President Trump held his new administration in a bullish speech on Tuesday and argued that he quickly worked from his promised agenda about immigration, business, international trade and global conflicts and the United States is stronger for that.
“We have achieved more in 43 days than most of the administrations in four or eight years – and we are just starting,” said Trump during his speech, which resembled a state of the Union.
Trump's largely rosy assessment was supported by many Republicans who often applauded throughout the speech, and there are indications of supporting some of his alleged successes. For example, illegal crossings have decreased on the southern border, just like Trump promised – if not at its lowest level of all time, as Trump claimed on Tuesday.
However, other success indicators for a new president – including public surveys, business markets, court holidays and the remarks of foreign allies – draw a much more differentiated picture. In some cases, they support the opposing perspective of the congress democrats and other critics that Trump's politics made the nation weaker in a breathtaking time by disturbing the core services, rattling the global financial markets, triggering trade battles, giving up and little of the most desired economic relief that fought through the struggles of the Americans.
“America wants to change, but there is a responsible way to make changes and ruthless way, and we can make this change without forgetting who we are as a country and as a democracy,” said Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan in a refutation that was held on behalf of the Democrats.
Since his election in November – which was tight in terms of voices, but was relatively crucial on the election card, Trump has had a wide mandate to fulfill his vision “America First”, also through extensive executive commands that are supposed to avoid congress. He used this argument to reject criticisms, including the federal judge, that his administration rushes and may violate the law too quickly and possibly.
On Tuesday, Trump said that his victory in November “a mandate has not been seen as in decades” that “for the first time in modern history, more Americans believe that our country is in the right direction than in the wrong direction”, and that “many were explained” that the first month of its presidency was “the most successful in the history of our nation”.
However, the latest surveys have pointed out that the Americans of Trump's politics are strongly divided and that he and some of his most important initiatives are more disapproving than approval. Trump's main consultant Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, and his so -called Ministry of Government Efficiency, which is aimed at federal authorities for closure or a dramatic reduction in personnel and financing, has even less support.
A NPR/PBS News/Marist survey For example, 45% of the work that Trump did was approved last week, while 49% were rejected. This is a high approval assessment for Trump, which had an approval assessment of 38% at the end of his first term, but historically low for a new president before his first speech to the congress. Gallup and other election figures.
Only Trump himself received a lower approval at this stage among the modern presidents at the beginning of his first term in 2017.
A separate CNN surveyAlso carried out in the past week, Trump's approval rate was 48%. Both surveys were carried out before Friday when Trump and Vice President JD Vance shocked the world by insulting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office and reversing a planned security and mineral law.
Americans are also not overly optimistic about the path the country has. According to the Marist survey, 53% of the Americans stated that the Union's state was not very strong or not strong at all, 54% said that the country moved in the wrong direction, and 56% said that Trump had hurried to make changes without correcting the effects.
In the economy, 42% stated that Trump changed things for the better, 46% to the bad. During immigration, 47% stated that Trump changed things for the better, 43% to the bad. In foreign policy, 44% stated that Trump changed things for the better, 49% to the bad. In every question, skepticism among the Democrats was highest, but also with independent voters, while the Republicans largely supported the president.
Half of the respondents said they had an unfavorable view of musk, while 39% stated that they have a positive view of him; 44% had an unfavorable view of Doge, while 39% had a favorable view.
A majority of 57%, the expected food prices will increase in the next six months, while 17% of the view were that prices would decrease.
Trump said on Tuesday that he inherited an “economic disaster and an inflation nightmare” from the former bidges – something Democrats and many economists deny – And that one of his “highest priorities is to save our economy and to make it dramatically and directly facilitate busy families”.
For this purpose, his administration resigns a restrictive energy policy to demand “drills, baby, drill” to demand “tax cuts for everyone” and to cause US trade partners, of whom he said that he will record “trillions and billions of dollars that we have never seen before.”
Republican leaders praised Trump and his speech on the whole. MP Marjorie Taylor Greene, a convinced ally of Trump from Georgia, was wearing a red hat against the address in which “Trump was right”.
Nevertheless, many others all over the world watched worried.
Trump's statements followed his introduction of new tariffs in Canada, Mexico and China – the top trading partners of the USA – and promises from retaliation measures by all three. Experts predicted that American consumers would soon pay more for fresh vegetables, fruit and other perishable imports.
When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused the Trump government on Tuesday that they had initiated a “stupid” trade war that would harm average Americans, the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau immediately accused that Canada would immediately back back with her own tariffs for many American goods.
“We don't want that. We want to work with them as a friend and ally, ”Trudeau told the Americans. “And we also don't want them to be hurt, but their government has decided to do this to them.”
Trudeau's statements contributed to widespread anger among allies across Europe when Trumps in Zelensky were against Trump against Zelensky. On Monday, Trump doubled by temporarily stopping all US military aid to Ukraine until Zelensky matched Trump's vision for a ceasefire with Russia.
The US and global financial markets were clearly folded down by the tariffs and the escalation of tensions between the USA and their partners. The shares have fallen in the past few days and have wiped out a large part of the profits since Trump was chosen on a business -friendly platform.
The concerns about a trade war and a slowdown by the global economy on Tuesday meant that the Standard & Poor's 500 index fell by 1.2%, the Dow Jones Industrial average slipped by 1.6%and the NASDAQ network of 0.4%. The European markets were strong, shares in Asia more modest.
The volatility was reflected in the domestic front, where Trump and Musk Democrats and some Republicans with comprehensive cuts in the federal employees and other politics to annoy for communities and constitutional rights.
In many cases, the Trump government has admitted that the cuts were poorly tailored and hurried to resolve released federal employees that protect the nuclear stocks and the national parks. Many of the cuts – including the social safety net programs such as medicaid and monitoring infectious diseases – were criticized as dangerous and legally doubtful, including California and other blue states.
The judges have repeatedly questioned Trump's executive authority in order to redirect the funds already acquired by the congress, and call other Trump arrangements, such as one to end birth law for citizens born in the United States, clearly unconstitutional.
How Trump's aggressive approach will be accepted by the American public in the future and whether incidents such as his insulting Zelensky influence his admission reviews is unclear. It is also unclear whether he will react to resistance to ignore or promise him to emphasize him.
On Friday, California accused the Trump administration to ignore a court decision -making test for the second time that it had to release adequate federal financing that was frozen unilaterally and said that the Federal Fund of the Federal Authority for Emergency Management Authorities will continue to be blocked. On Monday, Trump dismissed people who criticize his administration in the recent Republican town halls as “paid” troublemakers. “
Before his speech on Tuesday, he said his government will hold back funds from universities and universities that allow “illegal protests” to their campus, and then threatened Trudeau with even larger US tariffs -and described him as “governor Trudeau”, an indication of Trump's unusual idea and to make the 51st US state.