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March 18, 2024

A month of Trump, by the numbers

Donald Trump

Susan Walsh / AP

President Donald Trump waves in front of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner while visiting the Boeing South Carolina facility in North Charleston, S.C., Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Trump is visiting Boeing before heading to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., for the weekend.

A by-the-numbers look at some of Donald Trump's early activity as president:

24: Executive orders and memoranda signed. That includes orders to withdraw the United States from Trans-Pacific trade deal, impose a federal hiring freeze and reduce regulations related to the health care law enacted under former President Barack Obama.

1: Executive orders blocked. An order to ban travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations was blocked by federal judges. Trump is expected to issue a new order next week.

4: Bills signed into law. They include a bill to halt regulation blocking coal mining debris from being dumped in nearby streams.

6: The average number of tweets per day from personal account @realDonaldTrump.

25.1 million. Twitter followers for @realDonaldTrump.

15.5 million. Twitter followers for official account @POTUS.

4: Visits from foreign leaders. (Britain, Japan, Canada, Israel.)

1: Cancelled visit from foreign leader. (Mexico.)

1: Supreme Court nomination. Judge Neil Gorsuch.

2: Failed personnel choices. Andrew Puzder withdrew as the nominee for labor secretary; Michael Flynn was ousted as national security adviser.

14: Cabinet-level nominations approved, out of 24 total.

39: Percent of respondents who approve of Trump's job performance in Pew Research Center poll conducted Feb. 7-12.

3: Weekend trips to Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.

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