Massad Boulos “telegraphed during the transition that he would hold significant sway on the Trump administration’s foreign policy,” but so far has “struggled from the start to attain much influence, even as he has found some unexpected success along the way,” Politico reports.

Wall Street Journal: “Companies and institutions are honing a playbook for approaching an unpredictable president. They are showing up prepared to flatter, play ball on the Trump agenda and give him something in return for sparing them from economic pain or executive orders.”

“Since taking office in January, Trump and his senior aides have deployed executive power to punish enemies with tariffs and other diktats. That has spurred a range of chief executives and other leaders to plead their case directly to Trump…”

“The president is far more accessible than many of his predecessors and is often happy to take meetings directly, especially with chief executives he has seen quoted in newspapers or on television.”

President Donald Trump, asked whether he believes that he needs to uphold the Constitution during his presidency, responded, “I don’t know,” the Washington Post reports.

“The comment came as Trump remained adamant that he wanted to ship undocumented immigrants out of the country and said it was inconceivable to hear millions of cases in court, insisting he needed the power to quickly remove people he said were murderers and drug dealers.”

Trump also did not rule out the use of military force to take Greenland, while saying it’s “highly unlikely” he would do so with Canada.