And it is russia leading the way. Could President Trumps Warming Relations with moscow break the deadlock . And when it comes to foreign relations, what does President Trumps Foreign Policy mean for europe and its longer term security . Hello and welcome to 100 days. Our new programme dominated by the first few months of Donald Trumps presidency, and what kind of changes it might bring. There are big things happening in europe. Upcoming elections, brexit, the conflict in syria. Over this next 100 days, we will be looking at all of that and how the America First policy will re shape relations around the world. But lets start here in washington. In this past half hour, sean spicer, president s trumps spokesperson, has been speaking to the White House Press corp. 0ur washington reporter Anthony Zurcher is with us. I was listening to the beginning of the Press Conference. It sounded like a remarkably normal Press Conference . It was. This came off the hills of saturday where sean spicer stood up and be raided the press further coverage of the inauguration. Today, he said he would not be as popular as his predecessor, but then he took questions from the media. The first questions from the media. The first question he took was on the wall and the promise to begin building the wall. This was a serious priority of his throughout the campaign. He is starting to work with congress on the appropriations avenue. He is doing everything he can to commence with that as soon as possible. couldnt help notice that your key missing at the beginning of the press C0 Nfe Re Nce. Missing at the beginning of the Press Conference. This still feel quite awkward. Taking on the press the way they did on saturday is a 0 sum game. It might have worked in the campaign but it doesnt work in the campaign but it doesnt work in the white house. It is definitely risky. Donald trump was ranting about the press in front of a cia memorial. To then have sean spicer come out and be even more aggressive to the media, leaving without taking questions, he became the story through much of the weekend. In most traditional white house says, the Press Secretary does not become the story. The president takes the lead. Thank you. We will keep our eye on that Press Conference. Already President Trump has been busy signing a series of Executive Orders, certainly more to come through the week, all built on that promise to put america on top. In the past couple of hours, he signed three of those orders withdrawing the us from the Trans Pacific partnership trade deal, banning American Funds for International Groups that perform abortions and finally he has ordered a freeze on all federal hiring. It is just the start of a big agenda. He had promised a slew of executive actions to advance his agenda and reverse those of president 0bama. He has rolled back the Health Insurance law known as 0bamacare. Today, he withdrew america from the Trans Pacific withdrew america from the tra ns Pacific Trade withdrew america from the Trans Pacific trade partnership. He says it is key to securing american jobs and economic security. In tone and substance, donald trump promises to bea and substance, donald trump promises to be a very different president from his most immediate predecessors. I think he will be quite revolutionary. I expect him to place more emphasis on the growth of the economy, higher wages and opportunities for people. Im not sure he is going to be trying to seek out compromise. He will try to get thejob done seek out compromise. He will try to get the job done that he sent to the American People he would do. I believe he will be looking after the people he says have been left behind. He says his ethos of America First is the scaffolding on which he will build his entire agenda. Illegal immigration, tax reform, the destruction of isis, they are all in his immediate sites. We have to build a wall, folks. It means making good on his Campaign Pledge to build a wall along the 1900 and mile border with mexico. Here he could meet his first big hurdle. Will Congress Really pay for it . Mist trump will need Popular Support to get these big things done. 0n saturday, i went down to see the womens march in washington, where it was clear just womens march in washington, where it was clearjust how unpopular he is. These people are scared and angry and determined. Can they stop Donald Trumps agenda . Probably not. But ina Donald Trumps agenda . Probably not. But in a game that is american politics, ratings are like gambling chips. The republican politicians who sat stony faced at the inauguration as mist trump derided the establishment will give their new president a lot of what he wa nts, new president a lot of what he wants, in return for the power he has given them. Of the fact he is not an ideological conservative means the Republican Congress will undoubtedly also run into conflict with their president. On infrastructure spending, the notion we would spend 1 trillion that would be paid for i think will be very difficult for some fiscal conservatives to swallow. For the time being at least i think most republicans, if not all, are willing to give the president the benefit of the doubt. 