Trump has already conquered D.C. even before taking office

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

77% : Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey gifted Trump with the first "Presidential Commemorative" bottle of Diet Coke, a favorite beverage of both him and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
61% : " "Americans are ready for President Trump to ensure Peace through Strength, protect the border, safeguard civil liberties, and make life more affordable -- because he's done it before," Vianca Rodriguez, a Trump-Vance transition spokesperson, said in a statement.
59% : "They've learned that President Trump is very transactional, and so I think there's an incentive for them to be a lot more generous this inauguration.
57% : The end result has been some of the highest favorability ratings ever for Trump, who until recent weeks has had consistently low favorability ratings.
57% : As a politician, Trump has long enjoyed his campaign rallies and plans to hold a final rally Sunday at Capital One Arena in D.C. However, Monday will bring a different challenge for the soon-to-be 47th president.
55% : "It's just light-years difference -- corporate America has embraced President Trump," said Brian Ballard, a prominent Florida lobbyist and Trump fundraiser.
53% : During his last administration, Trump had control of the White House, the House and the Senate for his first two years.
51% : " Several corporate executives have touted their recent meetings with Trump, posting photos of themselves with the president-elect.
44% : Trump has broken through in the sports, entertainment and music industries, too, after some artists and athletes sought to distance themselves from him after his first election.
42% : We're tracking the people Trump has picked for key positions in his administration.
42% : "The first term, everybody was fighting me," Trump said during a news conference in December.
41% : Trump has also said he notices a difference in public reception from his first time in office, though many CEOs still came to visit him at Trump Tower in 2016.
39% : It's a stark contrast both to his 2017 inauguration -- when Trump came to Washington as a political unknown without close personal relationships to his Cabinet or congressional leaders -- and to his departure from the Oval Office in January 2021, when he was widely condemned for the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.
39% : But after a second loss to Trump, many Democrats are taking a different, less reactionary approach that focuses more on policy impact, as the party prepares for Republicans to take full control of Washington.
39% : Trump will become the first felon to serve as U.S. president, after being sentenced on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a hush money case involving adult-film actress Stormy Daniels.
39% : This time, Trump will take office with Republicans holding the narrowest margins in the House and with no prospect of running for the White House again.
37% : Trump is expected to sign scores of executive orders as he takes office, especially on the border, a central issue of his presidential campaign.
33% : Republicans passed tax legislation and reshaped the Supreme Court to a 6-3 conservative majority while Trump was in office, but they failed to enact other parts of his agenda, including a promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, despite years of campaign vows to toss the law.
32% : But Trump received no penalty for his conviction at a Jan. 10 sentencing, which he fought furiously to keep from happening.
31% : Since the election, Trump has mostly stayed away from the public eye.
24% : Trump also sought to prevent the release of a report by special counsel Jack Smith on his indictment for allegedly trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
13% : When Trump first came to office, "Democrats were in a constant state of outrage and there was this strong feeling that this was a leader we needed to resist in the streets," said Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minnesota).

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