I’m a huge fan of numbers. Numbers are the most solid of facts, unburdened by narrative. They speak for themselves. Metrics and measures allow us to define and measure our successes, pay our bills, manage our health, and plan our lives.
When I contemplate The Former Guy, like many, I simply find myself enraged that such a creature could exist this far up the evolutionary chain. I struggle to organize the words to describe just how appalling it is that this individual was actually once president, and seeks to be again.
Numbers help, especially when you start to pull all the publicly available numbers together to form a picture. So I started jotting some down...
Let’s have a look:
Degrees
- Number of degrees earned: 1
- Number of honorary degrees awarded: 5
- Number of honorary degrees rescinded: 4. He retains an honorary degree from Liberty University.
Marriages
- Number of marriages: 3.
- Number of divorces: 2.
- Percentage of total US presidential divorces: 50.
- Number of ex-wives: 2.
- Number of ex-wives buried in an overgrown, tax-deductible, golf-course cemetery: 1.
Military Service
- Years served: 0
- Branch: N/A
- Rank Achieved: N/A
- Exemption reason: Bone Spurs, as diagnosed by a Queens podiatrist renting space from Fred Trump.
Financial
- Number of bankruptcies: 6.
- Number of these that were casinos: 5.
- Percentage of total presidential bankruptcies: 60.
- Rank, among Americans, in greatest amount of money lost, 1985-1994: 1, at $1.17B.
- Position, in 2023, on the Forbes 400 list: Not on it.
Awards
- Number of Nobel prizes: 0
- Position on Mt. Rushmore: Not there
Economics
- Number of jobs created: -2.7M. Number created under Biden, to date: 14M.
- Unemployment Rate, final: 6.3%. Current: 3.9%
- Amount added to Federal Public Debt: 6.7T.
- Campaign promise, in years, for payoff of total Federal Public Debt: 8.
- Trade deficit, Goods and Services, 2016: $481B. 2020: $679B.
- Mexican funding for US border security under Trump: $0. Under Biden: $1.5B
Election History
- Presidential Runs: 4 official, and 2 “unofficial”.
- Results: 1 for 5, with one result undetermined as yet.
- Electoral Results: He scored 232 electoral votes in 2020, a winning 304 in 2016, and 0 in his other runs.
- Popular Vote Margins of Loss: 3 million in 2016 and 7 million in 2020
- Number of states he now claims he won in 2020: 50
- Last year a sitting president lost reelection by a larger percentage margin: 1932. (Hoover)
- Number of decades Democrats ran against Hoover: At least 5.
Impeachments
- Total count: 2
- Percentage of US presidential impeachments: 50
Health
- Weight claimed at Atlanta arraignment: 215 lbs. Height claimed: 6’3”.
- Over/Under bet on Atlanta arraignment weight: 273.5. Rumored height without lifts: 6’1”.
Criminal History
- Total number of felony counts charged: 91. Average number of felonies per president: 91/46, or slightly less than 2.
- Percentage of total presidential felonies: 100.
- Potential time faced in prison, years, for current charges: 700+.
- Potential time faced in prison for 2016 “lock her up" rival: 0.
Misc Payoffs and Civil Liability History
- Count, number of times liable for sexual abuse: 1
- Potential exposure in NY civil fraud trial: $250M. Number of 5th Amendment assertions during deposition: 440+
- Number of porn stars paid off: 1
- Number of Playboy models paid off: 1
- Percentage of White Evangelical Protestant vote, 2020: 84. Percentage in 2016: 77.
Charitable Organizations
- Year founded: 1988
- Year of dissolution for legal improprieties: 2018.
- Amount of Trump fine for misuse of a charitable organization: $2M
- Size of $20,000 painting of Trump painting purchased by his charity: 6 ft. (Current disposition of 6’ painting is unclear.)
Phone Calls
- Number of perfect phone calls: 2
- Number of perfect phone calls resulting in criminal charges: 1
- Number of perfect phone calls resulting in impeachment: 2
What a life! I feel like this is enough for now. It begins to paint a picture. I will add more as I see opportunities to add comparative metrics.
Cheers. Enjoy the trials!