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Donald Trump has been backmost successful the White House for a month.
His 5th week successful bureau saw much melodramatic moves arsenic the president continued connected his program to remake the national government, instrumentality sweeping cuts and reshape American overseas policy.
This week helium called Ukraine's war-time president a "dictator", pledged to marque IVF much affordable and dismissed his highest-ranking subject officer.
If you're aft a catch-up, present is simply a reminder of 19 large moves from the Trump medication this week.
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1. Called Ukraine's Zelensky a 'dictator'
Trump connected Tuesday called Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky a "dictator" - portion of a heated backmost and distant betwixt the 2 leaders that besides saw the US president look to blasted Ukraine for Russia's invasion.
His attacks came aft Zelensky reacted to US-Russia talks astir the war, from which Kyiv was excluded.
Zelensky said Trump was "living successful a disinformation space" governed by Moscow aft Trump said the Ukrainian person was down to 4% support standing among the Ukrainian nationalist - a fig Zelensky said was being dispersed by Russia.
Zelensky's word was owed to travel to an extremity successful May 2024 but his state has been nether martial instrumentality since Russia launched its full-scale penetration 3 years ago, and elections are suspended.
The "dictator" enactment prompted disapproval from European leaders including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who said it was "simply incorrect and dangerous".
Watch: Trump repeats 'dictator' comments concerning President Zelensky
2. Met Russian officials for bid talks without Kyiv
On Tuesday, US and Russian officials held their archetypal high-level, face-to-face talks since the warfare started but Ukraine was not invited.
Top US officials met Moscow counterparts successful Saudi Arabia, prompting fears successful Kyiv that the state invaded by Russia was being sidelined.
On Friday, helium told Fox News it was not important for Zelensky to beryllium astatine bid talks but helium would "of course" instrumentality a telephone from him.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said talks with Russia were a archetypal measurement towards negotiating a bid woody and thing would beryllium imposed connected Ukraine.
3. Swapped prisoners with Russia
Russian authorities released a US nationalist who was arrested astatine a Moscow airdrome this period for cannabis possession.
Kalob Byers, 28, was freed hours earlier the talks betwixt US and Russian officials implicit the warfare successful Ukraine were acceptable to begin.
The US besides said it volition merchandise a Russian nationalist - Alexander Vinnik, who was arrested successful 2017 connected charges related to the laundering of billions of dollars utilizing virtual currency Bitcoin - arsenic portion of a captive speech that brought location American schoolteacher Marc Fogel past week.
4. Ended New York congestion charge
The Trump medication is moving to extremity New York City's congestion pricing plan, which charges vehicles entering the metropolis successful definite areas, past uses tolls to upgrade its aging transit systems. It was launched past month.
"CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD," Trump said connected societal media. "Manhattan, and each of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!"
In response, New York Govenor Kathy Hochul said: "We are a federation of laws, not ruled by a king. We'll spot you successful court."
Watch: Hochul hits backmost astatine Trump’s 'king' assertion aft congestion charges axed
5. Told not to interfere successful Andrew Tate's lawsuit by alleged victims
Four women who allege they were sexually abused by the societal media influencer Andrew Tate said they were "extremely concerned" by reports that US officials had asked Romania to unbend question restrictions against Tate and his brother, Tristan Tate, who person dual UK-US nationality.
The Financial Times paper archetypal reported that US officials had brought up the lawsuit with the Romanian authorities past week, and it was past followed up by Trump's envoy Richard Grenell astatine the weekend.
One root told the insubstantial that a petition had been made by the US to instrumentality the brothers' passports to them truthful they could question portion waiting for the transgression lawsuit against them to finish.
The US State Department has been approached by the BBC for comment.
6. Touted driblet successful borderline arrests
The US Border Patrol said determination was a alteration successful migrants illegally crossing the US-Mexico borderline successful January.
It recorded 29,000 arrests - the lowest since May 2020 and down from 47,000 successful December, according to section figures.
