By Gail CollinsDec. 26, 2025

Well, people, 2025 is drawing to an end. Heck of a time we’ve had, right? Time to see how much you remember about a year that began with Donald Trump and ended with … Donald Trump. Well, and marijuana reform. You can’t lose ’em all.

Triumphant after his election victory, Trump got Congress to pass legislation raising tax deductions, particularly for the very wealthy, sending the national debt soaring and cutting Medicaid. Congress called it …

A. The “Here’s What You Get, Suckers, Act.”

B. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”

C. The “You Voted Him Back In, Now He’s Your Problem Act.”

D. The “Debt-Schmedt Act.”

Trump later said that the name was …

A. “The perfect introduction for a long-term date with the American people.”

B. “Something I’m already envisioning for the history books.”

C. “Good for getting it approved but not good for explaining to people what it’s about.”

D. “A proposal sent to me by the wonderful folks at Very Rich Great-Grandparents for a Third Term.”

Kamala Harris published an autobiography after her dismal defeat in the last presidential election. In it, she quoted the former German chancellor Angela Merkel as saying …

A. “Don’t ever let them make you cry.”

B. “Don’t let them tell you Donald Trump is the worst world leader ever. We used to have this one guy …”

C. “You can’t turn an unmemorable campaign into a memorable memoir.”

D. “You know, some people are........

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