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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Depending on how the legal battles play out, Yoo said Trump could set a new standard for his successors.
57% : Meanwhile, Trump is drafting a new blueprint for the presidency, one that demonstrates the primacy of blunt force in a democratic system predicated on checks and balances between the branches of government.
55% : "But as with most things," Zelizer said, "Trump goes further than the rest to see just how far he can go.
53% : "Although Trump got his start in the brick-and-mortar field of real estate, he appears to be taking a page from the "move fast and break things" tactic of technology company executives who spent millions bolstering his presidential bid and attended his inauguration.
53% : "Res recalled a similar approach at the Trump Organization, where Trump prided himself on his ability to chisel down contractor costs or lean on local officials for favorable treatment for his properties.
42% : (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)President-elect Donald Trump, from left, takes the oath of office as Barron Trump and Melania Trump watch at the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.
40% : Res said Trump would keep in his desk a black-and-white picture of Roy Cohn, an attorney renowned for his ruthlessness.
37% : A law signed by President Joe Biden required the platform to shut down in the United States unless its Chinese parent company found a new owner by Sunday, the day before Trump took office.
35% : But Trump directed his Justice Department not to enforce the ban, which Yoo compared to a student asking for more time on an exam after it was due.
32% : It's the kind of scenario that Democrats warned about during last year's campaign, when they claimed that Trump would govern as a dictator if elected to another term.
26% : Democrats and civil rights organizations are rallying to fight Trump in court, but legal battles could drag on before slowing the president down.
26% : Yoo also said Trump is trying to "really push the envelope" by declaring that migrants who are entering the country constitute an "invasion."
26% : "Nearly two dozen states have already sued Trump over his executive order intended to limit birthright citizenship, part of his sweeping effort to curb immigration.
26% : Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican known for an independent streak, said she supports some of Trump's executive orders but "others I have real questions about."Sen. Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California who has been a political nemesis of Trump, said Trump's actions run the gamut "from the plainly unconstitutional - as in the attempt to end birthright citizenship - to the draconian, with mass deportations.
24% : Sitting in the Oval Office just hours after being inaugurated on Monday, Trump rejected the characterization.
21% : Trump tried to take a similar approach in his first term, with mixed results.

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