DAY 258: Trump's Defense Secretary just told the Taliban his Afghanistan plans

Remember how Donald Trump bitched and moaned during the campaign that there was no "element of surprise" in the US military strategies in the Middle East and elsewhere? Well guess what? Trump's Defense Secretary Jim Mattis just told the Taliban -and the rest of the world- his Afhganistan strategy.

You see, Mattis was asked by Congress to provide more details about his Afghanistan plans. Mattis told them, but the plans he told them had not yet been ordered to the military, meaning the Taliban now knows what Mattis has in mind. Thus ending the element of surprise.

DAY 257: Trump expects the media to verify Tillerson's reports... with Trump

Donald Trump tweeted this today:

Rex Tillerson never threatened to resign. This is Fake News put out by @NBCNews. Low news and reporting standards. No verification from me.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2017

Number one, Tillerson denied wanting to resign, but he didn't deny that he called Trump a moron.

DAY 256: Rex Tillerson didn't deny he called Donald Trump a "moron"

This morning NBC reported that Donald Trump's secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, had inteded to resign because of his frustration with Trump, to him, the report says, even called a "moron."

Hours later, Tillerson denied he had intended to resign or that he had consulted with Vice President Mike Pence on the matter. BUT... Tillerson did not deny he called Trump a "moron." From The New York Times:

TRUMP LOSES: Despite his attacks on the media, now more people trust the media

According to Reuters, a new poll shows that the amount of Americans who trust the media increased from 39% in November of 2016, to 48% in September of 2017.

In the same period, the percent of Americans who did not trust the media dropped from 51% to 45% in the same period.

DAY 255: Trump claims 16 deaths in Puerto Rico is not a real catastrophe

No only Donald Trump attacked Puerto Rico, blaming them for their budget problems, he also said the wreck left by hurricane Maria is not a "real catastrophe" like Katrina. He said that even though 16 people died and over half the population does not have access to drinking water.

Trump blamed Puerto Rico for messing up the U.S. budget and said at least it's not "a real catastrophe like Katrina." pic.twitter.com/zJyUzAIC8x

— Adrienne Mahsa (@AdrienneMahsa) October 3, 2017

DAY 254: Trump refuses to debate gun control after deadly Las Vegas mass shooting

After the Las Vegas mass shooting that left 58 people dead and over 500 injured, making it the worst mass shooting in America's modern history, Donald Trump's administration refused to talk about gun control.

Accordin to AP:

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the day after the deadliest mass shooting in the nation’s history is not the time to renew a debate over gun control.

Sanders was asked Monday during the press briefing that there is a “time and place” for a debate but that is “not the place we’re in at this moment.”

DAY 253: Trump claims he's doing a great job in Puerto Rico but it's actually getting worse

Donald Trump tweeted this today:

We have done a great job with the almost impossible situation in Puerto Rico. Outside of the Fake News or politically motivated ingrates,...

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 1, 2017

Great job? Ingrates? Well, guess what? A day before, less than 50% of the population of Puerto Rico didn't have running water. Today, over 50% don't have water. How is that a "great job"?

Here's how the numbers have changed: