What Trump Did Today will resume publication on Sunday, May 24.

What did Donald Trump do today?

He either got very confused, lied to cover up a mistake, or both.

Last Friday, as part of an ongoing tantrum against the United States' NATO allies in Europe, Trump canceled the deployment of 4,000 American troops to Poland.

Today, he announced in a social media post that he was surging 5,000 extra U.S. servicemembers to Poland.

Trump didn't acknowledge the discrepancy with the order he gave less than a week ago, but explained that the new order was "Based on the successful Election of the now President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, who I was proud to Endorse."

Nawrocki was indeed elected to the presidency of Poland—in June of 2025.
 

Why does this matter?

• American forces should be deployed based on the best interests of the United States and its allies, not a president's whim. 

• It shouldn't be this easy to think that the President of the United States doesn't know what year it is.