Chuck Todd stated, 'This is a disaster. He has screwed up this country and our foreign policy for decades, and we're going to be paying a price for this for a long time.' He highlighted that the repercussions would manifest in various ways, including at the gas pump and in trade relations.
Kushner has in the first 14 months of the second Trump administration sat down with world leaders including Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Volodymyr Zelensky, along with Saudis and multiple other actors from the Middle East.
Within a month, Trump officials had threatened colleges' research funding, started gutting the Institute for Education Sciences, declared race-based programming illegal and unleashed Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on campuses, among other actions. Then, over the next six months, the administration started dismantling the Education Department, cut thousands of research grants that didn't align with Trump'spriorities, helped oust the University of Virginia's president and cracked down on international students-deporting some who criticized Israel and revoking the visas of thousands.
From invading American cities with ICE and the military to the destruction of longstanding government institutions, there's a lot to be concerned about, and it can be difficult to keep it all in perspective. Don Moynihan, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan, has been closely following and documenting Trump's abuses of power and his attacks on different parts of the federal government. He said there are a couple different categories of harm you can look at while tracking the damage Trump has done.
As soon as Donald Trump made his comeback to the White House early last year, he rushed to step up his crackdown on those who enter the United States illegally. His administration soon started mass arrests and mass deportations. That has led to mass protests against Trump's immigration policies. Protesters are particularly venting their anger against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, accusing them of using excessive force.