Trump's first month was full of easy wins. Can he keep up the controlled chaos?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Trump has "taken historic action" in his first month and "has already accomplished more than most presidents do in their entire term.
60% : Where President Joe Biden responded to national exhaustion with Trump after the Republican's first term by trying to stay off Americans' screens and out of their lives as much as possible, Trump has ingrained himself in the national culture.
55% : But the made-for-TV strategy can only take Trump so far. High-level officials such as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, national security advisor Michael Waltz and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff were in Saudi Arabia this week to launch negotiations with the Russians to end the war.
54% : " The change in approach has played out most vividly through the aggressive push by the Department of Government Efficiency, led by multi-billionaire Elon Musk, to cut the size of federal agencies, completely shuttering some.
45% : Since returning to office on Jan. 20, Trump has used lengthy televised gab sessions - packaged as executive order signings - to make himself ubiquitous to Americans, shooting from the hip on question after question and dominating the news.
42% : Getting legislation through Congress is another big test, and a tougher challenge than Trump's faced so far.
40% : More: Elon Musk isn't actually in charge of DOGE, White House says DOGE's efforts to slash the federal workforce and take over sensitive databases holding the personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans is unprecedented and has led to court cases claiming Trump is usurping the constitutional spending power of Congress.
37% : Inside Trump's government blitz: 'We haven't seen anything quite like Musk.' Trump has quickly laid the groundwork for a consolidation of power through mass firings and the use of executive orders that dictate his funding priorities to Congress.
36% : " What comes next could be more difficult though, as Trump works to make good on pledges to resolve international crises and fallout from the DOGE cutting spree spreads to Republican congressional districts.
36% : The Adams decision led to a top New York federal prosecutor, who was promoted by Trump and had sterling conservative credentials, to resign along with others in New York and Washington.
34% : Eight years ago, Trump filled out his team with Bush-era appointees and Republican staffers, not all of whom were hardcore MAGA.
34% : McCarthy said he believes the broader push to rein in government spending is popular enough that voters are willing to accept mistakes.
32% : "Everything is going to be a struggle," said Paul Teller, a longtime Hill staffer and former legislative adviser to Trump.
31% : "In the first month, Donald Trump has waged a scorched-earth campaign against the rule of law," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a floor speech this week.
29% : More: Trump admin scrambles to rehire hundreds of nuclear weapons workers For those who think the approach is abrasive, Musk told reporters in the Oval Office last week that Trump was doing what he was elected to do.
27% : " Trump has sought to fire thousands of federal workers, dismantle independent agencies, end birthright citizenship and impose tariffs on countries that have a trade deficit with the U.S. or have aggrieved him in some other way.
27% : "So Trump has relied on a sledgehammer effect.
21% : Heritage spearheaded the Project 2025 proposal that was heavily criticized during the campaign and was disavowed by Trump.
16% : More: Trump's Social Security head admits dead Americans 'aren't necessarily' getting checks Trump took some big swings, putting controversial travel restrictions on Muslim-majority countries that had to be rewritten after they were blocked in court.

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