Continues from day to day. He went from an unlikely candidates who an unconventional president and on saturday down trample of been in office for one year and what a year its been captivating chaotic occasionally downright joel dropping heres a look back at that roller coaster ride. It was an audacious first week in office. Immigration had been a central tenet of candidate Trumps Campaign within days of his inauguration president issued the first of what became known as muslim bands his supporters welcomed the move but thousands of people turned out at airports across the country to protest the executive order legal challenges against the travel ban came almost immediately even after trump signed a second and then a third ban later in the year courts prevented them from going fully into effect the Supreme Court will ultimately decide their fate this year. Shortly after the election the number of illegal crossings at the u. S. Mexican border hit an all time low according to u. S. Border officials throughout the year the government stepped up raids and arrests of suspected undocumented persons in the u. S. The wall on the u. S. Mexican border that trump promised is now part of some key immigration negotiations in washington. One clear triumph for trump was the ascension of neil course to the Supreme Court for many conservatives this was an affirmation of why they voted for trump course it is an arch conservative jurist at just forty nine years old and with a lifetime appointment he is likely to shape a good portion of american law moving forward. Only legislative success so far has been his tax bill with an estimated one point five trillion dollars in tax cuts it advances several conservative republican objectives like slashing corporate taxes and in particular lowering the rate for the richest americans he signed the bill into law even though the American Public largely disapproved. The president also revealed a Key Campaign Promise when he announced hed withdraw the u. S. From the paris climate agreement over the objections of many of his advisors the u. S. Is now the only country in the world that. Has not signed the accord. Building on strategies the Obama Administration put in place trump ups the numbers of u. S. Troops in iraq and syria ultimately helping to defeat the socalled Islamic State the Prime Minister of iraq declared victory over i asked last month. And the u. S. Economy has remained strong under trump u. S. Stock markets have reached record highs and unemployment is at a seventeen year low although the president s behavior has been a daily flash point and many people still feel left behind in the economy mainstream conservatives have a lot to be happy about. And want to hear it has been joyous about the our is a political consultant and strategist who worked on obamas First Campaign joyous wow what a roller coaster ride we and the entire country have been on really that piece is a comprehensive review some of the ha is the lows one thing you didnt touch on though is the overturning in trumps inner circle i mean when you look at these pictures flynn is gone spicer is gone premisses gone the list goes on do you expect this trend of sort of quick overturn through cabinet officials to continue i mean if it continues at this rate and at this pace theres almost nobody left if we just advance for another six months so again this has been a incredible terminus year for trump and for his team i mean we see steve benen over there and just in last couple of weeks in the in the fire and fury book theres been some very explicit things that steve bannon said about trump so a lot of infighting a lot of palace intrigue and trump of course has to figure out how he gets his Team Together and pulling together in order to actually have more legislative accomplishments because frankly this first year has been a lot of controversy but very little to show for lets talk about polling trunk has low Approval Ratings depending on the week its generally around forty percent when you look ahead to the midterm elections do you think republicans should be concerned about their seats so midterm elections of course no. General elections i mean turnout is entirely different but i think if we just take the special elections that have been taking place throughout this year the momentum and the excitement is on the democratic side so weve seen state elections and Senate Elections and alabama where democrats have absolutely no business of winning so a lot of people are showing up in those midterm elections which might be an indicator that democrats have the momentum in order to take back congress when it comes to the november elections do you think the republicans would hold trump to account if that happened if they lost a significant number of seats in midterm elections or do you think theyre determined to Work Together no matter what i mean if we dont look too far ahead but look back on this first year republicans have fallen lockstep everything shall pass so i mean you can say chuck has done some things that have at least been out of the ordinary but Paul Ryan Mitch Mcconnell republicans in congress have not hold combo i mean there has been absolutely no limits on charm they have pretty much done whatever he says so im looking at republicans to take more responsibility and actually be a check and balance also on trump but again republicans are pretty much in lockstep with trump and i dont see a change in the near future. People didnt expect trump to be elected generally a lot of people didnt think he would last a year can we expect him to last the term i mean after last year i think a lot of us should get out of the prediction business and not look a membership but i will say theres so many questions the investigation of. The