Article originally in the Financial Times.
The first 30 days of Donald Trump’s second term in the White House was a whirlwind of executive regulations, trials and controversies.
Since his inauguration, on January 20, the President has released a dizzying range of measures, including duties against China and American ally, opened negotiations with the Russian President to end the invasion of Ukraine and demanded the end of the war in Gaza.
He also supervised chaotic efforts to freeze federal funds and the release of thousands of government employees in several federal agencies, including the US Foreign Assistance USAID.
Here is a view of the numbers that are hiding behind the first month of Trump’s work in the office.
Tsunami of executive regulations
Trump was on the best journey to overtake its predecessors in the number of executive regulations after its first term of office and after a month in office overcame their total number for two terms, when they signed 73 in the last 30 days. The orders are very diverse and relate to different ministries and policies.
Several of them had a major impact, for example, the establishment of the so -called Government Efficiency Department (Doga), which is unofficially managed by Elon Musk, although the government denies that he is the director of this organization. The Doga cuts have led to the release of more than 10,000 federal employees (although some statements are subject to legal disputes).
Other orders have been stuck in court proceedings, such as questioning the right to obtain citizenship, which is enshrined in the Constitution and which were blocked by several judges.
However, there have also been commands that do not have a large specific impact. They are more aimed at mediation of Trump’s views, or they are references to its supporters, such as the command of the “restoration of freedom of expression” in which he accused the government of Joe Biden of censorship.
Stubborn inflation
One of the main promises of Trump’s campaign was to reduce the cost of living. Although it is still too early to read the impact of the President’s new duties in one month, it is clear that inflation is still stubborn. In January, the consumer prices index increased by three percent compared to the same period of the previous year, which is significantly above the two % destination of the Federal Reserve.
The inflation is partially powered by egg prices that have risen sharply after farmers killed millions of chickens to stop the spread of bird flu. According to data from the Labor Statistics Office, the egg prices index jumped by 15.2 percent in the last month, the largest increase since June 2015.
High prices do not help Trump’s popularity. Most of the Americans surveyed, 62 percent, said in the February SSRS and CNN survey that the President did not go far enough to reduce the prices of daily consumption goods.
According to the February survey, IPSOS and Washington Post 53 percent of Americans disagree with how they care for the economy. It is the highest degree of dissatisfaction that Trump’s surveys measured at any time of the first and second presidential period.
A slight reaction to duties
Since joining Trump, he has announced several duties focused on different countries and items, although most of them are not effective.
Nevertheless, its announcement of 25 % duties on all the import of steel and aluminum, which should start to be applied on March 12, increased the price of Hliník, which caused uncertainty in American companies, from manufacturing companies to oil and gas wells.
However, it seems that the stock markets do not worry about these duties.
Poor results of popularity surveys
According to FivethirtyEight Trump survey, 49 percent of respondents are currently positively evaluated, which is more than ever during its first term. Nevertheless, he is still lagging behind his predecessors, including Joe Biden.
It seems that the US public is also divided in views on Trump’s work, while 47 percent of respondents juschvate. However, they support Trump’s immigration policy. According to the February SSRS and CNN survey, 55 percent of respondents are either satisfied with the President’s deportations, or they want him to go even further.
The survey also showed that Trump’s proposal for the United States to “take over” Gaza earlier this month was unpopular among the Americans. Up to 58 percent described him as a bad idea, including 86 percent of Democrats, 60 percent of independent and 27 percent of Republicans.
In the retention of immigrants lags behind
During the first week from Trump’s inauguration, the US Immigration and Customs Office, (ICE), made extensive arrests of immigrants without documents as part of the President of the promised intervention. The agency boasted 26 January that it had carried out almost a thousand arrests in one day.
However, the latest arrest data publishes ICE only sporadically on social networks, making it difficult to track and compare numbers. There are no details of how many of the arrested persons were previously convicted, or where the arrest has occurred.
According to NBC News, the number of daily arrests decreased during the first weekend of February to 300. The lack of detention space also led to the release of at least 461 immigrants who were detained in previous interventions. In order to significantly increase the number of arrests, it increases.
In addition to the arrest of the immigration office, the number of illegal crossing of the borders decreased sharply in January to the lowest monthly value since February 2021. According to US Customs and Border Protection, approximately 29,000 people were detained last month at the US-Mexican border in December. -trisy.
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