Trump Is Back with an Axe to Grind

“Donald Trump at noon Monday takes office as the 47th president of the United States, marking an unprecedented and audacious return to the White House after weathering conviction on 34 felony counts and surviving an assassination attempt that left him bloodied and defiant,” Politico reports.

“His early moves suggest the personal sense of vindication Trump carries to Washington after four years out of office has not chiseled the former president into a more archetypal politician. Rather, he takes office more emboldened and demanding of loyalty than ever — and bent on revenge against his perceived political enemies, including those who sought to hold him accountable.”

“His policy ambitions have grown dramatically to include mass deportations, sweeping tariffs and a surprisingly expansionist strategy abroad that could include military intervention in Greenland and Panama.”