NARRATOR: Until this moment, the order’s details had been a well kept secret in Washington even among Trump’s own team. PETER BAKER, The New York Times: That’s Steve Bannon’s idea, is to just throw everybody else off balance, knock them back before they have a chance to resist. NARRATOR: Bannon had engineered a sweeping executive order aimed at fulfilling a campaign promise to restrict Muslims from entering the United States. In Bannon, he saw someone who was just like him, someone who loved to fight. ROBERT COSTA, The Washington Post: Trump has told me multiple times that he actually loves to fight. NARRATOR: At Trump’s side, his chief strategist, Stephen Bannon.

NEWSCASTER: The president is asking the military to─ NEWSCASTER: ─would not offer details, but President Trump is expected to─ NARRATOR: It was the first time the new president had been to the Pentagon. NEWSCASTER: ─opportunity for him to meet with his secretary of defense, James Mattis─ He knows what to do, and he’s going to fix everything and he’s going to set the world right immediately. Editor-at-Large, Breitbart: I do think that they wanted to have a flurry of activity at the beginning to demonstrate that Trump is what he said he was. NEWSCASTER: ─depart the White House and head to the Pentagon.īEN SHAPIRO, Fmr. NARRATOR: On his seventh day in office, President Donald Trump headed to the Pentagon. NEWSCASTER: We’re also expecting him to head to the Pentagon─ He was going to move at a much more rapid pace and shake the government up.

NEWSCASTER: This is just the beginning of what is going to be a very busy day for Donald Trump.ĭAVID URBAN, Trump Campaign: This president came to this town with a mindset after the election he was going to shake things up. NEWSCASTER: President Trump wakes up with a busy day ahead. NEWSCASTER: There’s a brand-new team in charge of the White House, a brand-new staff to keep the wheels turning.

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