He and his administration have been racing to make changes so fast that it’s no wonder that the starting time of Sunday’s Daytona 500 was pushed up an hour just to catch up to Trump before he arrives to watch the 67th Great American Race.

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This week’s White House Report Card also finds Trump in the unusual position of being popular and pushing reforms, including the firing of thousands of federal workers who are supported by much of America that doesn’t live inside the Beltway.

His third-week victories were many, notably winning Senate approval of two of his most controversial Cabinet picks, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Service, and Tulsi Gabbard as the nation’s intelligence czar.

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He also put everyone on notice that he won’t be messed with, symbolically displaying his Georgia mug shot in the hallway to the Oval Office and kicking the Associated Press off Air Force One until the news agency stops calling the Gulf of America by its old name.

Our graders, like the rest of us, could barely keep up with the moves. Pollster John Zogby graded the week a “C,” saying, “Too much all at once.” Conservative grader Jed Babbin dished a “B-minus,” and said he easily could have doubled his weekly list of Trump actions.

Jed Babbin

Grade: B-

President Donald Trump had a good but not great week, taking actions that ranged from imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to pardoning former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and creating a “Gulf of America Day.” Trump and his team also seem to be swinging wildly at an attempt at peace in Ukraine.

When the Hamas terrorists canceled further hostage releases, by far the biggest thing Trump did was set a Saturday deadline for Hamas terrorists to release all hostages. In last week’s release of hostages, everyone saw how they were being starved and mistreated. The Israeli cabinet agreed. The Israelis threatened to resume fighting in Gaza unless Hamas releases all the hostages. Hamas, in the face of Trump’s words and Israeli cabinet action, caved in and agreed to continue the hostage releases on Saturday.

Trump had a 90-minute conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday about Ukraine and other topics. There’s no movement on Ukraine so far, but the conversation between the two leaders began the process. But the Trump team of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance were swinging wildly, giving Putin concessions before the negotiations started and also threatening Russia with sanctions and possible U.S. military action. This is the biggest screwup by Trump’s team so far. 

Several of Trump’s actions, such as offering buyouts to federal bureaucrats, have been hassled by the courts despite the actions being clearly within Trump’s power. Those decisions by activist judges are being appealed.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin moved to recoup the more than $20 billion former President Joe Biden spent on “climate change” nonsense in his last 20 days.

Just this week:

• Trump revoked the security clearances of Biden, former Secretary of State Antony Blinken, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.
• Jordanian King Abdullah agreed to accept 2,000 Gaza children with serious diseases after Abdullah said he’d go to war with Israel rather than take a single emigre from Gaza.
• Attorney General Pam Bondi opened lawsuits against New York City and Chicago for refusing to cooperate in the deportation of illegal aliens.
• Trump threatened “reciprocal” tariffs on nations, including many in Europe, which charge tariffs on our goods. It’s a fair thing to do, but the Euros (and others) will be whining.
• Plastic straws were ordered back into federal facilities.
• Higher capacity toilets (that actually flush) and incandescent light bulbs (that actually shed light) were returned.
• Fort Bragg, renamed Fort Liberty, was named Fort Bragg, successfully end-running a law banning the use of Confederate officer names for military bases. Trump got around the rule by finding a World War II hero of the Battle of the Bulge, Pfc. Roland L. Bragg.
• Four federal employees were symbolically fired for sending about $59 million to New York to house illegals in hotels.

John Zogby

Grade: C

We all have experienced that moment when an outrageous joke moves rapidly from tears, to breathlessness, to choking. This is merely the fourth week of President Donald Trump’s second term and I am choking. Too much all at once.

Just this week, there were new tariffs worldwide; more elimination of federal jobs and agencies; resignations in the Justice Department over demands to drop charges against New York City’s mayor; new court rulings both halting and allowing for presidential actions; firings, resignations and cancellations at the famed Kennedy Center; a new definition of diplomacy from moral suasion, national interest and negotiation to outright bullying, scolding, leveraging foreign aid, and a my-way-or-the highway attitude.

The president is deciding the future of Gazan and West Bank Palestinians, as well as Ukrainians, without any actual participation of Palestinians or Ukrainians. Whew! On the other hand, Trump found some important common ground on terrorism and a new Silk Road with fellow certified bully Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

There are signs that inflation is creeping back, and Trump has acknowledged that his tariff and economic plan may cause some pain. At the same time, new applications for unemployment assistance went down this week. His approval numbers remain about the same. But, for this grader, too much all at once.

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Jed Babbin is a Washington Examiner contributor and former deputy undersecretary of defense in the administration of former President George H.W. Bush. Follow him on X @jedbabbin.

John Zogby is the founder of the Zogby Survey and senior partner at John Zogby Strategies. His latest book, Beyond the Horse Race: How to Read Polls and Why We Should, was just released. His podcast with son and managing partner and pollster Jeremy Zogby can be heard here. Follow him on X @ZogbyStrategies.