Trump takeaways from opening days of his second term [Video]

President Donald Trump’s first days in office already offer signals about how his next four years in the White House may unfold.Video above: Immigration raids intensify across the United StatesSome takeaways from the earliest days of his second term:He’s emboldened like never beforeWithin hours of being sworn in, Trump pardoned more than 1,500 people who were convicted or charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by his supporters. Those pardoned include people who attacked, bloodied and beat police officers that day. The Republican president’s decision was at odds with earlier comments by his incoming vice president, JD Vance, and other senior aides that Trump would only let off those who weren’t violent.The pardons were the first of many moves he made in his first week to reward allies and punish critics in both significant and subtle ways. It signaled that without the need to worry about reelection …