open to "good faith negotiations" with Republicans on his $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal, but insisted he would "not be open to doing nothing"; Biden will announce new executive actions to curb gun violence on Thursday; the U.S. and Iran agreed – through intermediaries – on a plan to try to get both countries back into compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal; and the National Republican Congressional Committee is warning donors who opt out of recurring monthly donations that "we will have to tell Trump you’re a DEFECTOR." Apr 7, 2021
2022 Day 443: The Senate voted 53 to 47 to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the 116th Supreme Court justice; New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a Manhattan judge to hold Trump in contempt of court; the Manhattan district attorney said the criminal investigation into Trump and his company is continuing; the Justice Department is investigating the 15 boxes of White House records that Trump took to Mar-a-Lago after leaving office; the House voted to recommend criminal contempt of Congress charges against Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino; and Congress voted to revoke Russia’s “most favored nation” trade status and banned the import of Russian energy into the U.S. Apr 7, 2022
2025 Day 1539: Trump insisted that he would not reverse course on his tariffs despite wiping out over $6 trillion in global market value, raising the risk of recession and alienating allies; Trump threatened to impose an additional 50% tariff on Chinese goods if China doesn’t reverse its retaliatory 34% tariffs on all U.S. imports – a response to Trump’s own "Liberation Day" 34% tariff on all Chinese imports; Trump reposted a video claiming he is “purposely crashing the stock market”; Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned that Trump’s tariffs will likely lead to higher inflation and weaker growth; Trump threatened to veto a bipartisan Senate bill that would limit his ability to impose tariffs without congressional approval; and Trump spent the weekend golfing at his private Florida clubs as markets lost trillions, retirement accounts cratered, and businesses assessed the fallout from his tariffs. Apr 7, 2025
2026 Day 1904: Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran after threatening that “a whole civilization will die tonight” if the Strait of Hormuz didn't reopen by 8 p.m. Eastern; more than 50 House Democrats and at least two Democratic senators called for Trump’s removal through impeachment or the 25th Amendment; the U.S. struck military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island; Trump and JD Vance publicly intervened in Hungary’s election campaign, rallying support for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán; the Education Department terminated six civil rights settlements that had required schools to protect transgender students; and 35% of Americans are confident in Trump's ability to make good decisions when it comes to Iran, while 64% are not. Apr 7, 2026