Before we get to our usual Rockham-Socam news analysis, I want to go over again President Trump's worldview.

It has changed in his second administration from his first.

It's important for everybody to know how the president is processing

the amazing amount of information that he gets every day.

First of all, Mr. Trump believes the executive branch now has to be the most powerful

and the most impactful part of the United States government.

And that is because Congress is so partisan, so divided, it acts so slowly that literally nothing would get done if the president

didn't sign executive orders and take the lead into trying to do what he wants to do.

So just deferring to Congress, nothing's going to happen. They can't even pass a

spending bill. So that, Mr. Trump has kind of diminished Congress. And I think he's pretty much

correct there. You're going to throw it into Congress. You're not going to get anything. It's going to

take forever. Secondly, the world in Mr. Trump's eyes is divided very simply. You're either pro-America

or you're anti-America. If you're pro-America, we'll try to help you. If you're anti-America,

we're going to hurt you. That's what it-America, we're going to hurt you.

That's what it is.

Now, there are some places that he doesn't care about.

All right, that it's just a minor thing and doesn't pay attention to.

But it's a very simplistic view of the world.

Now, he's also a man who tries to convince, and he will make deals with people that he doesn't particularly like. And he does that in his mind to improve America. America first.

That's what that all about. And third, President Trump firmly believes that he knows best.

What are you going to do? I mean, the man's brilliant. You have to admit it.

Nobody else has come close to him as far as elevating from a business portfolio into the most powerful man in the world, two-term president.

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