2017 definitely wasn’t boring welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 moments
from President Donald Trump’s first year
in office and I think you see from the
veterans they’re very very proud of it
and very happy before we begin we
publish new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re taking a
look at the highlights from Donald John
Trump first year as president of the
United States whether you voted for him
or not nobody can deny that these
moments will go down in political
history for better or for worse number
10 inauguration day you know that scene
in Back to the Future where 1955 doc
finds out that Ronald Reagan is
commander-in-chief in 1985 pretty much
sums up how surreal it was when Donald
Trump officially became the 45th
President of the United States on
January 20th 2017 Trump not only stood
out as the oldest and richest individual
to assume this office but also the first
to do so with no previous experience in
the government or military although he
delivered the shortest inaugural speech
in 40 years the inauguration was the
most-watched livestream in Twitter
history with 6.8 million views from this
day forward it’s going to be only
America first however while it was a day
of celebration for some the inauguration
also ignited plenty of protests with the
hashtag not my president making the
rounds if it seemed a little dark in the
capital it was either because it was
overcast or because Michelle Obama was
throwing so much shade number nine
transgender ban in the military under
the Obama administration it was
determined that transgender people would
be allowed to serve openly in the US
military many saw this is a massive step
forward which made it all the more
disheartening when President Trump
announced that the military would no
longer accept transgender true
based on consultation that he’s had with
his national security team I came to the
conclusion that it erodes military
readiness and unit cohesion and made the
decision based on that in a tweet Trump
explained that this decision was based
on the quote tremendous medical costs
and disruption that transgender in the
military would entail this statement
sparked passionate backlash from the
lgbtq+ community as well as 56 retired
generals and admirals that signed a
letter against the ban federal judge
Colleen Collard Catelli also opposed the
ban ruling that transgender people could
enlist starting on January 1st 2018
number 8 the Paris climate change Accord
in 2012 Trump tweeted that global
warming was a hoax created by the
Chinese government although Trump later
claimed he was only joking the threat of
global climate change hasn’t exactly
been his main concern as president
President Trump made his environmental
policy crystal clear On June 1st 2017
announcing that the US would be backing
out of the Paris agreement to mitigate
global warming the United States will
withdraw from the Paris climate Accord
where Trump argued that the withdrawal
would benefit America’s economy numerous
scientists environmentalists politicians
and others saw this decision as a huge
mistake that would hurt the planet in
the long run however since signatories
can’t withdraw until November 4th 2020
Trump would need to get reelected to
officially pull out it is time to make
America great again number seven the
travel ban Donald J Trump is calling for
a total and complete shutdown of Muslims
entering the United States until our
country’s representatives can figure out
what the hell is going on in addition to
his infamous promise to build a wall
along the us-mexico border President
Trump also aimed to limit the number of
foreigners that could enter the u.s.
