Travel Ban v2.0: Expanded Restrictions and Political Theater, The administration has announced a complete travel ban on citizens from 12 countries (Afghanistan, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen) and partial bans on 7 others (Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela).

Suppression of Unfavorable Information: Trump officials are reportedly censoring government reports that contradict the President's narrative. A recent example is the suppression of a forecast in an agricultural trade report predicting an increased trade deficit, as "Trade deficits are anathema to Trump." The Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has reduced inflation data collection due to the government hiring freeze. This includes "reducing sample in areas ...