Freewheeling Trump brings high-octane drama to first full day in office

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

85% : Trump allowed that it was a really nice letter, which he had appreciated.
71% : His first full day in office - or, as Trump dolefully put it, "my first day back from having a nice life"- provided another extraordinary range of talking points and developments.
54% : Just over a week had passed since Trump and Barack Obama had shared a conspicuously jovial moment before the funeral service of the centurion president, Jimmy Carter.
38% : "This is what Trump campaigned on.
37% : Arguing that he was a 'friend' of police officers, Trump, in another freewheeling live-television press conference, defended the decision.
31% : If president Trump listened with the unimpressed air of a hotshot driver hearing the examiner explain the myriad ways in which he failed his test, he still listened.
14% : "In addition, Trump rescinded the secret service protection of John Bolton, his former national security adviser turned nemesis who has been the target of an Iranian assassination plot.

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