through executive order 137 69
order would not only shut down the US
refugee admissions program for 120 days
but would also suspend entry from seven
countries for 90 days since the
countries in question were Iran Iraq
Libya Somalia Sudan Syria and Yemen
Trump’s travel ban was referred to by
some as quote the Muslim ban there is no
ban if there was after the original
executive order there were two more
modified versions of the travel ban but
they were all met with polarized
reactions from both politicians and the
general public yeah there’s a been a lot
of blowback over your Muslim ban no
there wasn’t
everyone loves it number six pardoning
Sheriff Joe Arpaio
acting as sheriff of Maricopa County
Arizona from 1993 to 2016 Joe Arpaio was
accused of police misconduct on various
occasions and was found guilty of
criminal contempt of court in 2017 and
funnily enough President Trump in Arpaio
actually have a great deal in common
both are powerful Republicans both are
skeptical of Barack Obama’s birth
certificate and both are fans of the
song my way
[Music]
so maybe it shouldn’t come as a surprise
that our pile was the first person Trump
pardoned as president given the
notorious nature of our pyo’s career in
law enforcement though his pardon was
met with criticism from those who felt
justice had once again fallen through
the cracks and it scares frankly is very
scary for people of color to try to
understand where can you go for recourse
if it’s the president is going to
override the judicial system number 5
hiring and firing Steve Bannon if you
think Alec Baldwin’s impression of Trump
is mean SNL has portrayed Steve Bannon
as the Grim Reaper himself hi Steve you
look rested
the far-right executive chairman of
Breitbart news Fannin has been accused
of promoting racism sexism and
anti-semitism
this made him a contentious choice to
become the White House chief strategist
after serving as Trump’s campaign CEO
during his time with the Trump
administration Fannin helped instigate
the travel ban and was even called the
great manipulator on the cover of Time
magazine after only 7 months he was
forced out of the West Wing and returned
to Breitbart news
what’s more Benin wasn’t the first to
part ways with President Trump and he
wouldn’t be the last number four
the health care bill fail Trump’s vowed
to repeal and replace the Affordable
Care Act was a focal point of his
campaign when the House of
Representatives voted to pass the
American Health Care Act in May of 2017
it looked like president Trump would
make good on his promise this is a
repeal and a replace of Obamacare make
no mistake about it in an unexpected
twist however Obamacare was saved at the
11th hour thanks in part to Senator John
McCain
having lost the presidency to Obama in
2008 and previously expressed his
disapproval of Obamacare McCain’s vote
at the Senate seemed like a foregone
conclusion along with fellow Republicans
susan collins and lisa murkowski though
McCain voted against the bill shortly
after receiving a brain tumor diagnosis
thus the skinny repeal was rejected 49
to 51 number three the North Korea Feud
Trump said some shocking things during
his first year as president but his
threat to quote totally destroy North
Korea during a United Nations speech was
perhaps the most earth-shattering we
will have no choice but to totally
destroy North Korea Rocketman
is on a suicide mission for himself and
for his regime Kim jong-un didn’t take
Trump’s promises of quote fire and fury
lightly calling the u.s. president quote
mentally deranged the fact that Trump
kept referring to the supreme leader of
North Korea as quote little rocket man
only stirred up more outrage and concern
Rocketman should have been handled a
long time ago some categorized the
ongoing feud between these two political
Giants as frightening some as funny and
some as both but we can probably all
agree that the fact that North Korea was
demonstrating its ability to launch
missiles and nuclear weapons throughout
2017 was scary to all number two very
fine people even in these uncertain
times we’re kissing a lot of people
never thought that something like the
unite the right rally could happen in
21st century America taking place in
Charlottesville Virginia
this rally brought together a
smorgasbord of hate groups from white
supremacists to neo Confederates to
neo-nazis some of whom were armed with
Trump pence signs following a vehicle
ramming attack over 30 were left injured
one was killed and two state troopers
perished in a helicopter crash
demonstrating just how divided the
United States has become this tragic
event left the people calling out for a
leader who would help the nation recover
you had a group on one side that was bad
and you had a group on the other side
that was also very
however President Trump conjured more
controversy by claiming there was quote
violence on many sides and that both had
quote very fine people but you also had
people that were very fine people on
both sides before we unveil our number
one pick here are some honorable
mentions no I’m not going to give you a
quote I’m not gonna give you a question
you are fake news okay great thing for
the American worker people were
searching khofifah on the internet like
it was a Kim Kardashian nude people are
honest number one the James Comey fiasco
having hosted The Apprentice for over a
decade Trump got used to firing people
