August 11:
Trump announces he is deploying National Guard troops to take over Washington, D.C.
August 13:
Trump declares that he has personally chosen the recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors for 2025.
August 15:
Trump greets Vladimir Putin in Alaska with a red carpet rolled out by kneeling American soldiers and literal applause.
August 22:
Trump announces that the U.S. government has taken a 10 percent ownership stake in Intel.
August 24:
Trump demands that the Baseball Hall of Fame admit Roger Clemens.
August 25:
Trump announces that he has removed Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
August 26:
Trump instructs Cracker Barrel to abandon its new company logo.
August 26:
“I have the right to do anything I want to do. I’m the president of the United States. If I think our country is in danger, and it is in danger in these cities, I can do it.”