f. B. I. We dont see whats happening there yet but thats probably going to come lets take the word of steve benen his former chief strategist who gives him a thirty percent chance to finish out his term so lets see where that is going thirty percent is not its not nothing certainly not as she has been alarmed as a political strategist thanks for being with us thank you dana. Well as weve heard trumps Approval Ratings continue to be quite low depending on the day generally around forty percent but for the most part trumps supporters continue to stand behind him just before christmas to debbie reporters crisscrossed the country speaking with trump voters across the nation about how they think their candidate is doing now that hes in office. A Christmas Tree dedicated to President Donald Trump this but were not a trump tower were in the middle of New Hampshire at lugar gee all those house this years Christmas Tree is a symbol of his increased support for a president who has constantly been criticized by the Media Worldwide i would say thats false and fake news mr trump has accomplished a great deal in his first year he strengthen the military hes increased Border Security the number of illegal aliens crossing the southern border has diminished dramatically he has work with congress to get a tax cut i think he has made some dramatic steps to try to improve the american way of life the jolo is not alone in his take on trump almost four hundred miles further west in seneca falls but was a trump delegate at the republican president ial convention things that donald trump re presents to working people of america i think thats whats amazing about trump he is really rich and he can relate to us working stiffs so i say kidding around but i mean he cares about the working class he doesnt have to do this he cares i truly believe he cares about america and sand and wants to get america gone in a different direction which i believe is the right direction his conviction is so strong that he even builds a miniature border wall in his front yard during the campaign the walls to it for months until his girlfriend took it down the she my she voted for hillary shes a democrat a liberal but she doesnt like donald trump at all we can hardly even talk about but we coexist tough stance on migration policy has not only a key issue for them but also for media by their own robbins a cuban exile in miami. I dont agree with illegal immigration i they want to have rights what if you doing and you breaking the law house you going to ask for rights i came by with my paper and every since most of the q. And the other im robin scatter information mostly from fox news breitbart and Donald Trumps traitor feet but isnt she bothered by his and convention are retiring he is not politically correct thats right a lot of ali i hes a hes a bozo who think well it is the. Lot of program or he is still doing is wrong its wrong and hes not going to change and i like the way he is from south to north donald Trump Supporters seem to be confident that the current president of the United States is just Getting Started with this first year in office for many of them a reason to celebrate have a glass of champagne and ill look forward to with least another reception good years of trumpet ministration im joined now by the reporter who filed that story carolyn mission one joins us from washington carolyn you spoke with these trump voters sounds like theyre almost all pretty happy with the job hes doing and you talk to anyone who wasnt happy. Well sarah the aim of this report was to talk exclusively to Trump Supporters because donald trump won the election he is a president we wanted to find out if they are still happy with him one year after they gave him their vote and to understand them to try to understand them it wouldnt be that interesting to listen to hillary supporters right now since she is not the president of the United States and also a detail you already interviewed this people before the election so we were wondering if they would still support him one year after the elections and in a way youre always interacting with people who criticize donald trump especially here in washington d. C. Transporters are usually outside the big cities in smaller towns like seneca falls sometimes on falls where we were also polls are showing that dont has a record low support right now of thirty nine percent who are wondering if hes losing support among the people who voted for him but assisi turned out that the his supporters are now Even Stronger supporting him Even Stronger but everyone came through that piers did you get a sense when you were on the strip what goals theyre hoping that the president will so accomplish in the coming years theyre still hoping the president will drain the swamp as he said as he promised during his campaign meaning that he will act against the political establishment they are proud of a president who is knowledge political correct a person who speaks in in a way that they understand that everybody understands without using any complicated words and they expect him to finally build the wall of the Us Mexico Border against and documented migrants and to keep fighting against fake news if hes his right thats currently mission war and joining us now from washington thank you so much. German chancellor Angela Merkels future hangs in the balance she needs to convince her old partners as social democrats to enter a Coalition Government if they refuse germany could be facing fresh elections this year it all comes down to sunday resentful democrats will vote on starting talks with merkel. These three leaders want to join forces and form a government but its a nervous affair none of them know whether this man will win the backing off his party