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'Three big factors' that make Trump's second presidency different from the first: report

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Only one day into Donald Trump's second term, The Atlantic's David A. Graham is able to pinpoint the biggest factors that make this time around so 'different' from the MAGA leader's first presidency. Noting that, in 24 hours, the 47th president of the United States has already 'pardoned more than 1,500 January 6 rioters, including some involved in violence,' moved 'to end birthright citizenship,' removed the US from the 'World Health Organization, attempted to turn large portions of the civil service into patronage jobs, and issued an executive order defining gender as a binary,' Graham submits these actions 'would have caused widespread outrage and mass demonstrations if he had taken them during his first day, week, or year as president, in 2017.'

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