Before attending a series of inaugural balls around Washington DC, Trump signed an executive order seeking the “prompt repeal” of which signature Obama policy?
The nuclear agreement with Iran
Obama's healthcare law, known as Obamacare
The US' participation in the International Climate Agreement
Regulation of the big banks
In his inaugural address, Trump said “we are transferring power from Washington DC and giving it back to you, the people”. This line uncannily echoed a speech from which Batman movie villain?
The Joker
Pengun
Bane
Poison Ivy
Trump’s press secretary, Sean Spicer, used his first White House briefing to berate journalists for their inauguration coverage and to make the spurious claim that record numbers of people had attended. How did White House aide Kellyanne Conway later defend Spicer?
She said he was offering a "different narrative"
She said he was "giving his own take" on events
She said he gave "alternative facts"
She said he had got out of bed on the wrong side
More than half a million joined the Women’s March on Washington DC in what was thought to be the largest ever inauguration protest. Trump reacted via Twitter, saying:
"So sad to see how many people hate freedom! Crooked Hillary and her supporters don't believe in democracy"
"Watched protests yesterday but was under the impression that we just had an election! Why didn't these people vote? Celebs hurt cause badly."
"Pathetic liberals trying to make it all about themselves. The people know better!"
"So great to see so many people on the streets of Washington. Humbled by your support, let's make America great again!"
Trump's first Monday in office was a busy one, in which he signed a flurry of executive orders. Which one won the cautious praise of Bernie Sanders?
An order banning funding for international groups that provide abortions
An order placing a hiring freeze on non-military federal workers.
An order formally scrapping a flagship trade deal with 11 countries in the Pacific rim
An order formally approving socialism in one country
After Trump continued to make false claims about the presidential election, press secretary Sean Spicer said they were based on ‘studies and information he has’. What claims were they?
That Trump had gained more votes than Hillary Clinton
That millions of people voted illegally
That it was the biggest election victory in history
That Clinton had tried to get the election result overturned
More executive orders followed on Tuesday, with Trump ordering the revival of Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, to the dismay of Native American and climate change activists. Trump said the Keystone pipeline would produce "a lot of jobs, 28,000 jobs. Great construction jobs.” A US state department study estimated the number of long-term jobs at how many?
6
50
200
5,000
Which world leader cancelled their scheduled meeting with Trump in the president's first week?
Theresa May, prime minster of the United Kingdom
Vladimir Putin, president of the Russian Federation
Mexico's president Enrique Peña Nieto
Shinzō Abe, prime minister of Japan
British PM Theresa May became the first foreign leader to visit the president at White House, successfully navigating a press conference that was deemed to have passed without too much embarrassment. But what were Trump and May later caught on video doing as they walked along the White House colonnade?
Making inappropriate remarks about Hillary Clinton
Holding hands
Licking jam from each other's fingers
Kissing
Trump caused chaos with his executive order to close America's borders to to travellers from seven Muslim-majority countries. Which seven countries' citizens were blocked from entry?
Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Egypt, Algeria and Yemen
Syria, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Egypt, Iran and Iraq
Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, North Korea, Russia, Cuba, Iraq and France
After a weekend in which pre-approved refugees, students and workers holding visas and residency green cards were barred from flights to the US, how did Trump defend the ban on Twitter?
"So proud of our border staff for making America safe - everything is going so smoothly, don't believe FAKE news!"
"You wouldn't believe what CNN - a totally failing network, by the way - is saying about my Muslim ban. It's not a ban!"
"Our country needs strong borders and extreme vetting, NOW. Look what is happening all over Europe and, indeed, the world – a horrible mess!”
"My executive order will make Americans safe again"
As mass demonstrations and legal challenges against the travel ban mounted, which former President broke precent and criticised Trump's actions via his spokesman?
Jimmy Carter
Barack Obama
George W Bush
Bill Clinton
In an interview with the New York Times, who did Trump strategist Steve Bannon say was "the opposition party"?
The media
The liberal elite
The Democratic Party
Other Republicans
Donald Trump fired the acting US attorney general after she told justice department lawyers not to defend his executive order banning entry for people from seven Muslim-majority countries. What was her name?
Sarah Palin
Sally Yates
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Nancy Pelowski
As the backlash against Trump's travel ban gathered steam, what emerged as the first official screening at the White House family theatre?
Aladdin
The Lion King
Finding Dory
Triumph of the Will
What did Trump reportedly call “the worst deal ever” during a phone call with the Australian prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull?