the social democrats in particular yesterdays youth wing has strong reservations about joining another grand coalition. We reject a renewed grand coalition because were convinced it wouldnt be right for democracy in germany and we consider it a negligent to let the far right have to become the leading Opposition Party when it starts and recent days party leader martin short has been touring the country lobbying for a yes vote on the grand coalition because of their own style of concentrating on winning the majority of the Party Conference on sundays in favor of the decision to enter into talks aimed at finding a Coalition Agreement thats my task to get a majority first choice there is more at stake than just being part of another grand coalition if the Party Conference votes no his time as party leader will be over. Thats what im afraid of is that if the majority of the party votes against a grand coalition bill be such a big question mark over the leadership skills of Martin Schultz that he can no longer remain as s. P. D. Leader. A no from the Party Conference would also put chancellor merkel in an open position its an unusual situation for america she can only wait and see wait and see whether a party other than her own will help her secure a fourth term as chancellor if a second attempt to form a government fails macas public image will suffer no one could replace her right away but there are younger politicians and have party who are waiting in the wings for now though they are keeping a low profile. Which bullied him and refused to talk about what may happen after machall shes been a leading candidate she is germanys chancellor and she must also lead the next guy. That should be the focus of our attention not what might happen in the future so the leaders of three different parties are keeping their fingers crossed that b. S. P. Dease Party Congress on sunday will vote in favor of a grand coalition. Well for more on the likelihood of that grand coalition im joined in the studio by christophe knew in the from berlins free you know versity chris of these are the two parties that led the last government for years successfully why cant they make a deal will argue believe the success is in the eye of the beholder and the c. D. U. Has been quite successful in claiming the successes and i think the s. P. D. Base in particular has had the problem that all the successes have been recognised on the c. D. U. Side while everything that has potentially gone wrong their junior partner has been blamed for and i think that is why theyre fighting now so what are the concrete issues that theyre disagreeing over there are quite a few of them although there has been a lot of agreement as well i think the reason. Claim that the north and west failure delegation has put forward to show is a quite well remaining problems are particularly both labor law so limiting fixed Term Contracts that have become much more important in germany the perceived inequality in Health Insurance between public and private insurance and of course immigration remains a thorny issue especially about a potential upper limit to it and who falls on which side some of our viewers havent been following this debate right so the s. P. D. Has been trying quite hard to reposition itself as a new social Democratic Party and so for example make sure that the perceived growing inequality in germany is reduced labor is an important issue here we have a growing sector of the economy where they have people have jobs but maybe not very good ones health is another one when it comes to the issue of migration what is what is the city you want. And what does the s. P. D. Want the city you and especially the c. S. U. Actually the sister party have made it quite clear that they want an upper limit to the amount of people that can enter germany in any given year the s. P. D. Before the election has made it quite clear that they would not agree on such an upper limit in the talks now there is a limit it is not a call to limit but even though the initial Coalition Talks have agreed on it the base is not very happy about this concession ok so can martyn shells convince these delegates on sunday to vote to begin these talks about going into a coalition i think he might be able to because he has been quite strategically smart about who he puts into the Coalition Talks so he has sort of taken a lot of the key players in the party along with him to the. Talks and that makes it very difficult for them now to argue against him nevertheless the mood in the party base is not so great especially among Younger Voters younger members and so it is an open question whether or not he can actually convince all of them and theres some speculation that that younger and younger wing of the party might vote unanimously against going into these talks and that is entirely possible ive spoken to some of the younger members personally and the level of unhappiness with the renewed Coalition Talks is quite palatable no grow coal. And no growth or talk its a play on words i think thats great yeah exactly getting into those like granular level of detail in german politics but germany is in a state of limbo right now but the old government isnt in place how dangerous is that. Will. It is not dangerous for the everyday goings on we have a caretaker government and on Foreign Policy for example there is a general consensus consensus in the political establishment so we were not sort of asleep at the wheel but there is also not going to be any major policy shift there is not going to be a new direction there is not going to be any visionary changes and thats arguably not just for germany but europe also so let me end with the big question what happens if on sunday a city says no were not going to do