Why The Don is playing whack-a-mole

Donald Trump's opponents have spent the days since his inauguration playing political whack-a-mole over a torrent of orders specifically calibrated to overwhelm and bewilder, say analysts, as the new president gets to work on his radical policy agenda.

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Washington - Donald Trump's opponents have spent the days since his inauguration playing political whack-a-mole over a torrent of orders specifically calibrated to overwhelm and bewilder, say analysts, as the new president gets to work on his radical policy agenda.

A chaotic first week saw him sign scores of divisive executive orders, as well as pardons or commutations for nearly everyone convicted of crimes in the 2021 US Capitol insurrection.

And then there were the new president's freewheeling media appearances, the feuds with perceived enemies, dust-ups with the clergy, the launch of a meme crypto coin and one headline-grabbing social media post after another.