0nce willing to give the president the benefit of the doubt. Once you get out beyond 100 days, when the Honeymoon Period is over, i think some of those divisions will become a little more clear. Mist trump intends to govern as he campaigns, in full flight mode. But he has set huge goals for himself and he will need friends and allies to get things done. Lets talk to jan brewer republican governor of arizona from 2009 until 2015 and prominent trump supporter. The germans and mexicans have already said that if america is going to withdraw from Trans Pacific trade partnership, they will seek alliances themselves with some of those countries. Is President Trump at risk of alienating just too many allies in his protectionist stance . I dont think so. On the campaign trail, she was clear he thought it was an unfair partnership, dealing with United States and that he was going to resend it. He said he would do it immediately. He didnt like the way it was drawn. It is a huge document. Who knows what is truly in it. Rework a long time on it, but i think we can come back and possibly regroup and continue working, but i think he has promised the people of the United States he will resend it and he has. He did it as promised. Thats what the American People wanted. He won overwhelmingly on the electoral real votes in the United States. You know that words have consequences. President trumps inaugural address and his promise of America First and his refusal in that address to reach out to traditional allies has clearly rankled the germans. Today, the mexican president said, we will not submit to United States. The bottom line is, we know that mexico is our neighbour. I know that mexico is our neighbour. I know that mexico is our neighbour. The coming. We do a lot of commerce back and forth. With regards to the wall and to nafta, that needed to be renegotiated. We needed to determine things exactly. That all came about in 1990. A lot of things have changed. Donald trump wa nts to of things have changed. Donald trump wants to bring it up to date, make it current, make it work for everybody. I want to ask you about the other Executive Order donald trump signed this morning, Banning American Federal Funds from Financing International organisations that support abortion. Are we in for four years of fights over womens reproductive rights issues . Use the protests this weekend. It was a big theme. Issues . Use the protests this weekend. It was a big themem issues . Use the protests this weekend. It was a big theme. It was. It was quite stunning to see so many people out there protesting are demonstrating or whatever you want to call it, on the day after the inauguration of the duly elected president. I wish they hadnt done it, but these are conjugated issues and abortion has always been very volatile in the United States because we have, i would say the majority of people, believe they dont support abortion. You know, it will be a conflict and it always has been. We are hopeful we will get it resolved donald trump says he would work towards this direction and again delivered on his promise to the people who elected him. Thank you. We will speak to you later on in the programme. Ijust picked up on one of the first thing she said to you in that interview, about this sense of fairness. She said the trade deals are unfair. That is something that played very highly with supporters during the campaign. I think this is a core belief of President Trumps. The idea that america has been taken for a ride, on trade deals, nasdaq, china. Also nato. Americas allies traditionally have not paid enough on their defence bills. Ithink have not paid enough on their defence bills. I think this underlines his worldview. America has done too much since the Second World War to support allies and friends and in return has had a bad deal. He will now change all of that. And yet you look at his Approval Ratings and the are some of the poorest Approval Ratings of modern times. He has to get himself on the front foot. Used from the press C0 Nfe Re Nce , on the front foot. Used from the Press Conference, sean spicer was laying out all these big Business Leaders coming to them. Presumably, behind closed doors, they are really saying this is aboutjob creation. Yes, that speech he gave on friday was a speech all about jobs. What governor brewer did not mention is that trade is not the big issue here. The big issue in americanjobs is automation. By some estimates, it is automation. By some estimates, it is for 21. Computers have lostjobs fourto is for 21. Computers have lostjobs four to one. The syria crisis will be one of the big Foreign Policy issues for the administration coming up in these weeks. Right. They will be talking a lot about syria in the coming weeks. Talks ongoing today in kazakhstan. The syria crisis will be one of the big Foreign Policy issues for the administration these coming weeks. Yes, although normally when it comes to syria The Americans would be equal partners in the discussions. Not this time. These talks are in the kazakh capital of astana, and its russia and turkey who are the key hosts. 