It's been four weeks since President Donald Trump was sworn into office and he has been on a tear.
His administration has tried to end constitutionally protected birthright citizenship, earned a judge's ire for violating an order stopping a spending freeze and overseen mass firings, to name a few of his more controversial actions. Yet polls have shown his favorable numbers are higher than when he took office in 2017.
There have been protests, press conferences, lawsuits and media appearances galore, but they appear to have landed flat with the American public.
Plenty of blame has been tossed around, with some blaming Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democrats debating whether their countermoves have been strong enough or whether they should abandon issues such as foreign aid and immigration to hit Trump harder on pocketbook issues.
As for Trump, he keeps signing executive orders, allowing folks like billionaire Elon Musk to stir up the pot further and creating a new crisis for the media to cover every day. It is an understatement to say that it is nearly impossible for anyone not in the news business to follow the day-to-day events.
But what the resistance is missing about Trump — and why his favorable numbers are up — is that he is doing what he promised.
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