Trump is the First to do Many Things in U.S. Politics

We all know that Trump is the first U.S. President to do many things, but almost all of those things he is first at are bad things. He if first because all past presidents had more moral fortitude and higher intelligence and avoiding doing things that would permanently damage the power and prestige of the office as well as of our country.

• No President prior to Trump threatens individuals with punishment by the government for voicing their beliefs.

• No President prior to Trump threatens news media with punishment by the government for voicing their beliefs.

• No President prior to Trump speaks of blue states and red states and refuses to support some states simply because they have a Democratic governor.

• No President prior to Trump used extortion so much to bend businesses to do his will.

• 2025.7.16 Trump is the first president to push a state to redistrict in order to gerrymander five seats to Republican seats.

• 2025.7.14 Trump threatens members of his own party that they will not have his support if they don’t vote for the recisions package

• 2025.7.1 Trump threatens members of his own party that they will not have his support if they don’t vote for his big beautiful bill. What does this say to us? It tells us that many Republicans don’t think the bill is best for America and are resistant to it; yet they will go along with it to avoid being punished.

• 2025.7.12 Trump is the first president since the McCarthy era to threaten to strip American citizenship from a natural born U.S. citizen (in this case Rosie O’Donnell). The president does not have the authority to do that (Afroyim v. Rusk 1967), but we know Trump frequently breaks the law as president because it is up to Congress to hold the president accountable and that check and balance in our government appears to have vanished. Trump only wants to punish Rosie O’Donnell because Trump can’t handle criticism. He is emotionally very weak.

• 2025.7.11 Trump is the first president to threaten to take over a city, New York.

• 2025.7.10 Trump is the first president in U.S. history whose own White House staff felt compelled to post juvenile, ego-flattering images—like Trump as Superman—to satisfy his fragile self-image. They weren’t promoting policy; they were appeasing a man who demands loyalty not to the Constitution, but to himself. This narcissism is not just embarrassing—it’s a threat to democracy. His followers, eager to win his approval, shower him with exaggerated praise and adopt the belief that he can do no wrong. That mindset is dangerous. It silences dissent, crushes truth, and gives Trump unchecked influence over millions. If Trump labels a building as “woke,” his loyalists will burn it down. If he denies climate change, his followers will purge scientists and gut environmental policy. If he declares that Democrats are illegitimate, they will work to erase them from the ballot by any means necessary. This isn’t politics—it’s authoritarianism fueled by a cult of personality. And it’s accelerating.

Specific Examples

• 2025.5.19 Verizon ends DEI to acquisition allowed

• 2025.3.24 - President getting involved in state politics:

  • Donald Trump has encouraged his supporters to “swamp the vote” for an open seat on Wisconsin’s state supreme court. Groups related to Elon Musk, Mr Trump’s close ally, have spent more than $13m on the race; last week one offered $100 to anyone who signed a petition against activist judges. By one tally candidates and their backers have spent $76m already, breaking a record for state supreme court races set the last time Wisconsinites elected a justice.

• 2025.3.24 - Using Threats against states

  • Mr Trump demanded a “full-throated” apology from Janet Mills, the Democratic governor of Maine, and a promise to never make an “unlawful challenge” to the federal government. The two had a row last month, during which Mr Trump threatened to withhold funding for the state if it refused to ban trans women from women’s sport; Ms Mills replied, “We’ll see you in court.” Several federal-government departments are now investigating Maine.