2018 Day 495: Trump is still preparing for the cancelled-but-still-possible nuclear summit with Kim Jong Un and it meeting with a DPRK official in NYC; two more Republican lawmakers will not be seeking reelection this year; Trump announced a major escalation in his trade war with China just days after tentative solution to the dispute; Ivanka Trump was approved for 7 more patents in China days after Trump pledged to save ZTE, which was also 3 days after China approved a huge loan to a theme park involved with Trump's businesses, which has Democrats calling for an ethics investigation; Trump claimed Mueller would try to meddle in the midterms; and Giuliani admitted the "spygate" conspiracy was just a PR campaign to discredit Mueller. May 29, 2018
2019 Day 860: Mueller said charging Trump with a crime was "not an option"; Trump claimed the "case is closed"; at least 10 Democratic presidential candidates have now endorsed impeachment proceedings; and Mueller resigned from the Department of Justice to "return to private life." May 29, 2019
2020 Day 1226: Trump threatened military violence against U.S. citizens in Minneapolis who were protesting the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed, unarmed black man who was killed while pleading for air as a white police officer kneeled on his neck for several minutes; Twitter placed a warning on Trump's tweet that suggested protesters in Minneapolis could be shot by the military, saying it violated the company’s rules against "glorifying violence"; Trump denied knowing the origin of the phrase "when the looting starts, the shooting starts"; a CNN reporter was arrested, handcuffed, and led away by police in Minneapolis while reporting live on-air; and Trump announced that he is "terminating" U.S. membership with the World Health Organization as the global coronavirus pandemic continues. May 29, 2020
2024 Day 1226: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito refused to recuse himself from cases involving Trump and the Jan. 6 insurrection despite revelations that flags associated with Trump’s far-right supporters flew at his homes in Virginia and New Jersey; jury deliberations began in Trump's election interference trial involving falsified business records; Trump and Elon Musk have discussed a possible advisory role for the Tesla CEO in a second Trump administration; and 64% of voters under 30 agreed that “America is in decline.” May 29, 2024