It's "a picture of presidential subservience the likes of which we have never seen," said MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One where he signed a proclamation declaring Feb. 9 Gulf of America Day as he travels from West Palm Beach, Fla. to New Orleans, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) AP

Trump has already levied a 10% duty on Chinese imports and has threatened to introduce tariffs against Canada and Mexico March 1 onwards.

A Pew Research Center survey found President Donald Trump has the highest approval rating less than a month back in office compared to any point in his first term.

The folks at CNN continue to be surprised by the results that their data guru Harry Enten continues to bring into studio on Donald Trump’s first term. The latest stunner came Monday, and it featured a lot of big adjectives, as Enten laid out the current polling on the president.

After winning the 2024 election by 1.5 percentage points, President Trump claimed “an unprecedented and powerful mandate” to “give the people back their faith, their wealth, their democracy and indeed their freedom” — and he has spent his first three weeks back in the White House aggressively implementing his agenda.