Dictator for a day: What to expect from Trump’s first day in the Oval Office Among the president-elect’s most pressing plans are closing the border with Mexico, reversing environmental policies, pardoning prisoners from the assault on the Capitol, and ending the war in Ukraine The first day of the second Trump era passed relatively quietly at the gates of Mar-a-Lago, the resort where the president-elect has his residence. There were plenty of Palm Beach police patrols, but they were outnumbered by television crews looking for the best shot of the extravagant property. Only a few Donald Trump supporters were gathered in the early afternoon in the parking lot.
There was Greg, bearded and red-haired, riding a trial bike, who said that it was Trump’s “unique personality” that had won him over. Bridget, a woman in a MAGA hat, pushing her baby’s stroller, said she had been convinced Trump would win but had been nervous “in case the others cheated.” Cindy Falco DiCorrado has been coming here “since 2016′′ with friends, holding up Republican signs to get a honk from passing cars and other signs of support.
Asked what she imagines the first day of Trump’s return to the Oval Office will be like, Falco DiCorrado responded as though reading off a Hollywood script: “Giving power back to ‘us the people,’ because we see and we know we’ve been cheated.” During his long and eventful campaign, in which he survived two assassination attempts , Trump talked obse.