his termination of FBI director James
Comey however was crazier than anything
on reality television commis dismissal
transpired in the midst of an
investigation that linked the 2016
presidential election to Russian
interference I believe that President
Putin really feels and he feels strongly
that he did not meddle in our election
with many convinced that Russian
President Vladimir Putin influenced
Trump’s victory a special counsel
investigation was launched with former
FBI Director Robert Muller at the helm
of all the developments by the end of
2017 however one of the biggest
bombshells was Trump’s former national
security adviser Michael Flynn pleading
guilty to lying to the FBI about his
meetings with former Russian ambassador
Sergei Kiselyov do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and subscribe for new
videos every day
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 moments
from President Donald Trump’s first year
in office and I think you see from the
veterans they’re very very proud of it
and very happy before we begin we
publish new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re taking a
look at the highlights from Donald John
Trump first year as president of the
United States whether you voted for him
or not nobody can deny that these
moments will go down in political
history for better or for worse number
10 inauguration day you know that scene
in Back to the Future where 1955 doc
finds out that Ronald Reagan is
commander-in-chief in 1985 pretty much
sums up how surreal it was when Donald
Trump officially became the 45th
President of the United States on
January 20th 2017 Trump not only stood
out as the oldest and richest individual
to assume this office but also the first
to do so with no previous experience in
the government or military although he
delivered the shortest inaugural speech
in 40 years the inauguration was the
most-watched livestream in Twitter
history with 6.8 million views from this
day forward it’s going to be only
America first however while it was a day
of celebration for some the inauguration
also ignited plenty of protests with the
hashtag not my president making the
rounds if it seemed a little dark in the
capital it was either because it was
overcast or because Michelle Obama was
throwing so much shade number nine
transgender ban in the military under
the Obama administration it was
determined that transgender people would
be allowed to serve openly in the US
military many saw this is a massive step
forward which made it all the more
disheartening when President Trump
announced that the military would no
longer accept transgender true
based on consultation that he’s had with
his national security team I came to the
conclusion that it erodes military
readiness and unit cohesion and made the
decision based on that in a tweet Trump
explained that this decision was based
on the quote tremendous medical costs
and disruption that transgender in the
military would entail this statement
sparked passionate backlash from the
lgbtq+ community as well as 56 retired
generals and admirals that signed a
letter against the ban federal judge
Colleen Collard Catelli also opposed the
ban ruling that transgender people could
enlist starting on January 1st 2018
number 8 the Paris climate change Accord
in 2012 Trump tweeted that global
warming was a hoax created by the
Chinese government although Trump later
claimed he was only joking the threat of
global climate change hasn’t exactly
been his main concern as president
President Trump made his environmental
policy crystal clear On June 1st 2017
announcing that the US would be backing
out of the Paris agreement to mitigate
global warming the United States will
withdraw from the Paris climate Accord
where Trump argued that the withdrawal
would benefit America’s economy numerous
scientists environmentalists politicians
and others saw this decision as a huge
mistake that would hurt the planet in
the long run however since signatories
can’t withdraw until November 4th 2020
Trump would need to get reelected to
officially pull out it is time to make
America great again number seven the
travel ban Donald J Trump is calling for
a total and complete shutdown of Muslims
entering the United States until our
country’s representatives can figure out
what the hell is going on in addition to
his infamous promise to build a wall
along the us-mexico border President
Trump also aimed to limit the number of
foreigners that could enter the u.s.
through executive order 137 69
order would not only shut down the US
refugee admissions program for 120 days
but would also suspend entry from seven
countries for 90 days since the
countries in question were Iran Iraq
Libya Somalia Sudan Syria and Yemen
Trump’s travel ban was referred to by
some as quote the Muslim ban there is no
ban if there was after the original
executive order there were two more
modified versions of the travel ban but
they were all met with polarized
reactions from both politicians and the
general public yeah there’s a been a lot
of blowback over your Muslim ban no
there wasn’t
everyone loves it number six pardoning
Sheriff Joe Arpaio
acting as sheriff of Maricopa County
Arizona from 1993 to 2016 Joe Arpaio was
accused of police misconduct on various
occasions and was found guilty of
criminal contempt of court in 2017 and
funnily enough President Trump in Arpaio
