Donald Trump has shown no sign of abandoning the unpredictable, pugilistic style that marked his election campaign after clashing with media chiefs, unsettling the US’s closest ally and intervening in the legal fate of his election rival in a 24-hour blizzard of activity.
Most of the freewheeling decisions were broadcast over social media yesterday, a day after the president-elect broke with convention to announce a policy agenda for the first 100 days of his administration in a 150-second video posted on YouTube.
The events suggest that after a victory speech in which he seemed to be heading towards governing in a more conventional manner, Mr Trump will remain as unconventional as ever as president — both in the substance of his decisions and the way he makes them.