these talks is miracle out of the job what happens i think if the s. P. D. Actually says no right now she will still remain in charge for the simple reason that there is not a lot of backbench in the c. D. U. That can replace or the c. D. U. Kind of cannot really live anymore with her but they have definitely cannot live without. So if there is a speedy says no no. Means we will probably go to new elections although that process is not as easy as people make it seem ok thats a whole nother topic for a whole another day kristof thanks for being with us from Berlins Free University thank you for. The Prime Minister of new zealand just send ardern has announced she is expecting a baby shell become the countrys first leader to give birth while in office but she is not the first woman to have a baby while leading a country pakistans former Prime Minister had a daughter while in office back in one thousand nine hundred ninety and her announcement this in and made it clear she has no qualms about her ability to do both jobs well. Im not the first woman to wood and have a baby i know these are special circumstances but they will be many women who will have done this well before i have. I am barnard main multitask and in terms of being a woman in politics your opinion woman whod have to pop in incrementally have made the way to be out of my kids possible for people to look upon my time in leadership and thank you so i came to control and be a mother. Until the smart joins me now from our news room here in the studio those its lovely new bit on the other hand its kind of a shame this is even newsworthy woman leader has a baby then become fathers while theyre Holding Political office all the time you never hear a peep about it do you think well see the day when this becomes par for the course i certainly hope so. I think its its very interesting because its a world leader thats having a baby and she wants to be a hands on parent i mean the queen of england Queen Elizabeth had children when she was quite young quite new as a queen but they went to many she went off travelling overseas and they from home for months on end this will be a mother who will want to be a mother as well as being a Prime Minister and i think that changes a lot of things i think it changes the way. You view the world and how you see your role as Prime Minister she sent back shes going to give up power for six weeks to go on leave her deputy will take over its its kind of hard to imagine a man doing that saying im going to step away from this incredibly powerful position to stay home with my child voluntarily giving up power do you think were seeing a uniquely female way to leave that i think we are seeing a unique way city or though that in itself is not so unusual for a city reasons of sickness or what have people going overseas the deputy Prime Minister does take over but usually. And in this case also they will consult with the Prime Minister on any matters of great importance so shell be there still listening still taking part. But yeah i think she knows how to delegate i think she trusts the people that she works with or though the deputy pm is from a Different Party shes in a Coalition Government and her party has the most seats in the cabinet so if those stay in judge ok so you yourself are from new zealand on the end of this personal level how are your friends and acquaintances reacting to this news whats the general feeling my friends at absolutely delighted one of one of my friends works in just an office and has like always from when she was a very young politician. But across the sort of woman hordes of new zealand this is greeted with great joy partly because shes so popular but partly because of the fit this thing that she wants to make looking after families looking after ordinary people very important in who tune as Prime Minister and now she will be really putting our money where our mouth is and weve actually had some reactions from the former new zealand Prime Minister helen clark she tweeted wishing just send our own enter husband all the best as they expect their first child in june a super busy year coming up much to look forward to every woman should have the choice of combining family and career a lovely sentiment there her husband had three with had three this shes the third woman Prime Minister in the last five Prime Ministers three have been women and the other one whos from the different the right leaning Political Party she is also being so ruled with all of her congratulations i think thats the main feeling in new zealand although there are detractors there are people are saying she should be just giving up a job as Prime Minister she shouldve waited till after the end of a term she count. You both she should be a mum staying at home. But it sounds like overwhelmingly the feeling is quite positive though a support is that is the main thing coming out of new zealand all right lovely news for the Prime Minister of new zealand that still see smart from our newsroom thanks for being with us in the studio. Well ending the day on a high note the day and the week are both nearly done but the conversation continues online you can find us on twitter in there at the news or tweet me at sarah farming five three let us know what you thought about the show and dont forget to use our hash tag the de franco were back with you on monday. Trying. To. Get. Your max to stand by i dont mind people that are on t. V. In any kind of way i know i am one of them a very special presenters a leading to an exhibition of his most intimate with a new pope choosing an exemplary selection of my auctions one tom green while youre pushing. The roman next. Night to see the end of season special. 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