Trump recaps his first year back in office with winding remarks, paper tossing and impressions
January 20, 2026
President Donald Trump wanted to recap his first year back in office. And it felt like he wanted to spend the next year doing it. For more than 100 minutes, the president held a news conference Tuesday at the White House, where he went on a winding journey through his last year, interspersed with plenty of asides, a few impressions and, eventually, questions from the media. The drawn-out performance came at a moment of international alarm and domestic tension over Trump’s threats to take over Greenland abroad and impose the Insurrection Act at home.