Before the 2024 U.S. election, I wrote an article predicting Trump's victory, joking that the global mainstream media's heyday would return, as he would inevitably provide daily news, major stories every three days, and sensational headlines every five days. Five weeks into Trump's 2.0 administration, the reality has far exceeded expectations, with almost daily bombshells dominating the headlines, leaving journalists and editors exhausted, struggling to keep up, yet unable to ignore the developments. Compared to Trump 1.0, he is more aggressive, delivering a barrage of heavy and wild punches. The "old hands" may not be knocked out, but they are at least half-scared, with the force of the backlash rebounding on themselves.
Domestic "Five Axes"
Mass deportation of illegal immigrants. Trump signed multiple executive orders for the expulsion of illegal immigrants, including declaring a national emergency at the southern border, abolishing birthright citizenship for children of illegal or temporary legal residents born in the U.S., expanding existing detention centers for illegal immigrants at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, and ending the Biden administration's humanitarian parole program for hundreds of thousands of Latin American immigrants with temporary residency. He also deployed additional troops to the border for large-scale deportation operations and used military aircraft to repatriate illegal immigrants, arresting over 8,000 in the first two weeks of his administration.