The Australia – United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA)
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The Australia-US refugee resettlement deal
Agreement to a booting, after long distance phone call prank that went wrong
The mayor of which European city offered this advice to Trump over his Mexico border plans: “Don’t build this wall!”
London
Berlin
Barcelona
"You take over TV, because you’re such an expert in ratings, and I take over your job, then people can finally sleep comfortably again.” Who issued this challenge to Trump?
Alec Baldwin
John Oliver
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Rupert Murdoch
Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser to Donald Trump, sought to defend the travel ban by referring to which mass killing?
9/11
The "Bowling Green" massacre, which turned out not to have happened
The Columbine High School massacre
The attack on the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida
Myron Ebell, an adviser to the US president Donald Trump’s administration, raised eyebrows when he described something as "the greatest threat to freedom and prosperity in the modern world”. What?
Socialism
TTP
Gun control laws
The environmental movement
A federal judge ordered a temporary halt on Donald Trump’s travel ban, a halt which the Trump administration immediately sought to overturn. In which city did this judgement take place?
Washington DC
New York
Atlanta
Seattle
The White House's Holocaust Remembrance Day tribute came under fire from the head of the Anti-Defamation League after which puzzling omission?
It neglected to mention Holocaust Remembrance Day
It did not mention Jews, Judaism or antisemitism
It failed to say when the Holocaust took place
There was no quote from the president himself
The writers of which show said they would refrain from “mocking everybody in government” in future episodes, after saying it was getting difficult "satire has become reality”.
Saturday Night Live
The Daily Show
South Park
The Simpsons
Which controversial adviser did Trump grant a regular seat at meetings of the National Security Council?
Kellyanne Conway
Steve Bannon
Jim Murphy
Rupert Murdoch
1.8 million people signed a petition in support of scrapping or downgrading an invitation for Trump to have a state visit, triggering a debate in parliament. Which country are we talking about?
Australia
India
The United Kingdom
Japan
Who won rave reviews for their impression of White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Saturday Night Live?
Alex Baldwin
Kate McKinnon
Melissa McCarthy
Chevy Chase
Trump's first real national security scare came with a provocative North Korean missile launch. Where was Trump at the time?
In the White House
Aboard Air Force One
Speaking at a rally
Having dinner by candlelight with Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe amid high-paying guests at his Palm Beach country club, Mar-a-Lago.
The US national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned his position amid suggestions he had secretly discussed sanctions with the Russian ambassador to Washington and then tried to cover up the conversations. How did Flynn describe the situation in his resignation letter?
"During standard conversations with my Russian counterpart, I mistakenly gave the impression that I was able to give access to information that I could not provide"
"Because of the fast pace of events, I inadvertently briefed the vice president elect and others with incomplete information regarding my phone calls with the Russian ambassador."
"Though what is reported does not tally with my recollection of the conversations with the ambassador, I have concluded that my continuing in my role as national security adviser would be an unwelcome distraction as the president focuses on making this country great again"
As my good friend Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of Russia's foreign affairs committee stated, suggestions that Trump's administration has close ties with Putin is "not just paranoia but something even worse".
Trump stunned the diplomatic world during a press conference with Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, by seeming to be ambivalent about which longstanding US commitment?
A pledge of $38bn in military aid
The two-state solution
Maintaining a US embassy in Israel
An end to dual US/Israeli Citizenship
Trump turned his fire on the media at an extraordinary first solo press conference in which he claimed his team was running like “a fine-tuned machine”. Which of these things did Trump *not* say during the 77-minute extravaganza?
"The Middle East is a disaster. North Korea – we’ll take care of it, folks; we’re going to take care of it all. I just want to let you know, I inherited a mess.”
“The press has become so dishonest that if we don’t talk about, we are doing a tremendous disservice to the American people. Tremendous disservice. We have to talk to find out what’s going on, because the press honestly is out of control."
"You wouldn't believe how many things we've got planned for the next month, you're going to love it. I guarantee you that people are going to love it."
“I love this. I’m having a good time doing it. Tomorrow, the headlines are going to be: ‘Donald Trump rants and raves.’ I’m not ranting and raving.”
After a speech at the Golden Globes, which actor did Trump describe as “overrated” and a “Hillary flunky”?
Sigourney Weaver
Meryl Streep
Lena Dunham
Susan Sarandon
According to a draft memo obtained by the Associated Press, the Trump administration considered a proposal to mobilize as many as 100,000 national guard troops to do what?
