For more analysis of the first 100 days of President Trump's second term, and what's ahead?

We turn now to our Politics Monday team. That's Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and Tamara Keith of NPR. It's good to see you both.

Here. So, Tam, we just heard Laura lay out the issues driving the first 100 days of President Trump's second term.

What stands out to you as you

consider the president's agenda and his ability to execute it in this second go-round?

Yeah, so I spoke with a longtime advisor to President Trump who said that he's just more confident this time,

that he knows how to use the levers of government and he's using

them. And he kind of doesn't care about the consequences. Yes, he is not happy about polls.

He has been complaining about his standing in the polls on his social media site. But he is

barreling forward with policies that, you know, the markets have indicated that the tariffs are a problem.

Voters, consumer confidence, there are loud, flashing bright lights saying people are concerned about this.

But President Trump is moving forward with that. And he also has shown,

I don't think loyalty is the right word for it. But in his first term, he fired Michael Flynn,

his national security advisor very quickly. In his second term, his national security advisor and

defense secretary got tied up in

Signalgate. Neither of them were fired. At this point, he's saying that, well, it seems like

Pete Hegseth might figure it out or course correct, but he's hanging on at least for now,

at least through the 100 days mark. So there is a, there are differences. And this

advisor I talked to said, yeah, he's been through knife fights before. He knows what this is like,

and he's just more calm about it. Amy, Tam mentioned the polling. A few weeks ago, Donald Trump

was enjoying his highest approval ratings ever. That has changed, the polling averages, which we see on the

screen there now, his numbers are in steady decline. What stands out to you as you do a deeper dive

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