In his first few weeks, President Trump has frozen climate spending, shaken up staffing at agencies like the E.P.A. and set off a wave of legal challenges.
The Trump administration fired the Federal Emergency Management Agencyβs chief financial officer and three others after Elon Musk misleadingly claimed the agency had used disaster relief funds for migrant services.
The Trump administrationβs order to drop the charges against Mayor Eric Adams was the most pronounced example of the president using his power to determine the cityβs future.
With Canada, Mexico, China, Colombia and the Middle East, President Trump has wasted no time threatening to use American might to force recalcitrant countries to back down and do what he wants.
While he has expressed support for North Carolina residents, the president has criticized Californiaβs Democratic leaders and threatened to withhold federal aid from the state.
βIβd rather see the states take care of their own problems,β the president said. Federal emergency managers from both parties have made the same argument.
The new administration wants to slash aid for health, food and housing, but many of those programs now reach the struggling working class he is courting.
Automakers and even some Republicans may fight to preserve funds, and environmental activists will likely sue, but some experts said that some changes may not survive legal challenges.