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| U.S. President Donald Trump |
By Matthew Rusling
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Not even a month into his term, U.S. President Donald Trump has already been the subject of much controversy. The billionaire New Yorker will not enjoy the "honeymoon" period - the first 100 days in which both the press and the president take it easy - that many other U.S. presidents have historically enjoyed.
Trump shocked the world in November when he clinched the presidency from Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, as polls and experts expected Clinton to be the winner. But the new commander-in-chief, ever controversial, is already seeing demonstrations against his presidency and much criticism in the U.S. press.
"Trump is starting as the least popular new president in recent memory," Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Darrell West told Xinhua.
"He has high negatives and Democrats are united in fighting his changes...There are likely to be major protests at every step of the way as Trump makes various policy changes," West said.
Indeed, the weekend and Monday saw protests in several cities nationwide over Trump's temporary ban on visas from seven predominately Muslim nations that have serious problems with terrorism.
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