Assist with law and order in the inner cities
Defend the border with Mexico while the new wall is constructed
Round up unauthorized immigrants, including millions living nowhere near the Mexico border
Fight the war on drugs
During a campaign-style rally in Florida, Donald Trump confused the citizens of which European nation by seeming to allude to a terrorist attack that supposedly happened the previous night?
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Sweden
Which former British MP unexpectedly managed to scoop US media on Trump's Russian ties?
Tony Blair
Louise Mensch
Ed Balls
Nigel Farage
After a series of outbursts complaining about the press coverage of his administration, Trump annouced he would skip the White House correspondents' dinner. Who was the last US president not to attend?
George W Bush
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
Richard Nixon
Who told a gathering of thousands of conservatives that Trump is “maniacally focused” on fulfilling his campaign pledges?
Donald Trump
Nigel Farage
Steve Bannon
Milo Yiannopoulos
The White House barred several news organizations from an off-camera press briefing as the administration's relationship with the media continued to deteriorate. Which of the below was included in the 24 February “gaggle” with Sean Spicer?
The BBC
Breitbart News
New York Times
The Guardian
The White House made a late February attempt to control public perceptions of a widening scandal over alleged contacts between aides to Donald Trump and Russian intelligence officials during the 2016 election. How did Trump tweet about the issue?
"Keep hearing I'm friends with Putin from the lying media - what's wrong with getting along with other world leaders? Putin very strong"
"Real Scandal is Hillary's shocking emails - FBI KNOW any claims against me are BS. CNN Is failing badly"
"Russia talk is FAKE NEWS put out by the Dems, and played up by the media, in order to mask the big election defeat and the illegal leaks!"
"I put on a beautiful event in Russia and I've not been back since - wish the MEDIA would CHECK their information!"
Donald Trump’s first presidential address to Congress was an upbeat affair, in which the former reality tv star promised a “new chapter of American greatness”. Trump won praise and applause for singling out which figure?
Abraham Lincoln
John McCain, the senior United States Senator from Arizona
Carryn Owens, the widow of a US Navy Seal, Ryan Owens, killed in a controversial raid in Yemen.
Steve Bannon
Who was accused of “lied under oath” about twice speaking with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador to the United States, during the presidential campaign, in apparent contradiction to his testimony to Congress.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin
Secretary of Defense James Mattis
In an apparent attempt to detract attention from the Jeff Sessions controversy, what did Trump accuse Barack Obama of in a series of early morning tweets?
Being born in Kenya
Plotting with Hillary Clinton to overthrow the Trump administration
Tapping Trump's phones
Leaving America's economy on the brink of collapse
"We have come up with a solution that’s really, really I think very good. Now I have to tell you, it’s an unbelievably complex subject. Nobody knew that [it] could be so complicated." What was Trump talking about?
Building a war on the US/Mexican border
Israel / Palestine
Healthcare
North Korea
White House press corps covering the Trump administration were surprised to receive a brand-new espresso machine, intended to help them with their coverage. Who sent it to them?
Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders
Sean Spicer
Tom Hanks
"They gave me the beautiful hat and I said, ‘You know, maybe I’ll do that’. We have a great ‘Make America great again’ hat but I said, ‘This is a special day, we’re wearing this, right?’”. Where was Trump and what hat was he wearing?
The border with Mexico, a United States Border Patrol hat
A pirate ship at Disneyland, a pirate hat
The USS Gerald R Ford, a hat with "“USS Gerald R Ford” on it
Boston, a hat befitting the style worn during the American Revolution
Again on the offensive over allegations over his team's ties with Russia, Trump tweeted an image of Chuck Schumer, the Democratic minority leader in the Senate, enjoying what with Vladimir Putin?
A clandestine meeting in Budapest
A friendly wrestling match
Eating doughnuts outside a shop
A joke about Pussy Riot
Donald Trump signed a revised executive order to reinstate a ban on immigration from certain Muslim-majority countries and suspend the US refugee program. Alongside other changes, which country was removed from the list of targeted states?
Iran
Iraq
Syria
Yemen
“This is a dumpster fire of a bill that was written on the back of a napkin behind closed doors because Republicans know this is a disaster.” Which bill was Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut talking about?
Inspiring the Next Space Pioneers, Innovators, Researchers, and Explorers (INSPIRE) Women Act
Presidential Executive Order on Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs
Presidential Memorandum Regarding the Mexico City Policy
The American Health Care Act, or 'Trumpcare'
Who denied that carbon dioxide emissions are a primary cause of global warming, in an interview with CNBC on Thursday?