actually have a great deal in common
both are powerful Republicans both are
skeptical of Barack Obama’s birth
certificate and both are fans of the
song my way
[Music]
so maybe it shouldn’t come as a surprise
that our pile was the first person Trump
pardoned as president given the
notorious nature of our pyo’s career in
law enforcement though his pardon was
met with criticism from those who felt
justice had once again fallen through
the cracks and it scares frankly is very
scary for people of color to try to
understand where can you go for recourse
if it’s the president is going to
override the judicial system number 5
hiring and firing Steve Bannon if you
think Alec Baldwin’s impression of Trump
is mean SNL has portrayed Steve Bannon
as the Grim Reaper himself hi Steve you
look rested
the far-right executive chairman of
Breitbart news Fannin has been accused
of promoting racism sexism and
anti-semitism
this made him a contentious choice to
become the White House chief strategist
after serving as Trump’s campaign CEO
during his time with the Trump
administration Fannin helped instigate
the travel ban and was even called the
great manipulator on the cover of Time
magazine after only 7 months he was
forced out of the West Wing and returned
to Breitbart news
what’s more Benin wasn’t the first to
part ways with President Trump and he
wouldn’t be the last number four
the health care bill fail Trump’s vowed
to repeal and replace the Affordable
Care Act was a focal point of his
campaign when the House of
Representatives voted to pass the
American Health Care Act in May of 2017
it looked like president Trump would
make good on his promise this is a
repeal and a replace of Obamacare make
no mistake about it in an unexpected
twist however Obamacare was saved at the
11th hour thanks in part to Senator John
McCain
having lost the presidency to Obama in
2008 and previously expressed his
disapproval of Obamacare McCain’s vote
at the Senate seemed like a foregone
conclusion along with fellow Republicans
susan collins and lisa murkowski though
McCain voted against the bill shortly
after receiving a brain tumor diagnosis
thus the skinny repeal was rejected 49
to 51 number three the North Korea Feud
Trump said some shocking things during
his first year as president but his
threat to quote totally destroy North
Korea during a United Nations speech was
perhaps the most earth-shattering we
will have no choice but to totally
destroy North Korea Rocketman
is on a suicide mission for himself and
for his regime Kim jong-un didn’t take
Trump’s promises of quote fire and fury
lightly calling the u.s. president quote
mentally deranged the fact that Trump
kept referring to the supreme leader of
North Korea as quote little rocket man
only stirred up more outrage and concern
Rocketman should have been handled a
long time ago some categorized the
ongoing feud between these two political
Giants as frightening some as funny and
some as both but we can probably all
agree that the fact that North Korea was
demonstrating its ability to launch
missiles and nuclear weapons throughout
2017 was scary to all number two very
fine people even in these uncertain
times we’re kissing a lot of people
never thought that something like the
unite the right rally could happen in
21st century America taking place in
Charlottesville Virginia
this rally brought together a
smorgasbord of hate groups from white
supremacists to neo Confederates to
neo-nazis some of whom were armed with
Trump pence signs following a vehicle
ramming attack over 30 were left injured
one was killed and two state troopers
perished in a helicopter crash
demonstrating just how divided the
United States has become this tragic
event left the people calling out for a
leader who would help the nation recover
you had a group on one side that was bad
and you had a group on the other side
that was also very
however President Trump conjured more
controversy by claiming there was quote
violence on many sides and that both had
quote very fine people but you also had
people that were very fine people on
both sides before we unveil our number
one pick here are some honorable
mentions no I’m not going to give you a
quote I’m not gonna give you a question
you are fake news okay great thing for
the American worker people were
searching khofifah on the internet like
it was a Kim Kardashian nude people are
honest number one the James Comey fiasco
having hosted The Apprentice for over a
decade Trump got used to firing people
his termination of FBI director James
Comey however was crazier than anything
on reality television commis dismissal
transpired in the midst of an
investigation that linked the 2016
presidential election to Russian
interference I believe that President
Putin really feels and he feels strongly
that he did not meddle in our election
with many convinced that Russian
President Vladimir Putin influenced
Trump’s victory a special counsel
investigation was launched with former
FBI Director Robert Muller at the helm
of all the developments by the end of
2017 however one of the biggest
bombshells was Trump’s former national
security adviser Michael Flynn pleading
guilty to lying to the FBI about his
meetings with former Russian ambassador
Sergei Kiselyov do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and subscribe for new
videos every day
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