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Trump moves with dizzying speed and brute force on his to-do list in first month

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The president has imposed scores of new tariffs against U.S. trade partners and threatened more.

He has empowered Elon Musk , an unelected, South African -born billionaire, to help engineer the firing of thousands of federal employees and potentially shutter entire agencies created by Congress .

The president is facing lawsuits nationwide challenging his executive orders and moves to downsize the federal government.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wants U.S. and other countries to provide security guarantees for Ukraine .

The White House faces a further quandary with Zelenski insisting that he and Trump iron out an agreement on the contours of any peace deal.

The way ahead remains complicated.