Donald Trump
Steve Bannon
Scott Pruitt, Donald Trump’s head of the US Environmental Protection Agency
Sean Spicer
Which state became the first to file a lawsuit against Donald Trump’s revised travel ban?
Alaska
Hawaii
California
Kentucky
Speaking in an interview with the Guardian, which former presidential candidate said that Trump "lies in order to undermine the foundations of American democracy"?
Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders
Al Gore
Solutions
1:B - The order stated that agencies must "waive, defer, grant exemptions from, or delay" any portions of the Affordable Care Act that creates financial burden on states, individuals or healthcare providers - indicating that getting rid of the health care law that covers some 20 million Americans was one of the Trump administration's top priorities, 2:C - “We take Gotham from the corrupt! The rich! The oppressors of generations who have kept you down with myths of opportunity, and we give it back to you … the people,” Bane declares in the film The Dark Knight Returns, 3:C - Kellyanne Conway appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press to deny the statements about the record inauguration numbers were lies, to general astonishment. The following day at a White House Q&A, Spicer doubled down on his claims, arguing "sometimes we can disagree with the facts.”, 4:B - Some of the celebrities attending the various marches included Alicia Keys, Madonna, Helen Mirren, Courtney Cox, Cynthia Nixon and Whoopi Goldberg , 5:C - “If President Trump is serious about a new policy to help American workers then I would be delighted to work with him," said Sanders - a longstanding opponent of TTP - in a statement, 6:B - Asked if the president believes that millions voted illegally in the election, Spicer replied: “The president does believe that. He has stated that before. I think he stated his concerns of voter fraud and people voting illegally during the campaign and he continues to maintain that belief based on studies and evidence that people have presented him.”, 7:B - After construction, the State Department had estimated that the project would only result in only a few permanent jobs that last past construction., 8:C - Mexico's president cancelled his scheduled visit after the US president signed an executive order to move forward on construction of a border wall and repeated his claim that Mexico would be forced to pay for it. Trump appeared to goad Peña Nieto into pulling out, by tweeting: “The US has a $60bn trade deficit with Mexico. It has been a one-sided deal from the beginning of Nafta with massive numbers of jobs and companies lost.", 9:B - Speaking at a Conservative fundraiser a week later, May riffed on the incident by joking: “Thank you very much for that wonderful reception. I don’t think I have received such a big hand since I walked down the colonnade at the White House.”, 10:C - The 'extreme vetting' executive order was supposed to last 90 days, and caused immediate chaos at US airports as people who had flown to the US were held at major airports while others were barred from boarding flights or were pulled off planes overseas., 11:C - During his campaign, Trump had promised a "complete and total shutdown of Muslims entering the United States"., 12:B - Obama’s spokesman, Kevin Lewis, said: “Citizens exercising their constitutional right to assemble, organise and have their voices heard by their elected officials is exactly what we expect to see when American values are at stake.”, 13:A - “The media here is the opposition party. They don’t understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president of the United States," Bannon told the Times, 14:B - The White House said that Sally Yates had “betrayed” the department by refusing to enforce a legal order that was “designed to protect the citizens of the United States”., 15:C - The film's co-star, Albert Brooks, tweeted: "Odd that Trump is watching Finding Dory today, a movie about reuniting with family when he’s preventing it in real life.” , 16:C - Trump later tweeted: “Do you believe it? The Obama administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia. Why? I will study this dumb deal!”, 17:B - Berlin’s mayor said his city – which was split by the Berlin Wall during the cold war from 1961-89 – “cannot look on without comment when a country plans to build a new wall”., 18:C - The former Mr Universe and governor of California was responding to Trump's taunts about the ratings of tv show The Apprentice. "I want to just pray for Arnold if we can, for those ratings,” Trump said., 19:B - “I bet it’s brand new information to people that President Obama had a six-month ban on the Iraqi refugee program after two Iraqis came here to this country, were radicalised and they were the masterminds behind the Bowling Green massacre. “Most people don’t know that because it didn’t get covered.” It was indeed brand new information - because it didn't happen, 20:D - Ebell, who has denied the dangers of climate change for many years and led Trump’s transition team for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) until the president’s inauguration, 21:D - District judge James Robart granted a temporary restraining order less than a week after the ban came into place, after hearing arguments from Washington state and Minnesota that the president’s order had unlawfully discriminated against Muslims