Crises, confrontations envelop Trump at home and abroad. The Trump presidency opens on today with top officials gathering under the direction of new national security adviser John Bolton to discuss how to respond to a chemical weapons attack in Syria with the world on edge over a potential strike. Russia's Defense Ministry claimed that Israel was behind the strikes.
On Sunday, Trump's belligerent form of statesmanship took an unexpected turn as he singled out President Vladimir Putin for blame over the chemical weapons attack in a potentially fateful moment for America's fast worsening relations with nuclear rival Russia.
Trump's pick for secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, is expected to endure a bruising confirmation hearing Thursday.
Trump's dispatch of the National Guard last week to the southwest border to respond to what critics see as a nonexistent crisis further polarized a Washington immigration showdown that is likely to worsen in the days ahead.
National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton leaves, just before Bolton takes the reins.
Scott Pruitt is hanging by a thread after a dizzying sequence of scandals. Pruitt may be out of a job by week's end (Friday).
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg appearance on Capital Hill is likely to revive scrutiny in Russian election meddling that is all but guaranteed to make the President fume.
Trump is likely gearing up by the end of the week to renew his public feud with James Comey, as the fired FBI chief is breaking his seclusion before the publication of his tell-all memoir on April 17.
Trump is acting as a general in a different kind of war, over trade with China.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average crashed nearly 600 points on Friday further threatening the Trump era bull run. Top economic adviser Larry Kudlow is continuing to try to dampen global investor concerns over the looming trade war.
And Stormy Daniels sat with a forensic sketch artist to develop an image of the person she says threatened her to keep quiet over her alleged affair with Donald Trump.
And, and the FBI seizes records related to Stormy Daniels in raid of Trump attorney Michael Cohen’s office.