What the first 24 hours of Trump's administration tell us about the world he hopes to craft
From tariffs and the Middle East to the climate crisis and world health, here's the global reaction to President Trump’s first policy moves of his second term.
LONDON — In a freewheeling Inauguration Day of speeches, casual remarks and formal balls, President Donald Trump wasted no time trying to shape the world in his unmistakable image.
Unlike four years ago, when his term began in a flurry of unpreparedness, this time Trump let fly with a series of actions and statements that seek to scrub many of former President Joe Biden’s decisions and replace them with Trump's own stark imprimatur.
From tariffs, TikTok and the Middle East to the climate crisis and world health, here are the headlines of Trump’s foreign policy moves during the first 24 hours of a term set to last 1,461 days — and how the world reacted.
The president previously claimed he would end the Russia-Ukraine war within 24 hours of taking office. “This is only half a day. I have another half a day left,” he said Monday.
That idea sparked alarm in Europe, which worries that Trump could force Ukraine into a negotiation that favors Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump has more recently stretched this timeline to as long as six months, which some have taken as a signal of support for Ukraine.
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