How Trump’s Busy First Week Sets the Stage for His Agenda

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  It's Sunday, January 26th.

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  I'm Alex Osolo for the Wall Street Journal.

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  This is what's NEWS Sunday, the show where we tackle the big questions about the stories in the news by reaching out to our colleagues across the newsroom to help explain what's happening in our world.

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  On the show this week, Donald Trump had a busy first week of his second term as president.

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  He started by signing a flurry of executive orders on topics including immigration, the economy, and he started laying the groundwork to fulfill his campaign promises.

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  But as legal challenges and other hurdles bring complications to governing, can Trump keep the support of his party to fulfill his agenda?

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  WSJ Washington coverage chief Damian Paletta joins us to talk about Trump's first week in office, what he got done, what he didn't, and what impact all that might have on the coming weeks and months.

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  So, Damian, just starting us off big picture, Trump's first week in office, what were some of the things that people were expecting him to do early in his tenure?

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  I think we were expecting a bunch of executive orders, which is something that he did immediately.

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  We were even expecting him to pardon the people involved with the January 6 riot, which is something he also did immediately.

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  I don't think a lot of people were prepared just for the burst of energy, though, that we saw from him.

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  He was kind of back essentially.

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  It was like he never left almost.

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