Executive Watch
Tracking presidential abuses of power
The Executive Watch is a tracker of presidential abuses of power that we at The UnPopulist, and our parent organization the Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism (ISMA), designed in order to provide a one-stop, comprehensive, easily searchable database that anyone can click on to see the full picture of Trump’s illicit actions in office.
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We've divided presidential abuses of power into five categories: the 5 Ps.
Personal Grift
Political Corruption
Presidential Retribution
Power Consolidation
Policy Illegality
This post will serve as a continually updated repository of all our Executive Watch entries, sorted by presidential abuse category.
3/11/25: Trump Uses the White House to Make a Sales Pitch for Tesla in Exchange for Campaign Cash from Musk
3/2/25: Trump Uses Sovereign Crypto Fund as a Payout to Political Insiders
2/27/25: Cryptocurrency Scammer Pours Millions in Trump's Venture and Gets Charges Dropped
2/25/25: Musk Lands a Lucrative FAA Contract While Saying He's Stopping Government Abuse
2/19/25: Musk Uses His Political Power to Force Companies to Advertise on X
2/17/25: Trump Abuses His Foreign Policy Powers as a Favor to ‘Manosphere’ Influencer Andrew Tate
2/11/25: Trump’s Pardon-for-Deportation Crackdown Deal with NYC Mayor Eric Adams
3/15/25: Trump Announces that Negative Coverage of Him Is Illegal and Threatens Networks
3/8/25: Trump Revokes the Green Card of a Pro-Palestinian Campus Activist Without Any Criminal Charges
3/6/25: Trump Goes After a Law Firm Just Because it Has Represented Democrats
2/25/25: Trump Targets the Law Firm Representing the Special Counsel Who Investigated Him
2/21/25: Trump DOJ Threatens Opposition Lawmakers for their Speech
2/21/25: Trump Tells DHS to Spend Millions on Political Ads Thanking Him for Closing the Border
1/17/25: Trump Uses the Threat of FCC Action to Intimidate and Shake Down CBS
3/15/25: Trump Asserts Illegal Wartime Powers to Deport Immigrants in Defiance of the Court
2/21/25: Trump Punishes AP for Exercising Its Free Speech Rights
2/20/25: Trump Attempts an Illegal and Unconstitutional Takeover of the U.S. Postal Service
2/17/25: Trump's Anti-DEI Inquisition Targets Georgetown, a Private University
2/12/25: The Trump Administration Illegally Seizes New York City Funds
1/28/25: Trump Withholds Congressionally Mandated Spending in Defiance of the Constitution
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