Trump 2.0: Confident, organised and still freewheeling

Donald Trump’s first week in office shows he has returned with a plan - and knows how to avoid some of the chaos of his first term.

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On the in-flight television screens, Fox News was back, having replaced CNN - and the president, fresh from a week in which he upended America's government and ripped up its immigration policies, was feeling confident.

"We're getting A-pluses on the work done - and also the amount of work done," he said in response to a question from the BBC.

"People are saying it was the most successful first week that anybody can remember a president having," he went on.

During a 20-minute conversation with journalists, Trump confirmed he had carried out a late-night purge of several independent watchdogs in government agencies.

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