ignored a group of physicians who offered to provide free flu shots to detained immigrants?

Three children, aged 2, 6, and 16, had already died of the flu in US custody at the time the offer was made. U.S. Customs and Border Protection have since said that there would be no plans to vaccinate those in their custody.

Newsweek – Trump administration ignored offer of free fly clinic for migrants despite child deaths, physicians say
CNBC – The US won’t provide flu vaccines to migrant families at border detention camps

said that he directed the EPA to investigate low-flow fixtures because people needed to flush toilets 10 to 15 times?

They take a shower and water comes dripping out, just dripping out very quietly dripping out. People are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times, as opposed to once. They end up using more water. So, EPA is looking at that very strongly, at my suggestion.

Reuters – Trump takes aim at trickle-down toilets, faucets
Business Insider – Trump says the EPA is looking ‘very strongly’ at ‘sinks and showers and other elements of bathrooms’ because people are flushing their toilets 10 to 15 times
The Washington Post – Trump Orders Toilet Rule Review Over Low-Flow Flushing

abruptly ordered the withdrawal of US forces from a base in Syria, abandoning Kurdish allies to be attacked by Turkey?

The base had been so hastily abandoned that photographs show it was still powered and stocked with food. Russian journalists took footage of the abandoned base and claimed in media broadcasts, “Manbij is ours!” Turkey immediately began an offense against Kurdish militias in the region, who had lost over 10,000 soldiers fighting alongside the US against ISIS. Trump later tweeted about his own “great and unmatched wisdom” regarding the matter.

Though the Kurds had long been US allies in the region, Trump dismissed concerns about them by saying they are “no angels.” He also suggested that the Kurds were releasing ISIS prisoners, though other US officials have said that this was being done by Turkish-backed forces. Concerns about the released ISIS prisoners were dismissed as being a problem for Europe instead of the United States. Trump claimed that allies like the United Kingdom’s were “thrilled” with his decision, though the UK government has denied this, and opposed any Turkish incursion. Other reports with sources in Trump’s administration assert that he believed Turkey to be bluffing, and that it wouldn’t actually attack Syria.

Trump also claimed that the soldiers that had been stationed in Syria would be coming home, when in fact they were just to be redeployed to Iraq.

Newsweek – RUSSIANS SHARE VIDEOS FROM HASTILY ABANDONED U.S. BASE IN SYRIA: ‘MANBIJ IS OURS!’
Independent – Trump says Kurds are ‘no angels’, after US allies helped defeat Isis
Business Insider – Trump suggested the Kurds were releasing ISIS prisoners, but US officials say Turkish-backed forces are actually doing this
Independent – ‘No idea where that came from’: Government denies Trump’s claim UK was ‘thrilled’ with his Syria decision
Axios – Behind the scenes of the Trump bluff that kicked off Turkey’s invasion
The Washington Post – Trump isn’t ‘bringing our soldiers back home’ from Syria

removed 1 million children from a food stamps program with free school lunches?

The Department of Agriculture estimated that 982,000 children no longer automatically qualify for free school lunches. 45% will have additional application requirements, while the rest will no longer qualify at all.

Business Insider – A new Trump administration rule will deprive nearly 1 million school kids of automatic free lunches, official figures say
ABC News – Trump rule may mean 1 million kids lose automatic free lunch
CBS News – Half a million kids could lose free school lunches under new Trump administration rule

said, “I support the Great Lakes. Always have. They’re beautiful. They’re big. Very deep. Record deepness”?

Trump made the remarks at a rally in Michigan to explain why he backed funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. His 2020 budget planned to cut funding for the initiative by 90 percent.

The Hill – Trump contradicts his own budget proposal, tells rally crowd he’ll give more money for Great Lakes restoration
Associated Press – Trump backtracks on call to gut $300M Great Lakes program

railed against new aircraft carriers and their digital deck propulsion system, demanding that they return to “goddamned steam”?

In an interview with Time, Trump recalled the conversation.

I said, “You don’t use steam anymore for catapult?” “No sir.” I said, “Ah, how is it working?” “Sir, not good. Not good. Doesn’t have the power. You know the steam is just brutal. You see that sucker going and steam’s going all over the place, there’s planes thrown in the air.”

It sounded bad to me. Digital. They have digital. What is digital? And it’s very complicated, you have to be Albert Einstein to figure it out. And I said — and now they want to buy more aircraft carriers. I said, “What system are you going to be—” “Sir, we’re staying with digital.” I said, “No you’re not. You going to goddamned steam, the digital costs hundreds of millions of dollars more money and it’s no good.”

Foreign Policy – Trump Wants New Aircraft Carriers to Turn Back to ‘Goddamned Steam’ Power Catapults

signed an Executive Order that rolled back Obama-era protections for transgender students?

The Executive Order removed guidelines allowing transgender students to use the public school bathrooms that match their identity. The original order threatened to be withheld for institutions that failed to comply.

The administration later rolled back gender anti-discriminatory measures for healthcare and housing.

The Washington Post – Trump administration rolls back protections for transgender students
The New York Times – Trump Rescinds Rules on Bathrooms for Transgender Students
Reuters – Trump revokes Obama guidelines on transgender bathrooms

said the government should “take the guns first, go through due process second”?

President Trump was vocal in his support for confiscating guns from individuals considered dangerous, even if it violates due process, the requirement that the state respect to all individual rights.

Trump said,

I like taking the guns early, like in this crazy man’s case that just took place in Florida. He had a lot of firearms. They saw everything. To go to court would have taken a long time. So you could do exactly what you’re saying, but take the guns first, go through due process second.

The Hill – Trump: ‘Take the guns first, go through due process second’
USA Today – Trump says take guns first and worry about ‘due process second’ in White House gun meeting

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