JANUARY
APPROPRIATELY, Donald Trump began his presidency with carnage.
In his inauguration address he pledged to put “America first” as he painted a bleak portrait of the nation.
“The American carnage stops right here and stops right now,” he declared.
Except the economy had been transformed under his predecessor Barack Obama, and job numbers were on the rise.
Trump said the crowd at his inauguration was the “biggest ever”. The White House was then embroiled in a row about the size of the audience, which was substantially down on Obama’s two inaugurations.
Theresa May turned up a week later – the first world leader to meet the new President. The photos of them holding hands at the White House will haunt her for the rest of her time as PM.
Trump then provoked international outrage by announcing his travel ban on seven Muslimmajority countries. January ended with the President sacking Acting Attorney General Sally Yates for defying the ban. Lie of the month: Trump boasted he had the “all-time record” for being on the cover of Time magazine. In fact, he is not even close. He has 14 appearances on the cover, compared to more than 40 by former president Richard Nixon.