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Immigration backlash
Confidence 4/5
★★★☆☆Fuckup rating 3/5
Major mess
Immigration advocates filed suit on March 8 to stop the administration from ending Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians, a move that would expose thousands of long-term residents to deportation. The filing sharpened criticism that Trump was yanking away humanitarian protection from people who had built lives in the United States. It also undercut the White House’s claim that this was a clean, orderly policy transition, because the legal challenge put discrimination and arbitrariness squarely on the table.
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Interior swamp
Confidence 4/5
★★☆☆☆Fuckup rating 2/5
Noticeable stumble
Trump moved on March 8 to nominate David Bernhardt to run the Interior Department, turning an acting secretary into a formal nominee and reviving complaints about ethics conflicts and industry favoritism. Environmental and watchdog critics immediately cast the move as more of the same: a lobbyist-friendly administration rewarding a familiar insider. The nomination itself was not a catastrophe, but it was a fresh reminder that Trump kept reaching for the kind of personnel choices that invite instant suspicion.
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