Washington (CNN)Much of President Donald Trump's first
weekend in the White House was driven by criticism from Trump and press
secretary Sean Spicer of media coverage over the size of his inauguration
crowd.
But the new
administration is also driving policy changes that will have far more long-term
significance.
Here's a list of
the Trump administration's actions in its first 48 hours:
1 Taken over running of the entire federal
government.
2 Issued an executive order
aimed at rolling back former President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act.
3 Halted a reduction to
the annual mortgage insurance premiums borrowers pay when taking out
government-backed home loans.
4 Ordered agencies to
freeze new regulations, giving the new administration time to review
them.
5 Received a key legal OK
from the Justice Department for Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner to
take on a role in the White House.
7 Trump's nominee for CIA director, Kansas
Rep. Mike Pompeo, contradicted
his earlier testimony and said he was open to revisiting limits on
interrogation techniques including waterboarding if his intelligence
officers think it is needed.
8 Raised the specter of another conflict
in Iraq, with Trump expressing
regret for not taking over the country's oil and telling the CIA,
"We should have kept the oil. Maybe we'll have another chance."
11
Announced he has
meetings with leaders in Mexico and
Canada to begin re-negotiating NAFTA.
12
Announced his first
foreign leader meeting will be Friday with the
United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May.
13
Signaled a shift in
the Justice
Department's civil rights efforts when it requested a delay in the
lawsuit over a Texas law requiring voters to present certain types of
government-issued IDs.
14
Prepared to issue
more executive orders this week.
15
Told the National
Park Service not to tweet after it
retweeted side-by-side images showing the crowd at former President
Barack Obama's 2009 inauguration and Trump's inauguration.
16
Began discussions
about moving the US
embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Confronted his
first national disaster as President, deadly tornadoes in Georgia.
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