Jan. 26: Trump threatened to cancel a scheduled meeting with Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto after the latter said he was reconsidering his visit to the U.S. Peña Nieto ended up canceling the meeting before Trump was able to.
Jan. 27: Trump signs an executive order banning Syrian refugees, as well as citizens of several majority-Muslim countries, from entering the U.S.; this order is later blocked by multiple federal judges.
Jan. 28: Trump called his executive order banning people from seven predominantly Muslim countries “not a Muslim ban.”
Jan. 29: Trump slams Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham on Twitter for criticizing his ban, and seemingly accused senators-at-large of “always looking to start World War III.”
Jan. 30: After Acting Attorney General Sally Yates announces that she won’t defend Trump’s travel ban in court, Trump immediately fires her.
Jan. 31: Trump places Steve Bannon on the National Security Council.
Feb. 1: Trump gives a speech suggesting that he thinks abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who died in the 19th century, is still alive.
Feb. 2: Trump threatens to withhold federal funds from UC Berkeley after the school cancels a speech by alt-right poster commentator Milo Yiannopoulus.
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