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 Trump's first month: From threat of tariffs to 'the Riviera of the Middle East'

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<div> </div><div> </div>Trump was sworn in as U.S. president on January 20, ushering in another turbulent four-year term with promises to push the limits of executive power.He pardoned about 1,500 of his supporters who attacked the U.S. Capitol four years ago as he moved swiftly to impose his will on the U.S. government just hours after reclaiming the presidency. On January 23, Donald Trump said he was not sure the United States should be spending anything on NATO, telling reporters the U.S. was protecting NATO members, but they were &quot;not protecting us.&quot; Trump and First Lady Melania Trump on January 24 toured a neighborhood that was devastated by the Palisades Fire, northwest of Los Angeles, speaking with residents and firefighters about their experiences. Trump said on January 29 he would order the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare a migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay for as many as 30,000 migrants.Without evidence, he suggested on January 30 that the deadly midair collision of two aircraft in Washington was the result of the Federal Aviation Administration&#x27;s efforts to hire a more diverse workforce.Trump on February 1 ordered 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and 10% on goods from China starting on Tuesday (February 4) and declared that they would remain in place until a national emergency over the drug fentanyl and illegal immigration to the U.S. ends. He paused new tariffs on Mexico for one month after Mexico agreed on February 3 to reinforce its northern border with 10,000 National Guard members to stem the flow of illegal drugs.Trump announced he would postpone threatened tariffs on Canadian imports for at least 30 days, on February 3. On February 4, Trump suggested permanently displacing Palestinians from Gaza, saying people there had no alternative but to leave the Palestinian enclave devastated by Israel&#x27;s military assault. Trump also suggested Gaza could become &quot;the Riviera of the Middle East&quot;, without providing specifics, at a joint press conference with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump signed an executive order on February 5 to exclude transgender girls and women from female-designated sporting competitions and teams, a directive that Republicans say restores fairness but critics say tramples on the rights of a small minority of athletes.U.S. President Donald Trump on February 6 authorized economic and travel sanctions targeting people who work on International Criminal Court investigations of U.S. citizens or U.S. allies such as Israel, repeating action he took during his first term.On February 7, Trump said he would fire some FBI agents who were involved in investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump signed a &#x27;Gulf of America Day&#x27; proclamation on February 9 aboard Air Force One as he flew over the area he was renaming - known to others as the Gulf of Mexico. He was joined by billionaire Tesla founder Elon Musk to talk about the latests findings from the Department of Government Efficiency, headed by Musk, but it was his son who caught most of the attention.American schoolteacher Marc Fogel, freed by Russia after three and a half years in prison, got a flag-waving welcome from Trump at a snowy White House on February 11 after a flight home from Moscow. Trump said both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed a desire for peace in separate phone calls with him on February 12 and Trump ordered top U.S. officials to begin talks on ending the war in Ukraine.

Trump was sworn in as U.S. president on January 20, ushering in another turbulent four-year term with promises to push the limits of executive power.

Trump was sworn in as U.S. president on January 20, ushering in another turbulent four-year term with promises to push the limits of executive power.

Trump's first month: From threat of tariffs to 'the Riviera of the Middle East'

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Trump's first month: From threat of tariffs to 'the Riviera of the Middle East'

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Published February 19, 2025 09:11 AM PHT

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