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The worst part of Trump’s punishing first week is knowing that there are more than 200 more to come

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The worst part of Donald Trump's punishing first week back in office? The knowledge that there are more than 200 more of them to come—and that many will be even more appalling.

The president's "madman" approach to foreign affairs was also on display this weekend when he threatened a trade war with Colombia on social media and continued to indulge expansionist fantasies of annexing Canada and Greenland .

Trump is acting like a man who knows he won’t face any kind of pushback, writes Julian Zelizer .

Zelizer: There is a need for genuine opposition to his program, the kind that helped rein in the original “madman,” Richard Nixon , 50 years ago .