0ur chief International Correspondent lyse doucet has been looking at the shifting geopolitics of the syrian war. This new alliance is reshaping syrias battlefield. President erdogan and President Putin still back opposing last week, they conducted their first joint bombing raid against so called islamic state. And last year they Work Together to end the decisive battle for aleppo, and then brokered a syria wide ceasefire between president assads forces and rebel fighters. The first game changer, september 2015. Russia entered the war, rescuing the syrian army from collapse on key front lines, transforming russia into syrias most pivotal player in boosting its global stature. Its Military Assets in syria now include an expanded naval facility on the mediterranean, and a new airbase. So what is in it for turkey . Well, thats the other game changer. Last year, turkeys president Erdogan Tilted towards russia and away from the west, including the us. Blaming it for the july coup and the rise of is, now targeting turkey. He still wants president assad to go, someday, but his main enemy in syria now is kurdish fighters, linked to turkeys pkk, which he calls terrorists. Turkey sent its own forces across the border last year, ostensibly to fight against so called islamic state. But mainly to halt the advance of kurdish fighters carving out their own enclave. And thats the deal. Russia accepted turkeys sway along its border, and turkey pushed rebel groups to pull out of a losing more in aleppo. And persuaded some to accept a ceasefire, at least for now. So whats next . President trump. He could join this new axis. He says his priority is to work with President Putin, to fight is and other extremists in syria. Its unclear if he will continue to support rebels fighting president assad. There are other players with other agendas. Iran also backs president assad and is providing an array of militias, including Lebanese Hezbollah fighters. Gulf states arm the opposition, but their real enemy is iran. Ending this destructive more isnt any easier. Even if The Great Game has changed. And, in the end, it is syrians who will have the final say. Thank you both forjoining us. Lets talk about syria for a second. The very fa ct talk about syria for a second. The very fact these talks are in a former soviet republic, rather than geneva, says a lot about the New World Order . It doesnt say that whats new. Im not sure anything much has changed because of the american election. What it does indicate is how complicated the syrian situation is going to be for trump because on the one hand he said he would like to be closer to russia. In syria, he faces a coalition of russia and iran who are backing a totalitarian dictator. You will have to make some decisions about which side he is on. 0n the issue of iran, that will be the sticky subject. President putin has a close ally in iran . Yes, and there are close on a number of issues. Trump changes his rhetoric from day to day, so its hard to know what he actually cares about, but in some parts of the campaign, he indicated he wanted to renegotiate the American Nuclear arrangement with iran, and that would have a Knock On Effect on russia as well. Are a popping the Champagne Corks in russia over the inauguration of President Trump . Good evening. The Inauguration Speech and address of donald trump was watched by many russians, of course. I must say that experts believe that the speech was rather promising. And i would emphasise one thing i find very important. As far as Foreign Policy was concerned, donald trump said that america would seek friendship and goodwill with all countries of the world. And they will do that in understanding that each nation, every nation, has a right to put its National Interests first. This, to me who has watched the mainstream of several decades politicised, good state and rogue states, this is promising because it means that donald trump at least in his vision, in his thought and his mind, is departing from this very trotskyite Like Foundation of the idea of Foreign Policy which produced the mixture of ideology and Theodore Roosevelt style intervention. That is very promising. And that sticks to chapter one of the United Nations charter. That is the problem. Treating everybody the same is exactly what is alarming americas allies. The comparison he made between Angela Merkel and vladimir putin. I think we need to step back and think about what it was that constituted American Power and american influence for so many decades. The answer to that was americas system of alliances. These we re americas system of alliances. These were alliances not based merely on National Interests or on self interest, but a common sense of security, common and shared values and shared economic interests. This was the way in which america has exercised power up until now. A few minutes ago, previous guests on your programme asked what these alliances brought us, they made america the predominant country and gave them the right to set ru