Retribution Files: Donald Trump’s Enemies List and Where They Stand Now

The Dossiers on Trump’s Targets...and Predictions for Their Fate

Retribution Files: Donald Trump’s Enemies List and Where They Stand Now

The Dossiers on Trump’s Targets…and Predictions for Their Fate

The Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter # 514: Sunday. August 31st, 2025.

I. The President of Payback

If you’ve followed me for long…you know I rarely mince words about Donald Trump.

But let’s cut straight to the bone: this man told America exactly who he was going to be if he got back into the White House.

In 2016…he thundered, “I am your voice.”
In 2023…at CPAC…he added: “I am your warrior. I am your justice. And for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution.”

And unlike most politicians who talk tough and then water it down with consultants and committees…Trump wasn’t bluffing. He meant it. He meant it literally.

Fast-forward to today…more than two years into his second term…and he has made good on that dark promise. He is using every lever of presidential power not for the American people…but for himself. Not to lift the country up…but to grind his enemies down.

I’ve been tracking this closely. And what we’re seeing now is not politics as usual. It is something far more dangerous: the construction of a payback machine at the highest level of government.

This isn’t speculation. This isn’t theory. It’s happening. Right now. Against a wide swath of critics…prosecutors…generals…former allies…whistleblowers…scientists, journalists…and even his own vice president.

What follows is a special report. A dossier of who Trump has targeted…where their cases stand…and my predictions on what happens next. Think of it as the Retribution Files.

II. The Pattern of Payback

To understand Trump…you have to understand one thing: he sees government not as a trust but as a weapon.

He does not forgive. He does not forget. He does not move on.

Everything is personal. Every critic is an enemy. And every enemy is fair game for punishment.

The pattern is chilling:

• Revoke their security clearance.

• Strip their Secret Service protection.

• Fire them. Smear them. Investigate them. Raid their homes.

• Replace independent officials with loyalists who’ll carry his grudge as if it were policy.

This is not new in history. Strongmen have always done it. Pinochet in Chile. Erdoğan in Turkey. Putin in Russia. They understood that power isn’t about legislation…it’s about control. Control through fear. Control through example.

And Trump is running the same playbook.

III. The Retaliation Dossiers

Target #1: John Bolton: Former National Security Adviser

John Bolton isn’t a liberal. He’s not “deep state.”

He’s a conservative hawk…once handpicked by Trump himself. But when Bolton dared to criticize Trump’s foreign policy in his 2020 book…Trump turned him into an enemy for life.

In August, Bolton’s home was raided by the FBI in what’s been described as a “renewed investigation” into whether he disclosed classified information. That probe had been dormant since 2020. Suddenly…under Trump’s DOJ…it roared back to life.

Trump also stripped Bolton of his Secret Service detail. Think about that. The man who once sat at the right hand of the president…in possession of some of the most sensitive knowledge in government…now left exposed. Vulnerable.

Status: Bolton is under active federal investigation…his security protection revoked… his reputation dragged through the mud.

Prediction: Courts may eventually toss it…but by then…Trump will have achieved his real goal…sending a message. If he can do this to Bolton…he can do it to anyone.

Target #2: Kamala Harris: Former Vice President, 2024 Opponent

The office of the presidency used to carry some respect for the office of the vice presidency…even across party lines.

Trump blew that up with one order: cancel Kamala Harris’s Secret Service detail.

It was petty. It was spiteful. It was dangerous.

Harris, his opponent in 2024…is now without the protection every other VP in modern history has been afforded. Trump’s excuse? “No longer in the national interest.” Translation: punishment.

Status: Legal challenges are brewing. Harris has remained defiant…using the attack to highlight Trump’s abuse of power.

Prediction: Courts may restore her detail…but that’s not the point. Trump already scored. He humiliated her…signaled to his base she’s “fair game,” and reminded every future opponent: cross him…and you lose not just politically…but personally.