The disciplined execution of the early months of President Donald Trump’s second term — when well-drafted executive orders reshaped Washington and America’s global priorities — are now a memory. But they sprang from a rational playbook drawn up during Trump’s four-year exile from the White House. Protesters gather in Nuuk, Greenland against President Donald Trump’s demand that the Arctic island be ceded to the U.S., January 17. This, like Trump’s call for a “softer touch” generated helpful headlines after the public turned on his enforcement methods. But there’s growing evidence that such extremism is a dominant feature of Trump’s second term.

Source: Egypt Independent February 09, 2026 10:49 UTC