A Complete Analysis Of Trump’s 153rd Unpresidented Week As POTUS

President Trump spent his Christmas in a miserable state of mind after the House impeached him for his abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
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by: Ahmed Baba on December 29, 2019

President Donald J. Trump is seen in silhouette holding an umbrella as he talks to members of the press on the South Lawn of the White House Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, prior to boarding Marine One to begin his trip to Hershey, Pa. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)

President Donald J. Trump is seen in silhouette holding an umbrella as he talks to members of the press on the South Lawn of the White House Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, prior to boarding Marine One to begin his trip to Hershey, Pa. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)

Trump’s first major typo after winning the election was spelling Unprecedented incorrectly. He infamously tweeted “Unpresidented.” This typo is emblematic of his administration: An impulsive, frantically thrown together group of characters with virtually no oversight. After Trump was sworn in, I started writing the weekly “Unpresidented” column, analyzing every day of his presidency. This is week 153.

This year ended like it began: with President Trump rage-tweeting into the void after being thoroughly outmatched by Speaker Pelosi.

2019 started with a government shutdown fight in which President Trump essentially launched a shakedown plot where he held federal workers and contractors hostage in his pursuit of the border wall. President Trump lost that fight to a disciplined Speaker Pelosi and Democratic Party who successfully moved public opinion against him.

2019 ended with President Trump enthralled in a scandal where he launched a literal shakedown plot against Ukraine by withholding $391 million in military aid in the pursuit of foreign election interference. President Trump got caught and lost the impeachment fight against a disciplined Speaker Pelosi and Democratic Party who successfully moved public opinion against him.

This week was relatively quiet in the White House aside from President Trump’s continued Twitter meltdown, from which he did not take days off on Christmas or Christmas Eve. On the congressional front, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) made some noise when she said she is “disturbed” by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) impeachment trial coordination with the White House.

With the timing of when Speaker Pelosi will transmit Trump’s articles of impeachment to the Senate up in the air, we’re in for a volatile start to 2020.

Let’s dive into the final Unpresidented week of 2019.

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MBS Shifts Responsibility

Day 1,068: Monday, December 23

A video image of Hatice Cengiz, fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, is played during an event to remember Khashoggi, a columnist for The Washington Post who was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, in Washington, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A video image of Hatice Cengiz, fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, is played during an event to remember Khashoggi, a columnist for The Washington Post who was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, in Washington, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Monday’s top stories:

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Christmas Tantrums

Day 1,069-1,070: Tuesday-Wednesday, December 24-25

President Donald Trump listens during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Donald Trump listens during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Top stories:

Trump Exposes The Alleged Whistleblower

Day 1,071: Thursday, December 26

President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House after stepping off Marine One, Thursday, July 26, 2018, in Washington. Trump is returning from a trip to Iowa and Illinois. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House after stepping off Marine One, Thursday, July 26, 2018, in Washington. Trump is returning from a trip to Iowa and Illinois. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Thursday’s top stories:

Pelosi Bests Trump In 2019

Day 1,072: Friday, December 27

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi applauding President Trump during the State of the Union – February 5, 2019. (AP)

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi applauding President Trump during the State of the Union – February 5, 2019. (AP)

Friday’s top stories:

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by: Ahmed Baba

Ahmed Baba is the Co-Founder and President of Rantt. Writer of Unpresidented, Ahmed documented and analyzed every day of the Trump presidency. He's also a columnist at The Independent and his work has been cited in The New York Times, The Washington Post, BBC, Rolling Stone, BuzzFeed, The New York Post, The Huffington Post, Yahoo News, Blavity, Newsweek, The Telegraph, and more. He can be reached at [email protected] or found on Twitter @AhmedBaba_.

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