NEW YORK (AP) – The marathon question and answer sessions are back, as well as the oval cream carpet and the Diet Coke button on the desktop. The same goes for publications of the end of the evening social media that ricochets around the world and the decrees dam.
But in 10 days, Donald Trump froze federal expenses and hiring, Summons offered to more than two million government officials and ended the federal efforts of transgender diversity and rights. He is drawn nearly two dozen independent general inspectorsRewritten American cards, forgiven on January 6, demonstrators who attacked the police, announced his intention to hold migrants to Guantánamo Bay and have defeated years of the actions of his predecessors with the blow of his Sharpie pen.
Trump 2.0 looks like and very much like what he did during his first appeal. But this time, the president is much more experienced and surrounded by a team that has spent years planning his return from the White House, triggering an action shooting that Test the limits of presidential power,, sow confusion and draw from the fury of the Democrats uncertain how to stop it.
“He seems much more comfortable, almost relaxed in the way he does the work,” according to Sean Spicer, Trump’s first press secretary in the White House, who said Trump showed a new “level of confidence”, after having spent four years in power.
“I think he has the people, politicians and the process. He knows who can make his agenda, which he wants to surround himself, the policies he wants to move forward and the process to obtain this promulgation, “said Spicer, who is now organizing a program on YouTube.
A Boardy President
Trump no longer has to worry about re -election. The Constitution prohibits a third term. It faces a unified republican congress, which controls the two chambers. The Supreme Court, one third of which, he appointed, ruled that he and the future presidents have extended immunity from legal consequences.
But beyond that, Trump lived four years, surviving a pair of assassination attempts, including one in which a murdered bullet hit. He was charged four times, became the first former president to be found guilty of a crime – and was nevertheless rendered in the highest post in the country after being canceled following his 2020 defeat. The conviction n ‘Driven no prison sentence and other cases are rejected or waiting.
It left Trump more embraced than ever – and with a long list of tasks. He is launched in a rhythm of frantic appearance which is a dramatic gap of his predecessor, Joe Biden, who has often faded by the public by the design of his own staff.
Trump’s first presidential journey, for example, started with him on the damage caused by hurricanes in North Carolina, where He threatened to get rid of the Federal Emergency Management Agency And said he wanted dealerships of the States led by Democrats in exchange for assistance in the event of a disaster.
He then tour in Los Angeles, ravied by fire, where he faced with local officials on live television, make false affirmations on Water policies and the minimization of concerns about hazardous waste – while wearing a black version of its “Maga” Signature campaign hat.
“Trump 2.0 is incredible. It gives to zero f—-, drop the truth, and it is glorious to look at, ” joked Matt RooneyA pro-Trump writer and radio host, amazing at some point in the trip, the back and forth of Trump in California with a member of the Democratic Congress repressing the greatest state of the country on his management of forest fires.
The next day, Trump was in Las Vegas. After praising his plan to put an end to the taxes on the advice, he made a surprise visit to the ground of the Circa Resort & Casino, where he was welcomed with noisy cheers and a “USA!” song. A man approaching a nearby roulette table, “Give me $ 47 on No. 47!”
Although his team said he was there to thank the servers and dealers, Trump seemed more interested in the players. He gathered with the crowd around a table of craps, where a match was already underway.
“Throwing the dice,” he told Alex Winnik when he looked at the action.
Help in the third Trump campaign – many of which are now occupying the White House – had attempted to cultivate such moments, hoping that they could go viral on social networks like his stop to make fries in a McDonald’s or his appearances during Fighting in mixed martial arts and football matches. These moments helped Trump reach the Americans who generally do not look at the news or do not engage with traditional media sources.
The next day, Trump was Accommodate legislators During the annual political retirement of the House Republicans, held in his golf club in Dural, Florida.
Ready to act, take revenge
A large part of Trump’s first mandate was consumed by the backbette and the leaks of rival factions trying to push their own causes. The courts have repeatedly interrupted his efforts, especially during his first days, when he tried to prohibit travelers from several predominantly Muslim countries.
This time, his team, led by the chief of staff Susie Wiles, appears in public as a united and without drama.
Trump aid and external allies, including Heritage Foundation and America First Policy Institute, have spent years creating their own plans for a Trump return, writing hundreds of decrees and other actions in order to avoid The first failures of his first mandate, when chaos rained and the Slipshod orders were regularly blocked by the courts. Trump has snatched the staff of these organizations to fill his office and his white house.
“These guys are much more coordinated, organized and know how to execute,” said Spicer, who lasted six months as a first Trump press secretary. “It’s a much more targeted and disciplined team.”
The Trump team has so far been back on a major decision, a break in break for federal subsidy funding for an ideological examination. The White House canceled the memo Less than two days after provoking generalized confusion among the organizations based on this funding.
But Trump still has scores to settle.
After spending the last four years first in political exile, then in combat mode on the campaign track, Trump is now making his promises and promulgating the revenge he has spent years looking for.
A few hours after taking oath, he forgive more than 1,500 people Who were found guilty or charged on January 6, 2021, attack against the Capitol, many of whom attacked the police while they were trying to stop the certification of his electoral defeat in 2020 against Biden.
He also moved to punish criticism, revoving Security authorizations of dozens of former representatives of the high -level government. He stripped the details of the protective security of his former national security advisor John Bolton and others who played a role in the planning of the assassination of the Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, including the former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his assistant in time.
This has led to a rare refutation of certain republican allies who warned that Iran’s credible security threats remain, potentially putting their lives in danger.
And in an effort to minimize resistance, Trump worked at exile Biden Holdvers and others not entirely bought in his agenda.
It is far from eight years ago, when Trump’s victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton caught almost everyone – including him – off guard.
“He learned so much how to govern and how not to govern in the first mandate – in addition he had another four years so that first time,” said What Ayres, a republican veteran, Whit Ayres. “It was just a breathtaking dam of initiatives and decrees, comments that attracted the attention of the world. It was completely whirlwind.
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The writer Associated Press Will Weissert in Washington contributed to this report.