Trump took bureau connected 20 January, replacing predecessor Joe Biden.
The Trump medication has promised to clamp down connected undocumented migration into the US, which has besides included declaring an exigency astatine the confederate borderline and expanded processes that let for accelerated expulsions.
Trump reassigned the acting manager of Immigration and Customs Enforcement this week, US media reported. The determination came aft Trump and borderline tsar Tom Homan expressed choler that deportation numbers weren't higher.
Watch: A look astatine the US-Mexico borderline connected Trump's archetypal week successful office
7. Fired thousands much national workers
The Trump medication - and his Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) person Elon Musk - are continuing a cost-cutting thrust that aims to drastically trim the national workforce.
More than 6,000 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees are expected to beryllium fired, and connected Friday the Pentagon said it planned to "release" 5,400 probationary workers starting aboriginal adjacent week.
Around 1,000 employees successful the US National Park Service were fto spell past play - astir 5% of the workforce - according to CBS News.
It has besides begun firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees, and the caput of Professional Aviation Safety Specialists national David Spero called the firings "shameful".
Polling suggests determination is nationalist enactment for little authorities spending but besides interest that Musk's ratio thrust could spell excessively far.
8. Attempted to rehire sacked USDA vertebrate flu squad and atomic workers
Trump's medication is attempting to rehire officials with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) who worked connected the authorities effect to vertebrate flu earlier being fired implicit the weekend, US media report.
The terminations came arsenic the latest outbreak of the vertebrate flu has wreaked havoc connected poultry and cattle farms, causing ovum prices to skyrocket.
A USDA spokesperson told the BBC that though "several" officials moving connected vertebrate flu were "notified of their terminations" implicit the weekend, "we are moving to swiftly rectify the concern and rescind those letters".
It's not the archetypal clip this has happened - aft firing officials with the National Nuclear Security Administration past week, US media reported that the authorities was trying to reinstate some, but was struggling to interaction them.
9. Signed bid aimed astatine reducing outgo of IVF
Trump has signed an enforcement bid that volition analyse ways to marque in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatments much affordable.
Speaking astatine an lawsuit astatine Mar-a-Lago, White House unit caput Will Scharf said the bid asks that the Domestic Policy Council marque recommendations wrong 90 days to support entree to IVF and "aggressively" trim its costs.
During his campaigning, Trump said that IVF treatments would beryllium paid for by security companies oregon the authorities if helium returned to the White House.
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10. Restricts the Associated Press implicit Gulf of Mexico naming row
A enactment erupted betwixt the White House and the Associated Press (AP) - a planetary media organisation - aft Google Maps changed the Gulf of Mexico's sanction to the Gulf of America for radical utilizing the app successful the US.
Trump has ordered the assemblage of h2o to beryllium renamed successful US authorities documents.
The AP says that it volition not alteration the sanction of the Gulf of Mexico successful its benignant guide, which is utilized by galore US media outlets.
Trump said connected Tuesday that helium volition artifact AP from the Oval Office and Air Force One until it stops referring to the Gulf of Mexico.
The media organisation sued 3 Trump officials successful response, US media reported connected Friday. The AP argues Trump's prohibition violates the First Amendment and is seeking an exigency proceeding to state Trump's moves unconstitutional.
The Gulf of Mexico has been renamed the Gulf of America connected Google Maps successful the US
11. Continued propulsion for dismissal of Mayor Adams case
US justness section lawyers connected Wednesday defended their determination to extremity a transgression lawsuit against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Last week, the Department of Justice filed a question to disregard fraud and bribery charges against Adams. Seven justness section lawyers, including the apical US authoritative successful Manhattan, resigned implicit an bid to driblet the case.
Adams was indicted past twelvemonth connected the charges. He denies immoderate wrongdoing.
Trump has denied that helium had immoderate engagement successful asking prosecutors to disregard the Adams case.
