Trump Cut America’s Climate Change Budget By 70% This Week, And 18 Other Facts You Need To Know Immediately

Trump at an operations briefing aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier in Newport News, Virginia, March 2, 2017. Saul Loeb / Getty

1. Ditched the White House press pool to go eat a well-done steak with ketchup.

This should be an impeachable offense. https://t.co/A50VV95t7W pic.twitter.com/3gKcT3Zd3F
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) February 26, 2017

The pool journalist was not allowed inside the BLT Steakhouse in D.C.'s Trump Hotel, but reporter Benny Johnson had booked the table next to Trump. Nigel Farage, Rick Scott, Ivanka and Jared Kushner joined Trump for dinner.

2. Ordered feds to step up marijuana law enforcement.

FUCK TROMPITO IM BOUT TO ADRESS THIS JOINT pic.twitter.com/s9nZ2LIZXj
— THE KID MERO 🇩🇴 (@THEKIDMERO) March 1, 2017

3. Met with HBCU presidents.

So, as suspected, Trump simply used HBCU presidents as an Oval Office photo op. Ugh… https://t.co/IjRCtLRxTk pic.twitter.com/H9Y90G9QLk
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) February 28, 2017

The president of Morehouse College basically concluded that they got scammed.

4. Insinuated Democrats and/or Jews are behind nationwide threats to Jewish Community Centers.

To sum up, Trump says military to blame for SEAL's death, Obama is organizing protests, Jews might be behind anti-Semitic threats/attacks.
— Lisa Tozzi (@lisatozzi) February 28, 2017

“He just said, ‘Sometimes it’s the reverse, to make people — or to make others — look bad,’ and he used the word ‘reverse’ I would say two to three times in his comments,” Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro told BuzzFeed.

5. Said one of the Navy SEALs killed in the botched Yemen raid was "looking down from heaven" on his Congressional address.

Did...did Trump just say a slain Navy SEAL is looking down happily from heaven because his mention broke an applause record?
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 1, 2017

He also congratulated his grieving mother on the amount of applause.

Imagine you condemned a soldier to death and then you look at his weeping mother you're using for politics and you make a joke.
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) March 1, 2017

A pundit called tonight Trump's "most speech-like speech" which is like saying a bowl of chili contains "almost no human flesh."
— Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) March 1, 2017

6. Announced he's forming a Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) office.

I also am forming a new department called VOICE (Victims Of Institutional Caucasian Evil)
— Phil Chang (@heyphilchang) March 1, 2017

"VOICE's job will be to work with victims of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants. Trump called in his order for the office to issue reports once a quarter 'studying the effects of the victimization by criminal aliens present in the United States,'" CNN reported.

Trump mentions Boston, San Bernardino, the Pentagon & the World Trade Center. None of those attackers were from countries in his travel ban. pic.twitter.com/cgkcB8YQQc
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) March 1, 2017

7. Told a reporter, "I haven't called Russia in 10 years."

"It was not clear whether Trump meant the Russian government, Russian business contacts, or other Russian individuals," Business Insider reported. Worth noting that Trump had a phone call with Putin in January.

What exactly is your relationship with Vladimir Putin? https://t.co/rMRlJCdxyz
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) March 2, 2017

8. Proposed a budget that doesn't make sense.

To the surprise of no one, Donald Trump's budget proposal doesn't add up. #Jointsession https://t.co/k2Cz7fFqzT
— Indivisible Guide (@IndivisibleTeam) March 1, 2017

It's been reported that Trump ordered government economists to cook the books during his transition.

9. Disrespected the military again.

"Win. We have to win. We have to start winning wars again," Trump said. "I have to say, when I was young, in high school and college, everybody used to say that we never lost a war. 'We never lost a war.' You remember. And now we never win a war. We never win. And we don't fight to win."

10. Insisted Jeff Sessions is an "honest man" despite the fact that he perjured himself during his confirmation hearing.

Dude perjured himself when he said weed is bad
— ZZ TOD (@totally_tod) March 3, 2017

.@realDonaldTrump is demonstrably lying about something that is on video. Again. pic.twitter.com/QXRvMlEBDW
— Keegan Stephan (@KeeganNYC) March 3, 2017

11. Proposed cutting the EPA's climate change budget by 70%.

In related news, Hawaii got hit with a blizzard and it was 60 degrees in NYC a couple of days in February. https://t.co/hSnB1WXrDj
— Jozen (say Joe-Zen) (@jozenc) March 2, 2017

The EPA budget would shrink to just $29 million. The proposal also includes cutting funds for environmental justice, which would impact black and hispanic communities.

12. Reportedly forwent his administration's ethics training.

Oops. They may need to rethink this. "Trump's team nixed ethics course for White House staff" - POLITICO https://t.co/HO7m3e7TJD
— Jeff Strater (@jeffstrater) March 2, 2017

13. Exempted the Keystone Pipeline from his "buy American" rule.

The Keystone XL pipeline won't have to use U.S. steel. They'll be exempt from Trump's "Buy American" requirements. https://t.co/f0thsIE9jP
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) March 3, 2017

14. Demanded an investigation, via Twitter, into Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer and Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi's "close ties to Russia."

.@realDonaldTrump doesn't know difference between official mtg photographed by press & closed secret mtg his AG lied about under oath. https://t.co/YRFCuJkjLA
— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) March 3, 2017

The irony is that by calling for investigations of dem lawmakers, Trump is implicitly conceding his AG should be investigated
— Mazel Tov Cocktail (@AdamSerwer) March 3, 2017

15. Oh, and it took him three tries to spell the word "hereby" right.

Donald Trump tries to spell "hereby," a play in 3 acts pic.twitter.com/CxC0FJITXv
— Freddie Campion (@FreddieCampion) March 3, 2017

16. Told a fourth grader to make a lot of money, "but don't run for politics after."

Trump advises a fourth-grader: Make a lot of money, don't go into politics https://t.co/GzJgnvbwtm pic.twitter.com/GM7nPNsvED
— POLITICO (@politico) March 3, 2017

17. Is reportedly considering separating women and children at U.S.-Mexico border.

"Part of the reason for the proposal is to deter mothers from migrating to the United States with their children, said the officials, who have been briefed on the proposal," Reuters reported.

18. Has thus far spent 31% of his time as president at Mar-A-Lago.

Bonus: Trump's Press Secretary used to be the White House Easter bunny.

Learning that Spicer was a White House Easter Bunny has changed me in a way I don't yet comprehend https://t.co/ixsdr6VhNL ty @drrocks1982
— Jennifer (@volcanojw) March 2, 2017

Has he retired yet?

white house retire bitch https://t.co/hK92kMl0vD
— pee pee boy (@davdius) February 22, 2017