and caused unreasonable harm. Trump tweeted: “The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!”, 22:B - Jonathan Greenblatt, the head of the Anti-Defamation League, branded the Trump statement “puzzling and troubling”., 23:C - Co-creator Trey Parker said: “They’re already going out and doing the comedy. It’s not something you can make fun of.”, 24:B - Trump signed a memorandum that gave ex-Brietbart chief Bannon a seat on the “principals committee” of cabinet members who shape US foreign and defense policy, 25:C - The petition states: “Donald Trump should be allowed to enter the UK in his capacity as head of the US government, but he should not be invited to make an official state visit because it would cause embarrassment to Her Majesty the Queen. Donald Trump’s well-documented misogyny and vulgarity disqualifies him from being received by Her Majesty the Queen or the Prince of Wales. Therefore during the term of his presidency Donald Trump should not be invited to the United Kingdom for an official state visit.", 26:C - addressing Trump’s prime time announcement for his supreme court nominee, McCarthy's Spicer assured the press: “Everyone was smiling, everyone was happy, the men all had erections, and every single one of the women was ovulating left and right.” , 27:D - One of the guests, retired investor Richard deAgazio, posted pictures of the scene on his Facebook page showing aides clustered around the two men on the dining terrace, 28:B - Flynn’s perceived friendliness to the Kremlin had long raised eyebrows. Indeed, he had appeared in Moscow for a special event honoring the 10th anniversary of Russia Today, the Putin regime’s international propaganda outlet, in 2015., 29:B - “I’m looking at two-state and one-state and I like the one that both parties like. I’m very happy with the one that both parties like,” Trump said. “I can live with either one. I thought for a while it looked like the two-state might be the easier of the two – but honestly if Bibi, if Israel and the Palestinians are happy, I’m happy with the one they like the best.”, 30:C, 31:B - Responding to Trump's criticism, Streep said: “It’s terrifying to put the target on your forehead, and it sets you up for all sorts of attacks and armies of brownshirts and bots and worse, and the only way you can do it is if you feel you have to. You have to! You don’t have an option. You have to.”, 32:C - A week later, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unveiled two memos on Tuesday detailing wide-ranging directives focused on both interior enforcement and cracking down on security along the US-Mexico border. The instruction to mobilize national guard troops to assist with deportation was not included in the final instruction. , 33:D - "You look at what’s happening last night in Sweden.”, said Trump. He may have confused the Scandinavian country with a city in Pakistan., 34:B - On the eve of the November election, Mensch published a sensational story reporting that a special intelligence court in Washington had granted a warrant to allow the FBI to conduct surveillance of “US persons” in an investigation of possible contacts between Russian banks and the Trump organisation., 35:B - To be fair, Reagan was recovering from an assassination attempt, 36:C - “The mainstream media ought to understand something: all those promises are going to be implemented,” said Bannon., 37:B - The Associated Press and Time were invited but boycotted the briefing., 38:C - The Trump called the media “enemies of the people” during a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference, 39:C, 40:A - Trump described the controversy as “a total witch hunt”., 41:C - “How low has President Obama gone to tapp [sic] my phones during the very sacred election process,” Trump tweeted. “This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!”. Obama has denied the claims., 42:C, 43:D - The accompanying note read: “To The White House Press Corps, Keep up the good fight for Truth, Justice and the American way. Especially for the Truth part.”, 44:C - Donald Trump also donned a green bomber jacket during his visit to the 100,000 ton aircraft carrier, 45:C - Half an hour later, Schumer tweeted back and said the meeting happened 14 years ago. “Happily talk re: my contact w Mr. Putin & his associates, took place in ’03 in full view of press & public under oath. Would you &your team?”, 46:B - The new ban does not apply to permanent US residents or to citizens of Iraq – although “additional scrutiny” is called for in the latter case., 47:D - Speaking on the Senate floor, Chuck Schumer, the Democratic minority leader, said: “After seven years of talking about the same thing over and over again, you’d think the Republicans would have been able to come up with a better plan than this.” Some Republicans have decried the bill, saying it doesn't go far enough to repeal Obamacare, 48:C - This stance puts Pruitt at odds with his own agency, which states on its website that carbon dioxide is the “primary greenhouse gas that is contributing to recent climate change”., 49:B - Attorneys for the state filed the lawsuit against the US government on Wednesday, saying the order will harm its Muslim population, tourism and foreign students., 50:B - Sanders warned that Trump’s most contentious outbursts against media, judiciary and other pillars of American public life amounted to a conscious assault on democracy.