On Friday, a justice paused Adams' proceedings and ordered an extracurricular lawyer to counsel him by coming up with arguments against dropping the charges - fundamentally creating a ineligible test.
12. Cut benefits for undocumented migrants and ineligible assistance for migrant children
On Wednesday, Trump signed an enforcement bid ending national benefits for undocumented migrants.
The measurement volition question to guarantee that immoderate national funds to states and localities "will not beryllium utilized to enactment sanctuary policies oregon assistance amerciable immigration", according to the White House.
The Trump medication besides suspended a work connected Tuesday that helped children who travel to the US without a genitor oregon guardian to navigate the migration tribunal system.
13. Backed thought to nonstop immoderate Doge savings to Americans
Trump said helium is considering utilizing a percent of the imaginable savings from Elon Musk's taskforce to nonstop payments straight to US taxpayers.
"We're reasoning astir giving 20% backmost to the American citizens and 20% backmost to wage down debt," Trump said successful Florida this week, without giving further details.
Before making the remarks, Musk had posted connected his societal media level X that helium "will cheque with the President" aft a idiosyncratic suggested the brace should denote a "DOGE Dividend".
14. Vance criticised Europe astatine Munich conference
During his code astatine the Munich Security Conference a week ago, US Vice-President JD Vance launched a scalding onslaught connected European democracies saying the top menace facing the continent was not from Russia and China, but "from within".
Vance was expected to code imaginable talks to extremity the warfare successful Ukraine but alternatively accused European governments - including the UK's - of retreating from their values, and ignoring elector concerns connected migration and escaped speech.
The code was denounced by respective politicians astatine the conference.
15. Snubbed G20 talks successful South Africa
Rubio boycotted a gathering of G20 overseas ministers successful South Africa this week, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said helium volition not be adjacent week's gathering of G20 concern ministers.
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa told the gathering that a committedness to multilateralism and planetary instrumentality is captious to solving planetary crises.
Announcing his refusal to attend, Rubio said South Africa was "using G20 to beforehand 'solidarity, equality, & sustainability.' In different words: DEI [diversity, equity and inclusion] and clime change".
Bessent said helium had different commitments successful Washington.
16. Told Pentagon to find $50bn successful cuts this year
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has told US subject services to place $50bn successful cuts adjacent twelvemonth truthful the wealth tin beryllium utilized elsewhere for Trump's priorities.
The lawman defence caput said successful a statement connected Wednesday that "excessive bureaucracy" and "unnecessary spending that acceptable our subject backmost nether the erstwhile administration, including done alleged 'climate change' and different woke programs" would end.
Late Friday night, Trump announced connected Truth Social, his societal media platform, that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was leaving, arsenic well.
17. Restored 9/11-related crab probe aft Doge tried to cancel it
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has restored backing for 9/11-related crab probe aft Doge attempted to cancel it past week, according to officials.
The $257,000 (£199,000) declaration goes towards information processing to comparison crab incidence rates among firefighters exposed to the World Trade Center toxins with firefighters who were not.
Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer said: "9/11 crab probe and backing for FDNY should person ne'er been connected the chopping block".
18. Appeared astatine Nascar opening
Trump's motorcade drove circular the Daytona racetrack successful the opening lawsuit of the season's Nascar series.
The president's Air Force One pitchy gave a flyby for spectators earlier helium met the drivers and led them for a thigh astir the circuit.
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19. Fired his apical general
US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff CQ Brown was fired arsenic the highest-ranking subject serviceman successful the country, liable for advising the president and defence secretary.
On Friday evening, Trump took to societal media to denote the departure of Gen Brown, who was the 2nd achromatic serviceman successful US past to clasp the post. The president said 5 different apical officers were being replaced.
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth had antecedently said Gen Brown should beryllium fired due to the fact that of his "woke" absorption connected diversity, equity and inclusion programmes successful the military.
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