The 12 Days of Trump-Mas: A Look at Trump's Second-Term Milestones
A recent analysis by Adam Gabbatt in The Guardian, published on December 24, 2025, provides a detailed tally of notable events and claims marking former President Trump's second term, framed as a Christmas list.
White House logs, released to the New York Post on December 2, reveal that Trump works 12 hours daily, countering earlier reports of a lighter schedule by the New York Times. In a December White House speech, Trump asserted that his administration has enacted more positive change in Washington than any previous administration within 11 months.
Trump is involved in a legal pursuit seeking $10 billion from the BBC, alleging deceptive editing of his Capitol speech. The BBC has apologized but intends to defend itself; Trump claimed AI was used to insert words, though this was not included in the formal complaint.
The new White House ballroom carries a peculiar claim of seating "9(99)" people, with cost estimates escalating from $200 million to $300 million by October, and further to $400 million in December. These expenses are expected to be covered by donors, raising ethics concerns.
In a separate note, eight lines of dialogue appear in a drawing of a woman's body in Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday book; Trump denies authorship of this message.
Regarding economic sentiment, only 7% of Americans consider the cost of living in their area as not very affordable or not affordable, while 61% express that the economy is not working well for them, contrasted with 39% who believe it is.
Federal troop deployments have been made to five cities: Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington DC, Memphis, and Portland by late November, with plans to include New Orleans in the coming weeks.
Trump remains unique as the only U.S. president to have been impeached twice, although he has not been impeached during his second term yet.
Finally, despite historians' disagreement, Trump was ranked first among all 45 presidents by Steven Cheung, while a 2022 Siena College poll ranked him 43rd.
